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TexasKing ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: September 21 2016 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 577 |
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I'm not a big fan of this Rush period, but I pick Counterparts. CA is a runner-up.
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Upbeat Tango Monday ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 10 2015 Location: Buenos Aires Status: Offline Points: 1189 |
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Clockwork Angels > Counterparts > Presto
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Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement.
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Manuel ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12382 |
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I could never get into Rush during this period. As much I liked their music during the 70s, my interest started going down during the 80s, and became almost non-existent in the 90s.
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verslibre ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 15007 |
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Vapor Trails was an incredible return to form. It wasn't that they were rocking harder so much as writing stronger material.
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Barbu ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 09 2005 Location: infinity Status: Offline Points: 30845 |
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All good.
Counterparts Snakes Presto |
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b_olariu ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: March 02 2007 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 5531 |
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Roll the Bones, it has one of my fav Rush pieces ever Dreamline followed by Bravado
Presto Test for echo (very overlooked Rush album) Edited by b_olariu - May 15 2017 at 03:30 |
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Jeffro ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 29 2014 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 2037 |
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Went with Presto. Out of all the albums listed, Presto is the only one I'll to every song with the exception of Show Don't Tell.
My least favorite is Roll The Bones. I love Dreamline but on the whole find the album kind of weak Snakes & Arrows has grown on me quite a bit over the years
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digdug ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4707 |
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Vapor Trails for me
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Prog On!
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uduwudu ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: July 17 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2601 |
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Counterparts. Cohesive, strong, quality atmos; great return to form. Interesting lyrical stances which seemed to upset certain fans.
Vapor Trails is the only Rush album I've yet to purchase. There was so much quality and informed debate about the production standard that I decided to wait. Heard some tracks on live albums, bootlegs, DVDs and at an R30 concert. Test For Echo... Rush go grunge to remain relevant to the kids.... yerk. I only ever heard 2 grunge albums I thought were any good and Rush downgrading their sound to that appalling guitar sound and style was not a good fit. Presto... ok but an album they should have kept under their hat for a while. Roll The Bones ... I enjoyed it but it is probably is not the best. Snakes and Arrows was, is a fine album. Very together material wise. Clockwork Angels. Now for some ungodly reason I cannot fathom this; worse I haven't the time or motivation. What is it about. Concepts can be complex but clear. It's probably good but it seems hard to care... Nice Rush type playing (they've a set sound for the past 30 years and ain't going to change. |
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miamiscot ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 23 2014 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 3426 |
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Since "None Of The Above" wasn't an option, I went for Clockworks Angels. Decent enough record.
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Man With Hat ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166178 |
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These are all fairly bad. S&A if forced to choose.
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HemispheresOfXanadu ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 28 2012 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4339 |
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Clockwork Angels is a sizeable reason for me liking prog.
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@ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak.
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Catcher10 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 17498 |
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All great albums, all Gold or Platinum sales in US or Canada.
Vapor Trails: Brutal, raw and hard edged Counterparts: Hard drums and guitar S&A: Heavy drums and great song writing Good hard kick-a$$ music.
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JediJoker7169 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 05 2009 Location: West Coast, NA Status: Offline Points: 195 |
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Counterparts is nearly perfect and my favorite Rush album bar none.
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Mormegil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 03 2010 Location: NE PA Status: Offline Points: 6456 |
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Really dig Clockwork Angels.
The book was cool too. |
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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someone_else ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: May 02 2008 Location: Going Bananas Status: Online Points: 23998 |
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After the disappointing Presto and the poor Roll the Bones, I felt finished with Rush. I have heard snippets of some albums between RtB and Clockwork Angels, but CA was their return to form, their best work since Signals.
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Thatfabulousalien ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 27 2016 Location: Aussie/NZ Status: Offline Points: 1409 |
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CLOCKWORK ANGELS
For both the album and the book, I fell in love with both when I heard it back then. Best album since Moving Pictures in my opinion, which in itself was their best since Hemispheres!
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Kepler62 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 09 2017 Location: Fort Erie Status: Offline Points: 501 |
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What? they sopped using synths? From this list, nothing really. Saw them live a few times during this period but I guess i would go with Vapor Trails. Heavier sound.
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Blacksword ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
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Counterparts is my fave from that list. Presto and Roll the Bones are ok.
I didn't like anything they released after Counterparts. |
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questionsneverknown ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 22 2009 Location: Ultima Thule Status: Offline Points: 602 |
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Love Clockwork Angels and Snakes & Arrows.
Like others I had stopped listening to their new stuff at some point (probably after Power Windows). Then I happened to hear Far Cry on the radio (imagine that) and was sold once again.
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