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Your top 3 album openers?


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  1. 1. Favorite album openers?

    • Finding My Way
    • Anthem
    • Bastille Day
    • 2112 (Overture/The Temples of Syrinx)
    • A Farewell to Kings
    • Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres (Prelude)
    • The Spirit of Radio
    • Tom Sawyer
    • Subdivisions
    • Distant Early Warning
    • The Big Money
    • Force Ten
    • Show Don't Tell
    • Dreamline
    • Animate
    • Test for Echo
    • One Little Victory
    • Far Cry
    • Caravan


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The first albums I heard from Rush were Permanent Waves and ATWAS and both opening songs were explosive to me and totally hooked me into the band, so they're in. And I think Hemispheres starts with a bang too! 2112 is up there too but I went with The Spirit of Radio, Bastille Day and Hemispheres Prelude. A Farewell to Kings is a great song but it's more of a subtle acoustic beginning to that track so not the classic style of opener.
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Finding My Way, Bastille Day and 2112

 

When I think of an "album opener", what comes to mind is a song that sets the tone for the entire disc - and while I love Hemi, and it is one of my favorites on the list, it feels more like an album than an album opener ..

 

With that said, I went with 2112 because the synth and Priests just kicks so much ass I couldn't leave it off ... Great concert opener too ..... I don't think Hemispheres would have been a good show opener - but that doesn't mean it's not a top song

 

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Ill do the same for the closers, ranking all of them

 

1. The Spirit of Radio

2. 2112

3. Bastille Day

4. Subdivision

5. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres

6. Tom Sawyer

7. Anthem

8. Distant Early Warning

9. Dreamline

10. Far Cry

11. Show Don't Tell

12. Animate

13. A Farewell to Kings

14. Finding my Way

15. The Big Money

16. Force Ten

17. Caravan

18. One Little Victory

19. Test For Echo

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How can 2112 and Hemispheres not be on everyone's list? The 3rd is up for debate I suppose....

2112 for sure.

 

But I have Spirit of Radio and Subdivisions as the other two.

 

Tom Sawyer is a given, in a league of its own, so no need to vote for it.

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Hemispheres, 2112, and A Farewell to Kings.

 

Yep

Nope. Hemi and Kings are both way overrated, IMO. Complex, but kind of dumb, especially compared to YES, Tull or Genesis. Edited by goose
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No love for Force 10?

Compared to Spirit, Sawyer, Subdivisions, 2112...?

 

Actually you could literally name every other album opener here.

Except AFTK.
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Hemispheres, 2112, and A Farewell to Kings.

 

Yep

Nope. Hemi and Kings are both way overrated, IMO. Complex, but kind of dumb, especially compared to YES, Tull or Genesis.

 

Agreed. Although I love AFTK, I still stand by this.

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