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The Ryan 
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Posted: February 26 2006 at 23:40 |
The best (not proggiest) for me is the debut, RUSH. I'm one of the weirdos who voted for it...
I love the Led Zeppelin sound that much, Fly By Night and Caress of Steel are both bad representations of Rush's 70's career, just like the debut. It's a matter of what direction you like more, I suppose?
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Posted: February 26 2006 at 23:12 |
 Dr Know wrote:
My vote would go to Fly by night with Anthem, In the end...great album |
I agree. Although "Caress" is more ambitious in prog (or prog-related) terms, "Fly" has a more cohesive feel to it, the repertoire is more balanced and the peaks are some of the best songs Rush wrote during their first era. It's also got a lost gem in it: the beautiful acoustic ballad 'Rivendell', a piece that Gabriel-era Genesis would have been proud of. Regards.
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Posted: February 26 2006 at 16:25 |
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Caress Of Steel, by miles. It was the first Rush album I ever bought, back in '76 I think. Got the cd years ago, and recently bought the remaster. In fact, it is the only Rush remaster I have ever got, although I have all Rush cds except the last two. COS is a very strange, surreal album, different to any other Rush album, and therein lies its attraction for me. It is one of the top three Rush albums from the early period (Hemispheres marking the end of that period.) The other two being Hemispheres and Farewell To Kings; all three are excellent. They also produced two awful albums in that period, the atrocious (although some fans rate it highly) and exceedingly juvenile 2112, and, the worst album they ever produced, Fly By Night. Oh dear, oh dear! One good track on that, Anthem, the rest totally forgettable. The debut, on the other hand, is a decent effort, and I still listen to it occasionally.
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Posted: February 26 2006 at 11:53 |
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RUSH - blues/rock album, not bad - 7/10
FLY BY NIGHT - good rock album - 8/10
CARESS OF STEEL - experimental, psychedelic album, not very successfull IMHO... - 6 /10
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Posted: February 26 2006 at 08:48 |
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Fly By Night...one of my favourite Rush albums...
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ColonelClaypool
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Posted: February 26 2006 at 08:34 |
dralan wrote:
Caress of Steel. Probably my favorite album by Rush period. |
Agreed. The Necromancer is my favourite Rush-song. 
Fly By Night is very good as well, except for the abysmal Rivendell.
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With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with.
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Posted: February 25 2006 at 19:22 |
John Gargo wrote:
Fly By Night.. The debut is too reminiscent of Led Zeppelin and Caress of Steel has got a filler track on it (guess which one). |
Necromancer. That "I think I'm going bald" is pretty awesome, and of course its prog.
But this album is not prog compared to the debut, obviously. Just listen to all of the inspired 2 minute epics on that beautiful work of art.
(My vote goes for Caress of Steel.)
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Gary the Ghoul
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Posted: February 25 2006 at 12:05 |
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My pick is Rush
That's one helluva album
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dralan
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 17:52 |
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Caress of Steel. Probably my favorite album by Rush period.
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mission4prog
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 15:50 |
the first album was too much of a Zepplin rip-off.
it shouldn't even be included in the poll.
the band without Peart, just isn't the band....
m4p
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Posted: February 21 2006 at 21:44 |
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I guess only the stonking version of Natural Science on Different Stages betters it.Maybe.
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 that performance was incredible.
I was fortunate enough to catch them on that tour, it was probably the
best concert I've seen from them (out of 6), just unbelievable - loved
how they brought out some old gems.
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Posted: February 21 2006 at 19:57 |
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I think the first three on Caress of Steel are weak but the rest are great.
Fly By Night has no really weak tracks, but then it has no really strong tracks either.
Haven't heard the first one, so I won't vote.
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Posted: February 21 2006 at 18:59 |
NaturalScience wrote:
I do really enjoy Fly By Night, but don't you think the version of By-Tor on All the World's a Stage is WAY better than the studio version? That might be my favorite live song ever!
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Same here-the live version of Bytor from ATWAS is beyond brilliant,so exciting and high-powered. I guess only the stonking version of Natural Science on Different Stages betters it.Maybe.
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Posted: February 21 2006 at 18:54 |
Tony R wrote:
Fountain Of Lamneth is atrocious-I was nearly evicteed by my mother
for playing "No One At The Bridge" at tea-time - "scream in
desperation" pretty much sums it up for me.... |
Wow, I couldn't disagree more. Guess it's good that Rush has so many albums...there's something for everyone. 
I do really enjoy Fly By Night, but don't you think the version of
By-Tor on All the World's a Stage is WAY better than the studio
version? That might be my favorite live song ever!
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Posted: February 21 2006 at 18:16 |
Fly By Night by a country mile.
Fountain Of Lamneth is atrocious-I was nearly evicteed by my mother for playing "No One At The Bridge" at tea-time - "scream in desperation" pretty much sums it up for me....
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Posted: February 21 2006 at 18:08 |
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No Brainer of that list- Caress of Steel- experimental, and very proggy.
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Posted: February 21 2006 at 18:07 |
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Caress of Steel
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Posted: February 21 2006 at 16:46 |
Got to be 'Fly By Night' for me; the other two are merely OK- their debut is all too derivative of Led Zeppelin and not especially progressive and I find 'Caress Of Steel' to be an awkward album with some excellent tracks but an over indulgent epic side long piece.
'Fly By Night' doesn't have a weak track as I recall, but some may sound weaker as albums like '2112' through 'Signals' had some extremely tight and focussed songwriting.
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Posted: February 21 2006 at 10:25 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
Definitely Caress of Steel.
Love The Necromancer and the Fountain of Lamneth(a very overlooked epic). |
For me the same. The Necromancer and the Fountain of Lammeth are among their best long songs.
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Earliest Rush
started out terrible
90s, i dont think rush knew what they wanted
2000 to present awful ""vapor trail"" is frisbee material
My opion of course..