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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #35 on: May 31, 2020, 09:51:36 PM »
Vapor Trails's Final Round's Results:
One Little Victory 9 (64.3%)
Vapor Trail 5 (35.7%)

01. Vapor Trail
02. One Little Victory
03. Freeze (Part IV of "Fear")
04. Peaceable Kingdom
05. Secret Touch
06. Ceiling Unlimited
07. Earthshine
08. Ghost Rider
09. Out Of The Cradle
10. Sweet Miracle
      Nocturne
12. The Stars Look Down
13. How It Is

What an unsually different final ranking! This was a wild survivor, and looking at the 2016 results, you can really tell just how different things have changed for this one!

01. Secret Touch
      Earthshine
03. One Little Victory
04. Ghost Rider
05. Peaceable Kingdom
06. Vapor Trail
07. Freeze (Part IV of "Fear")
08. Ceiling Unlimited
09. How It Is
10. Nocturne
11. Out Of The Cradle
12. Sweet Miracle
13. The Stars Look Down

Vapor Trail rose from 6th to 1st, while both Secret Touch and Earthshine dropped at least four places each. Other than Nocturne, not one song stayed in the same place.

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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #36 on: June 04, 2020, 07:45:42 PM »
Snakes & Arrows's Final Round's Results:
Armor & Sword 4 (33.3%)
The Main Monkey Business 8 (66.7%)

01. Armor & Sword
02. The Main Monkey Business
03. Far Cry
04. Malignant Narcissism
05. Spindrift
06. Workin' Them Angels
07. Hope
08. Faithless
09. The Way The Wind Blows
10. Bravest Face
11. The Larger Bowl
      We Hold On
13. Good News First

This has been an interesting run, but I think the top five  or six mostly define what most fans see as the best songs on the album. For comparison, here are the results from 2016:

Snakes & Arrows
01. Armor And Sword
02. Far Cry
03. The Main Monkey Business
04. The Way The Wind Blows
05. Malignant Narcissism
06. Workin' Them Angels
      Bravest Face
08. The Larger Bowl
09. We Hold On
10. Spindrift
11. Good News First
      Hope
13. Faithless

The top 3 remained the same, with A&S still holding onto the top spot. Fourth through last place definitely had a lot of shake-ups, though!

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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #37 on: June 23, 2020, 09:41:07 AM »
Clockwork Angels's Final Round's Results:
Caravan 12 (85.7%)
Clockwork Angels 9 (56.3%)
The Garden 7 (43.8%)

01. The Garden
02. Clockwork Angels
03. Caravan
04. BU2B
05. Headlong Flight
06. The Wreckers
07. The Anarchist
08. Halo Effect
09. Carnies
10. Wish Them Well
11. Seven Cities Of Gold
12. BU2B2

The title track places second, leaving the band's studio swansong to place first, but both move on to the finals! For comparison, here are the results from the 2016 Survivor:

01. The Garden
02. Headlong Flight
03. Clockwork Angels
04. Caravan
05. The Wreckers
06. The Anarchist
07. BU2B
08. Carnies
09. Halo Effect
10. Seven Cities Of Gold
11. Wish Them Well
12. BU2B2

The bottom five largely remained the same, while 2nd to 7th place all had some shuffling. Interesting to note how Headlong Flight had dropped from 2nd to 5th since 2016, while BU2B moved up from 7th to 4th.

As we move forward through Consolation Rounds, I'll be finishing The Instrumentals, then probably doing The Studio Albums next!

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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #38 on: August 01, 2020, 12:51:25 PM »
Just an update to the Survivor as a whole, if it wasn't seen in the final round of the Studio Albums survivor, I'll be doing the Live Albums next, which will include the following:
All The World's A Stage
Exit...Stage Left
Grace Under Pressure Tour
A Show Of Hands
Different Stages
Rush In Rio
R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour
Snakes & Arrows Live
Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland
Clockwork Angels Tour
R40 Live

Since many of these were also live videos, I won't make any restrictions on whether or not you make your vote based on the audio album only, or if you include the video in part of your decision-making process. I'm sure many of us have watched the videos just as much as we've spun the CDs, so feel free to use both when explaining your votes!

The first round for the live albums will go up on Monday the 3rd!

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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #39 on: August 27, 2020, 12:38:51 PM »
The Final Round's Results:
Exit...Stage Left 6 (50%)
Different Stages 6 (50%)

01. Exit...Stage Left
      Different Stages
03. All The World's A Stage
04. Rush In Rio
05. R40 Live
06. R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour
07. Grace Under Pressure Tour
08. Clockwork Angels Tour
09. Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland
10. Snakes & Arrows Live
11. A Show Of Hands

The Final round yielded a tie, and so both ESL and DS tie for first for top live albums.

We're a bit over half-way through the Finals, and I've started a new sub-survivor with "Rock Bottom" - the last place songs from each of the 19 albums. We've got another 6 weeks or so to go til all is said and done!

I'm still thinking about if I want to do another Survivor after the Rush Survivor, and I'm leaning towards bringing back my Neal Morse survivor, including his solo prog albums and The Neal Morse Band albums, especially since Sola Gratia is coming out soon.

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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #40 on: August 27, 2020, 02:18:06 PM »
Well, if I’d remembered to poke my head in here, it would’ve been a vote for ESL, so DS can be the unofficial winner.  ;)
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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #41 on: September 28, 2020, 12:16:59 PM »
Rock Bottom's Final Round's Results:
Circumstances 7 (36.8%)
Emotion Detector 12 (63.2%)

01. Circumstances
02. Emotion Detector
03. Chemistry
04. Vital Signs
05. Different Strings
06. The Body Electric
07. Lessons
08. Madrigal
09. Red Tide
10. In The Mood
11. Tai Shan
12. The Speed Of Love
13. How It Is
14. I Think I'm Going Bald
15. Dog Years
      Good News First
      BU2B2
18. Rivendell
      You Bet Your Life

Circumstances tops the bottom 19 songs, with Emotion Detector losing by five votes. Both are really good songs, though, and in fact, I'd say the five or so of this ranking are very good Rush songs! Thanks to everyone who participated in this new and strange sub-survivor! Next time I run the Rush Survivor, I'll definitely do this one again!

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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #42 on: September 28, 2020, 03:08:51 PM »
Thanks to everyone who participated in this new and strange sub-survivor! Next time I run the Rush Survivor, I'll definitely do this one again!
Thanks for accepting my wacky, off-the-wall suggestion!  :biggrin:  And thanks for doing the whole thing - wish I had been a part of it from the start, but better late than never!
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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #43 on: September 28, 2020, 04:19:17 PM »
Damn...has this really been going on since January?!?!  Wow.

I'll echo all the other thanks.  Much appreciated!
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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #44 on: September 28, 2020, 04:29:29 PM »
I mentioned this in the final round but will mention again.....excellent job Marc  :metal

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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #45 on: September 29, 2020, 07:54:52 AM »
I mentioned this in the final round but will mention again.....excellent job Marc  :metal

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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #46 on: September 30, 2020, 01:28:48 PM »
THE FINALS Final Round's Results:
La Villa Strangiato 11 (55%)
Natural Science 9 (45%)

01. Natural Science
02. La Villa Strangiato
03. Xanadu
04. Subdivisions
05. The Spirit Of Radio
06. Jacob's Ladder
07. Limelight
08. Tom Sawyer
09. 2112
10. Cygnus X-1, Book I: The Voyage
11. The Analog Kid
12. Red Barchetta
13. Marathon
14. Cygnus X-1, Book II: Hemispheres
15. Manhattan Project
16. The Garden
      Between The Wheels
18. Clockwork Angels
19. Mission
20. Dreamline
21. Time Stand Still
      The Pass
(23)By-Tor & The Snowdog
24. Distant Early Warning
25. Available Light
26. Anthem
27. Animate
28. Leave That Thing Alone
29. Bastille Day
30. A Passage To Bangkok
31. The Necromancer
      Driven
33. The Main Monkey Business
34. Resist
35. Working Man
      One Little Victory
37. Bravado
38. Vapor Trail
39. Armor & Sword
40. Finding My Way

Voted 9 to 11, Natural Science takes the Top Spot in the Rush Survivor 2020 Finals! For comparison, here are the results from the 2016 Survivor:

01. 2112 / Xanadu
03. Tom Sawyer
04. La Villa Strangiato
05. The Spirit Of Radio
06. Subdivisions
07. Red Barchetta
08. Jacob's Ladder
09. Limelight
10. Natural Science
11. The Analog Kid
12. Between The Wheels
13. Marathon
14. Dreamline
15. Cygnus X-1, Book I: The Voyage
16. Working Man
17. The Garden
18. Anthem
19. Mission
20. By-Tor & The Snowdog
21. Headlong Flight
22. Animate
23. Bastille Day
24. The Pass
25. Time Stand Still
26. The Trees
27. Afterimage
28. Mystic Rhythms
29. Double Agent
30. Earthshine
31. Driven
32. A Passage To Bangkok
33. Secret Touch
34. Far Cry
35. Available Light
36. Armor And Sword
37. Resist
38. Lakeside Park
39. Ghost Of A Chance
40. Finding My Way
41. Crossroads
42. The Seeker

Interesting to note that 2112 dropped 8 places, while Natural Science jumped up 9 places from 10th to 1st. A lot of the same songs made the top 20 each time, which isn't quite surprising to me.

I'm gonna start up the Album Covers Survivor shortly, which might be my last Rush-Related Survivor for now, and after that, I'm not sure what I'll do here next. After a few years of not doing survivors and coming back to do this Rush one has me pumped up to do another one. Maybe Spock's Beard? Neal Morse? Ayreon? The Flower Kings? Ideally, I'd like to do one with at least 8-10 particpants each round, just to keep things interesting (the more the merrier), so I may have to think about what to do next.

-Marc.

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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #47 on: September 30, 2020, 02:59:36 PM »
I'd be down for Spock's and/or Ayreon.  I don't know enough of NM/NMB or TFK to participate in those fully.
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« Reply #48 on: September 30, 2020, 03:04:04 PM »
Interesting to note that 2112 dropped 8 places, while Natural Science jumped up 9 places from 10th to 1st. A lot of the same songs made the top 20 each time, which isn't quite surprising to me.

I'm gonna start up the Album Covers Survivor shortly, which might be my last Rush-Related Survivor for now, and after that, I'm not sure what I'll do here next. After a few years of not doing survivors and coming back to do this Rush one has me pumped up to do another one. Maybe Spock's Beard? Neal Morse? Ayreon? The Flower Kings? Ideally, I'd like to do one with at least 8-10 particpants each round, just to keep things interesting (the more the merrier), so I may have to think about what to do next.

IMO, By-Tor, Bastille Day and Available Light are too low, and Manhattan Project, Dreamline and the two CW songs are WAY too high.  Otherwise, it's a really good top 20.

As far as another one, none of the names mentioned interest me, but I'd be completely down for Yes.
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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #49 on: September 30, 2020, 07:47:40 PM »
I'd be down with a Queensryche survivor, but a lot of those others ones, you'd lose me just because I'm not a huge fan of most of them. Maybe Porcupine Tree or Riverside would be options, tho I dunno if either would have much involvement.

Another possibility besides the obvious DT (not sure when the last one was done) would be to lump a bunch of the major DT side projects together for one huge survivor. Maybe pick 2 releases from each project to keep things more even.
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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #50 on: October 01, 2020, 02:01:04 AM »
This one was a lot of fun...thanks for doing it. Maybe a Genesis survivor?

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« Reply #51 on: October 01, 2020, 02:47:32 AM »
Ooh a Genesis survivor would be nice.
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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #52 on: October 01, 2020, 02:56:24 AM »
Another possibility besides the obvious DT (not sure when the last one was done) would be to lump a bunch of the major DT side projects together for one huge survivor. Maybe pick 2 releases from each project to keep things more even.

Personally I'd be all over a James LaBrie solo carreer survivor, but I don't know how many partecipants there would be.
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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #53 on: October 01, 2020, 07:15:37 AM »
I'd be all in for any of Porcupine Tree, Riverside, Ayreon, Neal Morse or Spock's Beard.

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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #54 on: November 06, 2020, 10:07:30 PM »
The Album Covers Final Round's Results:
Permanent Waves 13 (72.2%)
Moving Pictures 5 (27.8%)

01. Moving Pictures
02. Permanent Waves
03. Grace Under Pressure
04. Test For Echo
05. Exit...Stage Left
06. A Farewell To Kings
07. Power Windows
08. Hemispheres
09. 2112
      Roll The Bones
11. Signals
12. Vapor Trails
      Clockwork Angels
14. Fly By Night
      Snakes & Arrows
16. Presto
17. Caress Of Steel
18. Rush In Rio
19. Snakes & Arrows Live
      R40 Live
21. All The World's A Stage
22. Counterparts
      Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland
      Clockwork Angels Tour
25. Different Stages
26. A Show Of Hands
27. Rush
      Hold Your Fire
29. Feedback
      R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour

Thanks again to everyone that has participated in this Album Covers survivor, as well as the whole survivor! It's been a long 10-ish months, but I've enjoyed running again!

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Re: Rush Survivor 2020 - Results & Discussion
« Reply #55 on: November 08, 2020, 12:25:50 AM »
Thanks again Marc!!!!!