Albums that you consider to be turning points in the 70's/80's Rush discography?

[Texas King]

In your opinion what are those albums?

Turning points from a musical aspect.

 

I'm going with:

2112

Permanent Waves

Signals

[Lorraine]

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.

[treeduck]

Also Fly By Night, new drummer, new lyrics, new proggier style.

[ClashWho]

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

[lifeson90]

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

[tangy]

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......

[Planet X-1]

....the correct answer is PeW

 

;)

[goose]

 

 

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.

[Thunder Bay Rush]

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.

[grasbo]

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.

[tks95747]

"Pivotal" changes...

 

2112

PW

PoW

[tangy]

 

 

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

[goose]

 

 

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

Robert Fripp is cited by Andy as being a major influence, and Andy specifically by Alex. Edited March 14, 2019 by goose

[tangy]

 

 

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

Robert 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

[AnalogRich]

FBN

AFTK

MP

[Entre_Perpetuo]

FBN

2112

PW

Signals

GuP (losing Terry makes this incredibly important)

Presto

CP

VT

CA

[tangy]

FBN

2112

PW

Signals

GuP (losing Terry makes this incredibly important)

Presto

CP

VT

CA

 

Good call with the terry brown comment. For sure a pivotal moment.

 

 

 

[thizzellewashington]

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)

[ClashWho]

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