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    Posted: November 07 2017 at 17:52
same as first rush poll. which appeals most the hight pf both 70s Rush and 80s Rush
both wher small paradigme shifts in heavy prog and musical precision so whom do you favour
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2017 at 18:37
Moving Pictures for me but it's close. The title track for 2112 is mind blowing to me. Just so intense, and that's just Geddy's vocals(haha). A Passage To Bangkok has some incredibile lyrics that RUSH never touched on in later albums, so I really appreciate that one as well. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2017 at 18:41
I love the title track to 2112 but side two is a bit spotty imo. With Moving Pictures I think every song is at least good. A few I can take or leave mainly because I have heard them so many times but that's not really the fault of the music but the fault of radio who over plays them(especially Tom Sawyer and Limelight). My two favorite tracks are probably YYZ and Camera Eye. I guess it's no coincidence that they are the two most prog sounding(at least to these ears). So anyway, I voted for MP. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2017 at 19:57
They're both similar to me in that they both have a much stronger side 1 than side 2, but I would rank 2112 a bit higher.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2017 at 21:12
2112, but not by much.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2017 at 21:23
This is a difficult one. The album with the very best song, or the better album as a whole? Moving Pictures is better as a whole... my favourite album, I guess. But the 2112 title song is definitley my favourite from them... But I guess it must be Moving Pictures.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2017 at 23:14
Rush didn't hit their straps until Farewell to Kings and as Moving Pictures is one of their very best albums, it's an easy choice for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2017 at 01:38
2112 is a fairly solid album, and an important one for Rush, but Moving Pictures was a band at the top of its game. MP gets the vote.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2017 at 03:21
Moving Pictures, because it's a more consistent album. 
But an epic track 2112 easily beats any track off MP. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2017 at 04:14
Both 5 Stars albums ! I pick Moving Pictures by a mm !
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2017 at 04:43
2112. MP is good but Rush were on their way out after the peak of Hemispheres, Permanent Waves is very good.....and MP less so - The start of 2112 gets enough prog-points to make it better than MP. easily.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2017 at 06:05
2112. I dig my 70's Rush.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2017 at 07:27
Moving Pictures is one of the twin peaks in their long career.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2017 at 08:16
The first side of 2112 is better than anything off either, but Moving Pictures is better as a whole.  Tough poll, my two favorite Rush albums.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2017 at 09:28
It's 'Pictures, their break out album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2017 at 09:40
Moving Pictures for me. Strong album all the way through. ( Didn't even realize , I'm listening to Tom Sawyer as I'm typing this) I'm a big Rush fan but I don't love 2112 as much as most people.
The opening section of the title track is amazing however.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2017 at 11:05
Moving Pictures. MP has some of my all time favorite Rush songs on it. I appreciate the importance of 2112 in the history of the band and I do like it. I just don't love it like most Rush fans do. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2017 at 11:11
Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I love the title track to 2112 but side two is a bit spotty imo. With Moving Pictures I think every song is at least good.


This^  And MP has one of my fave Rush songs with Witch Hunt.  Easy choice for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2017 at 12:04
I'll take both.
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