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Rush: Before and After

FbN: Making Memories

CoS: I Think I'm Going Bald

2112: Tears

AFtK: Madrigal

Hem: Circumstances

PeW: Entre Nous

MP: The Camera Eye

Sig: Losing It

P/g: Red Lenses

PoW: Grand Designs

HYF: Tai Shan

Pre: Red Tide

RtB: The Big Wheel

Cou: Everyday Glory

T4E: Carve Away the Stone

VT: Nocturne

SnA: Good News First

CA: BU2B2

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Rush - Take a Friend or Need Some Love, can't decide

Fly By Night - In The End or Rivendell, can't decide

Caress of Steel - I think I'm Going Bald

2112 - Tears

A Farewell To Kings - Madrigal

Hemispheres - Circumstances

Permanent Waves - Different Strings

Moving Pictures - Witch Hunt

Signals - Chemistry or Countdown, can't decide

Grace Under Pressure - The Body Electric

Power windows - Grand Designs

Hold Your Fire - Second Nature

Presto - War Paint (quite a few I don't like but this is probably the worst)

Roll The Bones - Heresy (quite a few I don't like but this is probably the worst)

Counterparts - Alien Shore

Test For Echo - can't pick, way too many choices

Vapor Trails - can't pick, way too many choices

Snakes & Arrows - can't pick, way too many choices

Clockwork Angels - Wish Them Well (I'd pick BU2B2, but I don't even consider that a song)

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Rush:

Need Some Love

 

Fly By Night:

Rivendell (if this was the first Rush song I ever heard, I would never have listened to another one...absolutely horrendous)

 

Caress of Steel:

I Think I'm Going Bald (fun, silly song, but to me clearly trails the rest of this album)

 

2112:

Lessons (if for no other reason than I looked at the track list and couldn't for the life of me recall how this song goes)

 

A Farewell to Kings:

Cinderalla Man (nice song, but falls just a bit behind Madrigal for me)

 

Hemispheres:

Circumstances (All four songs are winners, but if I had to pick one to be 4th, this would be it)

 

Permanent Waves:

Different Strings (a cut below the rest)

 

Moving Pictures:

Vital Signs (but still in the top 50% of their portfolio)

 

Signals:

Chemistry (never got into this song...ever)

 

Grace Under Pressure:

Red Lenses (but i vaguely recall it being really well done in concert)

 

Power Windows:

Emotion Detector (or "Lack Of Emotion Detector", to be precise)

 

Hold Your Fire:

Tai Shan (I kind of sort of like this song, a little, but for me it marks the beginning of the "lets add extra songs that aren't really good because a CD can hold more music than a record" phase. Ironically, it's usually the second to last song during this phase that suffers the most)

 

Presto:

Hand Over Fist (another victim of the "second to last song" enigma)

 

Roll the Bones:

Neurotica (yet another victim of the "second to last song" enigma)

 

Counterparts:

The Speed of Love (even though they started making full length CDs without too much filler with Counterparts, this song ranks very very high on my least favorite list)

 

Test for Echo:

Virtuality (Neil at his pedantic worst with lyrics, plodding music. The jarring transition from Dog Years to Virtuality is hard on my ears)

 

Vapor Trails:

The Stars Look Down (the first song from this CD that I regularly started to skip over)

 

Snakes & Arrows:

Good News First (just never got this song)

 

Clockwork Angels:

BU2B2 (kind of a cop-out, as this isn't really a song IMO)

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QUOTE (New World Kid @ Oct 4 2012, 03:25 PM)
Rush: Need Some Love
Fly By Night: Rivendell
Caress of Steel: The Fountain of Lamneth
2112: Something For Nothing
A Farewell to Kings: Cinderella Man
Hemispheres: Hemispheres
Permanent Waves: Jacob's Ladder
Moving Pictures: The Camera Eye
Signals: Countdown
Grace Under Pressure: Red Lenses
Power Windows: Marathon
Hold Your Fire: Turn the page
Presto: Anagram (for Mongo)
Roll the Bones: The Big Wheel
Counterparts: Speed of Love
Test for Echo: Carve Away the Stone
Vapor Trails: The Stars Look Down
Snakes and Arrows: The Larger Bowl
Clockwork Angels: The Anarchist

Wow... personally, I think I disagree with this list more than any other in this thread. You have a number of my top 2 or 3 listed. laugh.gif

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Ok...just for fun, though! But I agree that we are deciding on the "Least Awesome" track...not the "worst"... well, for MOST of their catalog (more on this below)... hehe

 

1. Rush - In The Mood (sorry, I could never get past "Hey Cookie"...ugh!)

2. Fly by Night - Rivendell (I like the track, though)

3. Caress of Steel - I Think I'm Going Bald (ugh)

4. 2112 - The Twilight Zone (very meh)

5. A Farewell to Kings - Madrigal (I love this track...but, least awesome...)

6. Hemispheres - Sorry...can't do it... I'm only human!

7. Permanent Waves - Different Strings (meh)

8. Moving Pictures - Vital Signs (meh)

9. Signals - Countdown (meh)

10. Grace Under Pressure - Red Lenses (meh)

11. Power Windows - Emotion Detector (ugh)

12. Hold Your Fire - Tai Shan (wtf?)

13. Presto - TIE: War Paint/Superconductor/Anagram/Hand Over Fist (UGH)

14. Roll the Bones - TIE: Face Up/The Big Wheel/Heresy/Neurotica/You Bet Your Life (UGH)

15. Counterparts - The Speed of Love (meh)

16. Test for Echo - Dog Years (ugh/wtf?)

17. Vapor Trails - The Stars Look Down *

18. Snakes and Arrows - Spindrift (sorry, good intentions/bad execution) Best album since PoW!

19. Clockwork Angels - BU2B2 (story filler brought to you by the number 12) Best album since MP!

 

For the record, I just try to pretend that Presto and Roll The Bones never happened (denial)... been trying to slowly get into Counterparts and T4E as the years go by...but it's just not happening (oh, how I try). But unlike Presto or RTB, those albums are mediocre...not awful.

 

*Vapor Trails is it's own animal... I reserve judgement until they re-release it w/ a full remix. It's just too damn muddy/frustrating to immerse myself into...

 

That is all.

 

 

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Making a few modifications:

 

Rush - Take A Friend

Fly By Night - Rivendell 062802puke_prv.gif

Caress of Steel - Lakeside Park schla03.gif

2112 - Tears

A Farewell to Kings - Madrigal

Hemispheres - Hemispheres (Great Song!)

Permanent Waves - Entre Nous (Also a great song)

Moving Pictures - Witch Hunt (Another great song)

Signals - Chemistry

Grace Under Pressure - Red Lenses

Power Windows - Mystic Rhythms

Hold Your Fire - High Water

Presto - Red Tide

Roll the Bones - Ghost of a Chance

Counterparts - The Speed of Love

Test for Echo - Dog Shit 062802puke_prv.gif062802puke_prv.gif062802puke_prv.gif062802puke_prv.gif062802puke_prv.gif062802puke_prv.gif

Vapor Trails - Sweet Miracle

Snakes & Arrows - Good News First (Used to be Spindrift)

Clockwork Angels - Wish Them Well

 

Snakes and Arrows is one of my least favorites. Not a lot of great songs here. Good News first is just the most forgettable. I'm not even sure how it goes.

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Rush - Take A Friend

Fly By Night - Rivendell

Caress of Steel - I Think I'm going Bald

2112 - Lessons

A Farewell to Kings - Madrigal

Hemispheres - Circumstances

Permanent Waves - Different Strings

Moving Pictures - Watch Hunt

Signals - Chemistry

Grace Under Pressure - Red Lenses

Power Windows - Emotion Detector

Hold Your Fire - High Water

Presto - Anagram (For Mongo)

Roll The Bones - Face Up

Counterparts - Speed of Love

Test For Echo - Dog Years

Vapor Trails - The Stars Look Down

Feedback - Shapes of Things

Snake And Arrows - Good News First

Clockwork Angles - BU2B2

 

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Need Some Love

Rivendell

I Think I'm Going Bald

Tears

Madrigal

Circumstances

Entre Nous

Witch Hunt

Countdown

Red Lenses

The Big Money (though this one's about a 7-way tie for me)

Tai Shan

Presto

You Bet Your Life

Nobody's Hero

Dog Years

Out of the Cradle

The Larger Bowl

The Wreckers

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QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Oct 5 2012, 07:58 AM)
QUOTE (New World Kid @ Oct 4 2012, 03:25 PM)
Rush: Need Some Love
Fly By Night: Rivendell
Caress of Steel: The Fountain of Lamneth
2112: Something For Nothing
A Farewell to Kings: Cinderella Man
Hemispheres: Hemispheres
Permanent Waves: Jacob's Ladder
Moving Pictures: The Camera Eye
Signals: Countdown
Grace Under Pressure: Red Lenses
Power Windows: Marathon
Hold Your Fire: Turn the page
Presto: Anagram (for Mongo)
Roll the Bones: The Big Wheel
Counterparts: Speed of Love
Test for Echo: Carve Away the Stone
Vapor Trails: The Stars Look Down
Snakes and Arrows: The Larger Bowl
Clockwork Angels: The Anarchist

Wow... personally, I think I disagree with this list more than any other in this thread. You have a number of my top 2 or 3 listed. laugh.gif

Well in some cases I had to pick songs I enjoy, just because I had to have one from each album.

 

But in general, a lot of the longer "epic" songs don't hold my interest, and seem silly.

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Take A Friend

Rivendell

I Think I'm Going Bald

Lessons

Madrigal

Circumstances

Different Strings

The Camera Eye

Losing It

Red Lenses

Mystic Rhythms

Tai Shan

Superconductor

Neurotica

The Speed of Love

Virtuality

How It Is

Bravest Face

BU2B2

 

Power Windows was the hardest one for me to pick.

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Take A Friend

Rivendell

Lakeside Park

A Passage to Bangkok

Closer to the Heart

The Trees

The Spirit of Radio

Red Barchetta

Countdown

Red Lenses

Emotion Detector

Tai Shan

Anagram(For Mongo)

Heresy

Everyday Glory

The Color of Right

Out of the Cradle

The Way the Wind Blows

Wish Them Well

 

 

 

i know i picked some that many people really like, but i actually like a lot of the weirder songs on some of the album. for example, i would listen to Different Strings over TSOR any day.

 

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In the Mood

Best I Can

I Think I'm Going Bald

Lessons

Madrigal

Circumstances

Entre Nous

Tom Sawyer

New World Man

Red Lenses

The Big Money

Second Nature

Superconductor

Face Up

The Speed of Love

Dog Years

Out of the Cradle

We Hold On

BU2B2

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QUOTE (barchetta90480 @ Oct 9 2012, 01:33 PM)
QUOTE (liddybuck01 @ Oct 8 2012, 03:03 PM)
The Trees
The Spirit of Radio
Red Barchetta

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Now that's what I call a brave decision.

 

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That's one word for it. I had something different in mind.

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Okay, here we go:

 

Rush - Need Some Love

Fly By Night - Making Memories

Caress Of Steel - I Think I'm Going Bald

2112 - Lessons

A Farewell To Kings - Madrigal

Hemispheres - La Villa Strangiato

Permanent Waves - Natural Science

Moving Pictures - Red Barchetta

Signals - Countdown

Grace Under Pressure - The Body Electric

Power Windows - Middletown Dreams

Hold Your Fire - High Water

Presto - Scars

Roll The Bones - Face Up

*COUNTERPARTS* - The Speed Of Love

Test For Echo - Carve Away The Stone

Vapor Trails - Freeze

Snakes & Arrows - We Hold On

 

I haven't yet listened to Clockwork Angels enough to make a decision.

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Take A Friend

Rivendell

I Think I'm Going Bald

Lessons

Madrigal

Circumstances

Different Strings

The Camera Eye

Losing It

Red Lenses

Mystic Rhythms

Tai Shan

Superconductor

Neurotica

The Speed of Love

Virtuality

How It Is

Bravest Face

BU2B2

 

Power Windows was the hardest one for me to pick.

 

dude, i know it must have been difficult to pick one from power windows but please... mystic rhythms? seriously, if you cant pick one then just dont... you cant pick mystic rhythms as the worst track from anything, its utterly brilliant....... like i remember playing that song almost non stop for a month to the point where these days i just cant even play it

 

the chorus of that track is still the most powerful section of a rush song i ever heard

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Rush - Take A Friend

Fly By Night - Rivendell

Caress Of Steel - I Think I'm Going Bald

2112 - Tears

A Farewell To Kings - Closer To The Heart

Hemispheres - The Trees

Permanent Waves - Jacob's Ladder

Moving Pictures - Witch Hunt

Signals - Countdown

Grace Under Pressure - Red Sector A

Power Windows - Mystic Rhythms

Hold Your Fire - Time Stand Still

Presto - Superconductor

Roll The Bones - Heresy

Counterparts - Between Sun & Moon

Test For Echo - Virtuality

Vapor Trails - Out Of The Cradle

Snakes & Arrows - We Hold On

BU2B2/Wish Them Well

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I hope that it's alright if I revive this thread... Anyway, there are only 3 Rush songs that I truly hate (and I'll note which ones that they are below). The rest of these songs aren't bad (most of them are quite good), but instead, they didn't impress me as much as the others from each album. Keep in mind that aside from the 3 worst ones that I'll point out, this list is simply composed of my least favorites:

 

RUSH - Need Some Love

FLY BY NIGHT - Rivendell

CARESS OF STEEL - Bastille Day, (This was a really hard choice since I like the album. And yes, I enjoy I Think I'm Going Bald)

2112 - A Passage to Bangkok, (Never really resonated with me)

A FAREWELL TO KINGS - Madrigal, (2nd worst Rush song overall; absolute worst musically)

HEMISPHERES - Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres

PERMANENT WAVES - Entre Nous

MOVING PICTURES - Limelight, (This is NOT a bad song. I'm just sick of the its overexposure)

SIGNALS - Chemistry

GRACE UNDER PRESSURE - The Enemy Within

POWER WINDOWS - Emotion Detector, (Another hard choice since I love the album)

HOLD YOUR FIRE - Tai Shan, (I actually don't hate this song like many others do)

PRESTO - War Paint

ROLL THE BONES - Heresy, (3rd worst Rush song for me)

COUNTERPARTS - Everyday Glory

TEST FOR ECHO - Dog Years, (WORST song in the band's discography overall; worst lyrically, 2nd worst musically)

VAPOR TRAILS - Out of the Cradle

FEEDBACK - Shapes of Things

SNAKES & ARROWS - Spindrift

CLOCKWORK ANGELS - BU2B2

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Just for fum...and discussion:

 

1- Rush: Need some love

2- FBN: Making Memories

3- Caress: I Think i'm going bald

4- 2112 : Lessons

5- AFTK: Madrigal

6- Hemispheres: Circumstances

7- PeW: Oh my god, a tough one............Different strings

8-MP: Vital Signs

9- Signals: Losing it

10- GUP: Red Lenses

11- PoW: Emotion Detector

12- HYF: Tai Shan

13- Presto: Scars

14- RTB: Face up

15- CP: The speed of love

16- T4E: Dog Years

17- VT: Out of the craddle (or Nocturne)

18- SnA: Bravest Face

19 CWA: BU2B2...or The Anarchist

 

Feedback is not in the list...

 

Rush - Here Again

FbN - Rivendell

CoS - I Think I'm Going Bald

2112 - Twilight Zone

AFtK - Madrigal

Hem's - Hemispheres

PeW - Different Strings

MP - Vital Signs

Sig's - Countdown

GuP - Between the Wheels

PoW - Middletown Dreams

HYF - Tai Shan

Presto - Anagram

RtB - You Bet Your Life

CP - The Speed of Love

T4E - The Color of Right

VT - Peaceable Kingdom

SnA - Faithless

CA - BU2B, or Halo Effect

 

This of course doesn't mean I do not like these songs, I just like them a lot less than others.

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1- Rush: Before and After (I hate how basically the only thing Geddy says in this song is "yeah" over and over again)

2- FBN: Rivendell (Too jazzy/calm)

3- Caress: I Think i'm going bald (Just...no)

4- 2112 : Tears (Same as I said for Rivendell...not really rock, more like smooth jazz.)

5- AFTK: Madrigal (I don't really dislike any song on this album but Madrigal wasn't as good as the others)

6- Hemispheres: Hemispheres, specifically Cygnus: Bringer Of Balance (Too soft and too long...what can I say?)

7- PeW: Different Strings (TOO LIGHT! The entire rest of the album was outstanding but this again wasn't really Rock...I mean it might be a bit but it's almost too light to be Rock)

8-MP: Camera Eye (Again, I like this song, but the entire album was awesome and it was hard to single out one bad song, so I just picked this one)

9- Signals: Countdown (Shouldn't have been in the album at all, I think they just added this song in to make the album longer so it wasn't just 7 songs, but they shouldn't have.)

10- GUP: Kid Gloves (I don't think I quite got this one...)

11- PoW: Grand Designs (I like the entire album, but if I have to pick a least favorite, this would be it.)

12- HYF: Tai Shan (I don't think I need to explain myself on this one)

13- Presto: Everything other than Show Don't Tell, The Pass, and Presto (the entire album was just bad...)

14- RTB: Neurotica (Again, I didn't quite get this one)

15- CP: The Speed of Love (Rush did so well staying away from the "love" topic from 1974 until this point, why did they stop?)

16- T4E: Dog Years ("All too soon...chasing paws in doggie heaven." Need I say more?)

17- VT: It's my fave album, but, I guess Secret Touch because I like it the least.

18- SnA: Hope, but I like the entire album.

19 CWA: BU2B2 (Was really a waste of a song...)

 

Didn't feel like making my own format so I just replaced the original poster's choices with my own.

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I like all but 3 songs from Rush to Signals, but i'll try.

Rush- Take A Friend (Good, but weaker than the rest)

Fly By Night- Rivendell (SO BORING!)

Caress of Steel- The "Diadects and Narpets" section of Fountain (Pointless)

2112- None, really. Best album, IMO.

A Farewell to Kings- Madrigal (Good, but not as good as the others)

Hemispheres- None, really.

Permanent Waves- Haven't heard enough

Moving Pictures- Vital Signs (Bland reggae crap)

Signals- New World Man (Same, but worse)

Haven't heard enough after.

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Need Some Love

Rivendel

I Think I'm Going Bald

Lessons

Madri-cal

Circumstances

Different Strings

Witch Hunt

Countdown

Red Lenses

Emotion Detector

High Water

Anagram (For Mongo)

...how do I choose?

The Speed Of Love

Virtuality

...no real differentiation on these songs

Faithless

BU2B2

 

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