Segue Myles Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 CP has two of my top fifteen Rush songs: Cold Fire and Everyday Glory. Clockwork Angels doesn't have any songs in my top twenty. But CA wins this round, because it has better lows than CP. CP has garbage like Stick It Out. Actually, that's the only song of Rush I hate. The rest of the album is good. Just good. Until the last two. CA might not come close to my favourite, but its a darn side more consistent, and not even CP with its good production can convince me otherwise. CA (but I will have to ask for the two special songs off of CP please). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I will go with CA too this time. I like five songs from CA and only three from Counterparts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonus X-1 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) This is really close for me. These are my fifth- and sixth-favorite Rush albums. Counterparts is fifth. Edited June 13, 2015 by Cyclonus X-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 CA easily. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 I will go with CA too this time. I like five songs from CA and only three from Counterparts. CP has two top shelf Rush songs for me. Plenty of good ones. And on offensively bad stinker. CA has six very good songs, a couple of good ones, and the rest appear on the tracklist but I couldn't tell you how the chorused go as they are completely forgettable. But CA has no genuine stinkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I'm going with CP a lot of really underrated pieces and one of my favorite albums 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 I'm going with CP a lot of really underrated pieces and one of my favorite albums CP is underrated, but its faults cannot be denied. But aside from CF and EG, Animate, Nobody's Hero, Alien Shore, Double Agent and Speed Of Love are genuinely nice songs! Cut out Stick It Out and I would have picked Counterparts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Counterparts by far, I just love it! Counterparts also have my first Rush song that I loved. Stick It Out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Counterparts by far, I just love it! Counterparts also have my first Rush song that I loved. Stick It Out. You love Stick It Out... ... ... Respect buddy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Counterparts by far, I just love it! Counterparts also have my first Rush song that I loved. Stick It Out. You love Stick It Out... ... ... Respect buddy! Yes I do... what´s wrong with that? It´s a great song! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Counterparts is another inconsistent album. Stick it out is somewhat obnoxious...don't hate it. Nobody's Hero...blah... Cut to the Chase and Animate are the cream of the crop followed by BTS&M. This album ranked high for me in the 90's...not so much in 2015. Give me CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Counterparts easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAccountant Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 When Counterparts came out it was an album I did not care for. Like Presto I would listen to it once in a while in the hope that I would start to like the like it and always come away disappointed. And like Presto about 5 years ago I listened to it one day and it just clicked for me. Unlike Presto it is an album that is not consistent. It has some real ups and some downs. I still don't go crazy for Leave that Thing Alone, Double Agent & Stick it Out. In fact, I often skip some of them when listening to the album. On the other hand, Cold Fire, Everyday Glory, The Speed of Love, Alien Shore, Nobody's Hero, Between the Sun and the Moon and Animate are all very strong songs. CA has lower low's and its highs, while good and fine, are not as high as Counterparts. If this was a tennis match (hey I have used horse racing and boxing as ways to compare albums, why not another sport?) the match would go into a 5th set but Counterparts would win an entertaining match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Rush's worst album vs. CA? Is this a joke? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Rush's worst album vs. CA? Is this a joke? I think you are talking about the poll before this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Rush's worst album vs. CA? Is this a joke? I think you are talking about the poll before this Nope. CP is more painful than a kick to the nuts, and it scared off a lot of fans who came back to Rush for RTB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Great tour. Really good album. No weak tracks. Great musicianship. Counterparts is underappreciated.Top ten for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabesCavesOfIce Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Since Signals, the only Rush songs I recall getting a buzz on the radio here in NYC (hi Lorraine, btw NYers kick my butt!) were Big Money and Stick it Out. Force Ten a little bit. CP was the first Rush record to début #2 on the billboard charts. I think CA might have matched it. Following HYF,P and RTB, which didn't sell well by their standards, that's no small accomplishment. Great songs on CP- SIO captured the hard rock grunge sound of the early 90s, a great return to hard rock for Rush. CTTC and BSAM are awesome Rush tunes. DA is a close call, should have been a monster tune, still decent. It fell victim to the Rush Unusual Lyric Era. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakesideShark Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Counterparts, because it's one of my all-time favorite Rush albums, if not my favorite. Clockwork Angels is so close, too. Counterparts was the album that got me into Rush, so... This was a very tough decision for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexMike Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Rush's worst album vs. CA? Is this a joke? I think you are talking about the poll before this Nope. CP is more painful than a kick to the nuts, and it scared off a lot of fans who came back to Rush for RTB. Uh, really? Just who are these fans who "came back" for RTB? And why the hell would they? For Roll The Friggin' Bones??? We all get that you hate Counterparts, but RTB certainly wasn't a step back towards classic Rush either. And that's putting it mildly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexMike Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 CA could compete with Counterparts if it sounded half as good. But it doesn't, so it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Sorry, CA, I love you to death, you're a masterpiece album that really blew expectations out of the water for a 40 year old band, but Counterparts wins in my heart. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I like Between Sun and Moon a lot and then, meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Since Signals, the only Rush songs I recall getting a buzz on the radio here in NYC (hi Lorraine, btw NYers kick my butt!) were Big Money and Stick it Out. Force Ten a little bit. CP was the first Rush record to début #2 on the billboard charts. I think CA might have matched it. Following HYF,P and RTB, which didn't sell well by their standards, that's no small accomplishment. Great songs on CP- SIO captured the hard rock grunge sound of the early 90s, a great return to hard rock for Rush. CTTC and BSAM are awesome Rush tunes. DA is a close call, should have been a monster tune, still decent. It fell victim to the Rush Unusual Lyric Era. . RTB sold better than the previous 2 albums, and is a reason that CO sold well out of the gate. However, when people heard the single and the album, sales died and it never matched RTB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Since Signals, the only Rush songs I recall getting a buzz on the radio here in NYC (hi Lorraine, btw NYers kick my butt!) were Big Money and Stick it Out. Force Ten a little bit. CP was the first Rush record to début #2 on the billboard charts. I think CA might have matched it. Following HYF,P and RTB, which didn't sell well by their standards, that's no small accomplishment. Great songs on CP- SIO captured the hard rock grunge sound of the early 90s, a great return to hard rock for Rush. CTTC and BSAM are awesome Rush tunes. DA is a close call, should have been a monster tune, still decent. It fell victim to the Rush Unusual Lyric Era. . RTB sold better than the previous 2 albums, and is a reason that CO sold well out of the gate. However, when people heard the single and the album, sales died and it never matched RTB.I remember rtb getting a lot of attention on the radio with a lot of dj comments that rush was back and the heavy use of keys was over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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