Rush – Signals (VG+/VG) – LP, Australasia 1982

Signals is an LP by Rush from 1982 released on the Mercury label.

About this album

Signals is a key turning point in Rush’s catalogue, sharpening the band’s progressive instincts into leaner, more synthesiser-led songs. Released in 1982, it continued the trio’s move away from the sprawling hard rock of the 1970s while keeping the precision and technical flair that defined them. Subdivisions became a signature track, capturing the pressures of suburban conformity, while Digital Man, The Analog Kid and New World Man showed how tightly Rush could blend virtuosity with direct songwriting. The album is widely regarded as one of the group’s most important 1980s releases and a bridge between their earlier prog sound and later modern rock period.