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Working Man

 

Fly By Night

 

Bastille Day

 

2112

 

Xanadu

 

Hemispheres (It's nearly impossible to choose between Hemispheres and La Villa Strangiato!)

 

Spirit of Radio

 

Limelight

 

Analog Kid

 

Between the Wheels

 

Marathon

 

Mission

 

The Pass

 

Dreamline

 

Animate

 

Driven (?) Not a fan of the album

 

Secret Touch (?) Not a fan of the album

 

Far Cry

 

Clockwork Angels (I really can't pick my favorite from CA yet. It's too early. I've always mentioned The Wreckers to this point, but for some reason I feel compelled to vote for the title track).

 

This was a difficult exercise. Many of these can easily be replaced by my second favorite song on each album, depending on my mood. I just went with my gut response...

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QUOTE (DistantEarlyRushFan @ Aug 17 2012, 01:54 PM)
QUOTE (Animate @ Aug 6 2012, 03:51 PM)
Here is "Best as defined by most universally recognized"


Working Man
Fly by Night
Bastille Day
2112
Closer to the Heart
Hemispheres
The Spirit of Radio
Tom Sawyer
Subdivisions
Distant Early Warning
The Big Money
Time Stand Still
Show Don't Tell
Dreamline
Stick it Out
Test for Echo
One Little Victory
The Seeker
Far Cry
Headlong Flight

Maybe put Resist instead of Test for Echo

I thought about "Resist", or even "Half the World". Put T4E in because it reached #1 on the charts for a brief time.

 

So, if "universally recognized" includes even non-Rush fans, who would have heard it on the radio, then T4E would have to go in off T4E.

 

However, I totally agree- if "universally recognized" means "remembered by casual fans, who might have listened to the record a few times or gone to a concert but not bought the album", then definately- Resist over T4E.

 

(not sure if that made any sense at all wacko.gif )

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Rush: Working Man

Fly by Night: Making Memories

Caress of Steel: The Fountain of Lamneth

2112: 2112

A Farewell to Kings: Xanadu

Hemispheres: La Villa Strangiato

Permanent Waves: Spirit of Radio

Moving Pictures: Tom Sawyer

Signals: Subdivisions

Grace Under Pressure: The Enemy Within

Power Windows: Middletown Dreams

Hold Your Fire: Time Stand Still

Presto: Available Light

Roll the Bones: Bravado

Counterparts: Animate

Test for Echo: Resist

Vapor Trails: Ghost Rider

Snakes & Arrows: Workin' Them Angels

Clockwork Angels: Clockwork Angels

 

 

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Working Man

Anthem

I Think I'm Going Bald

2112

Closer To The Heart

La Villa Strangiato

The Spirit Of Radio

Tom Sawyer

Subdivisions

Distant Early Warning

The Big Money

Time Stand Still

Show Don't Tell

Roll The Bones

Animate

Driven

One Little Victory

Crossroads

Far Cry

BU2B

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Rush - Working Man

Fly By Night - By-Tor and the Snow Dog

Caress of Steel - The Necromancer

2112 - 2112

A Farewell to Kings - Xanadu

Hemispheres - La Villa Strangiato

Permanent Waves - The Spirit of Radio

Moving Pictures - Red Barchetta

Signals - Subdivisions

Grace Under Pressure - The Enemy Within

Power Windows - Manhattan Project

Hold Your Fire - Mission

Presto - The Pass

Roll The Bones - Ghost of a Chance

Counterparts - Animate

Test For Echo - The Color Right

Vapor Trails - Ghost Rider

Snakes & Arrows - Mal Nar

Clockwork Angels - Headlong Flight

 

About half of my songs would change on any given day.

 

 

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Rush - Finding My Way

Fly By Night - By-Tor

Caress of Steel - The Fountain of Lamneth

2112 - 2112

A Farewell to Kings - Xanadu

Hemispheres - La Villa Strangiato (Hemispheres is very close)

Permanent Waves - (Very hard here) Natural Science

Moving Pictures: YYZ

Signals - The Weapon

Grace Under Pressure - Between The Wheels

Power Windows - Grand Designs

Hold Your Fire - Time Stand Still

Presto - Presto (or Available Light)

Roll The Bones - Dreamline

Counterparts - Double Agent

Test For Echo - Driven

Vapor Trails - Vapor Trails

Snakes & Arrows - Far Cry (or The Way The Wind Blows)

Clockwork Angels - Not sure yet

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Working Man

Anthem

Fountain of Lamneth

2112

Xanadu

Cygnus x-1

Natural Science

YYZ (?)

The Weapon

Between the Wheels

Mystic Rhythms

Mission

Presto

Dreamline

Stick it Out

Driven

Earthshine

The Larger Bowl

BU2B (early estimate)

 

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1.FbN - By-Tor

2.CoS - Necromancer

3.2112 - 2112

4.AFTK - Xanadu

5.Hemisheres - La Villa Strangiato

6.Permanent Waves - Natural Science

7.Moving Pictures - YYZ

8.Signals - The Analog Kid

9.P/G - Between the Wheels

10.PoW - Marathon

 

 

11.HYF - Time Stand Still

12.Presto - The Pass

13.RTB - Bravado

14.Counterparts - Animate

15.TFE - Driven

16.Vapor Trails - none

17.S&A - Armor and Sword

18.Clockwork Angels - title track

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Here Again

Fly By Night

The Necromancer

2112

Xanadu

Hemispheres

Freewill

Red Barchetta

Analog Kid

Kid Gloves

Marathon

Turn the Page

Chain Lightning

Dreamline

Cut to the Chase

Time and Motion

Ceiling Unlimited

Armor and Sword

Clockwork Angels

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Rush - What You're Doing

Fly By Night - By-Tor and The Snowdog

Caress of Steel - The Necromancer

2112 - 2112

A Farewell To Kings - Xanadu

Hemispheres - Hemispheres

Permanent Waves - The Spirit of Radio

Moving Pictures - Red Barchetta

Signals - Subdivisions

Grace Under Pressure - Between The Wheels

Power Windows - Middletown Dreams

Hold Your Fire - Open Secrets

Presto - The Pass

Roll The Bones - Bravado

Counterparts - Animate

Test For Echo - Virtuality

Vapor Trails - Secret Touch

Snakes and Arrows - Armor and Sword

Clockwork Angels - Headlong Flight

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Finding My Way

Fly By Night

Fountain of Lamneth

2112

Xanadu

The Trees

Freewill

Red Barchetta

Subdivisions (my easiest #1 choice)

Distant Early Warning

Middletown Dreams

Time Stand Still

Ghost Of A Chance

Available Light

Alien Shore

Time and Motion

Earthshine

Main Monkey Business

Clockwork Angels

 

AND

 

Seven and Seven Is

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Working Man

Anthem

Bastille Day

2112

Xanadu

Hemispheres

Natural Science

Limelight

Subdivisions

DEW

Territories

Mission

The Pass

Dreamline

Cut to the Chase

Driven

Earthshine

Far Cry

Clockwork Angels

 

The Seeker

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Here Again

Anthem

The Necromancer

2112

Xanadu

Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres

Natural Science

Limelight

Subdivisions

Afterimage

Marathon

Time Stand Still

Chain Lightning

Ghost of a Chance

Animate

Driven

Vapor Trail

Far Cry

Headlong Flight

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Here Again

In The End

Bastille Day

2112

A Farewell To Kings

Circumstances

Jacobs Ladder

Limelight

Losing It

Distant Early Warning

Marathon

Open Secrets

Chain Lightning

Bravado

Cold Fire

Resist

Sweet Miracle

The Larger Bowl

Headlong Flight

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Rush - Working Man

Fly By Night - Fly by Night

Caress of Steel - Bastille Day

2112 -2112

A Farewell to Kings - Xanadu

Hemispheres - La Villa Strangiato

Permanent Waves - Jacob's Ladder

Moving Pictures - Tom Sawyer

Signals - Subdivisions

Grace Under Pressure - Between the Wheels

Power Windows - Marathon

Hold Your Fire - Mission

Presto - Show Don't Tell

Roll the Bones - Roll the Bones

Counterparts - Animate

Test for Echo - Driven

Vapor Trails - Secret Touch

Snakes and Arrows - Far Cry

Clockwork Angels - The Garden

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This is very hard, but Im gonna give it a try. Tho I give my self the rights to change my mind later!

 

:rush: - Finding My Way

Fly By Night - Anthem

Caress Of Steel - The Fountain Of Lamneth

2112 - 2112

A Farewell To Kings - Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage

Hemispheres - Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres

Permanent Waves - Natural Science

Moving Pictures - Red Barchetta

Signals - New World Man

Grace Under Pressure - Red Sector A

Power Windows - Territories

Hold Your Fire - Open Secrets

Presto - Available Light

Roll The Bones - Ghost Of A Chance

Counterparts - Everyday Glory

Test For Echo - Half The World

Vapor Trails - Secret Touch

Feedback - The Seeker

Snakes & Arrows - Faithless

Clockwork Angels - The Garden

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Here Again

Fly By Night

The Necromancer

2112

Xanadu

Hemispheres

Natural Science

Red Barchetta

The Analog Kid

Between The Wheels

Middletown Dreams

Prime Mover

The Pass

Ghost Of A Chance

Animate (Can't you tell by my username?)

Resist

Vapor Trail

The Way The Wind Blows

Clockwork Angels

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01. Working Man

02. By-Tor and the Snow Dog

03. Lakeside Park

04. Something For Nothing

05. Cinderella Man

06. Circumstances

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is where it gets more difficult -------------------------------------------------------------

07. The Spirit of Radio

08. Vital Signs

09. Subdivisions

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Impossible to choose the next 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------

10. The Body Electric (or The Enemy Within or Kid Gloves or Red Lenses)

11. Territories (or The Big Money or Mystic Rhythms or Grand Designs or Manhattan Project)

12. Prime Mover (or Second Nature or Turn The Page or Time Stand Still)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Difficult, but not as impossible -----------------------------------------------------------------

13. Presto

14. Neurotica

15. Between Sun & Moon

16. The Color of Right

17. The Stars Look Down

18. Mr. Soul

19. The Way the Wind Blows (Just as impossible as the synth era - or Far Cry or Workin' Them Angels or We Hold On or Bravest Face)

20. Caravan

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Rush : Working Man

 

Fly by Night : By-Tor & The Snow Dog

 

Caress of Steel : Bastille Day

 

2112 : 2112

 

A Farewell to Kings : Xanadu

 

Hemispheres : La Villa Strangiato

 

Permanent Waves : Natural Science

 

Moving Pictures : Limelight

 

Signals : Analog Kid

 

Grace Under Pressure : Distant Early Warning

 

Power Windows : Territories

 

Hold Your Fire : Force 10

 

Presto : The Pass

 

Roll the Bones : Dreamline

 

Counterparts : Alien Shore

 

Test for Echo : Driven

 

Vapor Trails : Earthshine

 

Feedback: The Seeker

 

Snakes & Arrows : The Way The Wind Blows

 

Clockwork Angels : The Anarchist

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Working Man

Fly By Night

The Fountain Of Lamneth

2112 (duh)

Cygnus X-1

The Trees

The Spirit Of Radio/Natural Science

YYZ

The Analog Kid

Red Sector A

Marathon

Time Stand Still

Available Light

Roll The Bones

Cut To The Chase

Time And Motion

...er, any of 'em

Far Cry

Clockwork Angels

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RUSH - Working Man

 

FBN - Making Memories

 

CoS - Lakeside Park

 

2112 - A Passage To Bangkok

 

AF2K - Xanadu

 

HEMI - La Villa Strangiato

 

PeW - Natural Science (if I have to pick just one.)

 

MP - Limelight or Red Barchetta

 

SIGNALS - Subdivisions

 

P/G - Between The Wheels

 

PoW - The Whole Album (but I guess 'Grand Designs' is my favorite)

 

HYF - Prime Mover

 

PRESTO - Show Don't Tell

 

RTB - Dreamline

 

CTP - Leave That Thing Alone

 

T4E - Driven (really the only good song on the album.)

 

VT - One Little Victory

 

S&A - Malignant Narcissism

 

CA - Yes...

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Rush - Here Again

Fly By Night - Beneath, Between and Behind

Caress of Steel - The Fountain of Lamneth

2112 - Something For Nothing

A Farewell to Kings - Xanadu

Hemispheres - Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres

Permanent Waves - Natural Science

Moving Pictures - Limelight

Signals - Analog Kid

Grace Under Pressure - Kid Gloves

Power Windows - Territories

Hold Your Fire - Prime Mover

Presto - Chain Lightning

Roll the Bones - Dreamline

Counterparts - Between Sun and Moon

Test for Echo - Driven

Vapor Trails - Earthshine

Snakes and Arrows - Far Cry

Clockwork Angels - The Anarchist

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