60 Cold Fire
Appeared on 15 of 25 entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 14 (nick_z)
This song floored me when I first heard it. Geddy's voice is in top form here on the studio version, and some of the best vocal melodies they ever wrote are in this song. I had this at 33. It's too bad this song got the "one tour and done" treatment, but I think Geddy struggled with it vocally live (based on the live versions I have heard). Studio version is marvelous, regardless.
Cold Fire came in at #135 for me. I always hated the way it starts, and the verses are huge duds lyrically (talk about cringe-worthy: "just don't disappoint me; you know how complex women are"?!?!). I can distinctly recall thinking, "WTF is he doing?" The bridge and chorus parts aren't bad, though.
59 Bastille Day
Appeared on 18 of 25 entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 17 (nobloodyname)
A fun as hell rocker from the early days! I had this at 62. This is the highest ranked song in the list from Caress of Steel. Sorry, folks, there will be no I Think I'm Going Bald in the top 10.
This is surprisingly low. I have always loved Bastille Day. My band used to play it live. So much fun. I ranked it at #37 (and looking at my list, I had Lamneth seven slots higher, which, in retrospect, I'd have changed). I also had Lakeside Park at #55, but the ATWAS version is MUCH better than the album version.
The album count so far:
Rush -
Fly by Night - 1 song (Fly by Night - #70)
Caress of Steel - 2 songs (The Necromancer - #67; Bastille Day - #59)2112 - 1 song (Something for Nothing - #63)
A Farewell to Kings -
Hemispheres -
Permanent Waves -
Moving Pictures -
Signals - 1 song (Countdown - #68)
Grace Under Pressure -
Power Windows - 1 song (Emotion Detector - #66)
Hold Your Fire - 2 songs (Prime Mover - #73; Open Secrets - #72)
Presto - 2 songs (Presto - #69; Show Don't Tell - #64)
Roll the Bones - 1 song (Roll the Bones - #75)
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 -
Snakes & Arrows -
Clockwork Angels -
Still 10 of 19 albums represented, with Counterparts having twice as many as any other album.