Track Listing

1. In The World Of Giants
2. Check
3. April In Toledo
4. Juveniles Don't Stop
5. Battle Scar
6. Chalkers
7. Drive And Desire
8. Blue River Liquor Shine
9. What Do You Do With The Urge
10. Cry Out Your Life

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77663 in Music
• Released on: 2000-05-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .18 pounds

Customer Reviews

Its a grower !
Having orginally purchased this recording as an experimental teen I was initially very confused. I had heard the track `Battle Scar`, a joint two ensemble effort between Rush and Max Webster on the radio and as I was to discover the album was a more esoteric piece indeed. Social alienation, relationship breakdown, a hilarious critique of stadium rock and the plight of the native American Indian are examples of the lyrical content. The music was also very fresh. My guess is that Punk and New Wave had made an impression on the band and combined with their tight `Rock chops` a rare orginal sound was the result.
Returning to this album I was amazed as to how fresh it sounded.
The production does however sound dated, but that is the only bugbear I have. These songs have wormed themselves into my subconscious and I still find myself singing choice snippets of prime Max Webster !

Overlooked
I've recently been compiling a top 30 all time favourite albums and for some reason 'Check' (Track 2) popped into my head so I revisited my vinyl copy of this once fav of mine. The result? it's a very serious contender for my top 30 and put a big smile on my face in the process.
As the previous reviewer has said it sounds really fresh and it was nicely recorded/engineered. I bought it originally back in 1980 on the strength of the Rush duet 'Battlescar' but to be honest whilst that track is a belter it's not the most polished of them (I believe it was recorded 'live' ie a single take) with 3 out of the other 4 tracks on side 1 standing solidly against it (and 2 of those are definitely better). After buying UJ, I subsequently worked through their back catalogue (only recently getting hold of their eponymously titled debut) but whilst there are a few superb tracks amongst their earlier works - 'Gravity', 'Hangover', The Party', 'Oh War', and 'Research At Beach Resorts' - no one album matches this one.
And I've just bought a CD copy via Amazon, something I rarely do if I've got the vinyl.