Favorite Rush album
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Topic: Favorite Rush album
Posted By: CygnusX2112
Subject: Favorite Rush album
Date Posted: April 09 2004 at 22:35
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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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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 04:28
| Is it Groundhog day?? |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 09:06
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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 ! ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Hammar
Date 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 By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 13:01
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So it would seem. |
richardh wrote:Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 13:21
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Is this the Deja Vue thread?
Permanent Waves. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 14:37
LOL! I nicked it from his own website as well! |
Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 18:01
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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. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 11 2004 at 06:26
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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Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: April 11 2004 at 11:38
| How about I just vote for 'everything between Fly by Night and Moving Pictures'? |
Posted By: CygnusX2112
Date Posted: April 11 2004 at 14:46
| Thanks for the suggestions Richardh ...this was my first poll so maybe i'll learn. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 12:06
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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. |
Posted By: arqwave
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 14:02
| 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 |
Posted By: rock6542
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 21:50
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Hemispheres
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Posted By: Jomboni
Date 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...) |
Posted By: The Analog Kid
Date Posted: April 14 2004 at 10:42
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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. |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date 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 ... ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: jitu
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 03:25
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from fly by night to hold your fire everything ------------- 
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Posted By: Matti
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 05:00
| 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. |
Posted By: Fritha
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 06:27
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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. ------------- I was made to love magic |
Posted By: Scrambled_Eggs
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 07:48
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2112 ------------- And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime. I never said I was frightened of dying. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 08:08
| Permanent Waves, just beats Farewell to Kings by a nose. |
Posted By: Pablo_P
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 11:27
Everything between 2112 and Signals (including these albums of course) Well, it's the second or third the same poll this week    ------------- Pablo P. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 13:37
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Voted Permanent Waves, but it was really hard to choose ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Cygnus
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 13:52
| 2112 only because it was the first I've heard. I equaly like A farewell, Permanent Waves, Mooving pictures and Hemispheres. |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 15:45
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A FAREWELL TO KINGS |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 20:03
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Signals got me into Rush- so I'll go there!
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 22:51
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Posted By: margaret
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 23:12
| not a big fan of Rush at all, and actually a bit of a 'prog Rush?' antagonist but Farewell to Kings was by far my favorite album from them. |
Posted By: Hemispheres
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 23:13
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THATS A STUPID QUESTION ------------- [IMG]http://www.wheresthatfrom.com/avatars/miguelsanchez.gif">[IMG]http://www.rockphiles.com/all_images/Act_Images/TheMothersOfInvention/mothers300.jpg"> |
Posted By: the dragon
Date Posted: September 01 2005 at 09:12
 ------------- Still alive... |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 01 2005 at 09:19
| GRACE UNDER PRESSURE |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: September 01 2005 at 19:05
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Well, before I would have said 2112, but now I'm stuck between 3 great albums, so I really can not vote... |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 02 2005 at 16:15
Permanent Waves, for me... ------------- 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 |