Rush Fan in Michigan Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 We're at No. 12 in the R40 Countdown, and I'm picking "Clockwork Angels" and Will's got "Fly by Night." http://metsguyinmichigan.blogspot.com/2015/03/rush-r40-countdown-at-no-12-did.html I confess that it took me a long time to get into "Clockwork." It was pretty much "The Wreckers" that finally got me into it. But it took a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Presto, I honestly hated it at first, now I actually really like it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Presto--no doubt because I'm still not into it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Hold Your Fire or Test for Echo haven't grown on me, but one that I find decent would be Roll The Bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 HYF. five years. I thought it was the biggest piece of shit.......now a top 10 album. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 VT. HYF, to the degree it actually has, is #2. I doubt if Presto and S&A ever will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I'd have to say Power Windows, which I now love. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I don't count Vapor Trails because of it's horrible production. I was never even able to listen to it much until the remix. Other than that, I'd have to say Power Windows. It's just been in the past two years that I've really learned to appreciate it. It was always so anti prog-Rush that I just couldn't get into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driven_to_xanadu Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Hold Your Fire and Roll the Bones Those are the ones that I really held off from listening but it turns out I don't mind them at all! Hold Your Fire is quite solid for a Rush album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pause Rewind Replay Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Caress Of Steel never did... Bastille Day great, Lakeside Park good, then Of the rest, I'd say HYF took the longest. High Water in particular I went from to :banana: for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaked Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 HemispheresI've always loved side 2 but it took decades for me to *get* side 1. Now it's a rock solid top tier album with no apologies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Vapor Trails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 HYF. Took about 28 years. I can say without exaggeration that it took over 20 years before my first listen as I had been so turned off by the Time Stand Still video following on the heels of the massive shock to my system that was the Rush/Thompson Twins collaboration PoW. But I now I can sort of appreciate HYF, and I respect it quite a bit more. Not my favorite sound but Rush chose an approach and did it really well. PoW, Presto and RTB are still on the clock though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 moving Pictures. Took me years to like, I had to see Rush during Time Machine Tour to like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 ^^ Have you ever seen the Seinfeld where Jerry talks about "Bizarro Superman," or when George becomes "Opposite George." In the universe of Rush, you're like my Bizarro Fan, or Opposite Me. That's fine just makes me smile. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Roll the Bones has yet to grow on me. 24 years and counting suggests that it never will... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I'd have to say Power Windows, which I now love. This. ^ It took me about 25 years to understand the beauty of Power Windows. I also now really love it. Whereas before I just thought it was too thin-sounding and too lightweight (and Hold Your Fire notwithstanding, i didn't care much for the synth era in general)- I now recognize that the songwriting and the musicianship are first-rate. It's really, really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 It's a tie, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire. Power Windows is more a concept album than any other Rush album. Hold Your Fire is one of Neil Peart's strongest set of lyrics. And under all the keyboards, Alex Lifeson shines. Also, it might be Geddy's best set of melodies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevind2112 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Another vote for Presto. It took years for it to finally grow on me. Love it now. Though I guess technically the answer would be S&A, but because it STILL hasn't grown on me, the "finally" part hasn't happened yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Hemispheres. Mainly because I became a fan in the A Show of Hands/Presto period. Hemispheres was like visiting another planet...so much to absorb and "get". Now it's a top 4 album to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Snakes and Arrows 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toscanobarga Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Quite a few of the 90's albums STILL haven't grown on me as complete albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 After being totally hooked by AFTK and Hemispheres... I'd have to say Permanent Waves.... They went in a slightly different direction at the time, and it took me a LITTLE while to really warm up to that album...but once I did, I was thoroughly HOOKED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 After being totally hooked by AFTK and Hemispheres... I'd have to say Permanent Waves.... They went in a slightly different direction at the time, and it took me a LITTLE while to really warm up to that album...but once I did, I was thoroughly HOOKED! I have a question for you. Do you remember which songs on Permanent Waves you initially liked, or did you not care for the entire album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pip65 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Hold Your Fire and Vapor Trails took me the longest to love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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