rusher newbie

I would start with some early stuff.

Fly By Night
Caress of Steel
2112
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres

1. A Farewell To Kings (1977)
2. Hemispheres (1978)
3. Permanent Waves (1980)
4. Moving Pictures (1981)
5. 2112 (1976)
6. Caress Of Steel (1975)
7. Fly By Night (1975)
8. Signals (1982)
9. Grace Under Pressure (1984)
10. Power Windows (1985)

That's my top 10!!!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: "Exit Stage Left" (Live 1981), "Different Stages" (Live 1998) and their last dvd "R30 - 30th Anniversary World Tour".

1.2112
2.a farewell to kings
3.moving pictures
4.hemispheres

i got into rush by listening to there live stuff first.

1.exit stage left
2.R30
3.rush in rio

Start with A Farewell To Kings or 2112, then try out Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves!

Like many bands with a long career, Rush's sound has gone through a number of transitional phases. While I don't enjoy all the phases of Genesis and yes, I do enjoy Rush's entire catalogue. Suppose it depends what kind of sound you like. My suggestion would be start at the beginning and work your way forward chronologically. I would give the same advice to people wanting to check out Tull.

Moving Pictures, Permanent Waves, and 2112

I'd go with either Moving Pictures or 2112, both of which are really great.

Hi

Bit of a newbie to prog, although I do have all of Rush's studio albums

My favourite is Permanent Waves, but it's probably their most progressive (except for Hemisphers perhaps), so I wouldn't recommend it as a starter.  I'd start with Moving Pictures - Tom Sawyer will get you addicted immediately! Just try air-drumming along to Peart...

2112 is also a good one to start with although a few of the songs on the second side are a little weaker than the suite bit.

If you're into synthy stuff,  Grace Under Pressure is actually a very underrated album, although Signals is probably stronger song for song.

I would reccomend starting with the Chronicles CD set, it gives a nice sampling of all their stuff up until Presto and would allow you to decide what stage of their carreer you like the most.

Another option is the Different Stages Live CD- also a good sampling of everything and it showcases rush's strongpoint-live performance.

If you want a studio album i recomend 2112 if you are a seasoned prog listener, if you are just getting into prog i strongly reccomend COUNTERPARTS i consider that CD to be one of the most underrated cd's ever.

on the side...i cant wait for rush's new CD...im hearing that completeion is expected late this summer or early fall!!

Analog_Kid wrote: Hi Bit of a newbie to prog, although I do have all of Rush's studio albums My favourite is Permanent Waves, but it's probably their most progressive (except for Hemisphers perhaps), so I wouldn't recommend it as a starter.  I'd start with Moving Pictures - Tom Sawyer will get you addicted immediately! Just try air-drumming along to Peart... 2112 is also a good one to start with although a few of the songs on the second side are a little weaker than the suite bit. If you're into synthy stuff,  Grace Under Pressure is actually a very underrated album, although Signals is probably stronger song for song.

I also started with Moving Pictures, then with Hempisheres actually. Then 2112 and so on...
And air drumming (or drumming) to Tom Sawyer is very entertaining actually. I always want to play it with my drums everytime I hear it!