Best Rush Cover Art
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Topic: Best Rush Cover Art
Posted By: video vertigo
Subject: Best Rush Cover Art
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 23:33
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Hugh Syme is an amazing artist http://www.hughsyme.com - http://www.hughsyme.com also go to http://www.2112.net/powerwindows - http://www.2112.net/powerwindows if your not familiar with some of Rush's coverwork
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 23:37
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It's really hard to say which album's cover art is the best. They all have some aspect that make it a great cover. And each of Rush's generations has different cover art. 70's Rush had drastically different covers from 80's Rush, and 80's Rush had drastically different covers from 90's Rush. I have to say that the best in my opinion at the moment is a tie between A Farewell to Kings and Caress of Steel. Caress of Steel has a such a great cover, with one side being a drawing of the Necromancer, the other side being a portrait of the Fountain of Lamneth. Then the A Farewell to Kings cover is good because of the wreckage surrounding the Puppet King. My vote goes to Caress of Steel, in the end. ------------- 
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 00:00
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fly by night ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 10:42
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Oh come on guys... this is a no-brainer... 'Moving Pictures' wins hands down.... it's that sharp, it'll cut itself!! I also quite like the egg in a G clamp inside Grace Under Pressure, but you did say the COVER, which is pleasing on the eye, but frankly I don't understand it! ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 13:55
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I voted for permanent waves cos it was the first rush
album i ever owned and I really liked the cool pics on the back of the sleeve of Alex's 6&12 in the live room at Le tudio and Ged looking thoughtful at the desk. But for a Single image - I really like the test for Echo cover for some reason, just a cool picture. Signals is a pretty bold graphic too and when i was a Rush noob and had very few of their records the one i most wanted to get was Caress of Steel cause it had this cool fantasy vibe about its cool gatefold sleeve. I eventually got a vinyl copy and was hugely disappointed - very patchy album |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 13:58
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Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:51
| I had to go with Exit Stage Left. I thought that was one of cleverist cover concepts I've seen. Putting elements from all their covers at the time together at once backstage. I wonder how the Permanent Waves gal got along with the Hemespheres guy? |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 20:11
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A Farewell to Kings -------------  |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 20:44
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Posted By: Hammill
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 12:27
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Posted By: Hammill
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 12:28
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i don't why it doesn't appear the cover i chose. anyway i think the
best rush album covers are hemispheres and farewell to kings.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 09:54
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..and the best album ever made, in my humble opinion..Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 19:37
if you like "Hemisphere's" cover, may i recommend "Going for the One" as well? i think it's right up your alley.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 22:53
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Moving Pictures
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 23:47
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It's close between Caress of Steel and Fly By Night, but I'll have to go with Caress of Steel. That cover's so cool, I had to buy the vinyl just so I could frame a big picture of it...
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 11:00
Is it okay to resurrect this thread Rico?  I vote for Grace Under Pressure. |
Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 11:03
why not resurrect that infamous sex test thread instead ? 
my vote goes for Rush in Rio ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: MadcapLaughs84
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 11:06
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Hemispheres ------------- 
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 11:08
| A Farewell To Kings is a great album cover!! |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 11:16
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FTK and Grace Under Pressure are two of my all time favorites, but I have to go with Grace.
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 13:08
| Always liked their debut best cover-wise, but Moving Pictures features a nice and rather clever cover aswell (a photograph of people moving pictures! I love wordplay). |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 15:14
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They've had some great cover's but i'll go for A Farewell To Kings! ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 15:22
Agreed! ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
MadcapLaughs84 wrote:Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 23:12
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I love the humor and irony of Moving Pictures. Just a great play on words.
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Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: January 27 2007 at 03:51
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Dont't ask me why but I love POWER WINDOWS cover art!!!
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: January 27 2007 at 07:22
| ^I quite like Power Windows aswell. Reminds me of René Magritte's paintings, for some reason. |
Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: January 27 2007 at 10:22
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Quite hard this one. Rush album covers aren't amongst my favourites.
They have had some good ones though.
Although 'Fly By Night' is my least favourite Rush album, I do like the cover. Also, I like 'Presto' & 'Roll The Bones', both musically and coverwise.
In the end, though, I voted for Caress Of Steel. I think it goes with the music really well.
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Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: January 27 2007 at 12:48
| "Moving Pictures" |
Posted By: yesfan88
Date Posted: January 27 2007 at 16:48
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definitely Hemispheres ------------- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"- Evelyn Beatrice Hall |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: January 28 2007 at 00:25
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Signals here... says a lot with so little.....
It's true, Rush has some great covers...
(now somebody please recommend the guy who designed them to the guy that designed Genesis' covers) ------------- 
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Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: January 28 2007 at 22:09
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Caress of steel for me. The color tone on that is striking. Same thing goes for grace under pressure but not as striking in the forms as it is in the coloring. wish I could vote.
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 28 2007 at 22:12
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1. Grace Under Pressure
2. Test For Echo
3. Signals ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: ProgShine
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 23:52
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I Love The Grace Under Pressure cover ------------- https://progshinerecords.bandcamp.com 
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Posted By: Wutu Banale
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 12:24
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Test for Echo (I could kill to see a place exacly liek that), Permanent Waves (My wallpaper) and Caress of Steel cause it's fricking good! ------------- Käsittämättömän käsittämätöntä Suurta ja arvostettavaa. |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 12:25
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Grace Under Pressure and Vapor Trails for me.
Also like the authentic 60's tone to the Feedback cover ! ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: February 04 2007 at 16:57
I heard that. Some one should do a poll on album cover lands you would kill to visit. Like Roger Dean landscapes ( well you could do a whole poll on just his landscapes) ,the cover to foxtrot, Tarkus,moody blues Seventh sojourn, Santana Caravanserai, too many for me to think of and not miss some great ones. Lnadscape covers are truly in thier own class. ------------- This space intentionally left blank |