Hold Your Fire vs Grace Under Pressure

[treeduck]

Hold Your Fire easily for me.

[_hi_water._]

Distant Early Warning > Force Ten

Afterimage < Time Stand Still

Red Sector A > Open Secrets

The Enemy Within > Second Nature

The Body Electric < Prime Mover

Kid Gloves > Lock And Key

Red Lenses < Mission

Between The Wheels > Turn The Page > High Water > Tai Shan

 

GUP

Edited September 30, 2020 by _hi_water._

[Na na na]

Grace Under Pressure

[ST3V]

 

Between The Wheels > Turn The Page > High Water > Tai Shan

 

GUP

See, this is the flaw with this method. 75% of the time youre going to be facing off albums with different lengths

[Nova Carmina]

How do I vote for Grace Under Pressure twelve times? That's about where I'd rank it above HYF . . . well, maybe eleven.

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

GUP has more guitars, a heavier vibe, less "easy listening" keyboards, less Celine Dion music (I'm talking to you, Second Nature). GUP over HYF all day long and twice on Sunday.

[ST3V]

P/G is my least favorite of the Synth albums (still in my Top 10 though) but HYF and PoW are pretty equal in that they are both amazing albums.

[Maverick]

GUP by a long way.

[chemistry1973]

GUP over the contemporary jazz album that was missing saxophone on half the songs.

[zepphead]

For me personally there is not much between the albums but I marginally favour Hold Your Fire.

[condemned2bfree]

Presto Under Fire.

[treeduck]

GUP has more guitars, a heavier vibe, less "easy listening" keyboards, less Celine Dion music (I'm talking to you, Second Nature). GUP over HYF all day long and twice on Sunday.

There's too many bad choruses on GUP, like your chorus 73, "One, Zero, Zero, One, Zero, Zero, One SOS". If I'd have been Geddy I'd have told Neil to stuff that line. The Enemy Within was always a bad one for me too. And then there's Red Lenses...

[_hi_water._]

GUP has more guitars, a heavier vibe, less "easy listening" keyboards, less Celine Dion music (I'm talking to you, Second Nature). GUP over HYF all day long and twice on Sunday.

There's too many bad choruses on GUP, like your chorus 73, "One, Zero, Zero, One, Zero, Zero, One SOS". If I'd have been Geddy I'd have told Neil to stuff that line. The Enemy Within was always a bad one for me too. And then there's Red Lenses...

I guess someone doesn't like binary code (aka the admin's username.. feel bad for em)

[treeduck]

GUP has more guitars, a heavier vibe, less "easy listening" keyboards, less Celine Dion music (I'm talking to you, Second Nature). GUP over HYF all day long and twice on Sunday.

There's too many bad choruses on GUP, like your chorus 73, "One, Zero, Zero, One, Zero, Zero, One SOS". If I'd have been Geddy I'd have told Neil to stuff that line. The Enemy Within was always a bad one for me too. And then there's Red Lenses...

I guess someone doesn't like binary code (aka the admin's username.. feel bad for em)

You think it's a good idea for a chorus lyric? It sounds stupid.

[_hi_water._]

GUP has more guitars, a heavier vibe, less "easy listening" keyboards, less Celine Dion music (I'm talking to you, Second Nature). GUP over HYF all day long and twice on Sunday.

There's too many bad choruses on GUP, like your chorus 73, "One, Zero, Zero, One, Zero, Zero, One SOS". If I'd have been Geddy I'd have told Neil to stuff that line. The Enemy Within was always a bad one for me too. And then there's Red Lenses...

I guess someone doesn't like binary code (aka the admin's username.. feel bad for em)

You think it's a good idea for a chorus lyric? It sounds stupid.

whatever you say about the chorus (I guess), the rest of the lyrics are solid. IMO it's one of Neil's best narratives.

[treeduck]

GUP has more guitars, a heavier vibe, less "easy listening" keyboards, less Celine Dion music (I'm talking to you, Second Nature). GUP over HYF all day long and twice on Sunday.

There's too many bad choruses on GUP, like your chorus 73, "One, Zero, Zero, One, Zero, Zero, One SOS". If I'd have been Geddy I'd have told Neil to stuff that line. The Enemy Within was always a bad one for me too. And then there's Red Lenses...

I guess someone doesn't like binary code (aka the admin's username.. feel bad for em)

You think it's a good idea for a chorus lyric? It sounds stupid.

whatever you say about the chorus (I guess), the rest of the lyrics are solid. IMO it's one of Neil's best narratives.

Nah I don't like the malfunctioning robot story.

[chemistry1973]

GUP has more guitars, a heavier vibe, less "easy listening" keyboards, less Celine Dion music (I'm talking to you, Second Nature). GUP over HYF all day long and twice on Sunday.

There's too many bad choruses on GUP, like your chorus 73, "One, Zero, Zero, One, Zero, Zero, One SOS". If I'd have been Geddy I'd have told Neil to stuff that line. The Enemy Within was always a bad one for me too. And then there's Red Lenses...

I have always disliked that chorus to Body Electric. I love Spirits in the Material World, er , I mean The Enemy Within, and Red Lenses.

[treeduck]

GUP has more guitars, a heavier vibe, less "easy listening" keyboards, less Celine Dion music (I'm talking to you, Second Nature). GUP over HYF all day long and twice on Sunday.

There's too many bad choruses on GUP, like your chorus 73, "One, Zero, Zero, One, Zero, Zero, One SOS". If I'd have been Geddy I'd have told Neil to stuff that line. The Enemy Within was always a bad one for me too. And then there's Red Lenses...

I have always disliked that chorus to Body Electric. I love Spirits in the Material World, er , I mean The Enemy Within, and Red Lenses.

When I got that album I thought: this isn't the RUSH I got into.

[Mosher]

I'll assess and process with the following system:

 

10pts each

The Enemy Within

Kid Gloves

Prime Mover

 

9pts each

The Body Electric

Force Ten

Time Stand Still

 

8pts each

Red Sector A

Distant Early Warning

Afterimage

 

7pts each

Lock and Key

Turn the Page

High Water

 

6pts each

Between the Wheels

 

5pts each

Mission

Open Secrets

 

4pts each

Second Nature

Tai Shan

 

3pts each

Red Lenses

 

HYF- 67 pts./10 songs = 6.7

GUP- 62 pts/8 songs= 7.75

 

Grace Under Pressure ekes out the win despite a disappointing performance by Red Lenses and the superior effort by Prime Mover in defense of HYF.

Edited September 30, 2020 by Mosher

[Texas King]

Hold Your Fire is too cheesy Rush for my taste. Not a fan. It does not ROCK at all. I dig Time Stand Still and Mission though.

Grace Under Pressure by a long shot. It's new wave-y synthrock, but it actually ROCKS.

[Nova Carmina]

I'll assess and process with the following system:

 

10pts each

The Enemy Within

Kid Gloves

Prime Mover

 

9pts each

The Body Electric

Force Ten

Time Stand Still

 

8pts each

Red Sector A

Distant Early Warning

Afterimage

 

7pts each

Lock and Key

Turn the Page

High Water

 

6pts each

Between the Wheels

 

5pts each

Mission

Open Secrets

 

4pts each

Second Nature

Tai Shan

 

3pts each

Red Lenses

 

HYF- 67 pts./10 songs = 6.7

GUP- 62 pts/8 songs= 7.75

 

Grace Under Pressure ekes out the win despite a disappointing performance by Red Lenses and the superior effort by Prime Mover in defense of HYF.

 

[JohnnyBlaze]

I'll assess and process with the following system:

 

10pts each

The Enemy Within

Kid Gloves

Prime Mover

 

9pts each

The Body Electric

Force Ten

Time Stand Still

 

8pts each

Red Sector A

Distant Early Warning

Afterimage

 

7pts each

Lock and Key

Turn the Page

High Water

 

6pts each

Between the Wheels

 

5pts each

Mission

Open Secrets

 

4pts each

Second Nature

Tai Shan

 

3pts each

Red Lenses

 

HYF- 67 pts./10 songs = 6.7

GUP- 62 pts/8 songs= 7.75

 

Grace Under Pressure ekes out the win despite a disappointing performance by Red Lenses and the superior effort by Prime Mover in defense of HYF.

 

I don’t agree with your scores but it’s the best system to use to pit any album vs any other.

[invisible airwave]

GUP is my favorite 80s Rush album and doesn't have Tai Shan so, yeah. Edited September 30, 2020 by invisible airwave

[Mosher]

I'll assess and process with the following system:

 

10pts each

The Enemy Within

Kid Gloves

Prime Mover

 

9pts each

The Body Electric

Force Ten

Time Stand Still

 

8pts each

Red Sector A

Distant Early Warning

Afterimage

 

7pts each

Lock and Key

Turn the Page

High Water

 

6pts each

Between the Wheels

 

5pts each

Mission

Open Secrets

 

4pts each

Second Nature

Tai Shan

 

3pts each

Red Lenses

 

HYF- 67 pts./10 songs = 6.7

GUP- 62 pts/8 songs= 7.75

 

Grace Under Pressure ekes out the win despite a disappointing performance by Red Lenses and the superior effort by Prime Mover in defense of HYF.

 

I don’t agree with your scores but it’s the best system to use to pit any album vs any other.

I can't imagine any two of us having the same scores, that's a tribute to the band I think.

[JohnnyBlaze]

I'll assess and process with the following system:

 

10pts each

The Enemy Within

Kid Gloves

Prime Mover

 

9pts each

The Body Electric

Force Ten

Time Stand Still

 

8pts each

Red Sector A

Distant Early Warning

Afterimage

 

7pts each

Lock and Key

Turn the Page

High Water

 

6pts each

Between the Wheels

 

5pts each

Mission

Open Secrets

 

4pts each

Second Nature

Tai Shan

 

3pts each

Red Lenses

 

HYF- 67 pts./10 songs = 6.7

GUP- 62 pts/8 songs= 7.75

 

Grace Under Pressure ekes out the win despite a disappointing performance by Red Lenses and the superior effort by Prime Mover in defense of HYF.

 

I don’t agree with your scores but it’s the best system to use to pit any album vs any other.

I can't imagine any two of us having the same scores, that's a tribute to the band I think.

 

Nah. As awesome as Rush is, not having the same score is a result of different ears / personalities while listening to the same piece of music.