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Poll Question: Which studio Rush album do you think is the best?
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10 [16.39%]
23 [37.70%]
5 [8.20%]
14 [22.95%]
1 [1.64%]
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Counterparts is their strongest album. I will die on this hill.
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Love 2112,but Hemispheres is just so perfect.
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Stunned Permanent Waves only has two votes... three now.   That said, Hem is probably my personal favorite and was the first Rush album I bought at the tender age of ten, and MP is a continually thrilling record.   I agree this would be Rush's best period but there are many fans who don't--  some think albums like GUP are among their best.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Stunned Permanent Waves only has two votes... three now.   That said, Hem is probably my personal favorite and was the first Rush album I bought at the tender age of ten, and MP is a continually thrilling record.   I agree this would be Rush's best period but there are many fans who don't--  some think albums like GUP are among their best.


It's probably my second favorite behind Hemispheres. After that Moving Pictures then AFTK then CoS then 2112 then Signals then GUP, then FBN, then HYF then PowWind, then RtB then Counterparts then Clockwork Angels then Presto then the rest. Tongue
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So what's the deal on pronouncing Peart ?--   I always said "Pert", but I've heard "Peert" and Pairt" .
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

So what's the deal on pronouncing Peart ?--   I always said "Pert", but I've heard "Peert" and Pairt" .


It's definitely "peert" as in "ear." Neil has said so himself. If you look for the youtube video where Eddie Trunk interviews him Eddie asks him that specifically.
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I cannot choose, really. So much great music in these albums. May the Great Neil Peart rest in peace.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

So what's the deal on pronouncing Peart ?--   I always said "Pert", but I've heard "Peert" and Pairt" .
It's definitely "peert" as in "ear." Neil has said so himself. If you look for the youtube video where Eddie Trunk interviews him Eddie asks him that specifically.


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Originally posted by Manuel Manuel wrote:

I cannot choose, really. So much great music in these albums.


I can't choose either.
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Really tough!

Rush is such a prog monster.. among other things I think because they have many (IMO) really well rounded albums.. (a hallmark in my opinion of being 'Big 6' of progressive rock, that in my case is Big 8 w/ Rush in a stellar place and Marillion).

That said, Hemispheres is such a great album! specially the outstanding first track.. but, as an album it doesn't work for me as well as others..

my ordering would be:


A Farewell to Kings
Fly By Night
Moving Pictures
Permanent Waves
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Hemispheres for me, with Moving Pictures close on its tail.

Everything from AFTK to Signals is superb though, with subsequent albums boasting many near perfect songs. In the last year or so I've revisited Presto quite a lot. There are some classic songs on Presto, notably The Pass and Available Light.
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I'm a Farewell To Kings kinda guy...

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Too soon for me. I can't choose anything.
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Moving Pictures. Backed up by Bobby Axelrod from the show Billions.
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When I was a young fanatic of the band, the fave was always Hemispheres. The older person now chooses Permanent Waves as their most consistently perfect album. 

Major points, though, to the final two albums, Snakes + Arrows and Clockwork Angels. Ferocious works.

The loss of Peart is pretty devastating. 
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The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough.

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Hemispheres, followed closely by 2112.
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Not a Rush fan here but the death of Neil Peart made me listen to some Rush. Still can't stand the voice of Geddy Lee, but instrumentally they are very tight and impressive. To make up for his voice, I love Lee's bass playing. Had they done far more instrumentals, I'd have got into them probably. Vote Moving Pictures on the strength of YYZ (also the singing becomes somewhat better later in time).   
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Not a Rush fan here but the death of Neil Peart made me listen to some Rush. Still can't stand the voice of Geddy Lee, but instrumentally they are very tight and impressive. To make up for his voice, I love Lee's bass playing. Had they done far more instrumentals, I'd have got into them probably. Vote Moving Pictures on the strength of YYZ (also the singing becomes somewhat better later in time).   

No offense to you personally but anyone who doesn't like Geddy Lee's voice should stay away from anything with Jon Anderson on it and vice versa. It wouldn't make sense to me if someone loves the voice of one of them but hates the other. If you can tolerate Jon you can tolerate Geddy. So I can only assume you don't like Yes for a similar reason(ie the vocals).
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Originally posted by JediJoker7169 JediJoker7169 wrote:

Counterparts is their strongest album. I will die on this hill.

Not by a long shot but I suppose we are all entitled to our opinions. It's not that it's a bad album(in fact it's quite good). However, I guess I  just don't see how a prog fan can think that. 
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Not a Rush fan here but the death of Neil Peart made me listen to some Rush. Still can't stand the voice of Geddy Lee, but instrumentally they are very tight and impressive. To make up for his voice, I love Lee's bass playing. Had they done far more instrumentals, I'd have got into them probably. Vote Moving Pictures on the strength of YYZ (also the singing becomes somewhat better later in time).   

No offense to you personally but anyone who doesn't like Geddy Lee's voice should stay away from anything with Jon Anderson on it and vice versa. It wouldn't make sense to me if someone loves the voice of one of them but hates the other. If you can tolerate Jon you can tolerate Geddy. So I can only assume you don't like Yes for a similar reason(ie the vocals).

Very wrong. I like Jon a lot as a singer. He just sounds far more relaxed and confident about what he's doing to me. Of course this is all subjective, but surely there is a clear difference between them, and whether it's small or big, it can make all the difference - as it does to me. Appreciation generally doesn't work like this: "X is similar to Y whom I like => I like X, too".
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