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CygnusX2112 
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Posted: April 09 2004 at 22:35 |
Rush is one of my favorite bands if not my favorite (just look at the name)...just wondering what everyones favorite album is.....i love them all but if i had to pick one it would probably be Hemispheres.
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richardh
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Posted: April 10 2004 at 04:28 |
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Is it Groundhog day??
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lucas
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Posted: April 10 2004 at 09:06 |
Although I know it's not their best, I like very much "Power windows" : superb melodies, clear vocals, bombast, dynamic and never boring.
To rich : I didn't know Carl Palmer was a smurf !
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Hammar
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Posted: April 10 2004 at 10:16 |
I've only got two Rush albums  , Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures. They are both brilliant and quite equal, but I'll go for the first one because of "Jacob's ladder". 
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Posted: April 10 2004 at 13:01 |
 richardh wrote:
Is it Groundhog day?? |
So it would seem.
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Posted: April 10 2004 at 13:21 |
Is this the Deja Vue thread?
Permanent Waves.
Edited by danbo
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richardh
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Posted: April 10 2004 at 14:37 |
lucas wrote:
To rich : I didn't know Carl Palmer was a smurf !
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LOL! I nicked it from his own website as well!
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Glass-Prison
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Posted: April 10 2004 at 18:01 |
Nobody's choosing Hold Your Fire, are they?
I always thought it was their weakest album, and yet it still has some cool moments. still, if you vote for Time Stand Still then chances are you wandered into the wrong forum.
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richardh
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Posted: April 11 2004 at 06:26 |
Glass-Prison wrote:
Nobody's choosing Hold Your Fire, are they?
I always thought it was their weakest album, and yet it still has some cool moments. still, if you vote for Time Stand Still then chances are you wandered into the wrong forum.
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These sort of polls never work well because you only get ONE choice.Choosing one from such a great and varied album career is nigh impossible.I think I did try a few Rush polls on a different forum where I divided the Rush discography into different era's.ie Up to 2112 for the first.Then Farewell To Kings to Moving Pictures and so on which went ok.The other way to do this is to invite top 5 album selections and then tote up points based on say 10 points for first ,7 points for second, then 5 for third,3 for fourth and 2 for fifth.Just a few ideas. Someone else can administer it though as I'm too lazy!
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Glass-Prison
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Posted: April 11 2004 at 11:38 |
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How about I just vote for 'everything between Fly by Night and Moving Pictures'?
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CygnusX2112
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Posted: April 11 2004 at 14:46 |
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Thanks for the suggestions Richardh ...this was my first poll so maybe i'll learn.
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Posted: April 13 2004 at 12:06 |
Its a toss up between 2112 and Hemispheres. I voted 2112 though cause it hasn't gotten a vote yet. Still the title track is awesome, and the other tracks are very very good too.
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arqwave
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Posted: April 13 2004 at 14:02 |
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i love Counterparts a very solid and well crafted record, sometimes is an underrated record, but for me is the obvious answer of many great years of composing... great album
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Posted: April 13 2004 at 21:50 |
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http://www.rockersconnected.com
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Jomboni
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Posted: April 14 2004 at 10:34 |
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Permanent Waves.
And honestly I think Hold Your Fire is one of the high points of their
career too. If nothing else I think it's Neil's peak as a
lyricist, and the songs are amazingly crafted even if they're simple by
Rush standards.
Also it's a very fun album for me to put on and just play along to
almost the whole thing with my bass (still have trouble with Turn the
Page...)
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The Analog Kid
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Posted: April 14 2004 at 10:42 |
Permanent Waves.
But closely followed by Hemispheres. Then Moving Pictures, Farwell to kings, Caress of steel, and after that, well the rest. And Power Windows rules.
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Posted: August 30 2005 at 02:19 |
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The hard-core Rush-kies (I've only got 8 albums) tend to talk up the likes of Hemispheres & Moving Pictures, but I liked 'em a little rawer, 2112 is my #1 and Caress Of Steel is runner-up ...
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"Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.”
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jitu
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Posted: August 30 2005 at 03:25 |
from
fly by night
to
hold your fire
everything
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Matti
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Posted: August 30 2005 at 05:00 |
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Signals have remained to be the closest to me, though I don't necessarily think it's the best (Hemispheres maybe). Signals was the first I heard at the age of 14 or 15.
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Posted: August 30 2005 at 06:27 |
If being forced to choose one, I would go for Permanent Waves. This record has real character and for me it has always sounded deeper and more profound musically than Moving Pictures, the record that is forever bound to cast an unfortunate shadow upon it.
In addition to all six songs being nothing short of brilliant, the track order itself on PW is one of the most perfect I have ever come across, giving the record a wonderful flow all the way to the ultimate Rush climax that is "Natural Science". Very hard to beat that, although Hemispheres and Grace Under Pressure come close.
My hat goes off to those of you, who will be brave enough to vote for Hold Your Fire -a remarkable record in its own right.
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