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Jabez7 
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 Topic: My Rush Top Ten
Posted: September 23 2013 at 23:37 |
This changes constantly;)
1. Xanadu
2. Overture/Temples Of Syrinx
3. Natural Science
4. Beneath Between & Behind
5. Bacchus Plateau
6. Circumstances
7. Making Memories
8. Entre Nous
9. Earthshine
10. Freewill
Honerable Mention: Finding My Way, Bastille Day, A Passage To Bangkok, Cut To The Chase,
Afterimage, Lessons, YYZ, The Camera Eye, Cygnus X1, & the rest of The Fountains Of Lamneth
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Posted: June 20 2012 at 17:48 |
 Horizons wrote:
Not bad, i've grown to like certain albums more over my years as a fan too (Hold Your Fire and Counterparts). Just putting Rush's debut tracks over Xanadu and La Villa without even mentioning anything from Permanent Waves, their true Masterpiece of the masses. |
the list isn't in preference order I was working forward from the 70s with the odd loopback . PW is a good album and I can enjoy all the tracks individually but strangely i've never thought it was one of their greats and I rarely go back to it as an album. PW seems like an intermediate album to me on their way to Moving Pictures (which is their best of that "phase" ) but hey it's all just down to personal preference and what a song makes you remember or think or feel.
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Posted: June 20 2012 at 16:32 |
wjohnd wrote:
Horizons wrote:
wjohnd wrote:
This damned hard and as others have suggested would change in 10 minutes and in no real order
1. In the end (All the worlds version) 2. Here Again 3. 2112 4. Xanadu 5. Camera Eye 6. Middletown Dreams 7. Ghost Rider 8. Anagram 9. La Villa Strangiato (Exit version) 10. The Garden |
Very odd list indeed. |
really? 
.. to be honest they were the ones that 'bubbled to the top' as i wrote the list and I have been a fan for over 30 years so plenty to choose from for various reasons |
Not bad, i've grown to like certain albums more over my years as a fan too (Hold Your Fire and Counterparts). Just putting Rush's debut tracks over Xanadu and La Villa without even mentioning anything from Permanent Waves, their true Masterpiece of the masses.
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wjohnd
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Posted: June 20 2012 at 16:28 |
Horizons wrote:
wjohnd wrote:
This damned hard and as others have suggested would change in 10 minutes and in no real order
1. In the end (All the worlds version) 2. Here Again 3. 2112 4. Xanadu 5. Camera Eye 6. Middletown Dreams 7. Ghost Rider 8. Anagram 9. La Villa Strangiato (Exit version) 10. The Garden |
Very odd list indeed. |
really?
.. to be honest they were the ones that 'bubbled to the top' as i wrote the list and I have been a fan for over 30 years so plenty to choose from for various reasons
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Posted: June 20 2012 at 16:19 |
wjohnd wrote:
This damned hard and as others have suggested would change in 10 minutes and in no real order
1. In the end (All the worlds version) 2. Here Again 3. 2112 4. Xanadu 5. Camera Eye 6. Middletown Dreams 7. Ghost Rider 8. Anagram 9. La Villa Strangiato (Exit version) 10. The Garden |
Very odd list indeed.
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wjohnd
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Posted: June 20 2012 at 16:11 |
This damned hard and as others have suggested would change in 10 minutes and in no real order
1. In the end (All the worlds version) 2. Here Again 3. 2112 4. Xanadu 5. Camera Eye 6. Middletown Dreams 7. Ghost Rider 8. Anagram 9. La Villa Strangiato (Exit version) 10. The Garden
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Posted: June 19 2012 at 23:56 |
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Hemispheres
Cygnus X-1
La Villa Strangiato
The Fountain of Lamneth
2112
Xanadu
Natural Science
YYZ
In the End
Closer to the Heart
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Posted: May 23 2012 at 17:14 |
| La Villa
Strangiato |
| Cygnus X-1 Book Two:
Hemispheres |
| 2112 |
| Jacob's Ladder |
| Xandau |
| The
Trees |
| By-Tor & The Snow Dog |
| Hempispheres |
| Limelight |
| A Farewell to Kings |
| Between the Wheels |
| Losing It |
| Red Barchetta |
| Tom Sawyer |
| Afterimage |
| Analog Kid |
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Posted: April 05 2012 at 09:14 |
Bravado
Hemispheres
La Villa Strangiato
Natural Science
Limelight
Available Light
Vapor Trail
Jacob's Ladder
Prime Mover
Losing It
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Posted: April 05 2012 at 08:09 |
ghost_of_morphy wrote:
Green Shield Stamp wrote:
This is not to criticise their earlier albums, but for me an album such as Grace Under Pressure is more enjoyable than say....Hemispheres. |
Ditto. |
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Posted: April 05 2012 at 06:52 |
ghost_of_morphy wrote:
Green Shield Stamp wrote:
This is not to criticise their earlier albums, but for me an album such as Grace Under Pressure is more enjoyable than say....Hemispheres. |
Ditto. |
Grace under Pressure, IIRC seemed to polarise opinion, the last time it was discussed around here. I actually think it's among their best 80's albums. Just behind Moving Pictures, and arguably on a par with Permenant Waves. More enjoyable than Hemispheres, though? For me, I would probably say not, although by the time the band recorded GUP, Geddy was certainly a far better singer, imo.
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Posted: April 04 2012 at 22:24 |
Green Shield Stamp wrote:
This is not to criticise their earlier albums, but for me an album such as Grace Under Pressure is more enjoyable than say....Hemispheres. |
Ditto.
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Posted: April 04 2012 at 22:22 |
zachfive wrote:
I think they were more confident musicians in the 80's, and as such they incorporated a lot of different musical styles |
This is most definitely true... and it leaked into the 90's.
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Posted: April 04 2012 at 21:05 |
I already posted my ten, but here are some runners up:
Afterimage In the End Prime Mover What You're Doing In the Valley/Tie-Tacks and Armpits/No One at the Bridge/ etc Limelight Witch Hunt The Big Money Stick it Out The Trees
Edited by HolyMoly - April 04 2012 at 21:05
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Posted: April 04 2012 at 21:01 |
Catcher10 wrote:
Why has nobody picked I Think I'm Going Bald?
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I actually had that song going through my head all day yesterday. I like it. It's not a favorite, but it's a nice riff, and I get a kick out of Geddy screaming "Ah Think Ahm Goin' Bald!!"
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Posted: April 04 2012 at 12:33 |
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Why has nobody picked I Think I'm Going Bald?
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Dude, cause that songs goes in the other thread about songs ruining albums. 
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Posted: April 04 2012 at 12:32 |
Blacksword wrote:
Yeah, I was referring more to the track than the album. Hemispheres as an album is better than Caress (imo) purely because of the second side. I simply prefer Lamneth as a 'concept' track/suite etc...
So, put your musket away, Sir Dennis. You should know I only dual with swords. I'm a bit old fashioned, like that...  |
Ok, I should have got the "sword" part from your name, my bad.
Yes, most fans never mention "Lamneth" which is lamentable as it was RUSH's first concept piece. I think for a first
try they connected a bunch of separate musical ideas very well. 2112 or my favorite Hemispheres side 1 would
not exist without that first effort.
Edited by dennismoore - April 04 2012 at 12:41
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Posted: April 04 2012 at 10:37 |
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^I like it. But not top ten for sure.
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Posted: April 04 2012 at 10:30 |
Why has nobody picked I Think I'm Going Bald?
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Posted: April 04 2012 at 09:29 |
ghost_of_morphy wrote:
dennismoore wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
Oh yeah, I've always loved Lamneth. I prefer it to 2112 and Hemispheres..  |
Ok pal, our "lovefest" is oficially over. Take back what you said about " better than Hemispheres" or I shall challenge you to a dual(with those old musket pistols that may or may not actually fire. )
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Hemispheres never really did all that much for me. Especially the first side. |
Yeah, I was referring more to the track than the album. Hemispheres as an album is better than Caress (imo) purely because of the second side. I simply prefer Lamneth as a 'concept' track/suite etc... So, put your musket away, Sir Dennis. You should know I only dual with swords. I'm a bit old fashioned, like that...
Edited by Blacksword - April 04 2012 at 09:30
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