Editing Signals (Rush album) (section)

==Reception==
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |last=Prato |first=Greg |url={{AllMusic |class=album |id=r17139 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Signals - Rush |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 17, 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Martin C. Strong|The Essential Rock Discography]]''
| rev3Score = 6/10<ref name="Strong">{{cite book |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles  |title=The Essential Rock Discography |edition=8th |year=2006 |publisher=Open City Books |isbn=1-84195-860-3 |page=938–939 |chapter=Rush }}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev4Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|section=Rush|isbn=1-57859-061-2|page=965}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |author=J.D. Considine |author-link=J.D. Considine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/signals-19821028 |title=Signals |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 28, 1982 |access-date=September 17, 2012 |archive-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805041700/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/signals-19821028 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rush/albumguide |title=Rush: Album Guide |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=February 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704223108/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rush/albumguide |archive-date=July 4, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Colin Larkin|The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music]]''
| rev7Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|author=[[Colin Larkin|Larkin, Colin]]|year=2003|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music|ISBN=1852279699|publisher=[[Virgin Publishing]]|section=Rush|pp=414–415}}</ref>
}}
At the time of release, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' criticised the band's choice of "emphasizing synthesizers at the expense of Alex Lifeson's guitar," calling the album "mostly a wasted effort."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/signals-19821028 |title=Signals |newspaper=Rolling Stone |access-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-date=December 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219093343/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/signals-19821028 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Louder'' called ''Signals'' the 29th best album of the 80s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-albums-of-the-80s |title=The 50 best albums of the 80s |first=Louder 13 |last=December 2018 |website=loudersound |date=December 13, 2018 |access-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-date=February 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215222423/https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-albums-of-the-80s |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[AllMusic]] retrospectively praised the album, complimenting the band for not simply making ''Moving Pictures, Pt. II'', continuing their exploration of the synthesizer and introducing more contemporary themes into the lyrics.<ref name="Allmusic" />

[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] placed ''Signals'' seventh in their list of "Top 10 Rush Albums,"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-rush-albums/ |title=Top 10 Rush Albums |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=July 29, 2011 |language=en-US |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=July 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727024723/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-rush-albums/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while ''[[Stereogum]]'' placed the album third (behind ''[[Moving Pictures (Rush album)|Moving Pictures]]'' and ''[[2112 (album)|2112]]'') in their list of "Rush Albums From Worst to Best," labelling it "the most audacious album of the band's career."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1685666/rush-albums-from-worst-to-best/franchises/counting-down/ |title=Rush Albums From Worst To Best |date=June 10, 2014 |work=Stereogum |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=July 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708003637/http://www.stereogum.com/1685666/rush-albums-from-worst-to-best/franchises/counting-down/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2010 documentary film ''[[Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage]]'', [[Trent Reznor]] cited ''Signals'' as an influence for incorporating keyboards into hard rock.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nerdholes.blogspot.com/2010/05/rush-beyond-lighted-stage-review.html |title=Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage review |last=Chittenden |first=B. |date=May 1, 2010 |website=Two Assholes Talking About Nerd Stuff |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=January 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181914/http://nerdholes.blogspot.com/2010/05/rush-beyond-lighted-stage-review.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Canadian music journalist [[Martin Popoff]] stated that ''Signals'' was his favorite Rush album because of the "creamy production."<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xIWzCwAAQBAJ&q=martin+popoff+rush+signals+creamy&pg=PA7 |title=Rush - Updated Edition: The Unofficial Illustrated History |last=Popoff |first=Martin |date=June 2016 |publisher=Voyageur Press |isbn=9780760349953 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-date=April 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402021218/https://books.google.com/books?id=xIWzCwAAQBAJ&q=martin+popoff+rush+signals+creamy&pg=PA7 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2022, ''[[Guitar World]]'' named ''Signals'' the #9 greatest rock guitar album of 1982, saying that although there was a "shift to a more electro-synth sound", there was "still room for Alex Lifeson to do his thing on his six-string", and that "Geddy Lee remained the best bassist in rock".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/25-greatest-rock-guitar-albums-of-1982 |title=The 25 greatest rock guitar albums of 1982 |work=Guitar World |access-date=May 23, 2023 }}</ref>