I always kind of dismissed the notion of buying Test for Echo for quite a while, but I'm glad I ended up buying it because for my money its one Rush's best most underrated albums.

Just about all the songs on here are terrific, from the terrific title opener "Test for Echo" its clear this is going to be something special and interesting. Some of my real favs here include "Driven", "Time and Motion" which I love for its unusual time signature, "Virtuality" which is one of Rush's ballsiest rock-out songs and "Dog Years" which also really took me by surprise.

Its unfortunate that Rush don't play many songs off this album anymore, with only Driven and Resist being played as far as I know at live shows, because this really is one of Rush's most accessible albums. So if you haven't heard Test for Echo before and are into Rush, do yourself a favour and buy it.

a lot of rush fans dont care for this album-why ? its beyond me as its a great album,some cracking songs and a great production by peter collins who worked on "hold your fire" & "power windows".musically & sonically its really good and deserves much more praise than some rush fans give it credit for.