Works for me, and in the meantime...
24 Territories
Appeared on 21 of 25 entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 4 (jammindude)
This song was an instant favorite for me, and has remained one of my favorites, landing at 13 in my ranking. I think a very strong case can be made that this song was Neil at his lyrical best. Just amazing.
23 Cygnus X-1
Appeared on 19 of 25 entrees
Top 10 finishes: 5
Highest Ranking: 4 (The Letter M, Cool Chris, Dream Team)
I don't quite genuflect to this song like I used to, but I still had it at 47. In the conversation of "When did Rush rock the hardest?", there are two moments, the latter half of the second section of The Fountain of Lamneth, and then the last few minutes of this song. The edgier production and mix of A Farewell to Kings really benefits this song.
Oh hey, my first mention in the rankings! I guess I'll do another catch-up post:
29 Afterimage - ranked 55th. A very poignant song these days, this is an underappreciated GUP song, and I wish the band had played it more after the GUP tour (which even then, it was dropped halfway through that tour).
28 Animate - ranked 92nd. Had I edited my final ranking, this would've ended up higher, though I sort of agree with how the band edited it for the 21st century when they brought it back. Parts of it felt a bit long, though it's still a strong album opener.
27 The Garden - ranked 17th. Probably my favorite song off of Clockwork Angels, and my highest ranked CA song on my list.
26 A Farewell To Kings - ranked 34th. A pretty strong opener from one of my favorite Rush albums. I was sad to find out that they dropped it from their live shows after the Hemispheres Tour, though given the direction their music would take, I understand why.
25 Losing It - ranked 42nd. I've always enjoyed this one, so when it was got played live on the R40 tour, I was ecstatic that the band brought it out (finally), even if it was only for five shows. I might've ranked it higher had I edited my final list.
24 Territories - ranked 23rd. Another really close one to the actual ranking (I feel like I've been getting a LOT of these). Great song from POW, in my top half of the album.
23 Cygnus X-1 - ranked 4th (as stated above). Definitely worthy of a Top 5 Rush Song spot. What else could I say that hasn't been said before? This has some great playing from the band, a lot of hard and fast riffs and fills, just expert performances from everyone.
-Marc.