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Those opening tom rolls! That lava-like guitar solo! Lee's hilarious yet dreamy vibrato on the word "breeze"! Unlike many entries on our list of the Top 10 Underrated Rush Songs, "Lakeside Park" is a clear fan favorite – capturing the band at their most melodic and accessible. But critics haven't been kind to the track over the years, and neither has Lee. "As weird as my voice sounds when I listen back, I certainly dig some of the arrangements," the frontman told RAW Magazine in 1993. "I can't go back beyond 2112 really, because that starts to get a bit hairy for me, and if I hear 'Lakeside Park' on the radio, I cringe. What a lousy song! Still, I don't regret anything that I've done!"