Rank Your Top Songs From Rush, Fly By Night, Caress of Steel and 2112!

[_hi_water._]

I'm starting a mini-thing-a-thing where we can all have some fun ranking songs from different eras of Rush for their 50th Anniversary. 
And yes, for this one, your list includes songs from just Rush, Fly By Night, Caress of Steel, and 2112 together.
Then if this turns out great, I'll do one with A Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, and Moving Pictures next. Then it's Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, and Hold Your Fire... and so on

You can do a Top 10, Top 20, Top 30, or hell just rank them all.

I'll come back with mine in a while and hopefully this thread gets going

Edited December 11, 2025 by _hi_water._

[_hi_water._]

1. "2112"

2. "Bastille Day"

3. "Something for Nothing"

4. "Fly By Night"

5. "Working Man"

6. "Beneath, Between & Behind"

7. "By-Tor and the Snow Dog"

8. "In the End"

9. "The Twilight Zone"

10. "Anthem"

11. "Finding My Way"

12. "What You're Doing"

13. "A Passage to Bangkok"

14. "Tears"

15. "Here Again"

16. "Best I Can"

17. "Before and After"

18. "Lakeside Park"

19. "Making Memories"

20. "Lessons"

21. "In the Mood"

22. "The Necromancer"

23. "The Fountain of Lamneth"

24. "Take a Friend"

25. "I Think I'm Going Bald"

26. "Need Some Love"

27. "Rivendell"

[zepphead]

I'll need to think about this one - but to avoid brain overload I may pick 3 from each album and sort them accordingly.

[Derek19]

1. 2112

2. By-Tor and the Snow Dog

(Tie) 3. the Necromancer

the Fountain of Lamneth

5. Working Man

6. In the End

7. Here Again

8. A Passage to Bangkok

9. Fly By Night

10. Bastille Day

11. Before and After

12. Something For Nothing

13. Lakeside Park

14. What You're Doing

15. Anthem

16. the Twilight Zone

17. Beneath, Between and Behind

18. Finding My Way

19. Need Some Love

20. Best I Can

21. Making Memories

(Tie) 22. Tears

Lessons

24. Take A Friend

25. In the Mood

26. I Think I'm Going Bald

27. Rivendell

Edited December 11, 2025 by Derek19

[zepphead]

After some thought I have trimmed my choices down to 12 -

2 from Rush

4 from Fly By Night

3 from Caress Of Steel

3 From 2112

 

(On another day some of these choices could be different!)

 

In order of preference (at this particular time!!) -

 

2112

Bastille Day

By Tor

Anthem

Passage to Bangkok

Working Man

Fly By Night

The Necromancer

In The End

Something For Nothing

Lakeside Park

Finding My Way

 

 

[treeduck]

I'll do one, say a top 15

 

1 2112

2 Passage to Bangkok

3 Fly By Night

4 The Necromancer

5 Bastille Day

6 Twilight Zone

7 Beneath, Between and Behind

8 Anthem

9 The Fountain of Lamneth

10 By Tor and the Snow Dog

11 Something for Nothing

12 I think I'm Going Bald

13 Lakeside Park

14 Working Man

15 Finding My Way

[HemiBeers]

Top 15. After 15, it's just a meh. 

 

1. "By-Tor and the Snow Dog"

2. "Bastille Day"

3. "Something for Nothing"

4. "2112"

5. "Anthem"

6. "The Necromancer"

7. "A Passage to Bangkok"

8. "In the End"

9. "What You're Doing"

10. "Working Man"

11. "Finding My Way"

12. "Lakeside Park"

13. "Beneath, Between & Behind"

14. "Making Memories"

15. "The Fountain of Lamneth"

 

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Actually a pretty interesting exercise. I’ll try to put a ranking together tonight.