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Grace Under Pressure is the tenth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1984. A nickname for the album is "P/G" (grace under pressure).
The album is notable for the radical new influences it displayed, especially reggae and ska. It is also notable as being the first Rush album that had no program music.
One track, "Red Sector A", is notable for its allusions to The Holocaust, inspired by Geddy Lee's memories of his mother's stories about the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, where she was held prisoner. "Between the Wheels" is one of the band's most synth-driven songs since Subdivisions from Signals. While the album's opening track, "Distant Early Warning", has been interpreted as dealing with the pressure involving the aftermath of nuclear holocaust, Peart in a contemporaneous interview demurred, saying, "It's about a lot of stuff." 1
"The Enemy Within" is part one of the "Fear" series of songs that started with Part III on Moving Pictures released in 1981. This track incorporates ska influences into their music.
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This was a transitional album for the band and remains a firm favourite of mine.