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  1. 1. What album does Geddy sing the best on?

    • Rush
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    • Fly By Night
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    • Caress of Steel
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    • 2112
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    • A Farewell To Kings
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    • Hemispheres
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    • Permanent Waves
      4
    • Moving Pictures
      5
    • Signals
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    • Grace Under Pressure
      7
    • Power Windows
      14
    • Hold Your Fire
      5
    • Presto
      7
    • Roll The Bones
      1
    • Counterparts
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    • Test For Echo
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    • Vapor Trails
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    • Snakes & Arrows
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    • Clockwork Angels
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Believe it or not, I'm going with Presto because Geddy did things with his voice on that album that he never did before or since. To my ears, Presto was Geddy's singing apex. After that, little by little, his voice started to go.
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I have to say the run from Waves to HYF.   I know a lot of people are split on those 80's records but he really did great vocal work in that period.   Mick

Lorraine
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Believe it or not, I'm going with Presto because Geddy did things with his voice on that album that he never did before or since. To my ears, Presto was Geddy's singing apex. After that, little by l

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http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/images/concerts/rush-victoria-bc-11.03.1978/4.jpg HEMISPHERES - Most unique and cool vocal performance on any Rush album.

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Believe it or not, I'm going with Presto because Geddy did things with his voice on that album that he never did before or since. To my ears, Presto was Geddy's singing apex. After that, little by little, his voice started to go.

 

That is definitely a surprise to hear, from you- but I agree with you about the same basic time frame when Geddy's vocals were at an apex; when he did his purest, clearest, and cleanest singing. The mid to late 1980s, I think, were a golden period.

 

My vote goes to Hold Your Fire.

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I have to say the run from Waves to HYF.

 

I know a lot of people are split on those 80's records but he really did great vocal work in that period.

 

Mick

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Believe it or not, I'm going with Presto because Geddy did things with his voice on that album that he never did before or since. To my ears, Presto was Geddy's singing apex. After that, little by little, his voice started to go.

 

That is definitely a surprise to hear, from you- but I agree with you about the same basic time frame when Geddy's vocals were at an apex; when he did his purest, clearest, and cleanest singing. The mid to late 1980s, I think, were a golden period.

 

My vote goes to Hold Your Fire.

 

I think it was Rupert Hines (not sure - I don't have Presto handy to check and I'm going on memory...which is always a scary thing for me to do :ph34r: ) who coached him on Presto. I noticed as soon as I listened to the album that he was singing differently and, even though I don't care for the album, I like the way Geddy sounds.

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Gotta go with degree of difficulty. He really started to real it back after Hemispheres.

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Power Windows, closely followed by 2112 and Grace Under Pressure.

 

I have always thought that Grace Under Pressure really stands out as well.

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Bringing up the bootlegs again, if you listen to his talking voice on the ones from the seventies up to and including Permanent Waves tour, he even talks higher. That wasn't his normal talking voice though back then (in interviews he doesn't sound like that), so I don't know why he continued talking high pitch during concerts back then.
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Bringing up the bootlegs again, if you listen to his talking voice on the ones from the seventies up to and including Permanent Waves tour, he even talks higher. That wasn't his normal talking voice though back then (in interviews he doesn't sound like that), so I don't know why he continued talking high pitch during concerts back then.

 

yea.....he never gave his chords a rest. It's no wonder he's where he's at vocally.

 

God i wish he'd had a vocal coach.

 

he needed one.

 

Mick

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His vocals were perfection in the 80's. Oddly enough, my favourite album for him vocally is also the last of that time period: Presto.

 

Available Light, Chain Lightning, Presto, The Pass...he is just mesmerising, and rather playful!

 

RTB was also very good, trouble is the production robs the album of any real sense of wonder in any aspect.

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I do love his voice on 2112's title track a lot as well.
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His vocals were perfection in the 80's.

 

Yes!

 

Available Light

 

One of the most underrated songs in their whole catalog, in my opinion.

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Shoot, I need to go back and listen to Presto, it has been quite a while but you guys are talking me into it! Otherwise, this sounds weird but I have had the "Fifth Order of Angels" boot in the car lately and I love the way Ged's 70's voice rips into "Anthem" and some of the other stuff on there.. . . lots of power rather than finesse I guess . . . Edited by blueschica
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Shoot, I need to go back and listen to Presto, it has been quite a while but you guys are talking me into it! Otherwise, this sounds weird but I have had the "Fifth Order of Angels" boot in the car lately and I love the way Ged's 70's voice rips into "Anthem" and some of the other stuff on there.. . . lots of power rather than finesse I guess . . .

 

Indeed, that is primal Rush...just purely raw energy!

 

But I still go with the mid to late '80s period for his most accomplished vocals- a combination of still-excellent range and technical nuance, in my opinion.

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His vocals were perfection in the 80's.

 

Yes!

 

Available Light

 

One of the most underrated songs in their whole catalog, in my opinion.

 

I think Available Light is a top ten best for the band. But then again, Presto has four of my top ten (and my number one). I love the playfulness of this album and era, this album sounds like it was a joy to write and record.

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Lorraine

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You know what I wish he could sing again like he used to in the eighties? Freewill. Especially the part "there are those who think that they were dealt a losing hand, the cards were stacked against them, they weren't born in Lotus-land". Edited by Lorraine
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