Most underrated album bass-wise

[Entre_Perpetuo]

What do you think is the most underrated Rush album solely considering Geddy's bass playing? Why?

[Bigbobby10]

Hold Your Fire, I think it has Geddy's best bass work in his career

[The Analog Cub]

Snakes And Arrows. There are lots of moments where Geddy is playing very chordal bass patterns, like in Armor And Sword or Spindrift, and it's all very cool.

[Lucas]

Underrated ?

 

No doubt, the debut

 

Geddy and Rutsey are locked in .. The bass is great, and no one ever mentions that about the debut

 

 

[fraroc]

The synth era had some of his most technically proficient bass playing that I feel only works with the tinnier tone of the Steinberger and the Wal. When Ged uses the overdriven Fender sound, it doesn't sound right.

[EagleMoon]

I don't think any of them are underrated

[bluefox4000]

HYF Baby........all day.

 

Mick

[Blue J]

HYF Baby........all day.

 

Mick

 

Yep. It's the pinnacle, in my opinion.

 

I also agree with Lucas, in a relative way. Geddys's musical contributions to the debut album were fantastic, and largely unrecognized- but I would have to add the caveat that I think his proficiency during the '80s was superior to where his playing was at age 20.

Edited March 12, 2016 by Blue J

[Segue Myles]

Hold Your Fire

[AnalogRich]

Hold Your Fire

[Disk98]

Power Windows. The bass work on The Big Money, Marathon, Territories, and Middletown Dreams is so awesome. I love to play PoW songs!

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Hm, and the poll seems to agree with the fact that I made this thread after listening to HYF, nice.

 

Me, I can't decide. I can choose favorite albums and songs overall, but oddly I can rarely find the slightest fault with what any individual instrument or vocal is doing in the music, usually impressed, albeit in many different ways.

[Blue J]

Underrated, bass-wise? We need troutman's take on the subject.

 

His opinion on the bass is king, in a sea of plankton.

[EagleMoon]

Depends on who you think is doing the ratings.

 

Geddy has always turned in stellar bass parts for all of their albums.

[The Cat 3]

Power Windows. The bass work on The Big Money, Marathon, Territories, and Middletown Dreams is so awesome.

:goodone: That's it right there Net Boys and Net Girls!

[Modern_Day_Warrior]

I mean, really, come on people, Geddy is the best bass player of all time, none of the albums are really that underrated. However, if I could just choose one, it would definitely be Hold Your Fire. The bass work on that is top notch.

[AlanP]

HYF, with Prime Mover being particularly underrated.