Rush: Rank Albums From Least Favorite To Most Favorite IYO (In Your Opinion)

[_hi_water._]

Here's my list:

20. Feedback (2004)

19. Presto (1989)

18. Roll The Bones (1991)

17. Test For Echo (1996)

16. Snakes & Arrows (2007)

15. Hold Your Fire (1987)

14. Counterparts (1993)

13. Rush (1974)

12. Clockwork Angels (2012)

11. Power Windows (1985)

10. Grace Under Pressure (1984)

9. Fly By Night (1975)

8. Vapor Trails (2002)

7. Caress Of Steel (1975)

6. Signals (1982)

5. 2112 (1976)

4. A Farewell To Kings (1977)

3. Hemispheres (1978)

2. Permanent Waves (1980)

1. Moving Pictures (1981)

Edited June 23, 2020 by _hi_water._

[Freeze]

20.Feedback

19.Caress of Steel

18.Rush

17.Test For Echo

16.Snakes & Arrows

15.Roll The Bones

14.Hold Your Fire

13.Fly By Night

12.Grace Under Pressure

11.2112

10.Signals

9.Power Windows

8.Presto

7.Hemispheres

6.Vapor Trails

5.Clockwork Angels

4.Counterparts

3.A Farewell To Kings

2.Permanent Waves

1.Moving Pictures

[ST3V]

19. Snakes And Arrows

18. Rush

17. Caress Of Steel

16. 2112

15. Hemispheres

14. Counterparts

13. Test For Echo

12. Fly By Night

11. Roll The Bones

10. Presto

9. Vapor Trails

8. Grace Under Pressure

7. Signals

6. Power Windows

5. Hold Your Fire

4. Permanent Waves

3. Clockwork Angels

2. A Farewell To Kings

1. Moving Pictures

Edited June 23, 2020 by ST3V

[IbanezJem]

1. Permanent Waves

2. Hemispheres

3. Moving Pictures

4. Signals

5. Caress Of Steel

6. 2112

7. Clockwork Angels

8. Grace Under Pressure

9. Fly By Night

10. A Farewell To Kings

11. Power Windows

12. Hold Your Fire

13. Rush

14. Counterparts

15. Test For Echo

16. Snakes and Arrows

17. Roll The Bones

18. Vapor Trails

19. Presto

[laughedatbytime]

20. Snakes

19. Presto

18. Counterparts

17. Test for Echo

16. Roll the Bones

15. Feedback

14. Hold Your Fire

13. Caress of Steel

12. Power Windows

11. Rush

10. Vapor Trails

9. Signals

8. Grace Under Pressure

7. Fly By Night

6. Clockwork Angels

5. 2112

4. A Farewell to Kings

3. Moving Pictures

2. Permanent Waves

1. Hemispheres

[HemiBeers]

ugh too much work

 

top 3...the holy trinity

hemispheres

Perm waves

moving pictures

 

bottom 3

hold your nose

pesto

roll your boner

[apetersvt]

19. Presto

18. Roll The Bones

17. Hold Your Fire

16. Test For Echo

15. Vapor Trails

14. Snakes And Arrows

13. Counterparts

12. Power Windows

11. Signals

10. Grace Under Pressure

9. Rush

8. Clockwork Angels

7. Fly By Night

6. Permanent Waves

5. Moving Pictures

4. 2112

3. A Farewell To Kings

2. Hemispheres

1. Caress Of Steel

[Weatherman]

I'm gonna risk making enemies here but I think Permanent Waves is overrated.

Why?

Freewill and Natural Science.

I can't stand either song. Even though the other 4 songs are brilliant - and I love to play all 4 on guitar - I can't get behind an album that makes me skip 1/3 of it.

Go ahead, kill me. I'll put my list below.

[Weatherman]

1. Moving Pictures

2. 2112

3. Presto

4. Signals

5. Permanent Waves

6. Hold Your Fire

7. Grace Under Pressure

8. Counterparts

9. Hemispheres

10. Farewell to Kings

11. Roll the Bones

 

Basically, it's 1976 to 1994 for me (minus Power Windows). They didn't exist before or after, in my mind.

I don't listen to the other albums and probably shouldn't rank them.

Kinda like the uglier half of the girls at the bar. Why bother? lol

[New World Kid]

Separated into tiers where the order within can change daily.

 

1. Vapor Trails

2. Grace Under Pressure

3. Moving Pictures

 

4. Counterparts

5. Power Windows

6. Presto

7. Signals

 

8. Permanent Waves

9. Hold Your Fire

10. Test for Echo

 

11. A Farewell to Kings

12. Hemispheres

13. Roll the Bones

14. 2112

15. Clockwork Angels

16. Snakes and Arrows

 

(((Feedback)))

17. Fly by Night

18. Caress of Steel

19. Rush

Edited July 2, 2020 by New World Kid

[Entre_Perpetuo]

19. Roll The Bones - ugly duckling

18. Snakes & Arrows - mixed bag

17. Test For Echo - consistently average

16. Rush - early Zeppelin via Canada

15. Counterparts - old dogs can learn some new tricks, not all of them though

14. Fly By Night - better mixed bag

13. Vapor Trails - Consistently good but rarely great

12. Hold Your Fire - weaker than its immediate predecessor, but not weak

11. Presto - quirky peppy fun

10. Caress Of Steel - primordial Rush stew

9. Grace Under Pressure - icy sterilized expression of heavy chaotic emotion

8. Power Windows - to the 80s what Hemispheres is to the 70s

7. Clockwork Angels - classic Rush reborn

6. Hemispheres - cerebral metallic folk jazz

5. 2112 - peerless prog metal masterpiece with a sick victory lap on side 2

4. Signals - creamy crisp synthesized prog

3. Moving Pictures - sonic perfection meets artistic mastery

2. Permanent Waves - same as above, with a bit more edge

1. A Farewell To Kings - masterpiece

 

[zepphead]

19. Rush

18. Test For Echo

17. Hold Your Fire

16. Roll The Bones

15. Counterparts

14. Vapor Trails

13. Presto

12. Grace Under Pressure

11. Snakes & Arrows

10. Power Windows

9. Clockwork Angels

8. Caress Of Steel

7. Signals

6. Fly By Night

5. Moving Pictures

4. Hemispheres

3. 2112

2. Permanent Waves

1. A Farewell To Kings

[shabadoo25]

19. Caress of Steel

18. Test for Echo

17. Snakes & Arrows

16. Rush

15. Vapor Trails

14. Roll the Bones

13. Counterparts

12. Fly By Night

11. Hemispheres

10. Hold Your Fire

9. Presto

8. Grace Under Pressure

7. Power Windows

6. 2112

5. Clockwork Angels

4. A Farewell to Kings

3. Signals

2. Permanent Waves

1. Moving Pictures

 

I was an 80s kid, so sue me.

[ST3V]

19. Caress of Steel

18. Test for Echo

17. Snakes & Arrows

16. Rush

15. Vapor Trails

14. Roll the Bones

13. Counterparts

12. Fly By Night

11. Hemispheres

10. Hold Your Fire

9. Presto

8. Grace Under Pressure

7. Power Windows

6. 2112

5. Clockwork Angels

4. A Farewell to Kings

3. Signals

2. Permanent Waves

1. Moving Pictures

 

I was an 80s kid, so sue me.

Only thing I don't like about this is Vapor Trails being so low, and Hemispheres being that high

[_hi_water._]

19. Caress of Steel

18. Test for Echo

17. Snakes & Arrows

16. Rush

15. Vapor Trails

14. Roll the Bones

13. Counterparts

12. Fly By Night

11. Hemispheres

10. Hold Your Fire

9. Presto

8. Grace Under Pressure

7. Power Windows

6. 2112

5. Clockwork Angels

4. A Farewell to Kings

3. Signals

2. Permanent Waves

1. Moving Pictures

 

I was an 80s kid, so sue me.

Only thing I don't like about this is Vapor Trails being so low, and Hemispheres being that high

:o

[ST3V]

19. Caress of Steel

18. Test for Echo

17. Snakes & Arrows

16. Rush

15. Vapor Trails

14. Roll the Bones

13. Counterparts

12. Fly By Night

11. Hemispheres

10. Hold Your Fire

9. Presto

8. Grace Under Pressure

7. Power Windows

6. 2112

5. Clockwork Angels

4. A Farewell to Kings

3. Signals

2. Permanent Waves

1. Moving Pictures

 

I was an 80s kid, so sue me.

Only thing I don't like about this is Vapor Trails being so low, and Hemispheres being that high

:o

I could say other things but I choose not to

[JARG]

19. Snakes & Arrows

18. Clockwork Angels

17. Vapor Trails

16. Test For Echo

15. Hold Your Fire

14. Roll the Bones

13. Counterparts

12. Presto

11. Rush

10. Power Windows

09. Fly By Night

08. Grace Under Pressure

07. Caress of Steel

06. Signals

05. A Farewell to Kings

04. 2112

03. Permanent Waves

02. Moving Pictures

01. Hemispheres

[rugen]

20-RUSH

19-Vapor trails

18-Snakes and Arrow

17-Test for Echo

16-Clockwork Angels

15-Roll The Bones

14-Presto

13-Fly by Night

12-Caress of Steel

11-Hold Your Fire

10-Counterparts

9-Power Windows

8-Signals

7-2112

6-Grace Under Pressure

5-Permanent Waves

4-A Farewell To Kings

3-Hemispheres

2-Moving Pictures

1-

[Rick N. Backer]

19. Hold Your Fire

18. Presto

17. Test for Echo

16. Roll the Bones

15. Counterparts

14. Caress of Steel

13. A Farewell to Kings

12. Power Windows

11. Fly By Night

10. Rush

9. Vapor Trails

8. Snakes & Arrows

7. Grace Under Pressure

6. 2112

5. Clockwork Angels

4. Hemispheres

3. Signals

2. Permanent Waves

1. Moving Pictures

[tangy]

ugh too much work

 

top 3...the holy trinity

hemispheres

Perm waves

moving pictures

 

bottom 3

hold your nose

pesto

roll your boner

 

close enough. thanks for doing the heavy lifting!

[tangy]

I'm gonna risk making enemies here but I think Permanent Waves is overrated.

Why?

Freewill and Natural Science.

I can't stand either song. Even though the other 4 songs are brilliant - and I love to play all 4 on guitar - I can't get behind an album that makes me skip 1/3 of it.

Go ahead, kill me. I'll put my list below.

 

does not compute.........no killing or enemy making necessary but wow.

 

love both of those songs and their crazy energy levels. natty sci may be fave rush tune of all.

[Geddyleegenes]

I'm curious as to why so many are leaving "Feedback" off their list. Because the guys didn't write the songs, musically or lyrically? I myself don't care for most of the songs chosen. They're not my era. I did always like the song "For What It's Worth", so that was cool when Rush put that on this album. It may have been interesting to have heard youngsters Alex, Geddy and John perform those songs live.

 

The album is a cool concept and the execution is great, but again, these just aren't songs that I want to hear.

[Geddyleegenes]

Well, here's my list. Simply based on how I'm feeling right now, in the moment.

 

(20. Feedback)

19. Presto

18. Snakes And Arrows

17. Caress Of Steel

16. Hold Your Fire

15. Test For Echo

14. Grace Under Pressure

13. Clockwork Angels

12. Roll The Bones

11. Fly By Night

10. A Farewell To Kings

09. Vapor Trails

08. Signals

07. Counterparts

06. Power Windows

05. Rush

04. Hemispheres

03. 2112

02. Moving Pictures

01. Permanent Waves

[Entre_Perpetuo]

I'm curious as to why so many are leaving "Feedback" off their list. Because the guys didn't write the songs, musically or lyrically? I myself don't care for most of the songs chosen. They're not my era. I did always like the song "For What It's Worth", so that was cool when Rush put that on this album. It may have been interesting to have heard youngsters Alex, Geddy and John perform those songs live.

 

The album is a cool concept and the execution is great, but again, these just aren't songs that I want to hear.

 

Personally, I leave off Feedback because I've never actually heard it, lol. It doesn't really interest me.

[_hi_water._]

I'm curious as to why so many are leaving "Feedback" off their list. Because the guys didn't write the songs, musically or lyrically? I myself don't care for most of the songs chosen. They're not my era. I did always like the song "For What It's Worth", so that was cool when Rush put that on this album. It may have been interesting to have heard youngsters Alex, Geddy and John perform those songs live.

 

The album is a cool concept and the execution is great, but again, these just aren't songs that I want to hear.

 

Personally, I leave off Feedback because I've never actually heard it, lol. It doesn't really interest me.

If you are feeling even more bored than usual, take a listen to it... it's just 28 minutes lol