terrymcginnis83

I hope that it's alright if I revive this thread... Anyway, there are only 3 Rush songs that I truly hate (and I'll note which ones that they are below). The rest of these songs aren't bad (most of them are quite good), but instead, they didn't impress me as much as the others from each album. Keep in mind that aside from the 3 worst ones that I'll point out, this list is simply composed of my least favorites: RUSH - Need Some Love FLY BY NIGHT - Rivendell CARESS OF STEEL - Bastille Day, (This was a really hard choice since I like the album. And yes, I enjoy I Think I'm Going Bald) 2112 - A Passage to Bangkok, (Never really resonated with me) A FAREWELL TO KINGS - Madrigal, (2nd worst Rush song overall; absolute worst musically) HEMISPHERES - Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres PERMANENT WAVES - Entre Nous MOVING PICTURES - Limelight, (This is NOT a bad song. I'm just sick of the its overexposure) SIGNALS - Chemistry GRACE UNDER PRESSURE - The Enemy Within POWER WINDOWS - Emotion Detector, (Another hard choice since I love the album) HOLD YOUR FIRE - Tai Shan, (I actually don't hate this song like many others do) PRESTO - War Paint ROLL THE BONES - Heresy, (3rd worst Rush song for me) COUNTERPARTS - Everyday Glory TEST FOR ECHO - Dog Years, (WORST song in the band's discography overall; worst lyrically, 2nd worst musically) VAPOR TRAILS - Out of the Cradle FEEDBACK - Shapes of Things SNAKES & ARROWS - Spindrift CLOCKWORK ANGELS - BU2B2

Hey all, sorry to revive this thread. You may or may not know me as Diablo Griffin (formerly terrymcginnis83), a regular on Steve Hoffman Forums. I've been contributing quite a bit to the 2nd part of the Rush CD Mastering Thread (mostly starting at page 17), which you can look at here: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-rush-cd-mastering-thread-part-2.290440/page-17 That said, lemme give my view of the Sector sets. Tonality wise, they aren't bad. They sound much warmer and have a less harsh high end compared to the '97 remasters (which I honestly do not care for). But, the Sectors do have slightly more compression in comparison to the previous batch. Does that make me hate the Sectors? Absolutely not. They have nice EQ, sound great with earbuds on a phone, and have decent packaging for the price. These sets did play a big part in helping me get into Rush, and they were my top choices for a while. That is, until I got better pairs of headphones and started listening to the early West German Atomic and US silver-face CD's that I also happened to have. Better headphones can make a huge difference, and I truly started hearing the compression of the Sectors in comparison to the earlier discs. Then late in late 2013/early 2014, my audiophila :P got the best of me and I got the old Canadian Anthem CD's of :rush: , Caress of Steel, 2112, Signals, and P/G. All of them sound better than the highly praised WG Atomics IMO. For my Rush CD collection, I've now got many repeats which includes some WG Atomics, US silver-faces, Canadian Anthems, Japanese 25/32.8P's, MFSL's, '97/'04 remasters, SHM mini LP's, the Sector sets, and the Studio Albums '89-'07 set. The crazy combination equals over Rush 70 CD's. Yeah I know, I'm insane :D. I listen to whichever version I'm in the mood for, and of everything I've got, the '97's are the only ones that I ignore. It's not the compression that makes me hate them, although it certainly isn't a good thing. The problem is the harsh EQ that favors the highs and forgets the mid-range (AKA the dreadful "smiley-faced" EQ). The result is both harsh and dull at the same time. I still think the '97's are better than the Judas Priest remasters and Genesis stereo remixes.

For me, it's Grand Designs, ( one of my favorite Rush of all time)! Territories comes in a close second. Odd that my favorites are the only 2 tracks not brought to you by the letter 'M'