GeddyRulz Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Again… not even close, in either case. Moving Pictures and Signals. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Geddy Lee says of the album: "It’s big, it’s bold, and I think it’s some of the best work we’ve done in years." I'm guessing he said that at the time the album was released. The guys always tout their latest album as one of their best, and overstate how great it is. Let's see what they say after time, when they're more objective. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Snakes suffers from length. Cut it to 8 songs and it would fair better. seriously, what is up with bands thinking you have to fill up a CD? not to sound like one of you old folks, but I miss when a band could say what they had to say in less than 40 minutes. Amen......i'm only 29.....grew up in the cd age.....but i agree. I love music but i cannot take these ridiculous album lengths. Unless you got stellar material from start to finish.......it will never work for me. 40-45 mins is fine. 50 mins at the most. but say what you got to say and get out, lol Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 snakes and arrows is better than test for echo. maybe presto, but I don't think anything on S&A is as good as the pass or show don't tell. then again, I haven't listened to snakes in a long ass timeYou ought to give it another listen soon, then come back and give us your report. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I have no problem rating Snakes over: 2112 (two awesome songs, two okay ones, two really bad ones, not exactly a favorite)Vapor TrailsTest For EchoHold Your FireA Farewell To KingsCaress Of SteelFly By NightRoll The BonesPrestoRushShocking to be honest..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 I have no problem rating Snakes over: 2112 (two awesome songs, two okay ones, two really bad ones, not exactly a favorite)Vapor TrailsTest For EchoHold Your FireA Farewell To KingsCaress Of SteelFly By NightRoll The BonesPrestoRushShocking to be honest.....Yeah, I just read the list. It is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I have no problem rating Snakes over: 2112 (two awesome songs, two okay ones, two really bad ones, not exactly a favorite)Vapor TrailsTest For EchoHold Your FireA Farewell To KingsCaress Of SteelFly By NightRoll The BonesPrestoRushShocking to be honest..... I had exactly the same thought. I would rate it higher than some of the things on that list, but certainly not all of them! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I have no problem rating Snakes over: 2112 (two awesome songs, two okay ones, two really bad ones, not exactly a favorite)Vapor TrailsTest For EchoHold Your FireA Farewell To KingsCaress Of SteelFly By NightRoll The BonesPrestoRushShocking to be honest..... Because of 2112 and AFTK right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I have no problem rating Snakes over: 2112 (two awesome songs, two okay ones, two really bad ones, not exactly a favorite)Vapor TrailsTest For EchoHold Your FireA Farewell To KingsCaress Of SteelFly By NightRoll The BonesPrestoRushShocking to be honest..... Because of 2112 and AFTK right? Not just.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 I have no problem rating Snakes over: 2112 (two awesome songs, two okay ones, two really bad ones, not exactly a favorite)Vapor TrailsTest For EchoHold Your FireA Farewell To KingsCaress Of SteelFly By NightRoll The BonesPrestoRushShocking to be honest..... Because of 2112 and AFTK right? And Caress of Steel and Fly By Night too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Even Hold Your Fire sounds better. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 RTB and Vapor Trails (sh*t sound) I could see.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonus X-1 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I have no problem rating Snakes over: 2112 (two awesome songs, two okay ones, two really bad ones, not exactly a favorite)Vapor TrailsTest For EchoHold Your FireA Farewell To KingsCaress Of SteelFly By NightRoll The BonesPrestoRush Yeah, I'd rank it above most of those plus a couple of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Even Hold Your Fire sounds better. Do you think the songs are better though? I don't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Even Hold Your Fire sounds better. Do you think the songs are better though? I don't. Only my unprofessional opinion here, but if Snakes and Arrows had been produced by Peter Collins, it would have been a lot better album. I don't know who it was that gave Geddy the idea to do all those "woooos" on the songs, but I think those "wooos" ruined them. I like about eight songs on S&A.I like only three songs on HYF, but those three songs are clear and crisp and a lot peppier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hold Your Fire has a fantastic 4 song run of Prime Mover-Turn The Page, with Lock and Key being one of their finest songs ever, IMO. Force Ten's good, but the rest of the album ranges from "meh" to horrible. The only track I don't like on Snakes is Bravest Face. Everything else ranges good-awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I guess I never did answer the poll itself. Signals > Moving Pictures > Snakes and Arrows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Its official I am losing and or have lost my hearing..... :codger: Thinking 2112, AFTK, HYF,COS, FBN and so on are better than S & A's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Its official I am losing and or have lost my hearing..... :codger: Thinking 2112, AFTK, HYF,COS, FBN and so on are better than S & A's All of those are better than Presto, RTB, Counterparts, Test For Echo or S&A :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Even Hold Your Fire sounds better. Do you think the songs are better though? I don't. Only my unprofessional opinion here, but if Snakes and Arrows had been produced by Peter Collins, it would have been a lot better album. I don't know who it was that gave Geddy the idea to do all those "woooos" on the songs, but I think those "wooos" ruined them. I like about eight songs on S&A.I like only three songs on HYF, but those three songs are clear and crisp and a lot peppier. I'm not an audiophile, and I listen to music on my iPod or on a computer more than anywhere else. I simply don't hear the "brickwalling" people talk about with the mixing of albums. For me, T4E isn't a great album because the songs aren't very good. Great mixing or what have you won't change that for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Even Hold Your Fire sounds better. Do you think the songs are better though? I don't. Only my unprofessional opinion here, but if Snakes and Arrows had been produced by Peter Collins, it would have been a lot better album. I don't know who it was that gave Geddy the idea to do all those "woooos" on the songs, but I think those "wooos" ruined them. I like about eight songs on S&A.I like only three songs on HYF, but those three songs are clear and crisp and a lot peppier. I'm not an audiophile, and I listen to music on my iPod or on a computer more than anywhere else. I simply don't hear the "brickwalling" people talk about with the mixing of albums. For me, T4E isn't a great album because the songs aren't very good. Great mixing or what have you won't change that for me. I think the issue most people have with Snakes (and CA for that matter) when it comes to the mixing is that there's just a bunch of layers. Snakes and Arrows definitely has too many Geddy's singing at once. Clockwork Angels, Alex went ham with all the guitar layering. That being said, it doesn't bother me, I think both albums are great, and I rank Clockwork Angels very high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hi_water._ Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Moving Pictures > Signals > Snakes & Arrows easy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Geddy Lee says of the album: "It’s big, it’s bold, and I think it’s some of the best work we’ve done in years."Geddy/Alex used to say that about every album during its release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hi_water._ Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Geddy Lee says of the album: "It’s big, it’s bold, and I think it’s some of the best work we’ve done in years."Geddy/Alex used to say that about every album during its release.get em to rank all of their own albums, not just albums from 1974-1982 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I like Snakes & Arrows, but MP and Signals are top o' the peak affairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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