Ranking Rush Albums
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Topic: Ranking Rush Albums
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Subject: Ranking Rush Albums
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 5:24pm
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Hey guys, this post and list was extremely difficult for me to make considering I am a huge fan of this band and that I think so many of their albums are just amazing works. All things considered however I made a list and I was wondering how you guys would rank your favorite albums by this band (Rush). Make a list if you can. Here is mine 19) Test for Echo 18) Roll the Bones 17) Presto 16) Vapor Trails 15) Counterparts 14) Snakes & Arrows 13) Clockwork Angels 12) Rush 11) Fly by Night 10) Caress of Steel 9) Signals 8) Hold Your Fire 7) Grace Under Pressure 6) Power Windows 5) 2112 4) Permanent Waves 3) Moving Pictures 2) Hemispheres And 1) A Farewell to Kings How would you make your list?  ------------- "Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer "Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris |
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Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 5:38pm
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Edit: updated version Updated version: 1. Caress of Steel 2. Vapor Trails 3. A Farewell to Kings 4. 2112 5. Counterparts 6. Permanent Waves 7. Signals 8. Grace Under Pressure 9. Fly By Night 10. Moving Pictures 11. Rush 12. Presto 13. Test for Echo 14. Clockwork Angels 15. Snakes & Arrows 16. Hemispheres 17. Roll the Bones 18. Hold Your Fire 19. Power Windows I don't dislike any of them though
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 5:40pm
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Unitron wrote:Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 6:01pm
^Hemispheres would be a lot higher if it wasn't for the title track. Too much repetition of more boring bits, and too little repetition of the awesome hooks that are in the song. To each their own and all that. After all, I'm probably the only one who ranks Caress of Steel alongside Master of Reality as best metal album of the 70's. 
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 6:47pm
The title track cooks. One of the best Rush tracks. I don't think it is repetitive  ------------- "Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer "Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris |
Posted By: DippoMagoo
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 10:48pm
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It's hard to rank it exactly, but it would be something like: 19. Counterparts 18. Vapor Trails 17. Rush 16. Presto 15. Roll the Bones 14. Snakes & Arrows 13. Caress of Steel 12. Test for Echo 11. Hold Your Fire 10. Fly By Night 9. Clockwork Angels 8. 2112 7. Permanent Waves 6. Signals 5. Hemispheres 4. A Farewell to Kings 3. Grace Under Pressure 2. Moving Pictures 1. Power Windows
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Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 11:11pm
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^Wow! Surprised to see someone say Power Windows is their favorite Rush album. It does have a couple of my favorite Rush songs (Mystic Rhythms and Manhattan Project), but I personally have always thought it has a bit too much filler. What do you love about it?
Well in parts it isn't repetitive enough, I really wish there was a lot more of that awesome marching riff.
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 11:21pm
Power Windows is an underrated gem. All killer no filler  ------------- "Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer "Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2018 at 4:31am
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1. Moving Pictures 2. Power Windows 3. 2112 4. Permanent Waves 5. A Farewell to Kings 6. Hemispheres 7. Grace Under Pressure 8. Hold Your Fire 9. Signals 10. Caress of Steel 11. Fly by Night 12. Test for Echo 13. Counterparts 14. Vapor Trails 15. Presto 16. Roll the Bones 17. Snakes & Arrows 18. Clockwork Angels 19. Rush ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2018 at 3:06pm
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Easy to begin with but gets harder nearer the bottom, some of which could be probably switched depending on how I feel. 1. A Farewell To Kings 2. Hemispheres 3. 2112 4. Permanent Waves 5. Moving Pictures 6. Fly By Night 7. Snakes & Arrows 8. Caress Of Steel 9. Vapor Trails 10. Counterparts 11. Rush 12. Test For Echo 13. Clockwork Angels 14. Signals 15. Roll The Bones 16. Power Windows 17. Grace Under Pressure 18. Presto 19. Hold Your Fire
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Posted By: WeirdBeard
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2019 at 6:14pm
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Your #1 and 2 are the same for me (although they switch back and forth)... I was concerned to see Test for Echo last (since that's where it was on a Rush forum poll) but I'm glad to see others rated it higher. The last 4 albums on my list are practically unlistenable to me but T4E I found a pleasant surprise, not great but not awful either. 1) A Farewell to Kings 2) Hemispheres 3) Permanent Waves 4) Moving Pictures 5) Signals 6) Power Windows 7) 2112 8) Caress of Steel 9) Clockwork Angels 10) Grace Under Pressure 11) Fly by Night 12) Test for Echo 13) Hold Your Fire 14) Vapor Trails 15) Rush 16) Snakes & Arrows 17) Presto 18) Counterparts 19) Roll the Bones |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 25 Sep 2019 at 4:55am
| Interesting to see the variation on these lists. |