PloKoon13 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 They both have some awesome songs, and some so-so filler, but the collective force of Animate, Stick It Out, Nobody's Hero, Leave That Thing Alone and Cold Fire destroys Test For Echo, Driven, Time and Motion and Resist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdryan Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 counterparts "cut to the chase" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdryan Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 counterparts "cut to the chase" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Counterparts, no doubt about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarian Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Uh...since I don't own T4E, I'm going to have to go with Counterparts, which I actually like. That was easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axeshredder Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 to me, Counterparts blows away Test for echo Counterparts has some excellent guitar riffs and i consider most of the songs hits Test for echo ...i should listen to it more..theres a few good tunes but near the bottom of my list ...but compared to anything being released today is still amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 QUOTE (Greg @ May 10 2006, 04:04 PM) Funny, I was just thinking about posting a thread about this over at CP, which is, well...you know. I don't know why BOTH of these albums get slagged so much. But of the two, and it's a close match, but I'd have to go with TFE. I think that TFE has such a beautiful sound to it, especially in Alex's department. Half the World is really a great song and so many others make sense lyrically and sonically...I just think it's a really great album. Counterparts is obviously more rocking, harder, etc. And CTTC still gives me the chills. But there is something about TFE that makes it stand out above CP. I still don't understand why TFE, especially, gets so much grief from fans. If Rush fans want to give Rush grief, they should start with Hold Your Fire! Both CP and TFE are good and special in their own ways...but my vote, if I HAVE to choose, would be for TFE. Couldnt agree more. Exactly my sentiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdryan Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 To add to my answer, by no means is T4E a bad record. Half the World is awesome. I like to listen to it when Im traveling in the car for awhile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericplayzbass Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 (edited) every time one of you says CP i think you're saying child porn. stupid internet. also, me and my grandma were talking and she had me listening to 40's music. jazz is weird. also, I like T4E better. Edited August 19, 2010 by ericplayzbass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamelight Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I like both but Test For Echo a bit more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestyk Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Boy this short thread has been around awhile. I'm listening to Test For Echo for the first time in years now. It's much better than I remembered it but Dog Years and Totem are TERRIBLE! Even the lyrics are bad. I don't know what Neil was thinking. The guitar riffs are excellent, perhaps even better than Counterparts. Alex was playing louder than he had previously ever played...Well Stick it Out on CP was loud. Some of the keyboard is a little dated sounding, even for the time. CP is a better album...Although some of the later half of that album does kind of vier back to the late 80's; a period I don't like. When I first bought T4E, in the 90's, I re-shrink wrapped it and took it back to the store, I was that unsatisfied with it. I'm not sure what promoted me to do that. I loved CP back then. Now I want to buy T4E again today! (I'm listening to MP3's right now). PS: Just heard the last song, Carve Away the Stone. It's kind of SO-SO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Let's resurrect some old threads! Um...CP is brilliant, but T4E has something beautiful about it. I don't know what it is, but its weaknesses are outshone by its strengths. And Carve Away The Stone is one of my top underrated Rush songs, for me the best of a very good album. and for comedy, Dog Years has some very silly lyrics set over a very fun rock song. Reminds me a little of I Think I'm Going Bald in this respect... Totem is brilliant if I ignore the clumsy lyrics. Not a single dud! Then again, CP has only good songs as well... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx_rush Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 I give CP a slight edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 "Counterparts", by a hare! http://www.iberianature.com/material/photos/rabbit.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Na na na Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Counterparts http://www.p4.no/images/gfx/Terninger/4_90px.png Test For Echo http://www.p4.no/images/gfx/Terninger/5_90px.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Counterparts for sure. Test For Echo has a few songs that i like, but overall, it's probably my least favorite Rush album. The 90's was their weakest era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I only like Half of Counterparts. It's still more then what I like on T4E.......1 song. So counterparts it is. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucey Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Counterparts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 T4E by a country mile. Counterparts has about 3 good songs on it and Rush's worst lyrics and several bad songs. Really, the only thing it has going for it is the sound and production quality. T4E has about 5 good/great songs and only one song that isn't very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Its funny, I find T4E to have the bands worst ever lyrics, and yet somehow I like it more than CP. I find CP, however, an enjoyable album, but T4E has a surreal quality to it that makes me warm to it...Dog Years and Totem are the prime offenders, as is Virtuality. However, I still like every song! What tracks especially on CP do you find sub-par lyrically? For me Nobody's Hero, which is a good song, has to PC lyrics that verge on preachy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hi_water._ Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Bold = highlight 1. Animate2. Stick It Out3. Cut To The Chase4. Nobody's Hero5. Between Sun & Moon6. Alien Shore7. The Speed Of Love8. Double Agent9. Leave That Thing Alone10. Cold Fire11. Everyday Glory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek19 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Between, and out of these two, I like slightly more, than . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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