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Song By Song Battle: 2112 vs. A Farewell to Kings


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Here's another song by song battle for you guys. This time, we have 2112 up against A Farewell to Kings.

 

My picks:

 

2112 | A Farewell to Kings

A Passage to Bangkok | Xanadu

The Twilight Zone | Closer to the Heart

Lessons | Cinderella Man

Tears | Madrigal

Something For Nothing | Cygnus X-1

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2112 | A Farewell to Kings

A Passage to Bangkok | Xanadu

The Twilight Zone | Closer to the Heart

Lessons | Cinderella Man

Tears | Madrigal

Something For Nothing | Cygnus X-1

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For this battle it makes sense to me to pit 2112 against Xanadu and Bangkok against Farewell.

 

I give Xanadu and Bangkok the wins there.

 

Closer beats Twilight Zone

 

Lessons takes Cinderella

 

Tears crushes Madrigal

 

An ambitious but flawed Cygnus still gets the win over Something

 

And that's a tie.

 

2112 is the better album, though.

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2112 | A Farewell to Kings

A Passage to Bangkok | Xanadu

The Twilight Zone | Closer to the Heart

Lessons | Cinderella Man

Tears | Madrigal

Something For Nothing | Cygnus X-1

 

No need to make a list of my own...this is my list too.

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2112 | A Farewell to Kings

A Passage to Bangkok | Xanadu

The Twilight Zone | Closer to the Heart

Lessons | Cinderella Man

Tears | Madrigal

Something For Nothing | Cygnus X-1

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2112

Xanadu

Closer to the Heart

Cinderella Man

Tears

Cygnus X-1

2112 > A Farewell to Kings

A Passage to Bangkok <<< Xanadu

The Twilight Zone < Closer to the Heart

Lessons < Cinderella Man

Tears = Madrigal

Something For Nothing << Cygnus X-1

 

 

Similar lists between all of us. I think Madrigal and Tears are pretty close as well, but Tears hits me a little harder, Madrigal makes me think a little more.

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2112 > A Farewell to Kings

Passage to Bangkok < Xanadu

Twilight Zone < Closer to the Heart

Lessons > Cinderella Man

Tears > Madrigal

Something for Nothing > Cygnus X-1

 

Mick

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Here's another song by song battle for you guys. This time, we have 2112 up against A Farewell to Kings.

 

My picks:

 

2112 | A Farewell to Kings

A Passage to Bangkok | Xanadu

The Twilight Zone | Closer to the Heart

Lessons | Cinderella Man

Tears | Madrigal

Something For Nothing | Cygnus X-1

 

That’s what I’d pick

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2112

A Passage To Bangkok

Closer To The Heart

Cinderella Man

Tears

Cygnus X1

 

There's no shame in this one though, all of these songs are fantastic IMHO .... Xanadu is a hell of a song, but Passage is usually in my Top 5

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Just can't...

 

I knew you'd have trouble with this one, lol. May as well have asked a mother to pick her favorite child.

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Just can't...

 

I knew you'd have trouble with this one, lol. May as well have asked a mother to pick her favorite child.

Or a father. That was the first thing that crossed my mind. Do I choose my daughter or my son...
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For this battle it makes sense to me to pit 2112 against Xanadu and Bangkok against Farewell.

 

I give Xanadu and Bangkok the wins there.

 

Closer beats Twilight Zone

 

Lessons takes Cinderella

 

Tears crushes Madrigal

 

An ambitious but flawed Cygnus still gets the win over Something

 

And that's a tie.

 

2112 is the better album, though.

 

With those matchups I’d go...

 

Xanadu

Farewell

Closer

Cinderella

Tears

Cygnus

 

That’s 5-1. I had it at 4-2 in the track/track sequential battle. It doesn’t matter though. They’re both A grade albums for me and are just below the perfection of MP, PeW, and Hemis.

 

In order, my favorites are MP, PeW, Hemis, AFTK, 2112. Sigs is #6.

 

Album battles in order of tracks might skew how I actually feel about certain albums

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I would take everything on AFTK over the second side of 2112.

 

I would have the title track and Xanadu and Cygnus as equal to 2112 title track.

 

AFTK wins this for me.

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2112 | A Farewell to Kings

A Passage to Bangkok | Xanadu

The Twilight Zone | Closer to the Heart

Lessons | Cinderella Man

Tears | Madrigal

Something For Nothing | Cygnus X-1

sure i'll agree with this. Something for Nothing is highly underrated. Well crafted with a powerful message. Cyg X-1 has always been too Spinal Tap-ish for me. Edited by HemiBeers
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2112 | A Farewell to Kings

A Passage to Bangkok | Xanadu

The Twilight Zone | Closer to the Heart

Lessons | Cinderella Man

Tears | Madrigal

Something For Nothing | cygnus x-1

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2112 < A Farewell To Kings

A Passage To Bangkok > Xanadu

The Twilight Zone < Closer To The Heart

Lessons < Cinderella Man

Tears < Madrigal

Something For Nothing > Cygnus X-1

 

 

4 to 2 win for Kings over 2112. If it was just Overture & The Temples of Syrinx vs. A Farewell To Kings (song) it would have been a dead heat, but there is a reason why A Farewell To Kings is my favourite RUSH album released in the 1970s.

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2112 > A Farewell to Kings

A Passage to Bangkok < Xanadu

The Twilight Zone > Closer to the Heart

Lessons < Cinderella Man

Tears < Madrigal

Something For Nothing > Cygnus X-1

 

This looks like a tie, but it isn't. Farewell is the better album.

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Here's another song by song battle for you guys. This time, we have 2112 up against A Farewell to Kings.

 

My picks:

 

2112 | A Farewell to Kings

A Passage to Bangkok | Xanadu

The Twilight Zone | Closer to the Heart

Lessons | Cinderella Man

Tears | Madrigal

Something For Nothing | Cygnus X-1

 

That’s what I’d pick

I think that's what everyone else is doing as well.

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Here's another song by song battle for you guys. This time, we have 2112 up against A Farewell to Kings.

 

My picks:

 

2112 | A Farewell to Kings

A Passage to Bangkok | Xanadu

The Twilight Zone | Closer to the Heart

Lessons | Cinderella Man

Tears | Madrigal

Something For Nothing | Cygnus X-1

 

That’s what I’d pick

I think that's what everyone else is doing as well.

The first two tracks weren’t a struggle to pick but I do love Kings & Bangkok.

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