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[Proggy]

My holy trinity consists of Hemispheres, Permanent Waves and Grace Under Pressure.

But Grace is probably the album I would grab with me if a fire broke out in my apartment... So Grace it is.  

Edited by Proggy, 15 September 2004 - 06:06 AM.

[faultline]

I voted for Hemisheres as well...I guess mostly because it meant a lot to me when I was 16. At the time, It seemed like every Rush album was getting better than the last one. 2112 then ATWAS, FTK , then Hemisheres. I remember wondering where the band was going to go from there. I listened to Hemispheres for about a full year before I got sick of it. When PW released, another corner was turned it seemed to me. There was radio play of TSOR, and shorter songs again. It also took me only a few months to tire of the album. When MP came out, I could only listen to LL a couple of times  befor I would not play it anymore.These latter two albums are great!, but not the same to me as Hemisheres. Every song it truly great, except Circumstance, which is merely "GOOD".  

[CygnusX-1Bk2]

Well, went with Hemispheres because it is close to perfect. Circumstances is awesome! I would rather hear that over the Trees any time. But All of that album is great, period. Permanent Waves is also my favorite. These two always nudge each other out of the way for me. I've been on a Hemispheres thing lately too. I guess it comes down to the fact that I will skip Different Strings and occasionally Entre Nous, whereas Hemispheres must be played continuously from start to finish.

Edited by CygnusX-1Bk2, 18 September 2004 - 03:17 AM.

[Phoenix]

For me it´s RTB.
The first reason is that RTB, was the first album came out when I got hooked on Rush.
The second reason is that I had my first Rush Show on that Tour and many special memories to this show.

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[Moonraker]

[CygnusX-1Bk2]

The vocal is extremely high on Circumstances. They have only played all of Hemispheres on that tour and Permanent Waves. Doesn't make it any less great, just too high to be sung live.
Circumstances has great lyrics, both english and french (one of the coolest things about this song are the french lyrics). Great imagery. I identify with the narrative. With no guitar solo it is kind of a an early prototype of where they eventually went musically. It is very concise and to the point. Compact. But it is an example of the best things that Rush do as a band. The drums progress nicely throughout the song with each chorus. The patterns are classic Neil. Also the drum fill in the middle of the second verse (before "These walls that still surround me") is one of the coolest all time Neil fills, period. The guitar parts are also excellent; the texture of the tone with with the slight delay and chorus against the contrast of the acoustic middle, the guitar and bass doubled lick that leads into the chorus is brilliant. There is just enough synth, has some glockenspiel for added "extra" percussion. The bass part is also great, especially the bass fill after "The things that I once dreamed of."
I have heard the Trees so many times and is much more "typical" because of the acoustic intro (which they had done quite a bit to that point). The lyrics are clever, but are too clever after 25 years. I like the Trees, but having heard it so much more live it is a much less desireable song for me. Plus now that Neil plays this song on the electric kit really bugs me. Give me real drums and temple blocks anytime.

Edited by CygnusX-1Bk2, 19 September 2004 - 02:44 AM.

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When I went to "Tour of the Hemispheres", I had not bought the Album yet. I was broke , and none of my friends had it. The concert tickets were for my 16 th B-Day!....So, after cyngnus x-1......." and now book two- Hemisheres!" says GEddy, I got to hear hemispheres for the 1st time live!...any way, when I finally bought the LP ...I wanted to hear that song , whith a certain guitar phrase that I recollected from the show. It turns it was the guitar phrase right befoe  the chorus "All the same we take our chances!...."      Anyway...I just want to clarify, that I dont hate the song....PS....I had a friend in hs , she kenw french....so I recited the french part of the song to find out what it said....only to find it was same as the following englesh line.."The more that things change, the more they stay the same"..hey so I wasnt so bright at 16   

[madra sneachta]

[RushRevisited]

I would definately prefer Circumstances - great song.  The Trees I have heard too much - I need a break from it.

[Singularity]

[Indica]

Moving Pictures.  

[The Notorious B.S.G.]

[Singularity]

[terrible_I]

     I went with Hemispheres. It took me  few listens to get to like it but ultimately I was won over by Alex's arpegio work right before Geddy sings "We can build a world of wonder I will make you all aware." He is truly a underrated rock guitarist.  

[madra sneachta]

No votes for AFTK and only 3 for PeW!!

This surprises me   

[Centipede]

I vote for Caress of Steel.

I know its not the best Rush album but Fountain of Lamneth is still great.

Cheers

[launchpad67a]

Mine has to be Hold Your Fire as well. But Permanent Waves is a close second.

I really think Time Stand Still, Mission and Prime Mover are three of the best tunes they ever wrote.

Just an observation here but, has anyone ever noticed the 'old time' rush fans never would buy any recordings after about Moving Pictures? It was always the same reason "the new rush isn't the rush I grew up with".
Well, I started listening to them around '76 and I love all the newer recordings. My feeling is they (almost) always have made a better cd than the one prior.


Mike

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