Lorraine Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 As much as I love Snakes, CA is a much better album. Could've been a great album, but something was missing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 As much as I love Snakes, CA is a much better album. Could've been a great album, but something was missing.I also love Snakes, but I do score CA as a great album. There is some incredible material on that album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 CA for me. Before that, it was probably PoW. Although CP and VT are strong albums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Pretty much every album after Roll The Bones is at least an 8 and Roll The Bones is at least a 7.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 As much as I love Snakes, CA is a much better album. Could've been a great album, but something was missing.Way too long. The album, not your post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 As much as I love Snakes, CA is a much better album. Could've been a great album, but something was missing.Way too long. The album, not your post. I would've been fine with just these tracks. "Fine" as in "I would've like CA more"... 1) Caravan2) BU2B3) Clockwork Angels4) The Anarchist5) Carnies6) Headlong Flight7) The Garden *8) Bonus track: Seven Cities of Gold ((It's a bonus track because it's borderline filler for me.)) I don't dislike anything on CA but Seven Cities of Gold and the other four I omitted don't do anything for me. Four fillers plus one that's borderline filler...that's a lot! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate2112 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 The issue is not when they dropped because I could say Snakes and Arrows but 2112 is one of my least favourite rush albums. They have absolutely great albums and not good ones. Not a fan of Grace Under Pressure but Power Windows is my favorite followed by Hold Your Fire. Not all are concrete in that, everything after this is in decline. Although, Clockwork Angels was a disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 (edited) All of there albums are amazing so I will say Clockwork Angels ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Edited July 31, 2017 by Permanent-Rush 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 If 8/10 is the score for "Great Album", CA qualifies for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I voted GUP for the last great album, because I love everything on that album. So that'd be the last of the 10s. Power Windows I like but songs like Middletown Dreams and Emotion Detector I loath so that brings its scoring down. Every album after that has a handful of songs I like, but overall their high ratio of filler to meat brings their scores way down... So GUP it is...but what an album! I totally get it. I've ranked my top four Rush records by decade. I'm sure it's on here somewhere. 70's "Hemispheres"80's "Grace Under Pressure"90's "Counterparts"2000's "Snakes & Arrows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Barchetta Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 I could listen to "RUSH" through "Hold Your Fire" on continuous loop. After that, it's a bit spotty. Presto? Some of those songs I had a personal connection with back in the day. Roll the Bones? Not so good by Rush standards, but still a solid album. Counterparts? Really love it, but not great within the Rush cannon. Test for Echo? Should have been aborted. Vapor Trails? If you can get your system set up just right, the songs are fantastic! Snakes and Arrows? Very good album. Not great. Clockwork Angels: Again- great album with great songs, but it is so much f***ing work to get it to SOUND good on your system, just like Vapor Trails...I'm sorry...what was the question again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugen Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Hold your Fire for me. It's great for me and probably not for the majority, which is ok. It's like the band stop to make "great albums" after the synth era. It's like the magic has disappeared from their music since then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 The word "great" is subjective. As an equalizer and a common denominator, I'd suggest we use the dictionary definition of "great". Great - of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average. If that's the definition, I'll take Clockwork Angels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 The word "great" is subjective. As an equalizer and a common denominator, I'd suggest we use the dictionary definition of "great". Great - of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average. If that's the definition, I'll take Clockwork Angels. Fair enough. What do you think is the average Rush album? And what are a couple examples of below average Rush albums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 (edited) For me, all Rush albums are above average when compared to other bands. But if the benchmark here is Rush, measured against themselves, then for me, from the above list, GUP through RTB would classify as average or below average and i might include caress and fbn. From those not on the list above, I'd classify MP, Permanent Waves, Farewell, Hemispheres,2112, Counterparts, Clockwork and maybe Snakes as all well above their average... Imo Edited August 6, 2017 by Phantom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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