43 Closer to the Heart
Appeared on 19 of 25 entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 16 (kingshmegland)
Early results were not kind to this classic, but a lot of the later submitted lists were, so it managed to climb up to 43. I had it 28. It feels like it's one that is easy to overlook, but it really is a fantastic song.
Using the ranker, CTTH came in at #76. However, I played around with the songs right on the line, so I may have put it a slot or two higher on the list I sent to Kev. Not sure because I don't have the final list. Anyway. CTTH is fine. It's a nice little song. A place to catch one's breath on a beast of an album. The ESL version (both album and video) destroys the album version.
42 Caravan
Appeared on 19 of 25 entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 11 (ReaperKK)
I had this at 65 and wasn't sure it would make it, so was shocked to see it a) finish this high, and b) finish ahead of Headlong Flight.
This is the second of three songs from CA that made my top 75. I had it at #39. When I heard this song, I thought, "hey...maybe we'll finally get what they've been promising for the past couple albums!" Unfortunately, after Caravan, BU2B and Headlong Flight, the album turned out to be a big dud.
Rush - 1 song (Working Man - #56)
Fly by Night - 1 song (Fly by Night - #70)
Caress of Steel - 2 songs (The Necromancer - #67; Bastille Day - #59)2112 - 2 songs (Something for Nothing - #63; A Passage to Bangkok - #58)
A Farewell to Kings - 1 song (Closer to the Heart - #43)
Hemispheres - 1 song (Circumstances - #45)
Permanent Waves - 2 songs (Different Strings - #57; Entre Nous - #53)
Moving Pictures - 1 song (Vital Signs - #51)
Signals - 4 songs (Countdown - #68; New World Man - #54; The Weapon - #48; Digital Man - #47)
Grace Under Pressure - 1 song (The Enemy Within - #49)
Power Windows - 1 song (Emotion Detector - #66)
Hold Your Fire - 4 songs (Prime Mover - #73; Open Secrets - #72; Force Ten - #50; Mission - #44)
Presto - 2 songs (Presto - #69; Show Don't Tell - #64)
Roll the Bones - 2 songs (Roll the Bones - #75; Ghost of a Chance - #52)
Counterparts - 4 songs (Double Agent - #74; Everyday Glory - #65; Cut to the Chase - #61; Cold Fire - #60)
Test for Echo - 2 songs (Test for Echo - #71; Driven - #62)
Vapor Trails - NO SONGS
Snakes & Arrows - NO SONGSClockwork Angels - 3 songs (Clockwork Angels - #55; Headlong Flight - #46; Caravan - #42)
We now have 17 of 19 albums represented, which means all of the albums that will be represented. Currently, Signals, Counterparts and, bafflingly, Hold Your Fire hold the lead with four songs each. And, since Kev hasn't told us we're done with any albums other than COS and T4E, we can look forward (or not) to at least one more song from each of those albums.