Geddy's Soul Patch Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 How's window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Just glad I tuned out during all of those years. Counterparts certainly wouldn't have regained my attention at all... Animate, Between the Sun and Moon, Cut To The Chase, and especially Double Agent are just killer to me. :Alex: :Neil: :geddy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irenicus Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 GUP clearly. GUP vs. Signals would be more interesting, I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) Power Windows is great, as far as Rush Albums go. But to my ears, Grace Under Pressure pushes past being "just a great Rush album" to become a major classic in terms of rock in general! An album that I hold in higher regard than most of my favourite Rush Albums. Sure, unlike, say, Hold Your Fire or A Farewell To Kings, it has a few minor scapes I would love to fix, but taken as a whole, it delights, and moves me in a way NO other Rush album can. Grace Under Pressure features one of my lifes most urgently praised and loved songs: Distant Early Warning. The miracle is not that this song exists, but that the album it comes from is full of songs I love almost, or just as much! Red Lenses is the weakest song for me, but I would take it over all but two songs from Power Windows, and even then I am not 100% I like those two as much as I know I do DEW. Grace Under Pressure is a real gem for me. Edited October 18, 2015 by Segue Myles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) Power Windows is great, as far as Rush Albums go. But to my ears, Grace Under Pressure pushes past being "just a great Rush album" to become a major classic in terms of rock in general! An album that I hold in higher regard than most of my favourite Rush Albums. Sure, unlike, say, Hold Your Fire or A Farewell To Kings, it has a few minor scapes I would love to fix, but taken as a whole, it delights, and moves me in a way NO other Rush album can. Grace Under Pressure features one of my lifes most urgently praised and loved songs: Distant Early Warning. The miracle is not that this song exists, but that the album it comes from is full of songs I love almost, or just as much! Red Lenses is the weakest song for me, but I would take it over all but two songs from Power Windows, and even then I am not 100% I like those two as much as I know I do DEW. Grace Under Pressure is a real gem for me.DEW and Red Sector A in my view are all timers for Rush and belong at least in any top 30ish list in their vast song catalog. I still can't put them ahead of the 70's greatness but for what they were doing at that time these two near top the list for sure. Not a fan of Red Lenses or NWM really but perfection had certainly gone by this time only to get worse later as history has taught us. As hard as it is for me to admit the first 8 from HYF is the best they have done since and the most enjoyable to listen to for a number of reasons. Production quality being a big one... :) Edited October 18, 2015 by Narps 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Power Windows is great, as far as Rush Albums go. But to my ears, Grace Under Pressure pushes past being "just a great Rush album" to become a major classic in terms of rock in general! An album that I hold in higher regard than most of my favourite Rush Albums. Sure, unlike, say, Hold Your Fire or A Farewell To Kings, it has a few minor scapes I would love to fix, but taken as a whole, it delights, and moves me in a way NO other Rush album can. Grace Under Pressure features one of my lifes most urgently praised and loved songs: Distant Early Warning. The miracle is not that this song exists, but that the album it comes from is full of songs I love almost, or just as much! Red Lenses is the weakest song for me, but I would take it over all but two songs from Power Windows, and even then I am not 100% I like those two as much as I know I do DEW. Grace Under Pressure is a real gem for me.DEW and Red Sector A in my view are all timers for Rush and belong at least in any top 30ish list in their vast song catalog. I still can't put them ahead of the 70's greatness but for what they were doing at that time these two near top the list for sure. Not a fan of Red Lenses or NWM really but perfection had certainly gone by this time only to get worse later as history has taught us. As hard as it is for me to admit the first 8 from HYF is the best they have done since and the most enjoyable to listen to for a number of reasons. Production quality being a big one... :)NWM? I would put TEW with DEW and RSA in the top 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Power Windows is great, as far as Rush Albums go. But to my ears, Grace Under Pressure pushes past being "just a great Rush album" to become a major classic in terms of rock in general! An album that I hold in higher regard than most of my favourite Rush Albums. Sure, unlike, say, Hold Your Fire or A Farewell To Kings, it has a few minor scapes I would love to fix, but taken as a whole, it delights, and moves me in a way NO other Rush album can. Grace Under Pressure features one of my lifes most urgently praised and loved songs: Distant Early Warning. The miracle is not that this song exists, but that the album it comes from is full of songs I love almost, or just as much! Red Lenses is the weakest song for me, but I would take it over all but two songs from Power Windows, and even then I am not 100% I like those two as much as I know I do DEW. Grace Under Pressure is a real gem for me.DEW and Red Sector A in my view are all timers for Rush and belong at least in any top 30ish list in their vast song catalog. I still can't put them ahead of the 70's greatness but for what they were doing at that time these two near top the list for sure. Not a fan of Red Lenses or NWM really but perfection had certainly gone by this time only to get worse later as history has taught us. As hard as it is for me to admit the first 8 from HYF is the best they have done since and the most enjoyable to listen to for a number of reasons. Production quality being a big one... :)NWM? I would put TEW with DEW and RSA in the top 30.Good grief. I am confused. My bad. Kid Gloves was the song I meant to refer too. It's better by the way than NWM. Geez I get the synth era all mixed up all the time. That must mean something at least subliminally anyway. Apologies to all. I could go back and fix my F up at this point but I will let it stand. Perfection was never my thing anyway ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I voted for p/g but I really like Power Windows as well. If you had asked me this same question five years ago, the answer would've been much more lopsided. I feel the same. Power Windows is a really strong record, overall. But Grace Under Pressure still wins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Power Windows is an 8/10 Grace Under Pressure is a 9/10 (10/10 if I can delete Red Lenses). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Power Windows is an 8/10 Grace Under Pressure is a 9/10 (10/10 if I can delete Red Lenses). Correctamundo! ^ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Power Windows is an 8/10 Grace Under Pressure is a 9/10 (10/10 if I can delete Red Lenses). Correctamundo! ^ I would rank all of GUP a 10, except Red Lenses which is an ANNOYING 7/10. Between The Wheels has never been a major favourite either, but I cannot fault it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Power Windows is an 8/10 Grace Under Pressure is a 9/10 (10/10 if I can delete Red Lenses). Correctamundo! ^ I would rank all of GUP a 10, except Red Lenses which is an ANNOYING 7/10. Between The Wheels has never been a major favourite either, but I cannot fault it. Well...Between the Wheels is a favourite of mine- among the two or three best songs on the album. But I rank Red Lenses even lower than you do. (Five out of ten, on a good day. ). But the rest of the album is bloody brilliant! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Power Windows is an 8/10 Grace Under Pressure is a 9/10 (10/10 if I can delete Red Lenses). Correctamundo! ^ I would rank all of GUP a 10, except Red Lenses which is an ANNOYING 7/10. Between The Wheels has never been a major favourite either, but I cannot fault it. Well...Between the Wheels is a favourite of mine- among the two or three best songs on the album. But I rank Red Lenses even lower than you do. (Five out of ten, on a good day. ). But the rest of the album is bloody brilliant! It is! One of my all time favourite albums, by any band, ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Power Windows is an 8/10 Grace Under Pressure is a 9/10 (10/10 if I can delete Red Lenses). Correctamundo! ^ I would rank all of GUP a 10, except Red Lenses which is an ANNOYING 7/10. Between The Wheels has never been a major favourite either, but I cannot fault it. Well...Between the Wheels is a favourite of mine- among the two or three best songs on the album. But I rank Red Lenses even lower than you do. (Five out of ten, on a good day. ). But the rest of the album is bloody brilliant! It is! One of my all time favourite albums, by any band, ever. It's really grown on me too. I feel like it's aged beautifully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Power Windows is an 8/10 Grace Under Pressure is a 9/10 (10/10 if I can delete Red Lenses). Correctamundo! ^ I would rank all of GUP a 10, except Red Lenses which is an ANNOYING 7/10. Between The Wheels has never been a major favourite either, but I cannot fault it. Well...Between the Wheels is a favourite of mine- among the two or three best songs on the album. But I rank Red Lenses even lower than you do. (Five out of ten, on a good day. ). But the rest of the album is bloody brilliant! It is! One of my all time favourite albums, by any band, ever. It's really grown on me too. I feel like it's aged beautifully. It has. At one point it was my favourite album, but that was before either HYF or AFTK sunk their claws in! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Self-Indulgence Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Grace has more funk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtoughtobeat Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Well this may not be a popular comment, but I just re-listened to every Rush album in the last 2 weeks, and would have to say I enjoyed Power Windows the least. Not sure why, but just didn't do it for me like it used to.... So Grace Under Pressure gets the vote. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jomboni Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I go back and forth on this constantly, right now I give the edge to Power Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Grace has more funk. We're talking the quality of the music. Not the smell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DistantEarlySignals Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Better question is Power Windows or Power Windows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Power Windows was the first album that Rush made with fewer great songs than mediocre ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Power Windows was the first album that Rush made with fewer great songs than mediocre ones. Hard to believe it was only 3 years between it and Signals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Grace Under Pressure is the strongest album in the synth era in my opinion, all the rest are pretty dull and mediocre to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthshine Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Power Windows easily. Grace Under Pressure is overall a depressing album. Power Windows is overall a very cheerful album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewWorldScott Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 I enjoy both albums, but I have always liked "Grace Under Pressure" more. Probably their best album during the "keyboard/electronic" phase of their career, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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