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Easily Vapor Trails, still their best album since Power Windows. S&A is pretty good, but somehow got boring rather quickly, probably because most songs are too similar and too mellow. Only Far Cry and the Instrumentals really stand out. VT isn't perfect, but the instrumental work is simply the most creative and exciting they have done in a long time. And all the songs are at least good.

This poll must be a joke, right? Clockwork Angels isn't even remotely close to being a competition for Hemispheres. CA is easily in the bottom 5 of worst Rush albums; only RTB, CP and T4E are worse and that's not exactly saying much. Sure, it has a few good songs, but they don't really save it.

Voted for The Garden, but CA is incredibly overrated as a whole. Also pretty much any Counterparts song since that album is also much overrated.

It's just ridiculous to claim they are playing "bad" now, either trolling or doesn't know shit about live music. Their playing may not be quite as precise and tight as back in the 70s or 80s, but certainly not much worse. And EVERY musician gets worse to some degree with age, that's just natural. But for their age and compared to other bands, they still play very well for sure. If you want to hear a poor, sloppy live band, go listen to Metallica nowadays (and they aren't even as old as Rush)...

And Counterparts is pretty much a typical 90s alternative rock album. There is not really single song on this album I care for much and would include in a "best of" collection. Animate is probably the best, but still nothing more than decent. The songwriting is just incredibly generic and boring and the good production doesn't make it any better. It doesn't even sound like Rush to me; I mean if Geddy didn't sing, I would probably think it's some other band with a bit of Rush influence here and there. I don't think it's their worst album (that title still goes to RTB), but easily second worst. Test for Echo was pretty "meh" too, but at least it was a somewhat progressive and just more Rush again. Of course some might argue that the debut album has even more generic songwriting, however it contains so much youthful power and drive that it makes up for that (especially live versions with Neil).

f**k yeah! Finally I can listen without getting a headache and ear-ringing. Now we can hear all those details. I already lost hope because some time ago Geddy said it won't happen.

Nope, you should make that appointment. You don't need to be an audiophile to be able to tell that the sound of CA is ruined by overcompression and resulting clipping and has almost no dynamics and the sound is like a mash. That's a matter of fact any good sound technician will confirm. And that's what happens to most rock/metal releases these days. But most people are already so used to that, they really don't hear any difference at all. Just like they don't hear a difference between 128 kbs mp3 and lossless audio.

Not in order: - Moving Pictures - Hemispheres - Permanent Waves - A Farewell to Kings - Signals

Jacob's Ladder. It's long overdue. I'd vote for Cygnus X-1 Book I or II, but Geddy couldn't pull it off anymore, so they won't play neither of them. Same with Fountain, I guess. But then again, he does 2112, so who knows?

All of them. It's a very consistent album imo. The worst song may be Out of the Cradle, but it's still pretty good. Btw: Does anyone know when the remixed album will finally come out? I mean, they announced it a year ago already.

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Cygnus X-1 Book I The Voyage Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres The Fountain of Lamneth Jacob's Ladder Natural Science Yeah I know Geddy couldn't pull off the first three anymore... but instrumental would be great enough.

QUOTE (trenken @ Oct 15 2011, 06:17 AM) The name Rush isnt exactly very original. It's just a common word, and other people can use it if they want. Rush cant trademark that name. Are you sure about that? http://www.delicious-audio.com/articles/names.htm Maybe Rush already did trademark that name long ago. It would explain why (except for this new rapper) there is no other artist called Rush. Anyway, I think it's just stupid to pick the name of a pretty famous rock band. There is the internet and everyone can do a little google search to see that the name is already taken. I mean, what next? Someone calling his band Queen? That's also not exactly an original name and quite a common word aswell.

Has anyone already heard of this? http://www.wemfr.com/rush.html http://www.last.fm/music/Rush/Retail+Ready http://www.last.fm/music/Rush/Rush+Borda Another stupid name thief? Seriously? Isn't there a copyright on Rush's bandname? If so they should sue the f**k out of this dumbass asap.

It's definitely my least favourite from that album. Not bad, but pretty generic and mediocre, just like Neurotica or You Bet Your Life on RTB. I mean, it's just unspectacular, nothing really interesting about it.

I absolutely adore both, but Hemispheres is slightly better and more epic.

Iron Maiden by far. They actually were my top favourite band before I discovered Rush.

I think Rush would only retire if... 1) They don't get enough money anymore 2) They don't have fun anymore 3) They aren't physically able to do it anymore Option 1 isn't the case and will never happen since they are more popular than ever and ticket prices are higher than ever but fans still buy them. Option 2 isn't the case either, obviously they still have lots of fun onstage aswell as in the studio, at least for Geddy and Alex. I'm not sure about Neil since he always looks so serious with rarely a smile on his face. Maybe he could call it quits one day even if the others guys don't want to. Option 3 is the most likely one and I'm not sure whether Geddy or Neil will be first. It's pretty much unpredictable. Though I think Geddy is still doing a good job for his age and he doesn't seem to be struggling much most of the time. But he could lose his voice any day. However I'd personally say that Neil is the critical factor. Apart from this I'm pretty sure the current tour won't be the last one and if none of the above 3 options becomes valid I believe there will be another last tour after CA, but of course that's just speculation. "Anything can happen" as quoted before. I only hope they will visit Germany another time after this current tour...

First of all: I'm new here (posting-wise), so hi to all fellow RUSH-maniacs!! I always misheard the following line from The Fountain of Lamneth: "The sky is pitching violently" as "The sky is bitching violently"