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Which Album Would You Say Fans Underrate The Most?

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Most Underrated Album Amongst Fans?  

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  1. 1. 2112-MP are exempt as they are generally regarded as indisputable masterpieces:

    • Rush
      8
    • Fly By Night
      2
    • Caress Of Steel
      3
    • Signals
      2
    • Grace Under Pressure
      2
    • Power Windows
      1
    • Hold Your Fire
      12
    • Presto
      9
    • Roll The Bones
      1
    • Counterparts
      0
    • Test For Echo
      14
    • Vapor Trails
      7
    • Snakes And Arrows
      3
    • Clockwork Angels
      2

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Hold Your Fire is an amazing album. I feel like every single song except for Tai Shan is amazing.

 

Agreed, but to put that into perspective, even Led Zep released "Hot Dog." ;)

 

Hot Dog is a fun and funny song. Now, if you said Carouselumbra, I'd have gotten on board with you.

 

Hahahaha......yeah, I agree Hot Dog is a "fun" song, Hot Dog is just a Zep country song,

"I took her love at seventeen...a little late these days it seems..."

 

:D

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I voted the debut. Never seems to get enough love. Sure, it's not as musically adventurous as what followed, but it's more than made up for by the passion with which it is played.   But I agree with y

Mr. JD
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When I first read the topic I thought HYF. Then I started thinking that it seems that HYF gets a lot more love than T4E. I think T4E is a much better album than people give it credit for. Songs like T

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As TRF's official Vapor Trails ambassador I have voted for it! VT is the monumental return of a band from an unintentional retirement, and they came back in all their glory. It's got a touch of thei

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On Presto's production: I just went from "Hand Over Fist" to "Totem," and man, what the hell were they going for on the sound of the acoustic guitars? They sound dreadful on Presto, whereas on T4E, they actually sound like acoustic guitars.

 

Same with the drums. Presto's drum sound is crisp with zero depth. It just snaps. I can't stand it.

Hand Over Fist is a decent song... but the chorus... ugh. Probably the worst acoustic guitar sound on any Rush recording. Presto is a little better, but the acoustic still sounds thin and without depth.

 

Again, I love Hand Over Fist

Don't we all?

 

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Segue Myles

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On Presto's production: I just went from "Hand Over Fist" to "Totem," and man, what the hell were they going for on the sound of the acoustic guitars? They sound dreadful on Presto, whereas on T4E, they actually sound like acoustic guitars.

 

Same with the drums. Presto's drum sound is crisp with zero depth. It just snaps. I can't stand it.

Hand Over Fist is a decent song... but the chorus... ugh. Probably the worst acoustic guitar sound on any Rush recording. Presto is a little better, but the acoustic still sounds thin and without depth.

 

Again, I love Hand Over Fist

Don't we all?

 

:fury:

 

I don't get it...

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On Presto's production: I just went from "Hand Over Fist" to "Totem," and man, what the hell were they going for on the sound of the acoustic guitars? They sound dreadful on Presto, whereas on T4E, they actually sound like acoustic guitars.

 

Same with the drums. Presto's drum sound is crisp with zero depth. It just snaps. I can't stand it.

Hand Over Fist is a decent song... but the chorus... ugh. Probably the worst acoustic guitar sound on any Rush recording. Presto is a little better, but the acoustic still sounds thin and without depth.

 

Again, I love Hand Over Fist

 

Good tune,

 

But the volume level sucks!

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On Presto's production: I just went from "Hand Over Fist" to "Totem," and man, what the hell were they going for on the sound of the acoustic guitars? They sound dreadful on Presto, whereas on T4E, they actually sound like acoustic guitars.

 

Same with the drums. Presto's drum sound is crisp with zero depth. It just snaps. I can't stand it.

Hand Over Fist is a decent song... but the chorus... ugh. Probably the worst acoustic guitar sound on any Rush recording. Presto is a little better, but the acoustic still sounds thin and without depth.

 

Again, I love Hand Over Fist

Don't we all?

 

:fury:

 

I don't get it...

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On Presto's production: I just went from "Hand Over Fist" to "Totem," and man, what the hell were they going for on the sound of the acoustic guitars? They sound dreadful on Presto, whereas on T4E, they actually sound like acoustic guitars.

 

Same with the drums. Presto's drum sound is crisp with zero depth. It just snaps. I can't stand it.

Hand Over Fist is a decent song... but the chorus... ugh. Probably the worst acoustic guitar sound on any Rush recording. Presto is a little better, but the acoustic still sounds thin and without depth.

I don't think Hand Over Fist has any acoustic in it. Does it?
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Mr. JD

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Hold Your Fire is an amazing album. I feel like every single song except for Tai Shan is amazing.

 

Agreed, but to put that into perspective, even Led Zep released "Hot Dog." ;)

 

Hot Dog is a fun and funny song. Now, if you said Carouselumbra, I'd have gotten on board with you.

 

Hahahaha......yeah, I agree Hot Dog is a "fun" song, but I'm not sure I agree that Carouselambra should take its place in this analogy. Hot Dog is the "which one of these doesn't belong with the other ones" song of In Through The Out Door, just as Tai Shan is that same song for Hold Your Fire. I can hear hints of In The Evening and even All Of My Love in Carouselambra. Also, Carouselambra has 3 movements, giving it more of an epic feel. Hot Dog is just a Zep country song, just like Tai Shan is some oddly-chosen Zamfir-sounding thing they threw in to make High Water seem better (and it does).

 

I was talking merely from each being a song I like. Carouselambra is the only Zep song I don't at least mostly like. Also, Zep has a knack of throwing on a song on every album which is just completely way out there...so Hot Dog almost fits with that in mind.

 

I enjoy Carouselambra, though I think the best song on that album is I'm Gonna Crawl by a million miles. One of Plant's best vocal performances.

Fool In The Rain, In The Evening, All My Love...I think I'll listen to some Zep tonight!

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It's Presto to me. that is such a finely crafted pop/rock album with gems all over. and it just gets tossed aside.

Of course it does...it's metrosexual Rush. Oh, plus the sound is really testosterone free.

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It's Presto to me. that is such a finely crafted pop/rock album with gems all over. and it just gets tossed aside.

Of course it does...it's metrosexual Rush. Oh, plus the sound is really testosterone free.

 

Hi.........what took you so long bud? lol

 

Mick

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Presto because I never really here a lot of people talk about it as their favorite album
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The big problem is on the (rare) occasion that I use Shuffle. The volume level difference is apparent - going from Double Agent to Scars I had to just about double the volume; imagine what would happen with VT or CA!

 

That'll teach you for listening to Double Agent. So RIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHHHHHHT!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The big problem is on the (rare) occasion that I use Shuffle. The volume level difference is apparent - going from Double Agent to Scars I had to just about double the volume; imagine what would happen with VT or CA!

 

That'll teach you for listening to Double Agent. So RIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHHHHHHT!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Double Agent is an abomination, but it's a good abomination :ebert:

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The big problem is on the (rare) occasion that I use Shuffle. The volume level difference is apparent - going from Double Agent to Scars I had to just about double the volume; imagine what would happen with VT or CA!

 

That'll teach you for listening to Double Agent. So RIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHHHHHHT!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Double Agent is an abomination, but it's a good abomination :ebert:

 

Damn right! :haz: :rush:

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Vapor Trails. No other album gets shredded as much here, despite a bunch of excellent songs. I think it's partially because Rush has historically gone through their stylistic changes in groups of albums, but VT sounds like nothing else in the catalog before or since. It made a lot of people say :wtf: , but for me it was in a good way :D-13:
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Vapor Trails. No other album gets shredded as much here, despite a bunch of excellent songs. I think it's partially because Rush has historically gone through their stylistic changes in groups of albums, but VT sounds like nothing else in the catalog before or since. It made a lot of people say :wtf: , but for me it was in a good way :D-13:

 

It sounds like a natural progression from Test for Echo but with more diversity. Really wouldn't go that far saying it sounds like nothing else.

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On Presto's production: I just went from "Hand Over Fist" to "Totem," and man, what the hell were they going for on the sound of the acoustic guitars? They sound dreadful on Presto, whereas on T4E, they actually sound like acoustic guitars.

 

Same with the drums. Presto's drum sound is crisp with zero depth. It just snaps. I can't stand it.

Hand Over Fist is a decent song... but the chorus... ugh. Probably the worst acoustic guitar sound on any Rush recording. Presto is a little better, but the acoustic still sounds thin and without depth.

I don't think Hand Over Fist has any acoustic in it. Does it?

Exactly.

 

Listen to the very beginning of the intro and also during the choruses; it's playing a very high chord so listen out.

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Either Presto, Test For Echo, or Clockwork Angels.

 

CA? this forum has been kissing it's ass :LOL:

 

Mick

All dozen or so layers of it......
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On Presto's production: I just went from "Hand Over Fist" to "Totem," and man, what the hell were they going for on the sound of the acoustic guitars? They sound dreadful on Presto, whereas on T4E, they actually sound like acoustic guitars.

 

Same with the drums. Presto's drum sound is crisp with zero depth. It just snaps. I can't stand it.

Hand Over Fist is a decent song... but the chorus... ugh. Probably the worst acoustic guitar sound on any Rush recording. Presto is a little better, but the acoustic still sounds thin and without depth.

I don't think Hand Over Fist has any acoustic in it. Does it?

Exactly.

 

Listen to the very beginning of the intro and also during the choruses; it's playing a very high chord so listen out.

I know the guitar you're talking about, it definitely sounds electric
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Either Presto, Test For Echo, or Clockwork Angels.

 

CA? this forum has been kissing it's ass :LOL:

 

Mick

All dozen or so layers of it......

 

It used to be one of my favourites...made me the fan that I am...for that I will always love it! And it sounds excellent on headphones.

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Either Presto, Test For Echo, or Clockwork Angels.

 

CA? this forum has been kissing it's ass :LOL:

 

Mick

All dozen or so layers of it......

 

It used to be one of my favourites...made me the fan that I am...for that I will always love it! And it sounds excellent on headphones.

 

At a low volume.......i know cause i've tried it.

 

Mick

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