Texas King Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 In your opinion what are those albums?Turning points from a musical aspect. I'm going with:2112Permanent Waves Signals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Permanent Waves was definitely one. It gave a nod to the decade it was leaving (Jacob's Ladder, Entre Nous and Different Strings - all of this belonged on AFTK way more than CTTH) and gave fans a glimpse of the Rush to come with The Spirit of Radio, Freewill and Natural Science. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Also Fly By Night, new drummer, new lyrics, new proggier style. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClashWho Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Yeah, Fly By Night is probably the most different to its immediate predecessor than any other album in their discography. Edited March 14, 2019 by ClashWho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Nearly tempted to say Moving Pictures because of Vital Signs but no greater turning point in rush musical history than Signals of course. If you'd included the 90s i would then have said Counterparts Edited March 14, 2019 by lifeson90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Fly by night- as said above new drummer and lyricist Perm waves- shorter tunes and the beginning of the reggae influence Notice i said reggae and not the police. Lol. Somemany here overstate the influence of the police and miss the bigger picture. Power Windows. No more reggae? More keys including hired guns with pop music backgrounds. Vapor trails. Testicular regeneration...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planet X-1 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 ....the correct answer is PeW ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Notice i said reggae and not the police. Lol. Somemany here overstate the influence of the police and miss the bigger picture.The influence of Andy Summers on Alex cannot be overstated, imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Bay Rush Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 AFT Kings, no question. This is the album where they started using synthesizers, Taurus pedals and double-neck guitars... Neil's kit grew to include a pile of percussion instruments like tubular bells, wind chimes, temple blocks, etc. But, mainly this album is where they really became a prog rock band. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasbo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I see each album just a little to a big different to the last whether it is positive progression or not.Pew was definitely a change but they perfected it on MP.Signals,GUP,PoW saw the synths really take over but each was different but still undeniably Rush.For me the big albums of change AFTK,PeW,GUP and Presto where they started stripping back the synths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tks95747 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 "Pivotal" changes... 2112PWPoW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Notice i said reggae and not the police. Lol. Somemany here overstate the influence of the police and miss the bigger picture.The influence of Andy Summers on Alex cannot be overstated, imo. Nor can the influence of reggae upon andy. Reggae was a big influence on pop music back in the day and this well before the police. From eric clapton to led zeppelin. Lots of folks were dabbling in those types of riffs imo Edited March 14, 2019 by tangy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Notice i said reggae and not the police. Lol. Somemany here overstate the influence of the police and miss the bigger picture.The influence of Andy Summers on Alex cannot be overstated, imo. Nor can the influence of reggae upon andy. Reggae was a big influence on pop music back in the day and this well before the police. From eric clapton to led zeppelin. Lots of folks were dabbling in those types of riffs imoRobert Fripp is cited by Andy as being a major influence, and Andy specifically by Alex. Edited March 14, 2019 by goose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Notice i said reggae and not the police. Lol. Somemany here overstate the influence of the police and miss the bigger picture.The influence of Andy Summers on Alex cannot be overstated, imo. Nor can the influence of reggae upon andy. Reggae was a big influence on pop music back in the day and this well before the police. From eric clapton to led zeppelin. Lots of folks were dabbling in those types of riffs imoRobert Fripp is cited by Andy as being a major influence, and Andy specifically by Alex. I can see that and i am not saying there was zero influence from police. Rather i am saying that the interest in reggae music probably started around the same time by members of both groups. Edited March 14, 2019 by tangy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalogRich Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 FBNAFTKMP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 FBN2112PWSignalsGuP (losing Terry makes this incredibly important)PrestoCPVTCA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 FBN2112PWSignalsGuP (losing Terry makes this incredibly important)PrestoCPVTCA Good call with the terry brown comment. For sure a pivotal moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thizzellewashington Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Permanent Waves (shorter songs and Geddy started singing in a lower register, making them a more pop-friendly band)Grace Under Pressure (a bigger departure than Signals, mostly because of the absence of Terry Brown)Counterparts (announcing themselves as a hard rock band again, which they hadn't really been since the early '80s) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClashWho Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) Yeah, Fly By Night is probably the most different to its immediate predecessor than any other album in their discography. Never mind. Edited March 15, 2019 by ClashWho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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