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AFlowerKingCrimson 
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I was tempted to toss in 2112 but I figured that would too easily beat the others.
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Posted: April 09 2020 at 18:53 |
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Close call but I think Fly By Night is most consistent.
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Posted: April 09 2020 at 19:54 |
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Caress of Steel takes my vote.
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Posted: April 09 2020 at 20:47 |
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I absolutley love the debut album. Caress of Steel is a close second
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Posted: April 09 2020 at 21:39 |
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Caress by a decent margin. FBN is more focused but I think it's experiments aren't as enjoyable. Caress is a perfect album to relax with on a sunny day.
Not knocking the debut, but it isn't one of my favorite Rush albums.
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Posted: April 09 2020 at 21:46 |
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FBN, but pretty much a pass on the lot.
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Posted: April 09 2020 at 23:05 |
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FBN for me also, although Caress is really close and first album is fun listening when you don“t listen it too often. Great you don“t put 2112 in this, it would have been really boring poll. Have there been 2112 - a Farewell to Kings - Hemispheres poll (or 2112 - Hemispheres poll because I think one of those two will will, although Farewell is as great)?
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Posted: April 09 2020 at 23:10 |
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Caress Of Steel, hands down. I cant get into their debut at all, Fly By Night is only decent for me, but Caress is my favourite early Rush album (then Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures). Throw in Signals, then these are all I need from these guys.
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Posted: April 09 2020 at 23:36 |
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Caress of Steel because I think Rush started to think bigger about then ... sure it isn't perfect but I'd give it a solid 4 stars. very ambitious and for that ambition it gets an extra score from me.
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Posted: April 10 2020 at 00:30 |
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2112 is several magnitudes better than the first three...
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I am a Rush fan but I just don't bother with the first 3 albums. By-Tor and the Snow Dog is the only track I remotely care about but I would rather listen to the ATWAS version and not the album version.
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Posted: April 10 2020 at 00:40 |
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Caress of Steel, obviously. Fly by Night has By-Tor and the Snow Dog, but, like richardh writes, the live version blows it away.
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Posted: April 10 2020 at 05:44 |
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Caress of Steel just ahead of Fly By Night.
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Posted: April 10 2020 at 07:15 |
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Caress of Steel easily.
I do like Fly By Night very much but I rarely listen to the debut album anymore
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Posted: April 10 2020 at 07:37 |
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Fly By Night, for By-Tor
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Posted: April 10 2020 at 08:19 |
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Caress of Steel mostly because of The Necromancer
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Posted: April 10 2020 at 10:02 |
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My vote untied the results, so far! There were 12 and 12 between FBN and CoS.
I had to think a little hard about my vote. In my reviews of these albums I rated FBN with 3 stars and CoS with 3.5, so that should be enough to make up my mind. But today I voted for the sophomore album. I just love By-Tor & the Snow Dog, Anthem, BB&B, and In the End. Rivendell is the worst thing under the Rush name, definitely. Forgive me for contradicting my own review |
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Posted: April 10 2020 at 10:10 |
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^And yet rivendell still came in at number 32 on a list of 167 ranked rush songs worst to best. I like it ok and think it gets unfairly bashed but even I wouldn't rank it that high. For me it gets the prize for sleepiest rush song. If there's one rush song that will put you to sleep that's the one. That by itself doesn't make it bad though you just have to be in the mood(no pun intended) to appreciate it.
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Posted: April 10 2020 at 10:36 |
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I'm not very confortabēle to talk about those album, yet.
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