Best Rush albums
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jimbecky48001
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2112 by far and everything before and including spirit of the radio IMHO
bordeno
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I am getting back into Rush lately. Extraordinary talent in each of the three. Alex Lifeson is simply amazing on guitar. With a three piece band you have to be very creative in your playing. He's one of my favorite guitarists.
Look at a song like Limelight. As good a piece as they ever came up with IMO. The guitar parts are wonderful. While not terribly difficult piece by piece (except for the solo) this is a very hard song to learn on guitar because of all the changes.
I only have Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves but I'd like to get 2112 at least and maybe a couple others.
Look at a song like Limelight. As good a piece as they ever came up with IMO. The guitar parts are wonderful. While not terribly difficult piece by piece (except for the solo) this is a very hard song to learn on guitar because of all the changes.
I only have Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves but I'd like to get 2112 at least and maybe a couple others.
targeteye
Super Member
I'm a big Rush fan and hope to see them this year in tour. Lately i've been basically listening to the "greatest hits" type cds like Chronicals I & II so to think back as to which were my fave albums is difficult 'cause I no longer associate specific soungs with albums.
However, Favs of the top of my head (in no particular order) have to be.
Fly by Night (mostly for Bytor and the snow dog, excelent on vynil)
2112
Moving Pictures
Counterparts
But I can't think of a single Rush Album i DON'T like.
Steve
However, Favs of the top of my head (in no particular order) have to be.
Fly by Night (mostly for Bytor and the snow dog, excelent on vynil)
2112
Moving Pictures
Counterparts
But I can't think of a single Rush Album i DON'T like.
Steve
Dusty Chalk
Born-again Nihilist
Au Contraire, I like All the World's a Stage just precisely because it reflects the concert experience so well.
Moving Pictures is my favourite album by them, but A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, and Permanent Waves have a special place in my heart, because the first two time I saw them in concert, it was in support of Hemispheres and Permanent Waves. They did The Trees -> Cygnus X-I Book I (in its entirety) -> Cygnus X-1 Book II (in its entirety) -> Closer to the Heart, as well as the entirety of La Villa Strangiato and half of Xanadu -> something else. (Hemispheres tour). Also saw them on Permanent Waves tour, which I didn't appreciate at the time, but in hindsight I like the album a lot better.
Moving Pictures is my favourite album by them, but A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, and Permanent Waves have a special place in my heart, because the first two time I saw them in concert, it was in support of Hemispheres and Permanent Waves. They did The Trees -> Cygnus X-I Book I (in its entirety) -> Cygnus X-1 Book II (in its entirety) -> Closer to the Heart, as well as the entirety of La Villa Strangiato and half of Xanadu -> something else. (Hemispheres tour). Also saw them on Permanent Waves tour, which I didn't appreciate at the time, but in hindsight I like the album a lot better.