Cyclonus X-1 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Right now, I'd say The Anarchist Carnies Caravan Wish Them Well Seven Cities of Gold BU2B Headlong Flight The Wreckers Halo Effect Clockwork Angels The Garden BU2B2 Headlong Flight has been rising in my esteem pretty steadily, so of the bunch it seems to be the one most likely to move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg2112 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I like all the songs, and this order can still change, but here goes, based on what songs I find myself listening to most: Seven Cities Anarchist Carnies BU2B Wreckers Halo Effect Clockwork Angels Caravan Headlong Flight Garden Wish them Well BU2B2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (treeduck @ Jun 26 2012, 06:02 PM) QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Jun 26 2012, 06:00 PM) Opinions and all (respect), but I don't for the life of me see how anyone can rank any of the other 11 below BU2B2...and not because that transitional piece sucks, mind you, but precisely because it's merely a transitional piece. Is that a picture of you in your avatar? Yes. Why? It's a few years back when I had long hair, and -- as it turns out -- the old man is growing it out again. It'll be a few shades saltier, but... Edited June 27, 2012 by Presto-digitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todem Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Ok...I am ready to do this now. 1) The Anarchist 2) Clockwork Angels 3) The Wreckers 4) Seven Cities of Gold 5) Headlong Flight 6) The Garden 7) Caravan 8) BU2B 9) Carnies 10) Wish Them Well 11) Halo Effect 12) BU2B2 Every song is a winner. My top 4 are in stone. The rest I could flip flop all day. Yesterday I was loving Carnies and Wish Them Well. hose two songs have really snuck up on me. Also the vinyl is just amazing. I EQ'd the album to my taste and I am really enjoying the stoic and exotic mix now. Some area's I would have done a tad different (pull the drums forward a little more and have some more pop on the snare in particular) but overall it is solid and over time (much like Signals) it will be regarded as part of the overall mood and character of this fantastic album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deslock Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 A month after release, I'm still listening to it start-finish. Ranking hasn't changed much:Clockwork AngelsHeadlong FlightThe AnarchistBU2B CarniesCaravanBU2B2The Wreckers The GardenSeven Cities of GoldHalo EffectWish Them WellA week after release it was: QUOTE (deslock @ Jun 13 2012, 06:33 AM)Clockwork Angels Headlong Flight The Anarchist BU2B Carnies Caravan BU2B2 The Wreckers The Garden Wish Them Well Seven Cities of Gold Halo Effect The only difference is that Wish Them Well has dropped back down two notches... so my current ranking matches my first impression, except Caravan was originally two spots lower: QUOTE (deslock @ Jun 5 2012, 06:12 AM)Clockwork Angels Headlong Flight The Anarchist BU2B Carnies BU2B2 The Wreckers Caravan The Garden Seven Cities of Gold Halo Effect Wish Them Well I've never listened to a new Rush album start to finish for this long (not even back when I was buying cassette tapes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYM86 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 (edited) The Anarchist Wish Them Well Seven Cities of Gold Clockwork Angels Caravan Headlong Flight The Wreckers BU2B Carnies The Garden Halo Effect BU2B2 Edited July 7, 2012 by NYM86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unattractive Truth Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 As so many have said, this will probably change.... The Anarchist Clockwork Angels Carnies Caravan The Wreckers Headlong Flight Seven Cities of Gold BU2B The Garden Halo Effect Wish Them Well BU2B2 I would note that I really like them all, except for BU2B2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaked Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 (edited) Well lets see... I can safely say that #1. for me as of now is The Anarchist and #12. is BU2B2. The Garden is 2-3 Halo Effect is probably #11 Caravan is closer to the top, BU2B is solidly in the middle. C.A. just isn't connecting with me even after a full month of listening to it and while I don't think it's a bad song by any means it's a lower middle tier song on my list as of now. Trying to rank the rest of the songs is impossible for me right now. Edited July 7, 2012 by Snaked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priest_of_syrinx Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 The Garden The Anarchist Wish Them Well Clockwork Angels The Wreckers Carnies Seven Cities of Gold Headlong Flight BU2B Caravan Halo Effect BU2B2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate1647 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 The Anarchist Clockwork Angels The Garden BU2B Caravan The Wreckers Headlong Flight Carnies Halo Effect Wish Them Well Seven Cities of Gold BU2B2 (not really a song) But I just love the whole damn album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todem Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 QUOTE (Todem @ Jun 27 2012, 07:46 AM) Ok...I am ready to do this now. 1) The Anarchist 2) Clockwork Angels 3) The Wreckers 4) Seven Cities of Gold 5) Headlong Flight 6) The Garden 7) Caravan 8) BU2B 9) Carnies 10) Wish Them Well 11) Halo Effect 12) BU2B2 Every song is a winner. My top 4 are in stone. The rest I could flip flop all day. Yesterday I was loving Carnies and Wish Them Well. hose two songs have really snuck up on me. Also the vinyl is just amazing. I EQ'd the album to my taste and I am really enjoying the stoic and exotic mix now. Some area's I would have done a tad different (pull the drums forward a little more and have some more pop on the snare in particular) but overall it is solid and over time (much like Signals) it will be regarded as part of the overall mood and character of this fantastic album. Carnies has leap frogged to 7th pushing Caravan and BU2B to 8th and 9th. Carnies is a fantastic song. 80's Rush....big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderfinger Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 The Wreckers Clockwork Angels The Garden Caravan Headlong Flight BU2B The Anarchist Carnies BU2B2 Seven Cities of Gold Halo Effect Wish Them Well 1-5 are slightly interchangeable depending on the day. Seven Cities of Gold has potential to climb--I just need to spend more time with it. I must admit I wasn't entirely blown away by Caravan and BU2B upon first introduction, and I thought Headlong Flight was good, but not necessarily classic. Something about hearing them in the context of the record has changed that opinion, especially where Caravan and Headlong Flight are concerned. I've really fallen in love with those two tracks. Caravan, in particular, is often playing in my head. That's significant, because there was a time when I would have trouble recalling how it went. I guess for me it just didn't work as a single. But it really came to life in album format! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro2112 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 1) The Anarchist 2) Headlong Flight 3) The Garden 4) BU2B 5) Wish Them Well 6) Clockwork Angels 7) The Carnies 8) Seven Cities of Gold 9) The Wreckers 10) Caravan 11) Halo Effect 12) BU2B2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightAntennae Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 1) The Garden 2) The Anarchist 3) Headlong Flight 4) The Wreckers 5) Carnies 6) Wish Them Well 7) BU2B 8) Halo Effect 9) Caravan 10) Clockwork Angels 11) Seven Cities of Gold 12) BU2B2 This will probably change tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 (edited) Edited July 11, 2012 by GeddyRulz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deslock Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Anytime I see a new topic about rating or ranking the songs, I think of this thread Compared to a few weeks ago, Seven Cities of Gold has moved up a notch:Clockwork AngelsHeadlong FlightThe AnarchistBU2B CarniesCaravanBU2B2The Wreckers Seven Cities of GoldThe GardenHalo EffectWish Them WellAfter 7.5 weeks of almost exclusive listening to the album start-finish, I finally decided to pull Halo Effect and Wish Them Well out of the rotation. QUOTE (deslock @ Jul 7 2012, 05:40 AM)A month after release, I'm still listening to it start-finish. Ranking hasn't changed much: Clockwork Angels Headlong Flight The Anarchist BU2B Carnies Caravan BU2B2 The Wreckers The Garden Seven Cities of Gold Halo Effect Wish Them Well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Headlong Flight The Wreckers The Garden Caravan Seven Cities of Gold Carnies The Anarchist BU2B Clockwork Angels Halo Effect Wish them Well BU2B2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintonb Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 These are roughly in the order of my preferences. I suppose they could switch from day-to-day. FAVORITES: The Anarchist Clockwork Angels Headlong Flight Caravan Carnies Seven Cities of Gold BU2B It appears I like the rocking and progressive sounding songs the best. My only complaint about some of these songs is that Geddy ends up adding several extra syllables to words to make them long enough to fit the music. OK: The Garden I'm not really a fan of Geddy singing ballads. I rated The Garden higher than Halo Effect pretty much because of the guitar solo. CAN LIVE WITHOUT THEM: Halo Effect The Wreckers Wish Them Well These songs are pretty straight-forward songs. They lack the "progressive rock" elements I enjoy. Because of this I don't find them as enjoyable, but I suspect the lack of these elements would make them more appealing to a mainstream audience. Considering that I've complained in other posts about the lack of good vocal melodies on recent Rush albums, it's ironic that the two songs with the most catchy choruses on the album (Wish Them Well, The Wreckers) are some of my least favorite. BAD: BU2B2 I don't even consider this a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pound of Obscure Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Headlong Flight The Anarchist BU2B Caravan Wreckers Carnies Clockwork Angels Seven Cities of Gold The Garden Halo Effect Wish Them Well BU2B2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They Bow Defeated Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 As of today: Headlong Flight The Garden Seven Cities of Gold Clockwork Angels The Anarchist Halo Effect The Wreckers Caravan Wish Them Well BU2B Carnies BU2B2 Lately I've been really digging HF and Seven Cities. CA has dropped a bit, because the mix is just not very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silas Lang Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 1. Caravan 2. Clockwork Angels 3. Wish Them Well 4. Headlong Flight 5. BU2B 6. The Wreckers 7. Seven Cities of Gold 8. The Anarchist 9. Carnies 10. The Garden 11. Halo Effect 12. BU2B2 Along with Grace, VT & MP, one of the most difficult ones to rank favorite to least favorite simply because of the depth of quality. It's fantastic from start to finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jun 26 2012, 01:30 PM) Right now where I'm at: 1. Clockwork Angels 2. The Garden 3. The Wreckers 4. Headlong Flight 5. Caravan 6. BU2B 7. Wish Them Well 8. Seven Cities of Gold 9. The Anarchist 10. Carnies 11. Halo Effect 12. BU2B2 The only song that is disposable to me is BU2B2, so that's pretty damn good! My updated list (because everyone needed to know ): 1. Clockwork Angels 2. The Garden 3. Headlong Flight 4. Caravan 5. BU2B 6. The Wreckers 7. The Anarchist 8. Wish Them Well 9. Carnies 10. Seven Cities of Gold 11. Halo Effect 12. BU2B2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchemingDemon Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) It's been almost two months and I still can't even rank them All I know is my favorites are The Anarchist, Carnies, Headlong Flight, and The Garden. Everything else is tied for 5th Edited July 28, 2012 by SchemingDemon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldRush Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 On July 28th 1- Wish them well (yes! I'm sure...) 2- The Wreckers 3- Caravan 4- Carnies 5- The Garden 6- Headlong Flight 7- 7CoG 8- Clockwork Angels 9- BU2B 10- Halo Effect 11- The Anarchist (yes...) 12-BU2B2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gedneil Alpeart Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 1) Anarchist 2) Carnies 3) BU2B 4) Clockwork Angels 5) Headkong Flight 6) Garden 7) Wreckers 8) Caravan 9) Seven Cities 10) Halo Effect 11) Wish Them Well 12) BU2B2 Subject to change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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