Best Album For Geddy's Vocals

[jnoble]

His voice and delivery changed so much over the years that I can only do it by era:

 

'70s: Fly By Night, Farewell To Kings

'80s: Moving Pictures, Power Windows

'90s: Presto, Counterparts

'00s: Vapor Trails

[greenguy1017]

A Farewell to Kings ("Every nerve is torn apppppppppaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrttttttttttttt!!!!")

[vinciedaltrey]

Personally, I'd choose Caress of Steel.

[Texas King]

Permanent Waves and Grace Under Pressure.

[Lurkst]

Old school Geddy: A Farewell to Kings

New school Geddy: Hold Your Fire

 

Having listened to all the albums again recently I'd say this is right on the money.

 

[thizzellewashington]

He's never sung better than the mid-80s IMO. Signals through Power Windows.

[grep]

Old World Geddy: HEM.

New World Geddy: HYF or p/g . Can't really decide.

[Nova Carmina]

AFTK

[chemistry1973]

GuP

[lifeson90]

Easily Permanent Waves

[Weatherman]

He's never sung better than the mid-80s IMO. Signals through Power Windows.

This. Though it continued through the early 90s too.

Afterimage, Mystic Rhythms, Time Stand Still, Available Light (despite that one high A#), Ghost of a Chance - all show off his chest voice, his intonation, and especially his emotion.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Raw Geddy screaming: Rush s/t

 

Prime 70s Geddy: 2112 (honorable mention to AFTK for Cygnus)

 

Best of his transition from 70s to 80s: MP

 

Best 80s Ged: PoW (this is tough though, his voice was very consistent from Signals to HYF, but I think here he really picked the best melodies and sang with the most expression)

 

Best of Presto to T4E: CP

 

Best of the 00's: Snakes (VT and CA both suffer from a bit of a choral Geddy overload, and CA additionally suffers from Geddy straining to reach some notes)

[New World Kid]

Does My Favorite Headache count? I love the vocals on particularly The Angel's Share.

[Eel Yddeg]

My favorite era of his voice is the '70s, and i'd say 2112 and A Farewell to Kings are his best vocal albums. I think his high range was at his best there, and he has the lion's share of his best performances ("2112", "Something for Nothing", "Cygnus X-1", "A Farewell to Kings", "Xanadu") and was capable of singing high with a grittier and cleaner tone just as well (especially on the latter).

 

I'd say his best post-peak album was Power Windows. His mid-range tone during that period had become richer and warmer, and he had built back his high range somewhat after damaging it during the Tour of the Hemispheres, hitting impressive higher notes on songs like "The Big Money", "Grand Designs", and "Mystic Rhythms".