Time and Motion

A meditation on efficiency, productivity, and the mechanistic view of human life — the "time and motion" studies of industrial management applied as a metaphor for how modern life reduces people to functions and outputs.

The arrangement is dense and propulsive, with interlocking rhythmic patterns that mirror the industrial imagery. Peart's drumming is notably influenced by his Freddie Gruber training, with a more fluid, jazz-inflected approach to his traditional rock power.

It's one of the tracks where the new drumming technique is most audible — Peart had switched to traditional grip for much of the album, fundamentally changing the feel of his playing.