savagegrace26 Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Both of these albums are very similar thematically and some of the songs could fit on either album adjusting for production differences. I choose S&A but it's pretty close. RTB is catchier and has more energy but the weaker songs are pretty bad. S&A suffers from overlength and a sameness throughout but it's more consistent overall. They both have about three or four great songs. These albums could be merged easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 RTB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Snakes. I really enjoy RTB....But the production is pretty awful as are the lyrics. Snakes is pretty underrated to me. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Don't care much for Snakes & Arrows, but Far Cry, Workin' Them Angels, and the instrumentals are pretty good. As for Roll the Bones, you've got Dreamline, Bravado, the title track, and Where's My Thing?. Honestly, the only bad song on RTB is You Bet Your Life. Snakes & Arrows has several turds (Good News First being the worst offender). So, Roll the Bones wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Snakes is pretty underrated to me. But it should be erased from existence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 RTB. But not because it's particularly good. Dreamline>>>all of S&A put together 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 RTB. But not because it's particularly good. Dreamline>>>all of S&A put together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 RTB. But not because it's particularly good. Dreamline>>>all of S&A put together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Snakes is pretty underrated to me. But it should be erased from existence. If they'd broke up hypothetically......we wouldn't care, lol Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Why!!??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Why!!??? I'm starting to believe that you're 13... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Roll the Bones, but it's pretty close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Love Snakes, hate RTB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) Roll the Bones will always be the album that depressed me the most. I just didn't want to get out of bed for days. I tried to console myself with the idea that I could program Dreamline, Where's My Thing, and Ghost of a Chance into my CD player, and just tell myself that Rush had released a half-decent sort of "mini album." The song Roll the Bones I tried to convince myself was just a bad dream . . . and the last two songs on the album. F**k. I don't even know what to say. I still get misty. Edited October 18, 2014 by toymaker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Roll The Bones comes in the middle of a, generally speaking, bad stretch for the band. Snakes was an improvement over Vapor Trails, which was itself an improvement over the previous, what, 5 albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Roll The Bones comes in the middle of a, generally speaking, bad stretch for the band. Snakes was an improvement over Vapor Trails, which was itself an improvement over the previous, what, 5 albums.You were doing so well. Then you had to write that second sentence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Roll The Bones comes in the middle of a, generally speaking, bad stretch for the band. Snakes was an improvement over Vapor Trails, which was itself an improvement over the previous, what, 5 albums.You were doing so well. Then you had to write that second sentence. Which part? Do you think VT is better than Snakes? Or do you think T4E, CP, RTB, Presto or HYF are better than VT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Roll The Bones comes in the middle of a, generally speaking, bad stretch for the band. Snakes was an improvement over Vapor Trails, which was itself an improvement over the previous, what, 5 albums.You were doing so well. Then you had to write that second sentence. Which part? Do you think VT is better than Snakes? Or do you think T4E, CP, RTB, Presto or HYF are better than VT?Well, given that he hates S&A... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Roll The Bones comes in the middle of a, generally speaking, bad stretch for the band. Snakes was an improvement over Vapor Trails, which was itself an improvement over the previous, what, 5 albums.You were doing so well. Then you had to write that second sentence. Which part? Do you think VT is better than Snakes? Or do you think T4E, CP, RTB, Presto or HYF are better than VT?Of these, I would put VT>T4E>RTB>CP>P=S&A. And Feedback would be in the upper half (if only because it's shorter). Still Dreamline and Driven are the only songs on any of the albums that are worthy of the pre 85 era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Roll The Bones comes in the middle of a, generally speaking, bad stretch for the band. Snakes was an improvement over Vapor Trails, which was itself an improvement over the previous, what, 5 albums.You were doing so well. Then you had to write that second sentence. Which part? Do you think VT is better than Snakes? Or do you think T4E, CP, RTB, Presto or HYF are better than VT?Of these, I would put VT>T4E>RTB>CP>P=S&A. And Feedback would be in the upper half (if only because it's shorter). Still Dreamline and Driven are the only songs on any of the albums that are worthy of the pre 85 era. I agree that VT is better than the Presto-T4E stretch, and I'd actually put HYF in that stretch of "soft" releases. Far Cry and Working Them Angels are better than anything they'd written since GUP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Roll The Bones comes in the middle of a, generally speaking, bad stretch for the band. Snakes was an improvement over Vapor Trails, which was itself an improvement over the previous, what, 5 albums.You were doing so well. Then you had to write that second sentence. Which part? Do you think VT is better than Snakes? Or do you think T4E, CP, RTB, Presto or HYF are better than VT?Of these, I would put VT>T4E>RTB>CP>P=S&A. And Feedback would be in the upper half (if only because it's shorter). Still Dreamline and Driven are the only songs on any of the albums that are worthy of the pre 85 era. I agree that VT is better than the Presto-T4E stretch, and I'd actually put HYF in that stretch of "soft" releases. Far Cry and Working Them Angels are better than anything they'd written since GUP.Lite Rock stations refused to put HYF in heavy rotation in fear that listeners would fall asleep and miss the commercials. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 RTB. But not because it's particularly good. Dreamline>>>all of S&A put together^^^^ This..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Roll The Bones comes in the middle of a, generally speaking, bad stretch for the band. Snakes was an improvement over Vapor Trails, which was itself an improvement over the previous, what, 5 albums.You were doing so well. Then you had to write that second sentence. Which part? Do you think VT is better than Snakes? Or do you think T4E, CP, RTB, Presto or HYF are better than VT?Well, given that he hates S&A...You have a file on LABT too?.... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Roll The Bones comes in the middle of a, generally speaking, bad stretch for the band. Snakes was an improvement over Vapor Trails, which was itself an improvement over the previous, what, 5 albums.You were doing so well. Then you had to write that second sentence. Which part? Do you think VT is better than Snakes? Or do you think T4E, CP, RTB, Presto or HYF are better than VT?Well, given that he hates S&A...You have a file on LABT too?.... :)No, it's just that when someone really hates (or loves) an album, it's usually pretty clear :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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