Hi, I'm new here. I haven't seen a thread with this topic yet. Just put the rush albums in order of preference. Or you can just do a top ten if you want.
Moving Pictures
Signals
Grace Under Pressure
Permanent Waves
Clockwork Angels
Snakes and Arrows
Power Windows
Roll The Bones
Counterparts
Vapor Trails
Test For Echo
Hemispheres
A Farewell to Kings
Hold Your Fire
Presto
2112
Caress of Steel
Fly By Night
Rush
Feedback
Moving Pictures
Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
2112
are all the Rush albums I need. Even Peart lost his mojo in the 80's as he stopped taking risks !
Moving Pictures
Grace Under Pressure
Permanent Waves
Signals
Fly By Night
A Farewell to Kings
Hold Your Fire
2112
Power Windows
Caress of Steel
Rush
Hemispheres
Not going to attempt to rank the post-HYF albums because I kind of stopped listening to Rush then. I've recently picked them up again (including Clockwork Angels, and its accompanying tour), but still don't feel like I can fairly rank them.
I disagree, really take a listen to the drumming on the albums from Signals through HYF. He even took lessons from Freddie Gruber and completely changed his style of playing; at least for a little while in the mid '90s!Originally Posted by Rufus
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I just ordered this box- Signals to HYF--HD music, with Signals in 5.1. $40! Not bad price. All I need now is the 2nd box (Farewell to Kings to Moving Pictures) and my Rush collection will pretty much be complete. No need for anything before or after.
The shorter songs killed Rush for me !
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Grace Under Pressure
Permanent Waves
Signals
Moving Pictures
Power Windows
Hemispheres
A Farewell To Kings
2112
Hold Your Fire
Clockwork Angels
Snakes And Arrows
Counterparts
Presto
Vapor Trails
Fly By Night
Caress Of Steel
Roll The Bones
Test For Echo
Rush
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Top ten for me.
1. Hemispheres
2. Permanent Waves
3. A Farewell to Kings
4. Moving Pictures
5. Caress of Steel
6. Grace Under Pressure
7. Hold Your Fire
8. 2112
9. Signals
10. RUSH
Bubbling under
11. Fly by Night
12. Power Windows
13. Roll the bones
14. Presto
15. Counterparts
Not familiar enough with most of the more recent ones to comment or rate.
Last edited by Digital_Man; 07-04-2013 at 02:55 AM.
Wow, this is very very difficult. I just saw Rush live last night and they kicked ass. It is also difficult for me to understand people giving up on the band before or after certain eras. I think they have on a bit of a roll lately with 2 very strong albums in “Snakes And Arrows” and “Clockwork Angels”. Anyway…….off the top of my head here is my list:
1 2112 (still my fav)
2 HEMISPHERES
3 SIGNALS
4 POWER WINDOWS
5 COUNTERPARTS
6 MOVING PICTURES
7 PERMANENT WAVES
8 CLOCKWORK ANGELS
9 GRACE UNDER PRESSURE
10 SNAKES AND ARROWS
11 A FAIRWELL TO KINGS
12 CARESS OF STEEL
13 HOLD YOUR FIRE
14 ROLL THE BONES
15 FLY BY NIGHT
16 VAPOR TRAILS
17 PRESTO
18 TEST FOR ECHO
19 RUSH
20 FEEDBACK
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Moving Pictures
Permanent Waves
Power Windows
Grace Under Pressure
Signals
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
2112
Vapor Trails
Fly by Night
Clockwork Angels
Caress of Steel
Hold Your Fire
Roll the Bones
Presto
Rush
Snakes & Arrows
Test for Echo
Top Ten :
1)Signals
2)Counterparts
3)Hemispheres
4)Moving Pictures
5)A Farewell to Kings
6)Power Windows
7)Permanent Waves
8)Snakes and Arrows
9)Test for Echo
10)Roll the Bones
01 Hold Your Fire
02 Counterparts
03 Power Windows
04 Moving Pictures
05 Permanent Waves
06 Signals
07 Hemispheres
08 Grace Under Pressure
09 Presto
10 A Farewell To Kings
11 Snakes And Arrows
12 2112
13 Caress Of Steel
14 Fly By Night
15 Test For Echo
16 Clockwork Angels
17 Roll The Bones
18 Rush
19 Vapor Trails
20 Feedback
H E M I S P H E R E S
(The one album if I had to pick only one)
Then:
2) Moving Pictures
3) Permanent Waves
4) Signals
5) A Farewell To Kings
6) Power Windows
7) Grace Under Pressure
8) Caress Of Steel
9) 2112
10) Fly By Night
1) A Farewell to Kings
2) Permanent Waves
3) Moving Pictures
4) 2112
5) Hemispheres
6) Counterparts
7) Hold Your Fire
8) Signals
9) Presto
10) Vapor Trails
11) Grace Under Pressure
12) Clockwork Angels
13) Fly By Night
14) Test for Echo
15) Caress of Steel
16) Rush
17) Power Windows
18) Snakes and Arrows
19) Roll the Bones
Not much of a Rush fan any more (used to be in high school, then I got bored of them).
1. Hemispheres (by far their best)
2. Farewell to Kings (title track is a wonderful song)
3. Permanent Waves
4. Fly by Night (In the End is a gorgeous piece)
5. 2112
6. Caress of Steel
7. Moving Pictures
2112 and nothing past Moving Pictures.
What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
Wow, this is tougher than I thought! IMHO, Rush has never made a bad album, but some are clearly better. So here goes:
Moving Pictures
Permanent Waves
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Signals
2112
Fly By Night
Power Windows
Grace Under Pressure
Counterparts
Clockwork Angels
Caress of Steel
Hold Your Fire
Snakes and Arrows
Rush
Vapor Trails
Test For Echo
Feedback
Presto
Roll The Bones
1) A Farewell to Kings
2) Signals
3) Moving Pictures
4) Grace Under Pressure
5) Power Windows
6) Counterparts
7) Permanent Waves
8) Presto
9) Hold Your Fire
10) Hemispheres
11) 2112
12) Roll the Bones
1) A Farewell to Kings
2) Hemispheres
3) 2112
4) Moving Pictures
5) Permanent Waves
6) Fly By Night
7) Signals
8) Clockwork Angels
9) Caress of Steel
10) Grace Under Pressure
11) Counterparts
12) Presto
13) Snakes and Arrows
14) Test For Echo
15) Roll The Bones
16) Vapor Trails
17) Rush
18) Power Windows
19) Hold Your Fire
20) Feedback
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A Farewell to Kings
Permanent Waves
Hemispheres
2112
All the World's A Stage
Moving Pictures
Grace Under Pressure
Exit Stage Left
Fly By Night
Caress of Steel
Rush
Power Windows
Signals
Counterparts
Clockwork Motherfuckin' Angels
Presto
Snakes And Ladders
Test for Echo
A Show of Hands
Vapor Trails
Roll the Bones
Feedback
Hold Your Fire
I probably forgot one or two
A Farwell To Kings
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
Moving Pictures
Exit...Stage Left
Caress Of Steel
Fly By Night
2112 (mainly for Tears)...
Signals
and then everything else up through and including A Show Of Hands, and I really haven't heard the albums after that apart from a few songs, so I don't know them well enough to comment.
Studio albums only:
Moving Pictures
Signals
Power Windows
Counterparts
Clockwork Angels
2112
Permanent Waves
Grace Under Pressure
Roll the Bones
Snakes and Arrows
Presto
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Hold Your Fire
Test for Echo
Vapor Trails
Fly by Night
Caress of Steel
Rush
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The first few people to reply gave "Grace Under Pressure" high ratings, anywhere from 1st to 4th, which surprised me. Always thought it was a good album but not great, with no monster stand-out tracks. Also glad to see "Test for Echo" not dead last on everyone's list, which is where it ends up when hardcore Rush fans vote on a Rush forum I'm on. Probably the only post-Hold Your Fire album I enjoyed until Clockwork Angels came along.
The first group, albums I like from beginning to end:
Hemispheres
Farewell to Kings
Permanent Waves
Moving Pictures
Signals
Power Windows
Clockwork Angels
I like these but there are a few tracks I'm not crazy about:
2112
Test for Echo
Grace Under Pressure
Caress of Steel
Hold Your Fire
Fly By Night
Vapor Trails
Rush
I hate these, with only a few tracks being listenable:
Presto
Counterparts
Roll the Bones
Snakes & Arrows
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My top 10:
Moving Pictures
Power Windows
Permanent Waves
Hemispheres
Signals
Grace Under Pressure
A Farewell To Kings
Hold Your Fire
Clockwork Angels
Presto
I don't need to order any Rush albums. I have them all. Please do not call again, I'm on the national No Call list. Good Day.
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