Here's one. Most people prefer Rush's Counterparts to its follow-up Test for Echo.
I disagree completely. To me, Counterparts was an overcompensation for the milquetoast production on Presto and Roll the Bones. Grunge had just made it big, and CP sounded like Rush trying to go..."Grrrr!! We can be heavy to!! Grrrr!!! Look how heavy we are!!! Grrrr!!! Hulk smash!!! Grrr!!!"
After getting all of that overcompensation out of their system, Test for Echo was just a perfect opportunity to settle in to what Rush really was at that time. Taking the best of the previous three albums, and putting it into 50 minutes of pure awesome sauce. Greatest of the 90's Rush albums without question, and a culmination of all the best parts of the previous 90's output.