Overall Favorite Rush Album

[HC Alpha]

Signals does it and still does -- However, MP is a strong second! yyz is indeed a classic...and Fear is introduced here!

[Steve Drums]

Farewell to Kings, if only for the intro to Cygnus X1

[Guest Quigley_Moog]

I like Grace Under Pressure best.

[Rushrussian]

I am surprised,that not many people voted for TEST FOR ECHO.It is genius album.The greatest masterpiece of progressive rock!

[invisibleairwaves]

MOVING PICTURES! Though Signals, 2112, Hold Your Fire, and Caress of Steel probably tie for second!

[cla2112]

This is most difficult! Moving Pictures (also caught the tour) is the guys at their best. If I had a second choice A Farewell to Kings , since that was my very first Rush experience. Xanadu just blew me away, and of course Closer to the Heart, Cygnus X-1, Cinderella Man.

[yyz]

QUOTE (cla2112 @ Mar 17 2005, 08:13 PM)

This is most difficult! Moving Pictures (also caught the tour) is the guys at their best. If I had a second choice A Farewell to Kings , since that was my very first Rush experience. Xanadu just blew me away, and of course Closer to the Heart, Cygnus X-1, Cinderella Man.

[plodder]

Presto.

 

Crisp, clean and sharp.

 

Closley followed by Counterparts. If only they did a bit more along the heavier road they tried with that album.

 

Still.

 

Musn't grumble.

[hemispherical]

Hemispheres all the way for me. There were a couple of reasons.

 

I was playing a great deal of classical music in junior high and high school, along with being in the orchestra pit of several productions. I loved the similarities in Rush's progressive sound to the movements of classical. It was cool! Hey, I was a band geek at the time.

 

The other was the cerebral side of the album. I did my senior elective term paper on the Neil Peart and Rush and the literary influences of Rush lyrics. It was a blast. Too bad I left it with some guy I was trying to impress at the time.

 

Hemispheres was always the perfect embodiment of Rush to me. Still feel it now even in the "mid-life" stage when it has a permanent spot in the CD Changer (along with Farewell to Kings).

 

Love reading everyone's responses!

Pickle

Edited March 19, 2005 by hemispherical

[fountain of lamnEthan]

Caress of Steel is mine right now. Fountain Lamneth is awesome!

[Arndrake]

Tough call for me between Moving Pictures, Hold Your Fire, and Presto.

 

Moving Pictures and A Show of Hands were two of the first CDs I ever purchased. So when I listened to MP, I was blown away by the sound, especially of the melodies in The Camera Eye, and the harmonics in the opening of Red Barchetta. Overall, a great feast for the ears.

 

After seeing the video for Time Stand Still and hearing the song, I eventually picked up Hold Your Fire and was astounded by the beautiful intermixing of melodies, combined with the heartfelt lyrics.

 

I first heard Presto while going on a ski trip with a friend. I was once again entranced, this time for the melancholy beauty that seems more prevalent in it. It was also around this time that I met my wife, so that album holds a special place when I hear it.

 

I should add that p/g (never knew what that meant until recently seeing it on the forum) was my first introduction to Rush. I recall seeing the video for Distant Early Warning, oddly fitting protest to Reagan's heating up the Cold War. I've been a fan ever since.

[nosefilxela]

It's IMPOSSIBLE to pick a favorite for me but i just voted for 2112 because it's definitly one of mt favorites

[HC Alpha]

Floodlit in the hazy distance

The star of this unearthly show

Venting vapours, like the breath

Of a sleeping white dragon

 

 

SIGNALS Does it 4 me!

[bor2112]

2112! But I could have just as easily voted for anything from "RUSH" to "Moving Pictures".

 

I think the music through 1981 is their best because it is pure. No electric/synthesizer stuff (please pardon my lack of music-speak). Nothing like the YYZ drum solo or the LVS guitar solo. No offense intended! I like the later stuff, but it doesn't grab me in the same way.

 

[Squifurgie]

2112 for sure, I have listened to this album ten times more than the rest of my Rush collection, I can not get enough of this album.

[Magnus]

I have to go with Moving Pictures, though it was an extremely tough call between that and Counterparts.

[gopherman]

Uh, what time is it? Depending on circumstances and phase of the moon, could be any of 7 or 8.

[Analog Kid]

Hemispheres and 2112... the rest are right behind. As Rush evolved I still found that I loved it all.

 

favorite songs are The Trees and Countdown.

[sfuentes]

QUOTE (Analog Kid @ Apr 8 2005, 11:25 PM)

Hemispheres and 2112... the rest are right behind. As Rush evolved I still found that I loved it all. favorite songs are The Trees and Countdown.

Hey! Welcome to the forum!

 

[vital signz]

I agree with you Magnus....I have to add Hemispheres and Permanent Waves as well.

[Ru5h F@n]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Sep 12 2004, 11:02 AM)

What is your favorite all time studio album? Hemispheres for me... Mine was Moving Pictures which is when I first heard Rush back in 1981. My favorite song is "The Camera Eye", an 11 minute song.

[physics23]

2112.

[kpith]

PW , I WAS TRYINIG TO FIND MYSSELF AT 16, FREEWILL HELPED ME MAKE A CHOICE. I DID. STILL ROCKING AT 42...... THANKS RUSH...

[defrushfan01]

Roll The Bones. I love the sound

[SheriffJohnBrown]

Hemispheres takes a very narrow edge on A Farewell to Kings and Moving Pics in my book.