Rush v. Dirk, Pratt, & Lerxst

[jingle.boy]

All three of those songs are good.

Yeah, and AFTK and 2112 are 2 of their worst 6 albums.

I know you're poking fun, but yeah. They're boring albums. ZZZanadu. Fight me, O Canaduh. 

If I come to PPUSA, I am gonna have to fight you on that comment alone.  Xanadu is #2 song of all-time for me.

[The Walrus]

All three of those songs are good.

Yeah, and AFTK and 2112 are 2 of their worst 6 albums.

I know you're poking fun, but yeah. They're boring albums. ZZZanadu. Fight me, O Canaduh. 

If I come to PPUSA, I am gonna have to fight you on that comment alone.  Xanadu is #2 song of all-time for me.

There's already a queue of people ready to duel me for my hot takes. Come on down and get in line, Kyle. 

[romdrums]

All three of those songs are good.

Yeah, and AFTK and 2112 are 2 of their worst 6 albums.

I know you're poking fun, but yeah. They're boring albums. ZZZanadu. Fight me, O Canaduh. 

If I come to PPUSA, I am gonna have to fight you on that comment alone.  Xanadu is #2 song of all-time for me.

There's already a queue of people ready to duel me for my hot takes. Come on down and get in line, Kyle. 

 

That's truly funny, Katt!   

[King Postwhore]

I'm your tag team partner bro!  Joe The Animal Steele!

[IDontNotDoThings]

#1. Grace Under Pressure
#2. A Farewell To Kings
#3. Moving Pictures
#4. Power Windows
#5. Caress Of Steel
#6. 2112
#7. Permanent Waves
#8. Signals
#9. Presto
10. Vapour Trails
11. Clockwork Angels
12. Hemispheres
13. Test For Echo
14. Fly By Night
15. Rush (Debut)
16. Hold Your Fire
17. Snakes & Arrows
18. Counterparts
19. Roll The Bones

[HOF]

Loose ranking/tiers:

Pretty much perfect:
1. Power Windows
2. Signals
3. Grace Under Pressure
4. Presto
- - -
Less perfect than the above but still great
5. Counterparts
6. Vapor Trails
7. Test for Echo
8. Permanent Waves
9. Moving Pictures (this is way up from a few years ago)
10. Roll The Bones
11. Hold Your Fire
12. Hemispheres
- - -
Rarely revisited/really only like select tracks
13. A Farewell to Kings
14. Fly By Night
15. Clockwork Angels (mostly production related)
16. Snakes and Arrows
17. 2112
- - -
Have never heard:
18. Caress of Steel
19. Rush
20. Feedback

Is that all of them?

[pg1067]

I don't get all the love for The Garden

Actually, it's quite simple.  The Garden is a beautifully written song.  Lyrically and musically.  That's why people love it.  Hope that helps. 

If, by "beautifully written," you mean painfully boring, then I get it.

20. Feedback

I don't ever think about this (but would have put it at the bottom of my list also, but that's not really fair because it shouldn't be judged in comparison to Rush's original albums).  I bought Feedback purely as a matter of instinct.  I maybe listened to it once or twice, and I don't foresee ever listening to it again.  The song selection did nothing for me.

[jammindude]

I haven't ranked the albums in awhile.   But I don't think the top few or bottom few ever change much.

1. Hemispheres
2. Permanent Waves
3. Moving Pictures
4. Power Windows
5. Clockwork Angels
6. Test for Echo
7. Signals
8. A Farewell to Kings
9. Snakes and Arrows
10. Rush
11. Grace Under Pressure
12. Presto
13. 2112
14. Counterparts
15. Fly By Night
16. Caress of Steel
17. Hold Your Fire
18. Vapor Trails
19. Roll the Bones

[TAC]

1. Moving Pictures
2. Hemispheres
3. Permanent Waves
4. 2112
5. Counterparts
6. Signals
7. Presto
8. Fly By Night
9. Clockwork Angels
10. Grace Under Pressure
11. Vapor Trails
12. A Farewell To Kings
13. Rush
14. Roll The Bones
15. Hold Your Fire
16. Test For Echo
17. Caress Of Steel
18. Power Windows
19. Snakes And Arrows

[jingle.boy]

1 - A Farewell to Kings
2 - Moving Pictures
3 - Permanent Waves
4 - Hemispheres
5 - Power Windows
5 - 2112
7 - Clockwork Angels
8 - Presto
9 - Counterparts
9 - Test for Echo
11 - Fly By Night
12 - Roll The Bones
13 - Signals
14 - Vapour Trails
15 - Grace Under Pressure
16 - Snakes and Arrows
17 - Hold Your Fire
18 - Rush
19 - Caress of Steel

[The Walrus]

@jingle - we agree on 12 and 16 and almost a couple others, and that's it. 

[King Postwhore]

Mike you nerd.

[TAC]

That's redundant.

[King Postwhore]

So is your hate for Power Windows.

[TAC]

Wow, that sure is a grand design.

[King Postwhore]

That's not even the 1st nuke from my silo sucka.

[TAC]

I didn't realize we were having a war tonight.

OK, well let's start with a classic!

[TAC]

[TAC]

That's not even the 1st nuke from my silo sucka.

Seems your silo is premature

[KevShmev]

Here is the correct order, Rush fans.

1a. Moving Pictures
1b. Power Windows
1c. Permanent Waves
4. 2112
5. Counterparts
6. Hemispheres
7. Signals
8. A Farewell to Kings
9. Hold Your Fire
10. Clockwork Angels
11. Roll the Bones
12. Caress of Steel
13. Grace Under Pressure
14. Fly by Night
15. Presto
16. Snakes and Arrows
17. Rush
18. Vapor Trails
19. Test for Echo

[TAC]

1. Moving Pictures
2. Hemispheres
3. Permanent Waves
4. 2112
5. Counterparts
6. Signals
7. Presto

1a. Moving Pictures
1b. Power Windows
1c. Permanent Waves
4. 2112
5. Counterparts
6. Hemispheres
7. Signals

We share 6 out of our top 7.

[The Walrus]

Like two hens, those guys. 

[King Postwhore]

[TAC]

Like two hens, those guys. 

Kev and Joe...no kidding!

[The Walrus]

  Love you guys.

Test For Echo doesn't get much love around here it seems.

[TAC]

[KevShmev]

Test For Echo doesn't get much love around here it seems.

It doesn't get much love anywhere, nor should it.  It's a solid record, but easily the least best record they ever did.  Just about everywhere you look, it is their lowest rated album, and it's the only studio album the band ignored on their last four tours.  That is telling.

[TAC]

Driven is an awesome tune though. I also like Half The World.

[KevShmev]

I like most of the songs, except Time and Motion which needs to be thrown into the river without a life preserver, and really like a few, but it sounds like a band that was running short on great ideas.  Hell, even Neil's lyrics took a noticeable nose dive on this record.

[TAC]

Oh shoot, that song is awesome!

[King Postwhore]

Oh shoot, that song is awesome!

Right, I knew you'd like that song.

[King Postwhore]

Hey! Look!  It's Tim!

[HOF]

I like Test for Echo a lot. It’s not the best Rush album but it’s far from the worst. A bunch of great songs even if it’s not their most ambitious album. My one knock on it is it’s a little longer than it needs to be. I don’t care for Time and Motion and Limbo, and the title track, Driven, and Dog Years are more OK than songs I love. People hate Virtuality but it’s got a great groove and the lyrics have held up just fine. The Color of Right is kind of like Emotion Detector to me. It’s got a lyric that really resonates with me even if the music is a bit chill by Rush standards. It’s one of my favorite Rush songs from the 90s on. Carve Away the Stone is another I really like, Half the World is a good solid 90s rock type track.  Totem has a great drum part, Resist is a nice ballad. The mix is a little muddy to me, but not overly so. It’s a case of being too middle of the road for some I guess, but I enjoy it.

[TAC]

I am not a Metallica pinkhat! I was in on the ground floor.

Oh shoot, that song is awesome!

Right, I knew you'd like that song.

[King Postwhore]

Sure, that caricature is a pinkhat. Lol