My Rush Top Ten
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Topic: My Rush Top Ten
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Subject: My Rush Top Ten
Date Posted: March 31 2012 at 10:47
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Presented with no comment.
1. Natural Science
2. YYZ
3. Manhattan Project
4. Subdivisions
5. 2112
5. Red Barchetta
6. Spirit of Radio
7. Analog Kid
8. Fly by Night
9. Time Stand Still
10. Kid Gloves
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: March 31 2012 at 11:17
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1. Xanadu 2. Natural Science 3. Red Barchetta 4. The Trees 5. Cygnus X-1 Book Two: Hemispheres 6. 2112 7. La Villa Strangiato 8. YYZ 9. Jacob's Ladder 10. The Camera Eye Man, not an easy task for Rush fans.  Runner Ups: Limelight, Cygnus X-1 Book One: The Voyage, The Spirit Of The Radio, Freewill, A Farewell To Kings, Subdivisions, The Fountain Of Lamneth, Time Stand Still. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: March 31 2012 at 11:44
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Here goes: 1. 2112 2. Hemispheres 3. Peaceable Kingdom 4. Distant Early Warning 5. Jacob's Ladder 6. The Camera Eye 7. Earthshine 8. La Villa Strangiato 9. Available Light 10. Madrigal In 10 minutes, the list will probably be completely different. The only one I'm sure about is #1. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: Cneo
Date Posted: March 31 2012 at 12:45
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Wow cool I havent done a top ten list in years! Fountain of Lamneth Cygnus X-1 Xanadu The Camera Eye Natural Science Jacobs Ladder Necromancer As the Stars Look Down Caravan Hemispheres |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 13:12
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Nice to see stuff from Caress of Steel, Cneo, I just couldn't bring myself to do it, but I wanted to. -------------
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Posted By: Cneo
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 14:34
| Caress of Steel is great. Its the first album of epic songs and I kinda see it as a prequel to 2112. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 14:39
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Not in order..That would be too hard.. Xanadu Cygnus X1 The Fountain of Lamneth La Villa Strangiato Different Strings Ghost of a Chance Something for Nothing Jacobs Ladder Subdivisions Tom Sawyer I could go on.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 16:29
Indeed it's great. Sometimes i like it more than 2112. Caress of Steel is still fresh to me, the epics are truely impressive. This is difficult to make because they are my favorite band, so here's 15. Missions is an amazing song off of the massively underrated, Hold Your Fire. 1. Cygnus: Hemispheres 2. 2112 3. The Necromancer 4. Natural Science 5. La Villa Strangiato 6. Xanadu 7. A Farewell to Kings 8. Subdivisions 9. Mission 10. Limelight -------- 11. The Camera Eye 12. The Weapon 13. Analog Kid 14. Freewill 15. Double Agent
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Cneo wrote:Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 16:48
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^ Great to see Mission in your list! Hold Your Fire is probably my favourite 80's Rush album along with Signals, of course.
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 16:52
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I like Signals, Hold Your Fire, and Permanent Waves more than Moving Pictures right now. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 17:10
Actually, crap, I forgot that Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures were 80's albums!  I always think of them as 70's albums. Okay, what I really meant was that Hold Your Fire and Signals are my two favourites, post 81. 
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Posted By: dennismoore
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 19:33
Super cool to see The Fountain of Lamneth listed here. Great great track. My Top 10 are: 1. Hemispheres side 1 2. Xanadu 3. La Villa Strangiato 4..2112 5. The Trees 6. Farewell To Kings 7. Natural Science 8. Digital Man 9. The Camera Eye 10. Fly By Night Very hard to stop at 10, though..... |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 04:26
Oh yeah, I've always loved Lamneth. I prefer it to 2112 and Hemispheres.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 04:50
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1. Xanadu 2. Witch Hunt 3. The Camera Eye 4. Losing It 5. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres 6. Second Nature 7. La Villa Strangiato 8. Jacob's Ladder 9. Fountain of Lamneth 10. The Weapon Runners-up:
The Trees Circumstances Mission Natural Science The Necromancer 2112 By-Tor and the Snow Dog ------------- 
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 10:43
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Subdivisions Force Ten Analog Kid Red Sector A Red Barchetta Jacobs Ladder Necromancer 2112 Overture La Villa Strangiato Cygnus X1 Book 1 ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 10:50
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 11:03
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Xanadu
Secret Touch
Camera Eye
La Villa Strangiato
By Tor and the Snow Dog
Cygnus X-1 Book II
Fountain of Lamneth
Natural Science
Between the Wheels
2112
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 15:18
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The Pass Dreamline Bravado Driven Ghost Rider Spirit of Radio Xanadu Between the Wheels Mystic Rhythms Closer to the Heart ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 18:27
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Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Necromancer Cygnus X-1 Fountain of Lamneth La Villa Strangiato 2112 Between the wheels Jacobs Ladder Bytor & the Snow Dog Natural Science |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 18:44
Great to see some 90's material. Maybe not Prog, but it's still awesome Rush music! I love The Pass! Neil and Ged have stated that it's one of the most emotional songs they've ever written. Alex's solo is amazing, as well. -------------
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Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 21:27
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No particular order, except for #1. Kid Gloves Heresy Losing It Cut to the Chase Peaceable Kingdom Emotion Detector Marathon Territories Afterimage Sweet Miracle
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 21:45
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I'm guessing you've worn-out the classics? Grace Under Pressure is one of the few Rush album i'm not a fan of. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 22:29
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crud, picking albums is so much easier, ah well -- Natural Science Cygnus X1 Book II Entre Nous Circumstances Tom Sawyer Subdivisions The Trees Limelight La Villa Strangiato Losing It |
Posted By: PyramidMeetsTheEye
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 07:14
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nice list but you left limelight out -------------  |
Posted By: dennismoore
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 11:37
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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Posted By: dennismoore
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 11:40
OK, now we have removed any doubt whatsoever, where your nickname comes from.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 11:44
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Tom Sawyer is my all-time favorite song (between that and Zep's Stairway), and Vital Signs is my favorite Rush song. After that it is a free-for-all as I pretty much love everything else. ------------- 
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Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 15:37
The classics are great and all, but if we are talking my personal favorites well that is 80's+ Rush. I think they were more confident musicians in the 80's, and as such they incorporated a lot of different musical styles, which I feel the "classic" stuff was lacking. Also they fully developed that unique and iconic Rush sound, where as in the 70's they were still following their Zeppelin/The Who/Cream influences with a sci-fi quasi-political twist. Oh and GUP is amazing, without it you are incomplete... INCOMPLEEET!
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 15:42
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 04:44
Agree totally with this. I am a big fan of everything Rush has produced. I don't think they have released a bad album. However, I prefer the 80s+ work. I think their song writing is more sharply focused in terms of lyrics and melody and they have a wider musical palette. Although possibly at odds with prog ideals, concision is not a bad thing - so the move away from the longer epics, in my opinion made Rush a better band. This is not to criticise their earlier albums, but for me an album such as Grace Under Pressure is more enjoyable than say....Hemispheres. ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 09:29
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...  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 10:30
Why has nobody picked I Think I'm Going Bald?
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 10:37
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^I like it. But not top ten for sure. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: dennismoore
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 12:32
 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.
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Posted By: dennismoore
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 12:33
Dude, cause that songs goes in the other thread about songs ruining albums.
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 21:01
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!!" ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 21:05
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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
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 22:22
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 22:24
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 05 2012 at 06:52
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. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: April 05 2012 at 08:09
 ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Riuku
Date Posted: April 05 2012 at 09:14
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Bravado
Hemispheres
La Villa Strangiato
Natural Science
Limelight
Available Light
Vapor Trail
Jacob's Ladder
Prime Mover
Losing It
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Posted By: Lord Anon
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 17:14
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Posted By: Cthulhu42
Date 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 |
Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 16:11
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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 By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 16:19
Very odd list indeed. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 16:28
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 By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 16:32
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. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 17:48
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 By: Jabez7
Date Posted: September 23 2013 at 23:37
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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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