AndyShedd Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) PerWaves, a guitar-driven album MP, in which the cracking of Geddy's basswork impresses me the most Signals, where Neil's drumming is the most striking, however I must note Alex's guitar seemed to be reined in, featuring 3 songs without a guitar solo Screaming back in GUP which features a particularly manic guitar sound and I think Alex was quoted as saying this was his favorite Rush album, but it's the synths that move particularly to the fore And finally PowWin which, at least to me showcases Geddy's singing. Footnote HYF which features more of everything! It took me a while to get access to the site and these ideas were stewing in me for a while. Thanks for letting me get them off my chest! Edited January 11 by AndyShedd Clarification 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyShedd Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 (edited) I forgot to mention PowWin features Neil's drumming pushed back in the mix, I hope some day it could be remixed with the drums brought back out where they belong Edited January 11 by AndyShedd Clarification 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Welcome to the forum! For me, it's got to be the run from A Farewell to Kings to Signals. I guess that's six albums . . . but then, numbers (and sometimes dates) don't really count when dealing with Rush. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I'd go with the same five albums as the OP, but HYF represents falling off a cliff for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 20 minutes ago, Nova Carmina said: I'd go with the same five albums as the OP, but HYF represents falling off a cliff for me. in regards to HYF If forced to pick a five-disc run I'd probably start at Hemispheres. If allowed to cheat by way of a ten-side run I'd take Hemi side 2 thru PWindows side 1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 2112 A Farewell to Kings Hemispheres Permanent Waves Moving Pictures 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex’s Amazing Arpeggios Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 For me ‘ pinnacle peak ‘ is These 7 albums ( I can’t reduce down to just 5 ! ) ⭐️ Farewell to Kings⭐️ ⭐️ Hemispheres⭐️ ⭐️ Permanent Waves ⭐️ ⭐️ Moving Pictures ⭐️ ⭐️ Signals⭐️ ⭐️ Grace Under Pressure⭐️ ⭐️ Power Windows ⭐️ I also agree with Nova & Goose that HYF for me was massively disappointing as was Presto 😕 Roll the Bones was a little better, but it was Counterparts which finally really excited me again ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 3 hours ago, treeduck said: 2112 A Farewell to Kings Hemispheres Permanent Waves Moving Pictures Likewise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyShedd Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 (edited) I agree that HYF was a disappointment. I also appreciate Hemispheres which I own on vinyl along with Permanent Waves. My other aim was to mark the stand-out instrument on the mentioned albums. Neither Hemispheres nor A Farewell to Kings stand out in that way to me. Edited January 18 by AndyShedd Elaboration 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyShedd Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 On 1/11/2024 at 2:23 PM, goose said: in regards to HYF If forced to pick a five-disc run I'd probably start at Hemispheres. If allowed to cheat by way of a ten-side run I'd take Hemi side 2 thru PWindows side 1. Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weatherman Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) At a certain point they stopped making albums that were 90% great and 10% mediocre and started making albums that were 10% great and 90% mediocre. Edited January 21 by Weatherman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thizzellewashington Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Zero songs I skip on any album from Kings through Power Windows but Power Windows is my favorite album so by default I'll say my favorite five-album run is Permanent Waves through Power Windows. but no wrong answers with any combination of five from that seven-album period. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 HEMI to GUP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyShedd Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 On 1/11/2024 at 1:34 PM, toymaker said: Welcome to the forum! For me, it's got to be the run from A Farewell to Kings to Signals. I guess that's six albums . . . but then, numbers (and sometimes dates) don't really count when dealing with Rush. Thank you! Friendly bunch of folks you have here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Truly great I'd go with 4 albums...Hemi through Signals. GUP would be close as a 5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Are there five great ones? Let's see .. 2112 Hemispheres Moving Pictures Power Windows .. I make that four Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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