Texas King Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 I think it's COS. Moving Pictures is a better album, but Lifeson's guitar work on Necromancer easily beats anything he did on MP. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Two classics, but in 1975, Rush was still Alex's band Caress wins this one .. handily 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 I'll go with Caress of Steel as well. Alex just crushes it from beginning to end on that one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I agree with Caress of Steel. There are individual songs on Moving Pictures that stand out for the guitar work, but Caress is just a beast, from start to finish. Interesting comparison, by the way. Those two albums were only recorded a little more than five years apart. But what totally different feels, between them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I agree about Caress of Steel. Great guitar album. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Well COS is more heavy metal so that automatically raises the guitar work to a different level. Also Alex is a little more "Alex" on COS, he'd stopped trying to be Jimmy page by then. On Moving Pictures Alex was deliberately using ideas and signature techniques of other guitarists, Andy Summers (Vital Signs), Allan Holdsworth (YYZ) for instance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 idk, I know CoS has a lot of great Alex work on it, but even if there's a bit less of it on MP, I'd argue the good stuff there is just a whole level better. The guitar solos on TS and YYZ are just so fantastic, and of course there's the Limelight solo, which is otherworldly. Ooh, I always forget TCE solo, which is basically the best part of the entire 11 minute piece. And the RB solo is wonderful as well. Sure CoS has a lot of great stuff, but I just don't hear it reaching those incredible heights of the solos on MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Caress of Steel. La Villa is the only thing that comes close to Alex's greatness on The Necromancer for me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Caress of Steel. La Villa is the only thing that comes close to Alex's greatness on The Necromancer for me.And now there's a new Necromancer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Caress of Steel. La Villa is the only thing that comes close to Alex's greatness on The Necromancer for me.And now there's a new Necromancer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 COS has the better and more complex guitar work for sure...it's not just the solos....Lakeside Park for example is deceptively difficult to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjaminW Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 I guess I'll go with Caress as much as MP is my favorite album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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