22 Manhattan Project
Appeared on 20 of 25 entrees
Top 10 finishes: 4
Highest Ranking: 7 (wolfking)
Love, love, love the cinematic feel of this song. It finished at 44 for me, and was my 7th highest ranked song from Power Windows because, hey, they couldn't all be the top rated one, but being (for me) the 7th best song from such a tremendous record is still pretty darn impressive.
Solid song. Good, but not great melodies in the verses. It's a little sing-songy, but they really figured it out with the string patches in that ending section. One of three POW songs in my top 75. I had it at #61. Definitely was playing in my head when I snapped this shot a decade ago.
21 Red Sector A
Appeared on 21 of 25 entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 4 (Tomislav95, nobloodyname)
This has been one of my favorites since I became a fan. I thought I might be the high on it, as I had it at 12, but happily that was not the case. This is a rare case where it felt like the studio version was a letdown, but then it became a beast live. I literally never listen to the studio version of this song (it sounds too stiff and Alex sounds like he doesn't even care when playing the solo). The version on A Show of Hands is, for me, the definitive one.
At #21? Really? I thought we had dodged this bullet because it couldn't possibly be above #60 or so. A Rush song without Geddy Lee playing bass is pretty much a waste. I had it at #93, and it's only that high because the 21st century live versions show that it's a better song than was demonstrated on GUP.
The Score So FarRush - 1 song (Working Man - #56)
Fly by Night - 3 songs (Fly by Night - #70; By-Tor and the Snow Dog - #38; Anthem - #36)
Caress of Steel - 2 songs (The Necromancer - #67; Bastille Day - #59)2112 - 2 songs (Something for Nothing - #63; A Passage to Bangkok - #58)
A Farewell to Kings - 3 songs (Closer to the Heart - #43; A Farewell to Kings - #26; Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage - #23)
Hemispheres - 1 song (Circumstances - #45)
Permanent Waves - 2 songs (Different Strings - #57; Entre Nous - #53)
Moving Pictures - 2 songs (Vital Signs - #51; Witch Hunt - #38)
Signals - 5 songs (Countdown - #68; New World Man - #54; The Weapon - #48; Digital Man - #47; Losing It - #25)
Grace Under Pressure - 3 songs (The Enemy Within - #49; Afterimage - #29; Red Sector A - #21)
Power Windows - 7 songs (Emotion Detector - #66; Grand Designs - #37; Mystic Rhythms - #35; Middletown Dreams - #31; The Big Money - #30; Territories #24; Manhattan Project - #22)
Hold Your Fire - 5 songs (Prime Mover - #73; Open Secrets - #72; Force Ten - #50; Mission - #44; Time Stand Still - #34)Presto - 3 songs (Presto - #69; Show Don't Tell - #64; The Pass - #33)
Roll the Bones - 4 songs (Roll the Bones - #75; Ghost of a Chance - #52; Bravado - #41; Dreamline - #32)
Counterparts - 6 songs (Double Agent - #74; Everyday Glory - #65; Cut to the Chase - #61; Cold Fire - #60; Leave That Thing Alone - #40; Animate - #28)
Test for Echo - 2 songs (Test for Echo - #71; Driven - #62)
Vapor Trails - NO SONGS
Snakes & Arrows - NO SONGS
Clockwork Angels - 4 songs (Clockwork Angels - #55; Headlong Flight - #46; Caravan - #42; The Garden - #27)POW takes the lead for most songs to appear so far, and (absent what would be a more shocking result than any thus far) will clinch the top spot in that regard (since none of the other albums have more than 8 songs).