LedRush Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 19. Rush18. Test For Echo17. Vapor Trails16. Roll the Bones15. Snakes & Arrows14. Presto13. Counterparts12. Clockwork Angels11. Hold Your Fire10. Caress of Steel9. Power Windows8. Fly By Night7. Grace Under Pressure6. Signals5. ??
LedRush Posted March 11, 2015 Author Posted March 11, 2015 I just didn't want to have to search for this again later. 1
Lorraine Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 It doesn't look so bad. Or maybe I should say, it isn't as painful looking at the results as it was voting. :) 3
LedRush Posted March 11, 2015 Author Posted March 11, 2015 It doesn't look so bad. Or maybe I should say, it isn't as painful looking at the results as it was voting. :) I'm not so sure. If someone were to argue with me that no album after HYF was better than any album with Peart before it, I'd go Nic Cage on them. The synth albums seem extremely overrated in the poll, while the later work extremely underrated. But in terms of "surprises", I'd say that I'm surprised that HYF is as high as it is as it is considered the band's worst album by so many, and I'm a bit surprised by GuP as well. On the other side, my only surprise is CA, which should be higher but died an early death due to the machinations of the Synth Cabal. 2
Lorraine Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Well, I certainly wouldn't have Test For Echo at 18. And Power Windows wouldn't be above Caress of Steel. Other than that, I could live with the results.
The Analog Cub Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 It doesn't look so bad. Or maybe I should say, it isn't as painful looking at the results as it was voting. :) I'm not so sure. If someone were to argue with me that no album after HYF was better than any album with Peart before it, I'd go Nic Cage on them. The synth albums seem extremely overrated in the poll, while the later work extremely underrated. Agree with this part. Everything Counterparts-onward is ranked too low, especially Vapor Trails, which at LEAST deserved 5 more rounds of fun, and Clockwork Angels, which has NO place being ranked behind Hold Your Fire. I'll accept the Counterparts and Snakes being bottom 10, I've accepted the fact that I'm in the minority that loves those albums :D AFTK and Fly By Night are ranked way too high for me, and while I would like Grace Under Pressure in the top 5, I can live with #7. 1
Narps Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 :rush: going first is still a crime against humanity in my view. Man O man... :sigh: 8
The Analog Cub Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 This battle has really fallen into that trap of "everything post-HYF is worse than 75-87". Which is entirely false... At least it was done right and the debut was knocked out the first round. 1
Your_Lion Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 :rush: going first is still a crime against humanity in my view. Man O man... :sigh: :goodone: dang straight 2
EagleMoon Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 All of the voting is subjective. Just depends on who happens to sign into the forum while this is going on. It really isn't serious and doesn't really mean anything. 1
Your_Lion Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 I thought we all had to throw away all our Rush albums except for the one that wins 2
EagleMoon Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 I thought we all had to throw away all our Rush albums except for the one that wins Better run out and grab those out of the trash before they pick it up. :D 1
The Analog Cub Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 I thought we all had to throw away all our Rush albums except for the one that wins I already did that to Presto before the polls started. 1
EagleMoon Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 I thought we all had to throw away all our Rush albums except for the one that wins I already did that to Presto before the polls started. Makes a good frisbee although quite a lightweight one. 1
Lorraine Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) All of the voting is subjective. Just depends on who happens to sign into the forum while this is going on. It really isn't serious and doesn't really mean anything. :goodone: I'll still go to bed at night clutching Signals. Just joking. I don't really go to bed clutching Signals to my heart. :) Edited March 11, 2015 by Lorraine
EagleMoon Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 All of the voting is subjective. Just depends on who happens to sign into the forum while this is going on. It really isn't serious and doesn't really mean anything. :goodone: I'll still go to bed at night clutching Signals. Just joking. I don't really go to bed clutching Signals to my heart. :) I'm glad you specified where. 3
apetersvt Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 :rush: going first is still a crime against humanity in my view. Man O man... :sigh: The debut is number 8 on my list. I certainly know that people have different tastes, but I love it more than anything after MP (with the possible exception of the surprisingly awesome Clockwork Angels) 2
J2112YYZ Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Vapor Trails and Clockwork Angels should have stuck around a little longer but other than that, i'm fine with the list. 1
Stormtron Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Presto, RTB, and TFE near the bottom...I'm fine with this list. 1
bathory Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 it ain't my list, but I got no problems other than the debut being ranked last. every song on the album's better than you bet your life, or bravado, or heresy, etc, etc. and of course the synth stuff outlasted all those foo fighters albums they've put out this century! 1
bathory Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Rush/41/ averages of each rush album, scale from 1-5, on a popular general music site, not a rush fansite. rush - 3.4, 836 ratingsfly by night - 3.8, 907 ratingscaress of steel - 3.6, 729 ratings2112 - 4.3, 1950 ratingsa farewell to kings - 4.3, 1291 ratingshemispheres - 4.4, 1450 ratingspermanent waves - 4.3, 1243 ratingsmoving pictures - 4.4, 2323 ratingssignals - 4, 838 ratingsgrace under pressure - 3.9, 669 ratingspower windows - 3.6, 558 voteshold your fire - 3.4, 529 ratingspresto - 3.3, 504 ratingsroll the bones - 3.4, 544 ratingscounterparts - 3.7, 544 ratingstest for echo - 3.2, 483 ratingsvapor trails - 3.4, 557 ratingssnakes & arrows - 3.6, 761 ratingsclockwork angels - 4.1, 1085 ratings
bathory Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/rush looks about the same as sputnik, except way more ratings and there's not a strong rush following there so the rating for CA isn't quite so f***ed up. in general, people seem to agree that rush peaked from 1976-1984 (especially 1976-1981, obviously) and they think everything from 1985 to now is pretty average, with CP and CA being the shining lights in a sea of queef.
LedRush Posted March 12, 2015 Author Posted March 12, 2015 19. Rush18. Test For Echo17. Vapor Trails16. Roll the Bones15. Snakes & Arrows14. Presto13. Counterparts12. Clockwork Angels11. Hold Your Fire10. Caress of Steel9. Power Windows8. Fly By Night7. Grace Under Pressure6. Signals5. 21124. ???
Narps Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 19. Rush18. Test For Echo17. Vapor Trails16. Roll the Bones15. Snakes & Arrows14. Presto13. Counterparts12. Clockwork Angels11. Hold Your Fire10. Caress of Steel9. Power Windows8. Fly By Night7. Grace Under Pressure6. Signals5. 21124. Moving Pictures.... :) 1
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