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Simple. Just order all of Rush's studio albums in the order of how great they are. Here's my list:

 

1. Moving Pictures

2. Counterparts

3. 2112

4. Signals

5. A Farewell To Kings

6. Hemispheres

7. Permanent Waves

8. Vapor Trails

9. Snakes and Arrows

10. Grace Under Pressure

11. Fly By Night

12. Hold Your Fire

13. Roll The Bones

14. Rush

15. Power Windows

16. Presto

17. Caress of Steel

18. Test for Echo

19. Feedback

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What the hell, one more of these threads can't hurt. Certainly beats "OMG IS NEIL PEART TOURING WITH LED ZEPPELIN?"

 

Vapor Trails

Power Windows

Signals

A Farewell to Kings

Permanent Waves

Moving Pictures

Hemispheres

2112

Snakes & Arrows

Grace Under Pressure

Counterparts

Roll the Bones

Hold Your Fire

Presto

Caress of Steel

Fly by Night

Rush

Test for Echo

 

Feedback doesn't count since a) it's an EP, b ) it's not original material and c) I've probably listened to it a grand total of 3 or 4 times since 2004.

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What the heck:

 

Moving Pictures

Permanent Waves

Hemispheres

Signals

A Farewell to Kings

Power Windows

Hold Your Fire

Snakes & Arrows

2112

Vapor Trails

Grace Under Pressure

Fly By Night

Counterparts

Rush

Caress of Steel

Test for Echo

Presto

Roll the Bones

 

Note: This list is not immutable!!!!!!!!

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1. Permanent Waves

2. Power Windows

3. Counterparts

4. Grace Under Pressure

5. Hemispheres

6. Moving Pictures

7. A Farewell to Kings

8. Hold Your Fire

9. Caress of Steel

10. Signals

11. Presto

12. Roll the Bones

13. Snakes and Arrows

14. 2112

15. Fly by Night

16. Rush

17. Test for Echo

18. Vapor Trails

 

Feedback is not included for the same reasons PuppetKing listed, except I've listened to it a lot since it came out.

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1. Signals

2, Moving Pictures

3. Permanent Waves

4. Hemispheres

5. A Farewell To Kings

6. Rush

7. Hold Your Fire

8. Grace Under Pressure

9. 2112

10. Fly By Night

11. Power Windows

12. Counterparts

13. Caress of Steel

14. Snakes & Arrows

15. Presto

16. Roll The Bones

17. Test For Echo

18. Vapor Trails

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1.Permanent Waves

2.Moving Pictures

3.2112

4.Grace Under Pressure

5.Caress Of Steel

6.Rush

7.A Farewell To Kings

8.Hemispheres

9.Fly By Night

10.Counterparts

11.Power Windows

12.Presto

13.Signals

14.Test For Echo

15.Vapor Trails

16.Hold Your Fire

17.Roll The Bones

18.Snakes And Arrows

 

 

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1. Hemispheres (Masterpiece)

2. Grace Under Pressure

3. Moving Pictures

4. A Farewell To Kings

5. Permanent Waves

6. Caress Of Steel

7. 2112

8. Power Windows

9. Fly By Night

10. Signals

11. Presto

12. Hold Your Fire

13. Rush

14. Snakes And Arrows

15. Vapor Trails (It would be higher on my list if it sounded better)

16. Counterparts

17. Roll The Bones

18. Test For Echo (Aside from Driven, this album is sub-par.)

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Signals

Vapor Trails

Test for Echo

Moving Pictures

Grace Under Pressure

Permanent Waves

Counterparts

Hemispheres

Snakes & Arrows

Presto

A Farewell to Kings

Roll the Bones

Fly By Night

Hold Your Fire

Power Windows

2112

Caress of Steel

Rush

 

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1. Moving Pictures

2. Permanent Waves

3. A Farewell to Kings

4. Vapor Trails

5. Signals

6. Snakes and Arrows

7. Power Windows

8. Hemispheres

9. Counterparts

10. 2112

11. Fly By Night

12. Grace Under Pressure

13. Presto

14. Roll the Bones

15. Test For Echo

16. Caress of Steel

17. Rush

18. Hold Your Fire

 

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Its early. Im sipping my coffee. I got the time.

 

Hemispheres

PeW

Moving Pictures

Signals

AFTK

Grace Under Pressure

Power Windows

Caress

2112

Fly By Night

HYF

Snakes and Arrows

Counterparts

VT

Test For Echo

Presto

Rush

RTB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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QUOTE (rushgoober @ Dec 5 2009, 07:26 AM)
1. Signals
2, Moving Pictures
3. Permanent Waves
4. Hemispheres
5. A Farewell To Kings
6. Rush
7. Hold Your Fire
8. Grace Under Pressure
9. 2112
10. Fly By Night
11. Power Windows
12. Counterparts
13. Caress of Steel
14. Snakes & Arrows
15. Presto
16. Roll The Bones
17. Test For Echo
18. Vapor Trails

Everyone's got their own criteria for why an album rates higher than another - for me it's all about how consistent the release is.

 

I vote Signals the highest simply because EVERY song is killer and it works so well as a whole. I find it their most consistent album with absolutely no weak spots.

 

In that regards, Moving Pictures would be number one except for I think The Camera Eye just goes on too long by half. Even still it's a GREAT song, but it's minor weaknesses are enough to make me rate the album microscopically lower than Signals, even though side one of MP is the greatest albums side in the history of history.

 

I rate their first album higher than most again for consistency - no it doesn't have Neil's writing or drumming, but it rocks hard and I enjoy every song start to finish.

 

Hold Your Fire, another criminally underrated album IMHO, would be even closer to the top if not for the last two tracks, but that said, the first 8 songs are SO good that I still rate it very highly.

 

Caress of Steel again has two weak tracks for me (ITIGB and The Necromancer), but those songs take up a higher percentage of the album than the two duds on HYF, so consequently it's placed much lower. Having to skip songs definitely drops albums in my rankings...

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QUOTE (PuppetKing2112 @ Dec 5 2009, 01:06 AM)
What the hell, one more of these threads can't hurt. Certainly beats "OMG IS NEIL PEART TOURING WITH LED ZEPPELIN?"

Vapor Trails
Power Windows
Signals
A Farewell to Kings
Permanent Waves
Moving Pictures
Hemispheres
2112
Snakes & Arrows
Grace Under Pressure
Counterparts
Roll the Bones
Hold Your Fire
Presto
Caress of Steel
Fly by Night
Rush
Test for Echo

Feedback doesn't count since a) it's an EP, b ) it's not original material and c) I've probably listened to it a grand total of 3 or 4 times since 2004.

I think it is really wonderful to see a 20 year old's perspective on these albums. I respect your choices although I heavily differ in mine.

 

You have great musical diversity as well, noting the numerous varied shows you have caught in one year's time. Hell, I have never seen that many shows in a year.

 

I would love to see your thoughts on those choices only if you had the time. I can't for the life of me understand how anyone could rate Vapor Trails above the next 6 choices you listed. I remember being on the floor at the Capital Center in Langley Maryland in the spring of 1981, watching the Moving Pictures Tour, thinking, oh my God, what I just saw will go down in history as the greatest concert musician performance ever. I somehow knew I had been witness to something akin to a Beatles performance (at least to me) and up to that point I had seen Kansas, Styx, Van Halen, The Police, The Who, The Outlaws, Foghat, Heart, and I am sure a few others.

 

 

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1. Permanent Waves - A

2. Moving Pictures - A

3. Presto - A

4. Signals - A-

5. Grace Under Pressure - A-

6. A Farewell to Kings - A-

7. Hemispheres - A-

8. 2112 - B+

9. Counterparts - B+

10. Power Windows - B+

11. Hold Your Fire - B

12. Snakes & Arrows - B

13. Test for Echo - B

14. Vapor Trails - B

15. Fly by Night - B

16. Caress of Steel - B-

17. Roll the Bones - C+

18. Rush - C

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QUOTE (rushgoober @ Dec 6 2009, 07:42 AM)
QUOTE (rushgoober @ Dec 5 2009, 07:26 AM)
1. Signals
2, Moving Pictures
3. Permanent Waves
4. Hemispheres
5. A Farewell To Kings
6. Rush
7. Hold Your Fire
8. Grace Under Pressure
9. 2112
10. Fly By Night
11. Power Windows
12. Counterparts
13. Caress of Steel
14. Snakes & Arrows
15. Presto
16. Roll The Bones
17. Test For Echo
18. Vapor Trails

Everyone's got their own criteria for why an album rates higher than another - for me it's all about how consistent the release is.

 

I vote Signals the highest simply because EVERY song is killer and it works so well as a whole. I find it their most consistent album with absolutely no weak spots.

 

In that regards, Moving Pictures would be number one except for I think The Camera Eye just goes on too long by half. Even still it's a GREAT song, but it's minor weaknesses are enough to make me rate the album microscopically lower than Signals, even though side one of MP is the greatest albums side in the history of history.

 

I rate their first album higher than most again for consistency - no it doesn't have Neil's writing or drumming, but it rocks hard and I enjoy every song start to finish.

 

Hold Your Fire, another criminally underrated album IMHO, would be even closer to the top if not for the last two tracks, but that said, the first 8 songs are SO good that I still rate it very highly.

 

Caress of Steel again has two weak tracks for me (ITIGB and The Necromancer), but those songs take up a higher percentage of the album than the two duds on HYF, so consequently it's placed much lower. Having to skip songs definitely drops albums in my rankings...

I largely agree with your list and your criteria.

 

Ive tried to do this many times, but I don't think I could ever rank them all one after the other. Tiers, yes, but not a sequential list.

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1. Moving Pictures

2. Vapor Trails (call me crazy)

3. Permanent Waves

4. Hemispheres

5. Grace Under Pressure

6. Hold Your Fire

7. Snakes & Arrows

8. 2112

9. Signals

10. Power Windows

11. A Farwewell To Kings

12. Roll The Bones

13. Test For Echo

14. Fly By Night

15. Counterparts

16. Presto

17. Rush

18. Caress Of Steel

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Ah, jeez, this is always so hard to do accurately.

  1. Grace Under Pressure
  2. Power Windows
  3. Signals
  4. Moving Pictures
  5. Hold Your Fire
  6. Permanent Waves
  7. Hemispheres
  8. Counterparts
  9. Presto
  10. Caress Of Steel
  11. Test For Echo
  12. Roll The Bones
  13. 2112
  14. Snakes & Arrows
  15. A Farewell To Kings
  16. Fly By Night
  17. Vapor Trails
  18. Rush
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Mine is not a ranking of "Greatest to Worst" because, 'greatest' isn't synonimous with 'favorite' and 'worst' implies Rush has put out one or more bad albums--HERESY I SAY! Here's my favorites in order:

 

1. Moving Pictures

2. Hemispheres

3. 2112

4. Permanent Waves

5. A Farewell To Kings

6. Grace Under Pressure

7. Power Windows

8. Fly By Night

9. Signals

 

10. Vapor Trails

11. Counterparts

12. Snakes & Arrows

13. 2.gif

14. Caress Of Steel

15. Presto

16. Hold Your Fire

17. Test For Echo

18. Roll The Bones

 

Only the top half are semi-set in stone. Feedback doesn't count.

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1. Vapor Trails

2. Counterparts

3. Snakes & Arrows

4. Power Windows

5. Hemispheres

6. Caress Of Steel

7. A Farewell To Kings

8. Presto

9. Permanent Waves

10. Roll The Bones

11. 2112

12. Test For Echo

13. Rush

14. Fly By Night

15. Moving Pictures

16. Hold Your Fire

17. Signals

18. Grace Under Pressure

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QUOTE (VarianStar @ Dec 7 2009, 01:36 PM)
1. Vapor Trails
2. Counterparts
3. Snakes & Arrows
4. Power Windows
5. Hemispheres
6. Caress Of Steel
7. A Farewell To Kings
8. Presto
9. Permanent Waves
10. Roll The Bones
11. 2112
12. Test For Echo
13. Rush
14. Fly By Night
15. Moving Pictures
16. Hold Your Fire
17. Signals
18. Grace Under Pressure

I think your list is the farthest away from my list that I've ever seen. We must be listening to two entirely different bands. tongue.gif

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QUOTE (rushgoober @ Dec 7 2009, 04:41 PM)
QUOTE (VarianStar @ Dec 7 2009, 01:36 PM)
1. Vapor Trails
2. Counterparts
3. Snakes & Arrows
4. Power Windows
5. Hemispheres
6. Caress Of Steel
7. A Farewell To Kings
8. Presto
9. Permanent Waves
10. Roll The Bones
11. 2112
12. Test For Echo
13. Rush
14. Fly By Night
15. Moving Pictures
16. Hold Your Fire
17. Signals
18. Grace Under Pressure

I think your list is the farthest away from my list that I've ever seen. We must be listening to two entirely different bands. tongue.gif

laugh.gif I just read your list. We do have Hemispheres in common at least.

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QUOTE (VarianStar @ Dec 7 2009, 01:44 PM)
QUOTE (rushgoober @ Dec 7 2009, 04:41 PM)
QUOTE (VarianStar @ Dec 7 2009, 01:36 PM)
1. Vapor Trails
2. Counterparts
3. Snakes & Arrows
4. Power Windows
5. Hemispheres
6. Caress Of Steel
7. A Farewell To Kings
8. Presto
9. Permanent Waves
10. Roll The Bones
11. 2112
12. Test For Echo
13. Rush
14. Fly By Night
15. Moving Pictures
16. Hold Your Fire
17. Signals
18. Grace Under Pressure

I think your list is the farthest away from my list that I've ever seen. We must be listening to two entirely different bands. tongue.gif

laugh.gif I just read your list. We do have Hemispheres in common at least.

Ok, if we ever hang out, we're listening to Hemispheres. trink39.gif

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