savagegrace26 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Hold Your Fire vs Test for Echo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 HYF. Really do not enjoy T4E. Save for Resist. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 HYF easy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugen Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 TFE Seriously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 This is a no brainer. Hold Your Fire is one of Rush's absolute finest works. The shining gem of the synth era IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Hold Your Fire One of Rush's finest albums, up there with Hemispheres and Moving Pictures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Hold Your Fire easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cosmic Lawnmower Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Hold Your Fire, for all it's faults, is a classic album of it's era. It's good enough to be paired with Signals and Grace Under Pressure in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 If you asked this same question a few months ago, then I would easy have voted for Hold Your Fire. But I have been listening a lot to Test For Echo lately, and I really like it, its some great songs on it! So I think Im gonna vote for Test For Echo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 If you asked this same question a few months ago, then I would easy have voted for Hold Your Fire. But I have been listening a lot to Test For Echo lately, and I really like it, its some great songs on it! So I think Im gonna vote for Test For Echo! I will admit to liking T4E a lot more than I expected to based on the flack it gets from many fans, within and outside the confines of this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 yeah i'd say HYF too, the songwriting is defo slightly higher standard where the band clearly slap bang in the middle of the groove but, after playing it to oblivion a couple decades ago i very rarely listen to it these days, in fact it almost seems kinda dated or at the very least something of it's own time. whereas i still play T4E these days and it never has that dated feel to it. just sounds a rockin album of any era, like permanent waves or VT or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Hold Your Fire, times a million billion zillion! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Hold Your Fire, times a million billion zillion!^^^^^ This.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Test For Echo. I like the return to hard rock that most of Hold Your Fire lacks save for a couple tracks. Hold Your Fire has that 4 track run of awesomeness Prime Mover-Turn The Page but it's plagued by a number of other bad songs. Test For Echo has a couple bad tracks as well but less so than Hold Your Fire. I guess it really boils down to the gut-wrenching flute pop of Tai Shan or the cringe-worthy vocals on Dog Years ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraroc Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 HOLDYOUR FIRE I really don't get why this album gets so much shit from the fans. Tai Shan was a misstep, but how can you go wrong with Mission, Force Ten, Lock and Key, and Time Stand Still? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx_rush Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Not close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O49F8pB8bH4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I love Test for Echo, but Hold Your Fire is just awesome, in every sense of the word. I even enjoy Tai Dhan and High Water. Time Stand Still and Lock and Key are two of their finest songs ever, certainly underrated in my book. Hold Your Fire rocks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyLeeRoth Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 T4E is a solid rock album without any real classics. One of the few Rush albums I only listen to every 5 years or so. HYF has the 3 worst Rush songs ever with Tai Shan, High Water and Second Nature, exemplifying how the band went too far with the pop-synth thing. But the rest of HYF is good to great with some real classics. HYF wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Hold Your Fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 No brainer for T4E. HYF has a couple of excellent songs, but there's a few really bad ones and a lot of just ok ones. T4E has only one song I consider bad, and most are in the very good range. It's a much more consistent record with a better sound and feel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 This is a good match up. Hold Your Fire is the point at which the synth era, which does have some good material, went too far, and Test For Echo is an entirely forgettable 90s album. Neither one sees the light of day unless I'm going through a Rush binge and need the diversity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 TFE. I only like 4 songs from HYF but like 8 on TFE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 TFE. I only like 4 songs from HYF but like 8 on TFE. Lee has some pretty great bass chops on Hold Yer Fire, even on a song like High Water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 TFE. I only like 4 songs from HYF but like 8 on TFE. Lee has some pretty great bass chops on Hold Yer Fire, even on a song like High Water. Maybe so but I don't really care for the songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 A reluctant vote for T4E, because of Driven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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