Best Rush Albums

1. Fly by Night

richardh wrote: Big Sky wrote: 1) A Farewell to Kings 2) Hemispheres 3) Moving Pictures 4) Permanent Waves 5) Signals Number 5 is tough. Grace Under Pressure and Power Windows were under consideration. Fan of both those albums. First four have been locked in those positions for many years now. possibly the greatest 5 album run of all time. Signals is a great album and probably an album I like more than the stuff before Hemispheres. 2112 is undoubtedly classic but just now seems very dated and hasn't aged well IMO.

Richardh,

It certainly is one of the great runs. 2112 is probably the most important album in the band's catalog as it undoubtedly saved the band. And because it was done under their terms, it allowed them creative control going forward. Had Geddy, Alex and Neil bent to the label's demand to release a more commercial album, I don't see how we get Xanadu, La Villa Strangiato or Jacob's Ladder going forward.

However, like you, outside of the first 7 minutes of 2112 and A Passage to Bangkok it is not an album I revisit much.

Permanent Waves

1) A Farewell to Kings
2) Hemispheres
3) Moving Pictures
4) Permanent Waves
5) Signals

Number 5 is tough. Grace Under Pressure and Power Windows were under consideration. Fan of both those albums. First four have been locked in those positions for many years now.

1. Moving Pictures

Permanent Waves

Classic favorites.....

judahbenkenobi wrote: Catcher10 wrote: judahbenkenobi wrote: 1. Hemispheres 2. Moving Pictures 3. A Farewell to Kings 4. Permanent Waves 5. A Show of Hands (believe it or not!) The first four in my favorites list are from the classic 70's era. A Show of Hands sums up the 80's era, which is the one I grew up with. Nice! I've seen many of their tours over the past 35yrs, I saw the Show of Hands tour in Maryland. That is one of my fav live albums. I also have the VHS tape of that show...... I have that one too! it's nice that it has a different setlist. The good thing is that there's La Villa Strangiato, YYZ, and In the Mood. The bad thing is that there's only half of The Rhythm Method and nothing from Signals. I only saw them once, on the Time Machine tour, and had to travel all the way from Guatemala to San Antonio, TX, but I can assure you, it was one of the happiest days of my life!