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Here's my list:

Rush - Working Man

Fly By Night - Anthem

Caress Of Steel - The Necromancer

2112 - A Passage To Bangkok/Grand Finale

A Farewell To Kings - Closer To The Heart

Hemispheres - La Villa Strangiato

Permanent Waves - Freewill/Natural Science

Moving Pictures - Red Barchetta/YYZ/Limelight/The Camera Eye

Signals - The Analog Kid

Grace Under Pressure - Kid Gloves

Power Windows - Emotion Detector

Hold Your Fire - Lock And Key

Presto - Available Light

Roll The Bones - Dreamline/Bravado/Neurotica

Counterparts - Cut To The Chase/Everyday Glory

Test For Echo - Carve Away The Stone

Vapor Trails - Earthshine

Snakes & Arrows - We Hold On

Clockwork Angels - Carnies/The Garden

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Kid Gloves? Nope.

 

"Between The Wheels" for me.

BTW has an awesome solo, but Kid Gloves is an auto winner for me

 

Yes! The solo on "Kid Gloves" is lovely!

 

Dude I was having a conversation with "Grace Under Pressure" as a whole with Treeduck. He ranks the record 15th. It's absurd!!!! LOL!

 

"GUP" is my number 2 most favorite incredible album in the Rush Canon!!

 

Many Rush Fans can't stand "Red Lenses." To each their own but that drives me crazy!!!!!

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Kid Gloves? Nope.

 

"Between The Wheels" for me.

BTW has an awesome solo, but Kid Gloves is an auto winner for me

 

Yes! The solo on "Kid Gloves" is lovely!

 

Dude I was having a conversation with "Grace Under Pressure" as a whole with Treeduck. He ranks the record 15th. It's absurd!!!! LOL!

 

"GUP" is my number 2 most favorite incredible album in the Rush Canon!!

 

Many Rush Fans can't stand "Red Lenses." To each their own but that drives me crazy!!!!!

I would rank Grace Under Pressure at like #9 or #10... about the middle of the list. Damn awesome album, but the others ahead are ones I listen to a lot more.

 

And yeah, I don't understand why people hate Red Lenses. Very proggy 80s tune.

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Kid Gloves? Nope.

 

"Between The Wheels" for me.

BTW has an awesome solo, but Kid Gloves is an auto winner for me

 

Yes! The solo on "Kid Gloves" is lovely!

 

Dude I was having a conversation with "Grace Under Pressure" as a whole with Treeduck. He ranks the record 15th. It's absurd!!!! LOL!

 

"GUP" is my number 2 most favorite incredible album in the Rush Canon!!

 

Many Rush Fans can't stand "Red Lenses." To each their own but that drives me crazy!!!!!

I would rank Grace Under Pressure at like #9 or #10... about the middle of the list. Damn awesome album, but the others ahead are ones I listen to a lot more.

 

And yeah, I don't understand why people hate Red Lenses. Very proggy 80s tune.

 

I get it. 9 or 10 is fair. YES!!!!!!! "Red Lenses" is a very proggy 80's tune!!! YOU NAILED IT!!!!

 

I'm going to get a GUP Red Lenses Tattoo!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I'm your Huckleberry!

 

Rush - Here Again

Fly By Night - Fly By Night & In the End

Caress Of Steel - No One at the Bridge

2112 - A Passage To Bangkok

A Farewell To Kings - Xanadu

Hemispheres - La Villa Strangiato

Permanent Waves - Freewill

Moving Pictures - YYZ

Signals - Chemistry & The Analog Kid

Grace Under Pressure - Kid Gloves

Power Windows - The Big Money

Hold Your Fire - Turn the Page

Presto - Chain Lightning

Roll The Bones - Neurotica

Counterparts - Cut To The Chase

Test For Echo - Totem

Vapor Trails - Ceiling Unlimited (Remix edition)

Snakes & Arrows - The Larger Bowl

Clockwork Angels - The Anarchist

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Rush - Here Again (Working Man is amazing, but even though the Here Again solo is a bit simpler, it's more emotional)

Fly By Night - By-Tor (the solo after the buzzroll on the snare)

Caress Of Steel - The Necromancer (totally agree)

2112 - Soliloquy

A Farewell To Kings - toss up between the wild wah solos in the title track and Cygnus X-1

Hemispheres - La Villa Strangiato

Permanent Waves - Freewill (but a nod to the studio version of the Jacob's Ladder solo)

Moving Pictures - Limelight, but I also love The Camera Eye

Signals - Digital Man (love the squeals)

Grace Under Pressure - Between the Wheels

Power Windows - Emotion Detector

Hold Your Fire - Turn the Page (because it's so weird)

Presto - I'd probably say the lead stuff in the background of Scars. There are some interesting solos, but the lead tone is kind of cheesy

Roll The Bones - I want to say Bravado, but the studio version doesn't have the extended solo that he does live. I don't listen to this record enough to pick one.

Counterparts - Cut To The Chase

Test For Echo - Time and Motion, because it's so nasty

Vapor Trails - not too many actual solos on this, but I guess I'd go with Earthshine as well

Snakes & Arrows - The Way the Wind Blows?

Clockwork Angels - The Garden's solo is a bit like Limelight; Headlong Flight's solo is a bit like Anthem's. There's a lot of cool lead stuff on this album. I quite like the Clockwork Angels solo.

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Fly by Night - By-Tor

Caress of Steel - The Necromancer (part III)

2112 - Soliloquy

A Farewell To Kings - Xanadu

Hemispheres - La Villa

Permanent Waves - Freewill

Moving Pictures - Limelight

Signals - The Analog Kid

Grace Under Pressure - Between the Wheels

Power Windows - Marathon

Counterparts - Cut to the Chase

Clockwork Angels - Headlong Flight

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Rush - Working Man

Fly by Night - By-Tor

Caress of Steel - The Necromancer no one at the bridge

2112 - Soliloquy

A Farewell To Kings - Xanadu

Hemispheres - La Villa Strangiato

Permanent Waves - Freewill

Moving Pictures - Limelight

Signals - The Analog Kid

Grace Under Pressure - Kid Gloves

Power Windows - The Big Money

Hold Your Fire - Turn The Page

Presto - Chain Lightening

Roll The Bones - Bravado

Counterparts - Cut To The Chase

Test For Echo - Time and Motion

Vapor Trails - Earthshine

Snakes and Arrows - The Larger Bowl

Clockwork Angels - Headlong Flight

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Rush - Working Man

Fly By Night - Best I Can

Caress Of Steel - Lakeside Park

2112 - Soliloquy

A Farewell To Kings - Xanadu

Hemispheres - La Villa Strangiato

Permanent Waves - Freewill

Moving Pictures - YYZ

Signals - Chemistry

Grace Under Pressure - Kid Gloves

Power Windows - Emotion Detector

Hold Your Fire - Turn The Page

Presto - Chain Lightning

Roll The Bones - Dreamline

Counterparts - Cold Fire

Test For Echo - Totem (tie) Time & Motion

Vapor Trails -

Snakes & Arrows -

Clockwork Angels -

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Rush - Here Again

Fly By Night - By-Tor

Caress Of Steel - Bacchus Plateau

2112 - Soliloquy

A Farewell To Kings - Xanadu

Hemispheres - La Villa Strangiato

Permanent Waves - Freewill

Moving Pictures - YYZ

Signals - Digital Man

Grace Under Pressure - Kid Gloves

Power Windows - Marathon

Hold Your Fire - Turn The Page

Presto - Chain Lightning

Roll The Bones - who cares?

Counterparts - Who cares?

Test For Echo - Time & Motion

Vapor Trails -

Snakes & Arrows -

Clockwork Angels -

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For those of you choosing "Kid Gloves" on P/G...

...get your ears checked.

"Red Sector A" solo is melodic, harmonic, sexy, and beautifully paced.

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For those of you choosing "Kid Gloves" on P/G...

...get your ears checked.

"Red Sector A" solo is melodic, harmonic, sexy, and beautifully paced.

why get my ears checked when they are fine?
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For those of you selected "YYZ" on MP...

...good choice.

(Limelight is better, but TBH it's an impossible choice, since the entire album should be on there.)

 

I've always admired how carefully Alex stole from David Gilmour in the presolo, that cascading bit that leads into the spacey bridge.

It's verrrrrry similar to a cascading bit that David Gilmour used in Dogs.

Here's the song. Listen from 13:55 onwards and see how similar it is to the entrance/bridge in YYZ. The keys too.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiaF4kuxJco

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