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  1. 1. How do you rate Hold Your Fire?

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"Hold Your Fire", or uncommonly known as "Neil Gets In Touch With His Non-Violent Side", was a real eye opener when I heard it all the way through. Especially with the song Mission, when I almost cringed listening at the opening, thinking "Holy shit! Geddy thinks he has a good voice." Lock and Key wasn't much better this way. A Rush fan friend of mine and I would joke about that. "He is trying to turn into 80's hair metal singer guy." This release brought the keys even more into the Rush sound. It really took me 2 years to start liking this release. In fact, even longer for the song Mission and that was because when I heard it on the tribute album from Magna Carta, I realized how much the drums at the end cranked. Nonetheless, here goes:

 

The Great

-Turn the Page

 

The Good

-Force Ten

-Time Stand Still

-Prime Mover

-Mission

-High Water

 

The OK

-Open Secrets

-Lock and Key

 

The Not So OK

-Second Nature

-Tai Shan (I have a love hate relationship with this though)

 

This is 6.5 to 7, but I will go 7.

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1 . For the one song i like . Lock and Key
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QUOTE (metaldad @ Apr 13 2012, 03:54 PM)
1 . For the one song i like . Lock and Key

HYF is one album that aged poorly IMO.

 

It's so synthy, I can't take it.

 

If they played some of the songs heavier live, it could be salvagable.

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QUOTE (Rush Cocky @ Apr 13 2012, 02:57 PM)
If they played some of the songs heavier live, it could be salvagable.

Nah , they should just forget it laugh.gif

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First of all my thanks go out to Gompers for starting this series of threads. They are really helping me define my loves / likes (and few dislikes) of Rush's music.

 

That being said, here goes:

 

The Great

 

Time Stand Still (the 3rd best song by Rush - yes you read that right, 3rd best, I love this song)

 

Force 10

Lock and Key

 

The Good

 

Open Secrets

2nd Nature

Prime Mover

Mission

Turn the Page

Tai Shan

 

The ok

 

None

 

The not so ok

 

High Water

 

The bad

 

None

 

Obviously I really like this album. A ton of very, very good songs that "fit" together well.

 

Its a 9+ but I rounded down to a 9. A great album. Nuff said.

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6. Same as I voted for RTB. A handful of absolutely classic Rush tunes, with a good amount of filler. Weak production.
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At first I found this album's "loungy" sound pretty off-putting, but once I got accustomed to it, I realized that a lot of the songs are actually very good, the four best being Lock and Key, Time Stand Still, Mission, and Force Ten. There's some great bass playing on this record, particularly during Open Secrets. Second Nature has a nice hook, and the much-maligned Tai Shan and High Water seem to raise my spirits whenever I listen to them. I could live without Prime Mover, and I don't like Turn the Page, but I dig everything else. I'll give the album a strong 7.
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Gave it a 8...

 

The Good

Force Ten

Time Stand Still

Prime Mover

Turn The Page

Lock & Key

Mission

 

The OK

Open Secrets

High Water

 

The Not So Good

Tai Shan

Second Nature

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1 for Force 10, .5 for Time Stand Still, and .5 for Turn the Page.

 

 

 

The worst Rush album, as far as musical direction. However, at least I prefer the songwriting to than on Rush and Signals, which rate lower than HYF overall.

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QUOTE (nappy2112 @ Apr 13 2012, 09:46 PM)
4 it rates at the very bottom for me , if it wasn't for Prime Mover it would be a 2.

Now I lay me down in dream land. 062802puke_prv.gif

HYF proves perfect's not for real...even for RUSH

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QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Apr 13 2012, 10:14 PM)
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1 for Force 10, .5 for Time Stand Still, and .5 for Turn the Page.



The worst Rush album, as far as musical direction. However, at least I prefer the songwriting to than on Rush and Signals, which rate lower than HYF overall.

But. But. Signals has such great songs fists crying.gif

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QUOTE (TheAccountant @ Apr 13 2012, 05:05 PM)


The Great

Time Stand Still (the 3rd best song by Rush - yes you read that right, 3rd best, I love this song)

Not a fan of FYI, but I agree that this song is amazing. The sentiment and lyrics get me everytime.

 

"Freeze this moment...", gives me chills. Off to post in he MotS Nostalgia thread... bolt.gif

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A solid 8.

 

Hold Your Fire is a great album. Just because it's synth heavy doesn't mean there aren't awesome moments for the album. Excellent bass playing from Geddy, beautiful textures from Alex, and creative drumming from Neil. Also, the lyrics are very mature and powerful, especially compared to their early work. Lyrically one of the best albums.

 

Favorites: Prime Mover, Fore Ten, Mission, Lock and Key, and Time Stand Still.

 

The others I'm still working on, but overall it's a great album.

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QUOTE (Rush Cocky @ Apr 13 2012, 11:57 AM)
QUOTE (metaldad @ Apr 13 2012, 03:54 PM)
1 . For the one song i like . Lock and Key

HYF is one album that aged poorly IMO.

 

It's so synthy, I can't take it.

 

If they played some of the songs heavier live, it could be salvagable.

Losers! laugh.gif tongue.gif

 

I rate it a 10! 1022.gif It had a lot of meaning to my life back then. I have listened to it going to work for the past two months. biggrin.gif 2.gif trink39.gif

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QUOTE (Rush Cocky @ Apr 13 2012, 02:45 PM)
A 5 from me.

Not a ton of love for this album, and believe me I've tried.

Same here. Love Time Stand Still, Force Ten, and The Mission....then things fall off quickly.

 

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