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rushfan4 wrote:   I never knew that there was anything wrong with Vapor Trails until I started posting here either, and I still don't really get what is wrong with it so...

That's because there is nothing wrong with it.

StyLaZyn wrote: rushfan4 wrote: In preparation for next Tuesday's Rush concert I am listening to all of the Rush discography and I must say that as much as I love all of their albums I listened to Presto this morning and it is the first one that has given me the spine tingles while listening to it.  It is probably the nostalgia talking but I absolutely love this most-hated album from them.  It was the first album that they released after I became a fan and it was the first tour that I saw them live on, so I guess it just has that something special feeling for me.  I think that Geddy's voice and bass playing are at their best on this one, and Neil absolutely shines with both his playing and his lyrics, which may very will be the best that he ever wrote (in my opinion of course).  I suppose that I didn't notice Alex as much on this, although his playing is solid.  As I type this, I am listening to Roll the Bones and I am still having that feeling.  I guess that is why my user name is what it is, as I really love the stuff that even the Rush fans on here seem to hate. It is not so much the songs, albeit some are almost unlistenable, as it is the mix/EQ. It suffers the almost opposite of Vapor Trails, which likewise is a terrible production. The sound of Alex's guitar, especially acoustic, is way too tinny. The album simply is not full.

To me it sound near-perfect.  Maybe that is a benefit of not being a musician, producer of music.  I don't really hear anything wrong with the mix/EQ, but I will honestly admit I am no expert with that stuff.  I never knew that there was anything wrong with Vapor Trails until I started posting here either, and I still don't really get what is wrong with it so...

In preparation for next Tuesday's Rush concert I am listening to all of the Rush discography and I must say that as much as I love all of their albums I listened to Presto this morning and it is the first one that has given me the spine tingles while listening to it.  It is probably the nostalgia talking but I absolutely love this most-hated album from them.  It was the first album that they released after I became a fan and it was the first tour that I saw them live on, so I guess it just has that something special feeling for me.  I think that Geddy's voice and bass playing are at their best on this one, and Neil absolutely shines with both his playing and his lyrics, which may very will be the best that he ever wrote (in my opinion of course).  I suppose that I didn't notice Alex as much on this, although his playing is solid.  As I type this, I am listening to Roll the Bones and I am still having that feeling.  I guess that is why my user name is what it is, as I really love the stuff that even the Rush fans on here seem to hate.

I really can't see this happening..

Rush didn't play well with girls:

Fowley tells Legendary Rock Interviews: “Rush had pseudo-intellectual lyrics and very heady stuff that was all HP Lovecraft, and that doesn’t always go over so well in Detroit.

“Add to that the complicated musical interludes and screaming vocals, and it’s not hard to understand the appeal of the Runaways.

“They also weren’t very nice to the girls. If you watch the movie there’s an incident in which the girls rebel against an older bunch of guys they’re on the bill with. That was Rush, and that actually happened, terribly, to them.”

Just finished listening to all the Rush studio albums in order of release (on the same equaliser settings).  Great to hear these fantastic albums again and clear confirmation for me that Rush are one of the great bands.

I did finally receive my copy of the vinyl version.....I am not liking it very much, the sound is well yes "loudness wars". I suspect it is a needle drop and not a pressing from the original recordings. I could have done a better job on my own, but what do you expect from RoadRunner Records. Pretty much everything I have from them on vinyl is not good. Dream Theater BC&SL is pretty good....the rest not so.

Catcher10 wrote: Seems for those that do not like CA.....it has turned them on better to S&A, which is cool as I always found that album to be very, very good. pretty much all the S&A songs are top notch and sounds excellent very loud too!   As well does CA.....loud is better

Hey guys we're at the 6th 21/12 of the year!!!!!

Horizons wrote:   It's decent just nothing breath-taking or really interesting. What a shame. S&A was so much better.