Overall Favorite Rush Album

[Bard]

Signals. By a country mile.

 

MP is the defining landmark effort, but Signals is their best collaboration in tems of tone, flow, and depth. Pure perfection.

 

The core of absolute Rush: 2112, Waves, MP, Signals, GUP.

 

Personally, I think Kings and Hemispheres get a lot of overblown credit, but that's just me.

Edited January 18, 2008 by Van Squalen

[missionman]

How the hell can you pick a favorite RUSH album????

[theworkingman]

In order

 

1. Farewell to Kings

2. Power Windows

3. Moving Pictures

[xx2112xx]

I know it sounds odd, but Roll the Bones. It was my first full length Rush album, and I immediately fell in love with it.

 

Edited February 2, 2008 by xx2112xx

[Choose/the/light]

Who the ----- voted for Feedback?

 

 

PERMANENT WAVES!

[gleamingalloyaircar81]

Moving Pictures

PeW

CoS in that order.

[Echoes]

In order

 

 

Moving Pictures

Permanent Waves

Snakes and Arrows

[PassTheAmmunition]

MP is still #1 for many reasons for me, but...

 

Power Windows

Counterparts

S&A

 

all are near & dear

[DigitalMan1001]

Moving Pictures!!!!! classic to the cubed power

[edgyspice]

If Power Windows were a man, I'd marry him.

[Did Lee Squat?]

Jeez that's really tough but I think right now it's Permanent Waves.

[Wilderness_of_Mirrors]

Vapor Trails

[TheRocinanteKid]

This is one of those questions that is near impossible, I could write an essay on each and every album saying exactly why I love it. There's some magic on every single one of them and as I just explained in my latest fanboygasm over on the main forum Rush have completely ruined any other band for me, nothing will ever live up to what they have created, quite.

 

Right now I've got the urge to go with 2112. Odd because usually you'll find my top three is a cycle of either Caress Of Steel, A Farwell To Kings and Hemispheres... okay Power Windows sneaks in too. Hahaha.

 

Seems I've already voted in this poll, probably for one of those four and I don't remember which but given the chance right now I'd go with 2112. Just been sat downstairs playing along on bass to the title track and thought wow... there's nothing like this.

 

Ask me in the morning and chances are I'll have something different. Leave me alone in the dark with my headphones and Roll The Bones or whatever else for a few hours and I'll come out and say that. For me its impossible or maybe I'm just a cheating son of a bitch.

[Mara]

It's been PW for me for YEARS, but recently I think I actually prefer p/g-

[Steevo]

With every one a winner, a 5 star, top tier, well matured masterpiece that never stales...ladies and gentlemen I give you...drum roll please Professor.....Moving Pictures...followed extremely closely by 2112 and then Permanent Waves

[Fritter]

My brain nearly asplode thinking about this, in the end I had to do it by discarding albums that had even one track that was less than ecstasy-inducing (sorry, MP: Vital Signs is your achilles' heel). Until I got it down to two: Hemispheres and Permanent Waves. Hemispheres won, but only because SOtR's clunky reggae section and the lyrics of Entre Nous - pretty weak I know, but that's baseball.

 

Even after so many years, every time I listen to Hemispheres it's as thrilling as getting laid while bungee-jumping in space - or something

[spindrifting]

So tough to answer, they each stand alone on their own for me.

 

Hold Your Fire - because it was my first.

[AeroZach2112]

Signals. Hands down.

[Choose/the/light]

QUOTE (AeroZach2112 @ Jun 15 2008, 04:38 PM)

Signals. Hands down.

i really can't pick a fave, but I say Signals for sure is in top 3, I love every song

[PassTheAmmunition]

CP or PW, depends on the day.

[PassTheAmmunition]

PW

[PloKoon13]

It changes every day... but today it has been Signals.

 

Losing It is really the song of the moment, and I've been learning Subdivisions on keyboards.

On top of that, The Analog Kid has had a massive resurgence recently, and you can't really go wrong with Chemistry or the Weapon...

[PloKoon13]

On the other hand, today it is Fly By Night.

 

Best I Can and Between, Beneath and Behind are so much fun to play along to... as is Rivendell, to some extent.

 

 

 

[Cygnus-1001001]

In order from worst to best

 

Rush

Test For Echo

Snakes and Arrows

Roll the bones

Presto

Fly By Night

Hold Your Fire

Signals

Caress of Steel

Grace under Pressure

2112

Vapour trail

Counterparts

Moving Pictures

Permanent Waves

Power Windows

AFTK

 

the best

 

HEMISPHERES

perfect perfect album

[fragile wings]

That's like asking a mom which is her favorite child....today my answer is AFTK, but it could be something else tomorrow.