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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43313 |
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Octopus II ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 21 2023 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 12318 |
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Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres
Rush - A Farewell To Kings Styx - Crystal Ball
Rainbow - Difficult To Cure Edited by Octopus II - September 23 2024 at 04:05 |
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43313 |
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^ Almost the same but in a slightly different order.
![]() 1. Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres 2. Rainbow - Difficult To Cure 3. Jefferson Starship - Modern Times 4. Rush - A Farewell to Kings
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Grumpyprogfan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 09 2019 Location: Kansas City Status: Offline Points: 12381 |
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Rush
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43313 |
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![]() The one monstrously good song everyone remembers from the Spectres album. No doubt a big favourite in Japan too. ![]() By the way, Blue Oyster Cult has no known connection with the Blue Oyster Club in Police Academy, where they dance the Gay Gordons, allegedly. ![]() |
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Sean Trane ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20411 |
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Who's Next & Farewelllllllll
the others are way behind and yje worst are .... in the ruts
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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verslibre ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 18539 |
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Any which way you cut it, 1984 was especially huge, thanks to Ted Templeman's production and Donn Landee's engineering. Naturally, MTV played a role in the album's massive success. For sentimental reasons, 1984 gets my vote, followed by (in alphabetical order)
Blue Öyster Cult – Spectres Heart – Private Audition Jefferson Starship – Modern Times (an album more people should hear) Rainbow – Difficult to Cure Rush – A Farewell to Kings *Kansas's Two for the Show is a live record, and I tend to group those outside studio albums unless they consist of original material. |
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verslibre ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 18539 |
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![]() I mean, who doesn't love the uncanny vocal talent of one Michael Winslow? |
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Jared ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 20308 |
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Journey - Departure
(I'm ignoring Rush from these polls...)
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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
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43313 |
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The first run of six albums in the 1970's was the best era for Rush, but they were an easy band to ignore in the 1980's.
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verslibre ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 18539 |
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I can't disagree more, Paul! Permanent Waves (1980) and Moving Pictures (1981) brought them more fans in droves. They got tighter, more focused, became better songwriters and players. I think Geddy's best singing is circa '80-85, too. More listeners arguably picked up drums and bass thanks to Neil and Geddy. Permanent Waves sold its first million copies in two months (it took Hemispheres fifteen years). And we all know how successful its follow-up Moving Pictures has been. ![]() As I've said elsewhere on this site, I've no use for their self-titled debut nowadays. I don't listen to live versions of those songs, either. When they start becoming the Rush we love is on Caress of Steel. But I'm one of those guys who prefers Hemispheres to 2112 in no small way. ![]() |
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43313 |
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^ Yeah, you're right! Spirit of Radio was played endlessly on the radio in the 1980's and Rush were impossible to ignore.
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essexboyinwales ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: April 27 2015 Location: Bridgend Status: Offline Points: 5223 |
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BOOH2 for me, but some other great albums here too!
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Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell
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Saperlipopette! ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 20 2010 Location: Tomorrowland Status: Offline Points: 12393 |
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Spectres. Gotta love Godzilla, but my favorite songs on this album are the more melancholic or dark ones - such as Fireworks, I Love the Night and Nosferatu.
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Sean Trane ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20411 |
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Next Farewell to Queen
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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mellotronwave ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 30 2021 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 11529 |
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The Who by miles
Kansas, Stones, Rush ... lot of craps in that list |
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