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Topic ClosedDuke or Caress Of Steel?
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Points: 29607 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2014 at 01:37
Duke has about 39 minutes of brilliant music but suffers from 3 or 4 lack lustre ballads that drag it down. I still voted for it as I hardly ever listen to that Rush album.
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I like Duke, though I'll take Caress of Steel over it most of the time.  Genesis might have the better album, but my vote goes to Rush.
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Points: 494 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2014 at 04:19
Caress Of Steel by 1000 miles. If Duke is Mariana Trench, CoS is Mount Everest. Serioulsy, why comparing these albums? 

 
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Duke was also from a band going down like a ski jumper at Sochi.

Caress of Steel was from a band going up like a Saturn V.
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Originally posted by Chimaera Chimaera wrote:

Duke was also from a band going down like a ski jumper at Sochi.
Caress of Steel was from a band going up like a Saturn V.


Although not commercially. COS didn't do well at all. It was panned by the critics, sold badly on its release and the band were on the verge of being dumped by their record company.

Duke sold over 500,000 copies in the UK alone within a very short time after release. It went on to sell millions. That said, I'm sure COS would have caught up dramatically after 2112 was released and re-ignited interest in Rush.
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Caress of Steel. 

Great album. 
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Points: 1534 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2014 at 10:38
Okay, gotta go with Rush.

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Originally posted by LSDisease LSDisease wrote:

why comparing these albums?

Originally posted by Xonty Xonty wrote:

both around the 3.50 rating on PA
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Points: 956 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2014 at 18:26
Duke, no doubts, Duke's Travels, Behind the lines and Duchess are enough to win.
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When I think about it there is only one track on Rush's first 3 albums that I care about (By-Tor). As Blacksword mentions they were on the verge of giving up and so decided to do an album to suit them . 2112 was not the album the record company wanted .. well not initially anyway. I remember at school around about 1977  and 1978 , Rush were THE BAND, They were everything to a lot of spotty 15 year old kids.
Genesis were on the verge of change by 1980 and Duke was in a way a sort of hedging their bets type album. It still had some prog but quite obviously it has some pop stuff aimed at radio. By 1981 they had made up their mind and moved away from prog. Better to have nice young women in the audience than a bunch of spotty teens.Wink


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