I don't get how some people do not like Caress of Steel. I think it's a great album! Also, it has one song that I really love and is in my top 10 Rush songs, The Necromancer (the only classic song in the album).
@@andreviews7101yeah the Necromancer is amazing, the first part building up, the second part an all out assault, the chill relaxing third part, Lifeson's guitar tones and playing on this album😮
I think Grace under pressure is way too low on the list, I really like this album! A Farewell to Kings is the first tape I bought myself! Rush is for me definitely the best Canadian band ever!
I completely agree. GUC is the best of the 80's-sound Rush albums, by far. "Red Sector A" is one of the best songs they ever wrote. By far the worst Rush album is "Hold Your Fire". The only Rush album without a single song I like
@@theatomicsheep1116 Took me some years for Signals to grow on me but I have it listed much higher now. Probably because it ended up being so much better than the later albums as a whole. I wasn’t an initial fan of the synth and to an extent still not tops for me, but Digital Man is an awesome song that wasn’t mentioned
Watched this yesterday and enjoyedit. Was surprised Grace Under Pressure was at the bottom but glad to hear you might reevaluate it. I once did the same to a McCartney album (I gave it a negative review) but on the next listen I liked it a lot. That's the magic of music.
I was 15 years old when Moving Pictures came out. I was looking for new music, didn't know who they were, but I loved the album cover so I bought it. What a great album, played it over and over again. Still a huge fan of Rush. My favorite album of theirs. Signals, Hemispheres, 2112, and A Farewell To Kings are top notch.
I watched the Beyond the Lighted Stage documentary during the first lockdown and i had such an interest in the band, Rush got me into prog and will always have a special place in my heart. Aside from Grace Under Pressure i mostly agree with your ranking, A Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres are my favourites. I actually drove to Rockfield Studios where A Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres were recorded on the way back from a gig in Cardiff (as i live in north Wales) 🤘
YES! You are a true progger! A Fairwell to Kings is my favorite Rush record. And the irony of a prog anthem in under 2 minutes in Closer to the Heart. Just saw Primus play this record recently-it was a good tribute.
Hey Scott, finally got to finish this video just now and what a run down this is. I’m new to Rush so still finding my feet so going to start at the top of your list and work backwards. Warm wishes from the U.K. All the best Dave ✅✅
Great list as usual. Really hard discography to rank. But I think my top 3 will always be Hemispheres, A Farewell to Kings and Signals. At the bottom of the list for sure is Vapor Trails. But their catalog is simply phenomenal!
It's amazing to see such varied opinions When it comes to the rush discography.not only on your great channel but others too. Each album release was an event for me.i think its a very difficult decision in deed to make. When vapour trails came out I will admit to be disappointed .however when I re appraised the album much much later 20 years infact my love for the album grew tremendously and its in my top ten. At the bottom are hold your fire and power windows.in parts good but not albums I go to. Hemispheres is my number one. Grace under pressure is an album you should re visit but don't wait 20 years. Thanks for all the hard work on this channel its very refreshing .Tim uk
Great video. My favorite band and the band that I have seen the most times live. Rush could definitely be prog. A Farewell to Kings is my all time favorite with Moving Pictures up there at the top.
Love your list, love Rush. Caress Of Steel is soooo underrated. I love Clockwork Angels, what a way to go out. My top 5 and your's are the same, not in the same order but my favorite 5 albums by them. Like you said, any of the top 5 could be the best one depending on the day. Probably depends on which one I'm listening to. PS, I'm glad Grace Under Pressure has gone up for you since you listened again.
Great list. I haven't heard Grace Under Pressure for some time. I've seen in other rankings that the album has come up a bit. I have to give it a listen.
Every track on Grace is amazing! It will grow on you like a bad fungus. The production is a bit cold and sterile, but the tunes are incredible! Extremely underrated imo.
19. Rush 18. Hold Your Fire 17. Test for Echo 16. Caress of Steel 15. Fly by Night 14. Vapor Trails 13. Presto 12. Snakes & Arrows 11. Power Windows 10. 2112 9. Signals 8. Counterparts 7. Clockwork Angels 6. Grace Under Pressure 5. Roll the Bones 4. A Farewell to Kings 3. Permanent Waves 2. Moving Pictures 1. Hemispheres
@@TheProgCorner Yes, for me it's their main stream rock album. Maybe that's why fans don't like it. I'm late to Rush, that is I dismissed them for decades, until the Professor died. Then I started listening to them frantically.
Love your list, maybe one of the most similar to mine in some ways. I also came late to Rush (late 90s) and Roll the Bones was one of the albums that got me into them heavily. Extremely underrated album, I find I'm going to rank I even higher on my list, strong collection of tunes on it imo!
I thought you were a little hard on Grace Under Pressure, but your top 5 albums are also my top 5 favorite. Nice video, and I liked the quick pace to cover so many albums that quick.
Rush had 4 eras: Hard Rock 1st 4 studio & live/Prog 4 studio & live/Synth 4 studio & Live & SLUDGE studio/lives after 1984's Masterpiece "Grace Under Pressure"
Love Rush love the early stuff a handful of synth tunes red sector A. Their last 3 albums snakes & arrows clockwork angels etc were phenomenal. Some of their best stuff.
Rush is definitely my overall favorite band. Extremely hard to pigeon hole this discography into a list. The first 11 are interchangeable for me. Glad to see your love for COS and Counterparts, both are majorly underrated. Glad to see you gave P/G another chance, it's a great album. I should probably do that with CA. 1) Hemispheres 2) A Farewell to Kings 3) Moving Pictures 4) 2112 5) Permanent Waves 6) Caress of Steel 7) Signals 8) Grace Under Pressure 9) Power Windows 10) Counterparts 11) Presto 12) Fly by Night 13) Hold Your Fire 14) Rush 15) Roll the Bones 16) Snakes and Arrows 17) Vapor Trails 18) Test For Echo 19) Clockwork Angels
@@TheProgCorner I know, I've got a couple of friends tell me the same thing. I periodically go back and listen to it and like it a little more each time. Not sure if it'll ever be as good as GUP to me though.
As you were going along I thought for sure you were going with Moving Pictures at #1, the usual safe choice. I liked that you hold Permanent Waves in high regard, I feel it is given short shrift nowadays. Like you I could never get into Grace and perhaps need to give it and some of the later albums a listen. But I love most everything up to Moving Pictures. This was an entertaining listen, you obv put a lot of thought into these lists!
I like your ranking, but for me I'd put Hemispheres in No 1 spot, then Permanent Waves, Farewell to Kings, Caress of Steel, 2112, Fly By Night, then Counterparts and Moving Pictures - - - - I haven't heard Clockwork Angels, so I am going to get this, following your recommendation 😊
Can't argue about most of this list. A Farewell to Kings is my top pick, too. I'd have Grace Under Pressure up quite a bit further, in the same neighborhood as Signals and Power Windows. I didn't like them at first, but about ten years ago, I listened to them again and they became my go-to Rush albums for a while.
Can't argue with your ranking. Rush are so varied in their history, some love the Terry Brown years, other love the synth years, I love them all. I would rank Grace a little higher, and the remaster of Vapor Trails is MUCH better than the original, listen to it changed my opinion of it. Excellent show as always!!!!
Grace Under Pressure and Roll The Bones are in my top ten. A Farewell To Kings is also my number one Rush album. See my show with all Rush albums on Harold's Prog Rock Show.
Totally agreed with A Farewell to Kings. I listened all classic songs in the 80's but focused in heavy and thrash metal at the time, Cynus X-1 was the song from Rush that made click , the one that blew my mind and gained me as a fan. My top five would be : Farewell , Moving Pictures , Permanent Waves, Hemispheres and Signals. From the 90's onwards : Counterparts, Clockwork Angels and Snakes & Arrows. Test for Echo and Hold your fire don' t do too much for me. But that's just me . Great video and ranking !
Man, Counterparts was the one album that surprised me the most. Going back and listening to them all again, I was so shocked at how much I actually liked that one. I love all RUSH but from 2112 to Signals is my favorite era!!!
@@TheProgCorner I love Counterparts too. If there is an uplifting album, that's the one. Counterparts is like their " alternative " album . And that's another musical aspect that shows how great Rush is.
Rush! What a band!!! 2112, A Farewell To Kings, Moving Pictures, Fly By Night, Hemispheres. Then the live - Exit Stage Left, All The World's A Stage. Love Rush so much! I don't actually know anything very much post the mid 80s, so I have some listening to do!
Love to see some love for Farewell to Kings, my 2nd fav album after Moving Pictures. Btw, Counterparts is in my top 5...so underrated. 1. Moving Pictures 2. Farewell to Kings 3. Fly by Night 4. Counterparts 5. Permanent waves
It really depends on when you were first exposed to them. For me it was Moving Pictures at age 14. That along with Signals were my favourites. But over time I got to love all the early albums. Favourite song is Subdivisions because the lyrics described me and my friends perfectly.
Great video! My ranking: 19 Test for Echo 18 Vapor Trails 17 Rush 16 Roll the Bones 15 Fly by Night 14 Clockwork Angels 13 Presto 12 Hold your Fire 11 Snakes and Arrows 10 Counterparts 9 Power Windows 8 Caress of Steel 7 Grace Under Pressure 6 Signals 5 2112 4 Permanent Waves 3 Hemispheres 2 Farewell to Kings 1 Moving Pictures My top 4 could be in any order. Your comments on Clockwork Angels definitely make me want to revisit it because I didn't rank it very high.
A Farewell to Kings is my #1 as well. I discovered RUSH through the AFtK promo vids that were shown on Don Kirschner's Rock Concert and was absolutely blown away. Ran right out to get the album. I had just turned 13. So I have a sentimental attachment to A Farewell to Kings.
My first Rush experience was 2112 (I am a year older than you) when a friend lent it (and the first live album) to me. So I was PSYCHED for A Farewell To Kings. And it did not disappoint!!! 👍❤️👍❤️👍
I got Farewell To Kings as #2 only because Madrigal pulled it a notch down for me. Permanent Waves is just pure perfection. Their weakest song in that is Entre Nous only because of a lack of guitar solo. Everything else is bliss. Most underrated is Different Strings ( a song Geddy wrote) Such a beautiful tune. Alex with the harmonics and sus chords.
Nice video Scotster! My top five in no order: Hemispheres Permanent Waves Moving Pictures Signals Grace Under Pressure Next three: 2112 Caress of Steel Farewell to Kings There ya go! Grace Under Pressure is a masterpiece!
@@TheProgCorner If you're 'In the Mood'...I'd say yes :) Distant Early Warning - killer track, classic Afterimage - Utterly amazing, has a deep reggae feel with the keyboard riff, sad lyrics about friend who died in car accident Red Sector A - Killer tune The Enemy Within - Amazing! Police influence here is strong. The Ska outro is the best The Body Electric - OK, the most underappreciated Rush tune ever! Check out Geddy's playing under Alex's solo. This tune is like aural equivalent of being on Tattoine during the Jedi years :) Kid Gloves - Amazing Amazing tune! Red Lenses - Another great one, drums are fantastic Between the Wheels - The best song on the album imo. I would seriously spin it a few more times Scot. It may surprise you. Then again I am a huge huge fan of late 70s early 80s Rush.
Seeing Grace Under Pressure dead last hurt my soul, most if not all of the Synth Era albums land on my Top 10 Still great list mate! My personal top 5: 1: Hemispheres 2: 2112 (these two are honestly tied as my favorite Rush album) 3: Signals 4: A Farewell To Kings 5: Grace Under Pressure / Moving Pictures (really can't decide)
Good list Scott. Grace Under Pressure seems to be a divisive one. My list: 1a) Moving Pictures 1b)A Farewell to Kings 1c) Permanent Waves 1d) Hemispheres 1e) Power Windows 1f) Caress of Steel 1g) 2112 1h) Signals 1i) Fly by Night 1j) Grace Under Pressure 1k) Vapor Trails 1l) Counterparts 1m) Clockwork Angels 1n) Hold Your Fire 1o) Snakes and Arrows 1p) Presto 1q) Test for Echo 1r) Roll the Bones 1s) Rush (Still love it)
In spite of how commercially popular it was, Moving Pictures really is a great album. Top to bottom it's their most focused. The perfect combination of good songwriting, outstanding musicianship and exceptional production..
Personally I think you've nailed it.The top 8 or 9 are pretty much interchangable.I think Counterparts is their most underrated album.One of my favorite songs live is Far Cry they just nailed it every time I heard them do it in concert just a great song.
Scott, appreciate your opinion. Hard for me to admit that I could not get past Geddys voice the first time I heard him. My opinion took an about face the first time I heard All The Worlds A Stage. Listened to it for weeks non-stop. Gradually began to build my collection from there. I do enjoy both Presto and Grace. Don't think I could pick a favorite. Thanks.
There can be only one! Agree on your choice. My choice for underrated is Hold Your Fire - fantastic lyrics as usual(minus Tai Chan). Pro Tip:I’ve found that pumping up the bass on my equalizer makes all those 80’s era Rush albums sound so much better!
Love Rush! One of my favourite bands. Could be my numer 1, it is not. But could be for sure. Love Rush! Scot, I strongly and gently disagree with Grace under pressure, it's a very good album! It's interesting and sad that you don't like it. You amaze me even in your dislikes, lol! Ok, the rest of your ranking is more to my liking, so I can't argue with that, man! I love near all of their albums. Here's my ranking: 1 . Moving pictures 2. Permanent waves 3. 2112 4. Clockwork angels 5. Farewell to kings 6. Hemispheres 7. Counterparts 8. Signals 9. Power windows 10. Vapor trails 11. Grace under pressure 12. Presto 13. Fly by night 14. Snakes and arrows 15. Caress of steel 16. Hold your fire 17. Rush 18. Test for echo 19. Roll the bones Thanks for the video.Did I say I love Rush?
I promise to listen to GUP tonight. You are not alone in your support for it. I am obviously misguided but will attempt to correct. I’ll let you know if it does anything for me this time!!! 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
@@TheProgCorner nothing to correct my friend, you know what you like and why. And we all change with time, so who knows? Perhaps tomorrow I won't like it either, 😂
Always interesting to hear your opinions ! I was shocked to see GUP at the bottom of the list, it is one of my favorites. Rush may be the band I have the hardest time choosing a number 1 album, I have like 6 albums fighting for this spot with no clear winner. Here's my list : 19- Test for Echo (Driven is great, the rest, very bland I think, not the best lyrics also) 18- Vapor Trails (the poor production holds this one back for me. I love Earthshine and a couple others) 17- Rush (some good hard rock but hard to compare with what was to come after) 16- Caress of Steel (I love Fountain but the rest of the album does nothing for me) 15- Fly by Night (a good start to their prog sound, but not quite polished yet) 14- Presto (not a fan of the production but there are some gems here : Available Light, The Pass, Chain Lightning, etc.) 13- Hold your Fire (the lyrics make this album for me, Time Stand Still and Mission bring a tear to my eye everytime (also, I think Tai Shan is quite beautiful, oops)) 12- Snakes and Arrows (kinda monotone throughout but it makes it a very natural listen from top to bottom) 11- Roll the Bones (very underrated imo, Bravado, Ghost of a Chance and Dreamline are in my favorites from them) 10- Counterparts (a great rocking return to their rock roots) 9- 2112 (side 2 doesn't live up to side 1, and side 1 I always felt was a bit choppy, lacked some natural transitions between sections, not to say that what is there isn't amazing) 8- Power Windows (some great melodies with amazing lyrics) 7- Grace Under Pressure (same as Power Windows) 6- Clockwork Angels (a rockin', cohesive concept piece, bookended by one of their best rockers they've ever done and the best ballad they've ever written) 5- Signals (a great blend of their prog sound and the new wave-synth sound that was to come) 4- A Farewell to Kings (proggy goodness, very experimental) 3- Moving Pictures (the perfect album) 2- Permanent Waves (also the perfect album) 1- Hemispheres (a prog fan's dream, Cygnus X-1 Book 2 is probably their best song and the ending makes me tear up everytime)
My Top Five are more or less interchangeable. I’ve been told a few times since the video posted that I need to spend some time with GUP. I am obviously in the minority so tonight is the night I listen to it again with fresh ears. (I did re-listen to everything after Hold Your Fire in preparation for this ranking - thinking I knew the first 12 like the back of my hand. Maybe not!!!! We shall see.)
Those are some great choices Scott except my top 5 would be: 1.2112 2.Hemispheres 3.A Farewell To Kings 4.Fly By Night 5.Caress of Steel It never got any better than these five albums for me. Although I really do like a lot of their later albums. Fly By Night was my first Rush album and why I rate it higher than some. But I really do love it. Also glad to see some love for Caress of Steel.
My favourite Rush albums are all from the Terry Brown years - and while he didnt produce it he helped them out by remixing the debut after which he got the job to produce, so I count that in. On any given day any of my no 2 picks can be my second favourite - I guess I could say it depends on which one I'm listening to at the time - if I had to plump for just 1 though it would be Hemispheres 1. A Farewell to Kings and then in no partcular order 2. equal and in no particular order (or maybe subconsciously they are) - Hemispheres, 2112, Caress of Steel, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Fly by Night. 3. Rush 4. again in no partcular order - Signals, Clockwork Angels, Snakes and Arrows, Counterparts 5. Power Windows 6. Presto and Roll the Bones 7. Vapor Trails and Test for Echo 8. Grace Under Pressure and Hold Your Fire
Love the video! Rush is my personal favorite band. my list would be 19. Test for echo 18, vapor trails 17. Presto 16. snakes and arrows 15. Debut 14. Caress of steel 13. Counterparts 12. Roll the Bones 11. clockwork angels. 10. Signals 9. Hold your fire 8. Fly By Night 7. Permanent Waves 6. A Farewell to kings 5. moving pictures 4. 2112 3. power windows 2. hemispheres 1. grace under pressure i really love the 80's stuff and grace under pressure is my favorite but i was slightly disappointed when it was put lower
@@TheProgCorner you've got to man! Although it's definitely very polarizing. I didn't like it untill 5 or listens but now I've listened to it god knows hoe many times
I always listened to A Farewell to Kings back to back with Hemispheres as if it were a double album. Due to the continuation of Cygnus of course. I also have these albums in my top 2. Some of the greatest songs, epics, and essentials are on these albums. I’m sure a lot of diehards feel Caress of Steel is overlooked badly. I feel it’s the beginning of greatness for Rush and probably makes the top 5-6 easily for me. Absolute Rush essential. I like Grace Under Pressure as much as Power Windows. They both might fit barely into my top 10. Not an easy task ranking albums from your favorite bands. It makes you realize how great these artists really are.
Great list pal! Rush is so awesome. Here is my top 8: 1. 2112 2. A Farewell To Kings 3. Counterparts 4. Clockwork Angels 5. Hemispheres 6. Moving Pictures 7. Signals 8. Fly By Night The top 5 are only separated by fractions of a point and actually the top 2 are tied *_even after using decimals!_* That’s how close they are!
Yeah I cut my Rush teeth on their Kings album probably around 1980 and most days it's still my favorite of their albums. In my opinion Caress of Steel is really good but it didn't have a Radio hit so a lot of people considered it a failure. I agree with most of what you said, well done!
@@TheProgCornerDefinitely!! I LOVE their Steel album! Sadly many people think if songs aren't on the radio then the album must suck. I'm a deep cuts guy
I'm new to Rush as of 2023. I see a lot of their albums are re-mastered. What versions do you folks recommend, original or re-mastered? I see iTunes Store says they are re-mastered for Apple tunes, too. Opinions and advice are welcomed. Thanks.
Love Rush, No.1 will always be Permanent waves, the first one I heard on cassette tape back in the day. 2. Moving Pictures, 3. A Farewell To Kings, 4. Hemispheres, 5.2112, 6.Signals, 7. Grace Under Pressure, 8. Caress of Steel, 9. Fly By Night, 10. Counterparts, 11.Rush, 12.Snakes & Arrows, 13. Clockwork Angels, 14.Power Windows, 15.Presto, 16.Test for Echo, 17.Vapor Trails, 18.Hold Your Fire, 19.Roll the Bones.
Great show, here is my list, cheers: 1. Hemispheres 2. A Farewell to Kings 3. 2112 4. Permanent Waves 5. Moving Pictures 6. Caress of Steel 7. Signals 8. Clockwork Angels 9. Snakes & Arrows 10. Vapor Trails 11. Fly by Nigh 12. Power Windows 13. Hold Your Fire 14. Presto 15. Counterparts 16. Grace Under Pressure 17. Rush 18. Test for Echo 19. Roll the Bones
I didn't like Grace Under Pressure for the longest time either, but like a good wine, it got better with age. You have to listen to it more. Between the Wheels is a great track.
Rush is my favorite prog rock band and 2nd favorite band overall on my list, each member of the band a master on their instrument and they don’t have a bad album 1. Hemispheres 1978, 2. Moving Pictures 1981, 3. Permanent Waves 1980, 4. Signals 1982, 5. 2112 1976, 6. A Farewell To Kings 1977, 7. Test For Echo 1996, 8. Grace Under Pressure 1984, 9. Snakes And Arrows 2007, 10. Vapor Trails 2002, 11. Clockwork Angels 2012, 12. Power Windows 1985, 13. Caress Of Steel 1975, 14. Hold Your Fire 1987, 15. Counterparts 1993, 16. Fly By Night 1975, 17. Roll The Bones 1991, 18. Rush 1974, 19. Presto 1989, my personal ranking
1. Permanent Waves 2. Power Windows 3. Presto 4. Moving Pictures 5. Signals 6. Hold Your Fire 7. Grace Under Pressure 8. Roll the Bones 9. Hemispheres 10. Counterparts 11. A Farewell to Kings 12. Test for Echo 13. Fly By Night 14. Snakes and Arrows 15. 2112 16. Vapor Trails 17. Clockwork Angels 18. Rush 19. Caress of Steel 20. Feedback
My first Rush show was the Permanent Waves tour. They tested out two new songs from an upcoming album: Limelight and Tom Sawyer. I was 18. My mind was blown. Officially.
I think Grace Under Pressure is far from Rush's worst album, maybe halfway up the rankings. Although it has one track I really don't like ('The Body Electric'). Good show though Scott 👍 My top 3....... 1. Permanent Waves 2. A Farewell To Kings 3. Hemispheres
It’s very hard to rank a band like Rush on their studio albums because they are all so great. Their best songs are sprinkled all around with every album containing at least 5 of their best tracks. Overall Rush probably has about 50 or more really great songs that are evenly distributed across all their albums so yeah good luck ranking them.
1. 2112 (1976) 2. Moving Pictures (1981) 3. Hemispheres (1978) 4. Permanent Waves (1980) 5. Grace Under Pressure (1984) 6. Fly By Night (1975) 7. A Farewell to Kings (1977) 8. Signals (1982) 9. Power Windows (1985) 10. Clockwork Angels (2012) 11. Rush (1974) 12. Caress of Steel (1975) 13. Counterparts (1993) 14. Test for Echo (1996) 15. Roll The Bones (1991) 16. Snakes and Arrows (2007) 17. Hold Your Fire (1987) 18. Presto (1989) 19. Vapor Trails (2002)
I agree - GUP is a fantastic groundbreaking album! It's a tough listen in some ways, very sombre but superb. What about Alex's solo in "Between the Wheels"?!?!?! Mind-blowing!!
Your top 5 are not unusual, but some of your other rankings definitely are not as common as many fans I know. I've been a Rush fan for over 30 years (I got into them in High School and they almost instantly became my favorite band, which lasted about 4 years until Marillion showed up in my playlist). Grace Under Pressure at the very bottom, and Test for Echo as high as you place it are probably the 2 biggest surprises. I know some don't care for the Synth period that much, but even among those fans, I usually notice Grace Under Pressure to be an album they still enjoy. But everyone has different tastes. Here's my somewhat accurate rankings (kind of spoiling a future video I may make, but so be it. I have no idea when that may be anyway). 1. Hemispheres 2. A Farewell to Kings 3. Permanent Waves 4. 2112 5. Signals 6. Grace Under Pressure 7. Moving Pictures 8. Presto 9. Power Windows 10. Caress of Steel 11. Hold Your Fire 12. Fly By Night 13. Counterparts 14. Roll the Bones 15. Rush 16. Clockwork Angels 17. Vapor Trails 18. Test for Echo 19. Snakes and Arrows
Apparently I love the 80s Rush a lot more. Hold Your Fire is a Top 5 Rush album for me. They lost me a bit in the 90s but I do really love Geddy’s solo album from that period with Ben Mink!
19. Caress Of Steel 18. Counterparts 17. Clockwork Angels 16. Power Windows 15. Grace Under Pressure 14. Presto 13. Vapor Trails 12. Moving Pictures 11. Rush 10. Fly By Night 9. Signals 8. Roll The Bones 7. Hold Your Fire 6. Test For Echo 5. Snakes & Arrows 4. Hemispheres 3. A Farewell To Kings 2. 2112 1. Permanent Waves
1 ) Permanent Waves 2 ) Hemispheres 3 ) Power Windows 4 ) A Farewell To Kings 5 ) Grace Under Pressure 6 ) Fly By Night 7 ) Hold Your Fire 8 ) Counterparts 9 ) Signals 10 ) 2112 11 ) Roll The Bones 12 ) Moving Pictures 13 ) Caress Of Steel 14 ) Test For Echo 15 ) Presto 16 ) Vapor Trails 17 ) Rush 18 ) Snakes & Arrows 19 ) Clockwork Angels Now the ones towards the bottom are fine, I don't hate any of these. This is my favorite band.
Great list Scot! My changes would be: 1. swap Counterparts and Clockwork Angels 2. swap Hemispheres and Farewell to the Kings 3. Ensure everybody forgets the original Vapor Trails (for the Gods of Prog! My ears are still bleeding!!) and only know about the 2013 remix And if anyone says that Rush isn’t prog, they need to see Xanadu live from Exit Stage Left and see the light. Peace & Prog, you freaks!
Here’s mine for those who care. And as a preface, if you place the albums of Rush on a bell curve it won’t be a perfect distribution… it’s skewed terribly to the right. Starting last 19. Snakes and arrows. Good songs individually, but I can’t listen to in from start to finish. Fay cry one of Rush’s best. 18. Roll the bones. Good album. Great value at $10 on iTunes. Ghost of a chance one of their best. 17. Test for echo. Bar the dog song and the internet song this is a really good album. 16. Presto. I really like presto, and there are some excellent songs. War paint and the title track are tremendous songs. 15. Rush. Great album. Better than any Led Zeppelin album, but that’s just me. 14. Fly by night. Love this record. By tor and in the end are my favs. And of course anthem. 13. Caress of steel. Love this one. Necromancer and fountain of lammeth are classics. 12. Hold your fire. Some great songs here. Turn the page is one of the best. Time stand still too. 11. Power windows. Not a bad song here. 10. Now it’s a challenge… Vapour trails. A great album. The title attack is excellent. 9. Counterpoints. An amazing bunch of songs. Alien shore should be a song for humanity. 8. Moving pictures. My first rush album. Some classics, but I don’t like vital signs that much. 7. 2112. Not much to say, as it speaks for itself. Lessons is a great tune. 6. Permanent waves. All classics, but natural science is one of rush’s best songs. 5. Signals. All excellent songs. The weapon and countdown my favorites. 4. A farewell to kings. One word; Xanadu. 3 grace under pressure. Sublime. Red sector A has my favorite Alex lifeson solo. A thought provoking album. 2. Clockwork angels. Colossal album. Can’t listen to the garden because it brings out emotions that I don’t need to feel over and over. 1. Hemispheres. Epic. This list could change tomorrow…
Counterparts is really that bitch, such an underrated gem, but my #1 is also A Farewell to Kings. To go through 19 of their albums and pick one is so hard, but Kings is so fucking good. Every track hits.
Grace under Pressure.....Mate .....for me Distance Early, After Image, Red sector are in my top ten list . Between the weels, the enemy with in are great songs. But it is your taste maybe listen to it live on SHOW OF HANDS . Give it a try ..
Hemispheres , A Farewell To Kings , Moving pictures always Top 3 .I tossed Grace Under Pressure in the garbage half way through it . years later i bought a new copy and played it to death !
1) Signals 2) Moving Pictures 3) Permanent Waves 4) Clockwork Angels 5) Fly By Night 6) - 18) moves around 19) Caress of Steel - LOVE Bastille Day and The Necromancer, but LOATHE The Fountain of Lamneth
I guess the pure 5 star sound candy of "Working Man" doesn't compare to songs from some crappy album called "snakes & arrows" from the SLUDGE era (all after 1984), NONE of which I can even remember LOL
My favorite Rush studio albums from worst to best: 19. Rush 18. Fly By Night 17. 2112 16. Caress of Steel 15. Grace Under Pressure 14. Vapor Trails 13. A Farewell To Kings 12. Counterparts 11. Hold Your Fire 10. Test For Echo 09. Hemispheres 08. Snakes & Arrows 07. Signals 06. Permanent Waves 05. Moving Pictures 04. Clockwork Angels 03. Power Windows 02. Presto 01. Roll The Bones
I can say I'm shocked where you placed Grace Under Pressure and to a lesser extent Roll The Bones. But that's alright. Nobody accused me of knowing what I'm talking about. Here's my list: 19). Hold Your Fire 18). Power Windows I might be swapping this with Presto. 17). Presto (Too overpowered by keys 17-19) 16). Snakes & Arrows *spinD 15). Test 4 Echo 14). Vapor Trails 13). Counterparts 12). Roll The Bones 11). Caress of Steel 10). Rush 9). Clockwork Angels 8). Grace Under Pressure 7). Fly By Night 6). Signals 5). 2112 4). A Farewell to Kings 3). Hemispheres 2). Permanent Waves 1). Moving Pictures
When I first started listening to prog it was because of April Wine covering "21st Century Schizoid Man"- 3 guitarists filling in for Fripp- had to hear it. Crimso, then Yes, Early Genesis etc... Slowly dawned on me that my fave Canadian band at the time - Rush- deserved the same designation. I rank Grace under Pressure higher than you do, and Moving Pictures is my fave, though for years (during 90's) Exit Stage Left was my fave release- the live vibe. I rank the first Rush album lower. started losing interest when with Power windows so the next few albums did not rank so high. Fly by Night through Moving Pictures was the apex, with fondness for next two. Counterparts was a nice return to crunch.
I love your passion. We most disagree on the ranking of the more keyboard era stuff. I was blown away by your 19, and several choices after that. But that's cool, I love seeing differing rankings. Generally speaking I prefer Alex being more, or at least even, with the synths. Not as much when he's overshadowed by the keys. 19. Hold Your Fire. Force Ten is it for me. 18. Power Windows 17. Presto 19-17 only like a couple tracks each 16. Test 4 Echo: is growing on me, used to be lower -a discernible uptick in quality at 15(for me) 15. Snakes & Arrows 14. Vapor Trails 13. Roll the Bones 12. Counterparts -(15-12 are VERY close, might feel different on a different day) 11. Rush 10. Caress of Steel 9. Fly By Night --8 to 1 are A- to A+ 8: Clockwork Angels 7: Grace Under Pressure 6. Signals 5. Permanent Waves 4. 2112 3. A Farewell to Kings 2. Hemispheres 1. Moving Pictures. I can't diminish it cuz the hits are overplayed, especially when the rest of the tracks are as good as they are.
GUP has definitely grown on me since I posted this - and I got some heat for my stance. Today, after listening to it another dozen or so times, it deserved better from me…Mea Culpa. 👍❤️
Careless of Steel has been so underrated by many critics. Many thanks for your recognition.
I’ve always loved it. After hearing 2112 back in ‘76 it was the next RUSH album I got my mitts on!!!
I don't get how some people do not like Caress of Steel. I think it's a great album! Also, it has one song that I really love and is in my top 10 Rush songs, The Necromancer (the only classic song in the album).
I love it!!!
@@andreviews7101yeah the Necromancer is amazing, the first part building up, the second part an all out assault, the chill relaxing third part, Lifeson's guitar tones and playing on this album😮
Yes!!!
I think Grace under pressure is way too low on the list, I really like this album! A Farewell to Kings is the first tape I bought myself! Rush is for me definitely the best Canadian band ever!
Yeah, I never connected to GUP for some reason…
@@TheProgCorner I really like The Enemy Within and its almost dancing style!😉😃
I going to listen to GUP tonight and see what happens!!!
I completely agree. GUC is the best of the 80's-sound Rush albums, by far. "Red Sector A" is one of the best songs they ever wrote. By far the worst Rush album is "Hold Your Fire". The only Rush album without a single song I like
I love P/G
"Between the Wheels" is my favorite from it...
Those songs are great live.
My personal fave Rush albums:
1) Moving Pictures - 40 minutes of perfection (the whole album)
2) Permanent Waves - 36 minutes of perfection (the whole album)
3) Grace Under Pressure - 31 minutes of perfection (tracks 1-5, 8)
4) Hemispheres - 32 minutes of perfection (tracks 1, 3, 4)
5) 2112 - 25 minutes of perfection (tracks 1, 6)
6) A Farewell To Kings - 24 minutes of perfection (tracks 2, 3, 6)
7) Fly By Night - 22 minutes of perfection (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8)
8) Rush - 15 minutes of perfection (tracks 5, 6, 8)
9) Roll The Bones - 15 minutes of perfection (tracks 1, 3, 8)
10) Power Windows - 10 minutes of perfection (tracks 1, 8)
11) Caress Of Steel - 9 minutes of perfection (tracks 1, 3)
12) Signals - 5 minutes of perfection (track 1)
13) Presto - 5 minutes of perfection (track 1)
14) Hold Your Fire - 5 minutes of perfection (track 2)
15) Counterparts - 4 minutes of perfection (track 9)
I like how you broke that down!!!
Nah, I disagree with Signals and Presto. Those two have amazing tracks
Except I consider Permanent Waves their #1 perfection and you don’t even list it.
@@generoberts9151 thanks for pointing out that typo, it's my #2
@@theatomicsheep1116 Took me some years for Signals to grow on me but I have it listed much higher now. Probably because it ended up being so much better than the later albums as a whole. I wasn’t an initial fan of the synth and to an extent still not tops for me, but Digital Man is an awesome song that wasn’t mentioned
Absolutely correct on their number 1 album! Xanadu gives me chills! A prog masterpiece.
Yes!!! 👍👍👍
Watched this yesterday and enjoyedit. Was surprised Grace Under Pressure was at the bottom but glad to hear you might reevaluate it. I once did the same to a McCartney album (I gave it a negative review) but on the next listen I liked it a lot. That's the magic of music.
Sometimes it’s all your mindset going in…
Hey Scot! Great vid! Love RUSH. Like I told you before I don't do rankings. I can say RUSH is in my top 6 bands of all time! R.I.P. Professor⚘⚘⚘😎
Peart Forever!!!
@@TheProgCorner ABSOLUTELY ❗😎
I was 15 years old when Moving Pictures came out. I was looking for new music, didn't know who they were, but I loved the album cover so I bought it. What a great album, played it over and over again. Still a huge fan of Rush. My favorite album of theirs. Signals, Hemispheres, 2112, and A Farewell To Kings are top notch.
I watched the Beyond the Lighted Stage documentary during the first lockdown and i had such an interest in the band, Rush got me into prog and will always have a special place in my heart. Aside from Grace Under Pressure i mostly agree with your ranking, A Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres are my favourites. I actually drove to Rockfield Studios where A Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres were recorded on the way back from a gig in Cardiff (as i live in north Wales) 🤘
🏴 That’s amazing!!! An excellent idea for a pilgrimage!!!
I agree with him about Grace under pressure, other than a couple of moments and killer guitar solos it just never set me on fire
YES! You are a true progger! A Fairwell to Kings is my favorite Rush record. And the irony of a prog anthem in under 2 minutes in Closer to the Heart. Just saw Primus play this record recently-it was a good tribute.
I heard it was an amazing show!!!
Hey Scott, finally got to finish this video just now and what a run down this is. I’m new to Rush so still finding my feet so going to start at the top of your list and work backwards. Warm wishes from the U.K. All the best Dave ✅✅
What a fantastic journey you are in for!!!
Great list as usual. Really hard discography to rank. But I think my top 3 will always be Hemispheres, A Farewell to Kings and Signals. At the bottom of the list for sure is Vapor Trails. But their catalog is simply phenomenal!
Love your top three picks but I kinda like Vapor Trails…
It's amazing to see such varied opinions
When it comes to the rush discography.not only on your great channel but others too. Each album release was an event for me.i think its a very difficult decision in deed to make. When vapour trails came out I will admit to be disappointed .however when I re appraised the album much much later 20 years infact my love for the album grew tremendously and its in my top ten.
At the bottom are hold your fire and power windows.in parts good but not albums I go to. Hemispheres is my number one. Grace under pressure is an album you should re visit but don't wait 20 years. Thanks for all the hard work on this channel its very refreshing .Tim uk
Thanks, Tim!!!! I appreciate you!!!
Nice job Scott. You're a true fan.
Absolutely!!!!
Great video. My favorite band and the band that I have seen the most times live. Rush could definitely be prog. A Farewell to Kings is my all time favorite with Moving Pictures up there at the top.
Nice!!!! I have loved Rush from the first time I heard 2112. Incredible band!!!
Love your list, love Rush. Caress Of Steel is soooo underrated. I love Clockwork Angels, what a way to go out. My top 5 and your's are the same, not in the same order but my favorite 5 albums by them. Like you said, any of the top 5 could be the best one depending on the day. Probably depends on which one I'm listening to. PS, I'm glad Grace Under Pressure has gone up for you since you listened again.
It really has!!! My opinions are flexible!!!!
Great list. I haven't heard Grace Under Pressure for some time. I've seen in other rankings that the album has come up a bit. I have to give it a listen.
I just never liked it. Weird.
Every track on Grace is amazing! It will grow on you like a bad fungus. The production is a bit cold and sterile, but the tunes are incredible! Extremely underrated imo.
19. Rush
18. Hold Your Fire
17. Test for Echo
16. Caress of Steel
15. Fly by Night
14. Vapor Trails
13. Presto
12. Snakes & Arrows
11. Power Windows
10. 2112
9. Signals
8. Counterparts
7. Clockwork Angels
6. Grace Under Pressure
5. Roll the Bones
4. A Farewell to Kings
3. Permanent Waves
2. Moving Pictures
1. Hemispheres
Roll The Bones up pretty high!!!
@@TheProgCorner Yes, for me it's their main stream rock album. Maybe that's why fans don't like it. I'm late to Rush, that is I dismissed them for decades, until the Professor died. Then I started listening to them frantically.
I love RUSH!!!!
Love your list, maybe one of the most similar to mine in some ways. I also came late to Rush (late 90s) and Roll the Bones was one of the albums that got me into them heavily. Extremely underrated album, I find I'm going to rank I even higher on my list, strong collection of tunes on it imo!
@@TheProgCorner 👍😎
I love watching people rank Rush albums. Everyone's list is always so different
Mine has totally changed since then too. Grace Under Pressure has definitely gone up!!!
@@TheProgCorner definitely glad to hear that! Haha
I thought you were a little hard on Grace Under Pressure, but your top 5 albums are also my top 5 favorite. Nice video, and I liked the quick pace to cover so many albums that quick.
I was too hard on GUP!!! I’ve listened to it since a whole bunch and I was wrong!!!!!
Nick Raskulinecz out here producing my 2 favorite albums of all time. Pictures, Waves, Hemispheres and Power Windows are all the kings in my book.
Rush had 4 eras: Hard Rock 1st 4 studio & live/Prog 4 studio & live/Synth 4 studio & Live & SLUDGE studio/lives after 1984's Masterpiece "Grace Under Pressure"
Love Rush love the early stuff a handful of synth tunes red sector A. Their last 3 albums snakes & arrows clockwork angels etc were phenomenal. Some of their best stuff.
Rush is definitely my overall favorite band. Extremely hard to pigeon hole this discography into a list. The first 11 are interchangeable for me. Glad to see your love for COS and Counterparts, both are majorly underrated. Glad to see you gave P/G another chance, it's a great album. I should probably do that with CA.
1) Hemispheres
2) A Farewell to Kings
3) Moving Pictures
4) 2112
5) Permanent Waves
6) Caress of Steel
7) Signals
8) Grace Under Pressure
9) Power Windows
10) Counterparts
11) Presto
12) Fly by Night
13) Hold Your Fire
14) Rush
15) Roll the Bones
16) Snakes and Arrows
17) Vapor Trails
18) Test For Echo
19) Clockwork Angels
Yikes!!! Rock bottom for CA? I was wrong about Grace Under Pressure. So yeah, maybe time for a CA reevaluation!!! 👍👍👍
@@TheProgCorner I know, I've got a couple of friends tell me the same thing. I periodically go back and listen to it and like it a little more each time. Not sure if it'll ever be as good as GUP to me though.
We love what we love!!!
As you were going along I thought for sure you were going with Moving Pictures at #1, the usual safe choice. I liked that you hold Permanent Waves in high regard, I feel it is given short shrift nowadays. Like you I could never get into Grace and perhaps need to give it and some of the later albums a listen. But I love most everything up to Moving Pictures. This was an entertaining listen, you obv put a lot of thought into these lists!
I really do!!! And RUSH is a difficult band to rank!!!
I like your ranking, but for me I'd put Hemispheres in No 1 spot, then Permanent Waves, Farewell to Kings, Caress of Steel, 2112, Fly By Night, then Counterparts and Moving Pictures - - - - I haven't heard Clockwork Angels, so I am going to get this, following your recommendation 😊
I have zero problem with Hemispheres at number one!!! ❤️❤️❤️
I admire your your energy sir. You just got a new subscribers.
You just made my day!!!! 👍❤️👍❤️🙏
Can't argue about most of this list. A Farewell to Kings is my top pick, too. I'd have Grace Under Pressure up quite a bit further, in the same neighborhood as Signals and Power Windows. I didn't like them at first, but about ten years ago, I listened to them again and they became my go-to Rush albums for a while.
That’s encouraging!!!
Can't argue with your ranking. Rush are so varied in their history, some love the Terry Brown years, other love the synth years, I love them all. I would rank Grace a little higher, and the remaster of Vapor Trails is MUCH better than the original, listen to it changed my opinion of it. Excellent show as always!!!!
You know, I have not heard the remaster…
Yes! 2013 Remaster of Vapor Trails is the only way to go! When the original cane out, I thought my headphones’ cable was broken
Awesome Scott. Largely agree
No wrong answers with a band that good!!!
Grace Under Pressure and Roll The Bones are in my top ten. A Farewell To Kings is also my number one Rush album. See my show with all Rush albums on Harold's Prog Rock Show.
I don’t think I watched that one!!!
Totally agreed with A Farewell to Kings. I listened all classic songs in the 80's but focused in heavy and thrash metal at the time, Cynus X-1 was the song from Rush that made click , the one that blew my mind and gained me as a fan. My top five would be : Farewell , Moving Pictures , Permanent Waves, Hemispheres and Signals. From the 90's onwards : Counterparts, Clockwork Angels and Snakes & Arrows. Test for Echo and Hold your fire don' t do too much for me. But that's just me . Great video and ranking !
Man, Counterparts was the one album that surprised me the most. Going back and listening to them all again, I was so shocked at how much I actually liked that one. I love all RUSH but from 2112 to Signals is my favorite era!!!
@@TheProgCorner I love Counterparts too. If there is an uplifting album, that's the one. Counterparts is like their " alternative " album . And that's another musical aspect that shows how great Rush is.
Rush! What a band!!! 2112, A Farewell To Kings, Moving Pictures, Fly By Night, Hemispheres. Then the live - Exit Stage Left, All The World's A Stage. Love Rush so much! I don't actually know anything very much post the mid 80s, so I have some listening to do!
Counterparts was the one later LP that really surprised me with how good it is!!!
Love to see some love for Farewell to Kings, my 2nd fav album after Moving Pictures. Btw, Counterparts is in my top 5...so underrated.
1. Moving Pictures
2. Farewell to Kings
3. Fly by Night
4. Counterparts
5. Permanent waves
When I went back and relistened to the Rush catalog, Counterparts sounded way better than I had remembered!!!
It really depends on when you were first exposed to them. For me it was Moving Pictures at age 14. That along with Signals were my favourites. But over time I got to love all the early albums. Favourite song is Subdivisions because the lyrics described me and my friends perfectly.
Great video! My ranking:
19 Test for Echo
18 Vapor Trails
17 Rush
16 Roll the Bones
15 Fly by Night
14 Clockwork Angels
13 Presto
12 Hold your Fire
11 Snakes and Arrows
10 Counterparts
9 Power Windows
8 Caress of Steel
7 Grace Under Pressure
6 Signals
5 2112
4 Permanent Waves
3 Hemispheres
2 Farewell to Kings
1 Moving Pictures
My top 4 could be in any order. Your comments on Clockwork Angels definitely make me want to revisit it because I didn't rank it very high.
There’s GUP again very high in your ranking. I must be missing something!!!
A Farewell to Kings is my #1 as well. I discovered RUSH through the AFtK promo vids that were shown on Don Kirschner's Rock Concert and was absolutely blown away. Ran right out to get the album. I had just turned 13. So I have a sentimental attachment to A Farewell to Kings.
My first Rush experience was 2112 (I am a year older than you) when a friend lent it (and the first live album) to me. So I was PSYCHED for A Farewell To Kings. And it did not disappoint!!! 👍❤️👍❤️👍
I got Farewell To Kings as #2 only because Madrigal pulled it a notch down for me. Permanent Waves is just pure perfection. Their weakest song in that is Entre Nous only because of a lack of guitar solo. Everything else is bliss. Most underrated is Different Strings ( a song Geddy wrote) Such a beautiful tune. Alex with the harmonics and sus chords.
Nice video Scotster! My top five in no order:
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
Moving Pictures
Signals
Grace Under Pressure
Next three:
2112
Caress of Steel
Farewell to Kings
There ya go! Grace Under Pressure is a masterpiece!
I need to relisten?
@@TheProgCorner If you're 'In the Mood'...I'd say yes :)
Distant Early Warning - killer track, classic
Afterimage - Utterly amazing, has a deep reggae feel with the keyboard riff, sad lyrics about friend who died in car accident
Red Sector A - Killer tune
The Enemy Within - Amazing! Police influence here is strong. The Ska outro is the best
The Body Electric - OK, the most underappreciated Rush tune ever! Check out Geddy's playing under Alex's solo. This tune is like aural equivalent of being on Tattoine during the Jedi years :)
Kid Gloves - Amazing Amazing tune!
Red Lenses - Another great one, drums are fantastic
Between the Wheels - The best song on the album imo.
I would seriously spin it a few more times Scot. It may surprise you. Then again I am a huge huge fan of late 70s early 80s Rush.
I promise to give it another listen tonight!!!
Seeing Grace Under Pressure dead last hurt my soul, most if not all of the Synth Era albums land on my Top 10
Still great list mate!
My personal top 5:
1: Hemispheres
2: 2112 (these two are honestly tied as my favorite Rush album)
3: Signals
4: A Farewell To Kings
5: Grace Under Pressure / Moving Pictures (really can't decide)
(I’m listening to The Enemy Within right now…)
Good list Scott. I would move Roll The Bones a bit higher and switch Hemispheres and A Farewell To Kings.
I have no problem with that!!! 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Just curious. What's your thoughts on their Feedback album? I know it's nothing, but covers. But, I think they did an amazing job on it.
It’s a curio. I like it but it’s nonessential!!!!
Good list Scott. Grace Under Pressure seems to be a divisive one.
My list:
1a) Moving Pictures
1b)A Farewell to Kings
1c) Permanent Waves
1d) Hemispheres
1e) Power Windows
1f) Caress of Steel
1g) 2112
1h) Signals
1i) Fly by Night
1j) Grace Under Pressure
1k) Vapor Trails
1l) Counterparts
1m) Clockwork Angels
1n) Hold Your Fire
1o) Snakes and Arrows
1p) Presto
1q) Test for Echo
1r) Roll the Bones
1s) Rush (Still love it)
I went back and listened to GUP again and it is better than I remembered it to be...
In spite of how commercially popular it was, Moving Pictures really is a great album. Top to bottom it's their most focused. The perfect combination of good songwriting, outstanding musicianship and exceptional production..
Some days it’s my favorite too…
Personally I think you've nailed it.The top 8 or 9 are pretty much interchangable.I think Counterparts is their most underrated album.One of my favorite songs live is Far Cry they just nailed it every time I heard them do it in concert just a great song.
Thank you!!! What a terrific band they were!!!
Yup. Time to pull out some Rush.
Absolutely!!! Party like it’s 2112!!!
Scott, appreciate your opinion. Hard for me to admit that I could not get past Geddys voice the first time I heard him. My opinion took an about face the first time I heard All The Worlds A Stage. Listened to it for weeks non-stop. Gradually began to build my collection from there. I do enjoy both Presto and Grace. Don't think I could pick a favorite. Thanks.
Such a great discography!!!
There can be only one! Agree on your choice. My choice for underrated is Hold Your Fire - fantastic lyrics as usual(minus Tai Chan).
Pro Tip:I’ve found that pumping up the bass on my equalizer makes all those 80’s era Rush albums sound so much better!
My appreciation for those eighties albums has definitely grown. And that’s a great tip!!!
Equalizer, now that's a word I rarely hear anymore, not like in the 80's when i was into stereos/sound systems
@@youtoo2233 well i am a child of the 80’s 😂 raised on lots of hair metal .
YESSS FINALLYYY let’s see how this is
I know you’ve been waiting for this one!!!
I think Fly By Night could be a little higher... but really I just love that title track.
Also, those top four- perfect placement!
Love Rush! One of my favourite bands. Could be my numer 1, it is not. But could be for sure. Love Rush! Scot, I strongly and gently disagree with Grace under pressure, it's a very good album! It's interesting and sad that you don't like it. You amaze me even in your dislikes, lol!
Ok, the rest of your ranking is more to my liking, so I can't argue with that, man! I love near all of their albums. Here's my ranking:
1 . Moving pictures
2. Permanent waves
3. 2112
4. Clockwork angels
5. Farewell to kings
6. Hemispheres
7. Counterparts
8. Signals
9. Power windows
10. Vapor trails
11. Grace under pressure
12. Presto
13. Fly by night
14. Snakes and arrows
15. Caress of steel
16. Hold your fire
17. Rush
18. Test for echo
19. Roll the bones
Thanks for the video.Did I say I love Rush?
I promise to listen to GUP tonight. You are not alone in your support for it. I am obviously misguided but will attempt to correct. I’ll let you know if it does anything for me this time!!! 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
@@TheProgCorner nothing to correct my friend, you know what you like and why. And we all change with time, so who knows? Perhaps tomorrow I won't like it either, 😂
Funfact- Jeff Jones later played in Red Rider known for “ Lunatic Fringe”.😀❤️🎼
Red Rider. I remember them!!!
Always interesting to hear your opinions ! I was shocked to see GUP at the bottom of the list, it is one of my favorites. Rush may be the band I have the hardest time choosing a number 1 album, I have like 6 albums fighting for this spot with no clear winner. Here's my list :
19- Test for Echo (Driven is great, the rest, very bland I think, not the best lyrics also)
18- Vapor Trails (the poor production holds this one back for me. I love Earthshine and a couple others)
17- Rush (some good hard rock but hard to compare with what was to come after)
16- Caress of Steel (I love Fountain but the rest of the album does nothing for me)
15- Fly by Night (a good start to their prog sound, but not quite polished yet)
14- Presto (not a fan of the production but there are some gems here : Available Light, The Pass, Chain Lightning, etc.)
13- Hold your Fire (the lyrics make this album for me, Time Stand Still and Mission bring a tear to my eye everytime (also, I think Tai Shan is quite beautiful, oops))
12- Snakes and Arrows (kinda monotone throughout but it makes it a very natural listen from top to bottom)
11- Roll the Bones (very underrated imo, Bravado, Ghost of a Chance and Dreamline are in my favorites from them)
10- Counterparts (a great rocking return to their rock roots)
9- 2112 (side 2 doesn't live up to side 1, and side 1 I always felt was a bit choppy, lacked some natural transitions between sections, not to say that what is there isn't amazing)
8- Power Windows (some great melodies with amazing lyrics)
7- Grace Under Pressure (same as Power Windows)
6- Clockwork Angels (a rockin', cohesive concept piece, bookended by one of their best rockers they've ever done and the best ballad they've ever written)
5- Signals (a great blend of their prog sound and the new wave-synth sound that was to come)
4- A Farewell to Kings (proggy goodness, very experimental)
3- Moving Pictures (the perfect album)
2- Permanent Waves (also the perfect album)
1- Hemispheres (a prog fan's dream, Cygnus X-1 Book 2 is probably their best song and the ending makes me tear up everytime)
My Top Five are more or less interchangeable. I’ve been told a few times since the video posted that I need to spend some time with GUP. I am obviously in the minority so tonight is the night I listen to it again with fresh ears. (I did re-listen to everything after Hold Your Fire in preparation for this ranking - thinking I knew the first 12 like the back of my hand. Maybe not!!!! We shall see.)
@@TheProgCorner You're the hardest working reviewer I've ever seen ! Keep it up 🤘
Very bold of you to put Moving Pictures at #4, but there is indeed a good argument for all of those that you put ahead of it.
Moving Pictures is still 10/10 but…
Those are some great choices Scott except my top 5 would be:
1.2112
2.Hemispheres
3.A Farewell To Kings
4.Fly By Night
5.Caress of Steel
It never got any better than these five albums for me. Although I really do like a lot of their later albums. Fly By Night was my first Rush album and why I rate it higher than some. But I really do love it. Also glad to see some love for Caress of Steel.
Permanent Waves??
@@playlistmaker90125 Yeah baby yeah !
My favourite Rush albums are all from the Terry Brown years - and while he didnt produce it he helped them out by remixing the debut after which he got the job to produce, so I count that in. On any given day any of my no 2 picks can be my second favourite - I guess I could say it depends on which one I'm listening to at the time - if I had to plump for just 1 though it would be Hemispheres
1. A Farewell to Kings and then in no partcular order
2. equal and in no particular order (or maybe subconsciously they are) - Hemispheres, 2112, Caress of Steel, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Fly by Night.
3. Rush
4. again in no partcular order - Signals, Clockwork Angels, Snakes and Arrows, Counterparts
5. Power Windows
6. Presto and Roll the Bones
7. Vapor Trails and Test for Echo
8. Grace Under Pressure and Hold Your Fire
I think we’re hearing things similarly…
Love the video! Rush is my personal favorite band.
my list would be
19. Test for echo
18, vapor trails
17. Presto
16. snakes and arrows
15. Debut
14. Caress of steel
13. Counterparts
12. Roll the Bones
11. clockwork angels.
10. Signals
9. Hold your fire
8. Fly By Night
7. Permanent Waves
6. A Farewell to kings
5. moving pictures
4. 2112
3. power windows
2. hemispheres
1. grace under pressure
i really love the 80's stuff and grace under pressure is my favorite but i was slightly disappointed when it was put lower
This is becoming a recurring theme: Grace Under Pressure!!! I need to revisit it tonight!!!
@@TheProgCorner you've got to man! Although it's definitely very polarizing. I didn't like it untill 5 or listens but now I've listened to it god knows hoe many times
I always listened to A Farewell to Kings back to back with Hemispheres as if it were a double album. Due to the continuation of Cygnus of course. I also have these albums in my top 2. Some of the greatest songs, epics, and essentials are on these albums.
I’m sure a lot of diehards feel Caress of Steel is overlooked badly. I feel it’s the beginning of greatness for Rush and probably makes the top 5-6 easily for me. Absolute Rush essential.
I like Grace Under Pressure as much as Power Windows. They both might fit barely into my top 10.
Not an easy task ranking albums from your favorite bands. It makes you realize how great these artists really are.
What greatness. Rush will always be one of my favorite bands!!!
Great list pal! Rush is so awesome. Here is my top 8:
1. 2112
2. A Farewell To Kings
3. Counterparts
4. Clockwork Angels
5. Hemispheres
6. Moving Pictures
7. Signals
8. Fly By Night
The top 5 are only separated by fractions of a point and actually the top 2 are tied *_even after using decimals!_* That’s how close they are!
Counterparts!!!! I love it.
Yeah I cut my Rush teeth on their Kings album probably around 1980 and most days it's still my favorite of their albums. In my opinion Caress of Steel is really good but it didn't have a Radio hit so a lot of people considered it a failure. I agree with most of what you said, well done!
Caress Of Steel is so good. Neil really found his place in the band on that one!!!
@@TheProgCornerDefinitely!! I LOVE their Steel album! Sadly many people think if songs aren't on the radio then the album must suck. I'm a deep cuts guy
It’s so good!!!
I'm new to Rush as of 2023. I see a lot of their albums are re-mastered. What versions do you folks recommend, original or re-mastered? I see iTunes Store says they are re-mastered for Apple tunes, too. Opinions and advice are welcomed. Thanks.
The only album that you absolutely must have the remastered version is Vapor Trails!!! The original is crappy…
Much appreciated. @@TheProgCorner
Love Rush, No.1 will always be Permanent waves, the first one I heard on cassette tape back in the day.
2. Moving Pictures, 3. A Farewell To Kings, 4. Hemispheres, 5.2112, 6.Signals, 7. Grace Under Pressure, 8. Caress of Steel, 9. Fly By Night, 10. Counterparts, 11.Rush, 12.Snakes & Arrows, 13. Clockwork Angels, 14.Power Windows, 15.Presto, 16.Test for Echo, 17.Vapor Trails, 18.Hold Your Fire, 19.Roll the Bones.
Nice!!! Rush rules!!!
Great show, here is my list, cheers:
1. Hemispheres
2. A Farewell to Kings
3. 2112
4. Permanent Waves
5. Moving Pictures
6. Caress of Steel
7. Signals
8. Clockwork Angels
9. Snakes & Arrows
10. Vapor Trails
11. Fly by Nigh
12. Power Windows
13. Hold Your Fire
14. Presto
15. Counterparts
16. Grace Under Pressure
17. Rush
18. Test for Echo
19. Roll the Bones
Are we twins? Except for Counterparts being a little lower in your list we obviously are hearing RUSH the same way!!! What a band!!! 🇨🇦🔥
I posted my list before I even watched the episode just to see what will happen 😂. Rush is a fantastic band and definitely prog. Cheers.
I didn't like Grace Under Pressure for the longest time either, but like a good wine, it got better with age. You have to listen to it more. Between the Wheels is a great track.
That’s what everyone is saying!!!
Love "Between the Wheels"!
I understand why P/G is hard for people to get into though.
It's kind of compressed and cold.
But I love it.
Pretty much agree with you here. I dont even own Grace under Pressure or Power Window, hahaha
Lot of good tunes on Debut Album
Excellent tuneage!!!
Rush is my favorite prog rock band and 2nd favorite band overall on my list, each member of the band a master on their instrument and they don’t have a bad album
1. Hemispheres 1978,
2. Moving Pictures 1981,
3. Permanent Waves 1980,
4. Signals 1982,
5. 2112 1976,
6. A Farewell To Kings 1977,
7. Test For Echo 1996,
8. Grace Under Pressure 1984,
9. Snakes And Arrows 2007,
10. Vapor Trails 2002,
11. Clockwork Angels 2012,
12. Power Windows 1985,
13. Caress Of Steel 1975,
14. Hold Your Fire 1987,
15. Counterparts 1993,
16. Fly By Night 1975,
17. Roll The Bones 1991,
18. Rush 1974,
19. Presto 1989, my personal ranking
Every Rush album has something extraordinary on it - even Presto!!!!
1. Permanent Waves
2. Power Windows
3. Presto
4. Moving Pictures
5. Signals
6. Hold Your Fire
7. Grace Under Pressure
8. Roll the Bones
9. Hemispheres
10. Counterparts
11. A Farewell to Kings
12. Test for Echo
13. Fly By Night
14. Snakes and Arrows
15. 2112
16. Vapor Trails
17. Clockwork Angels
18. Rush
19. Caress of Steel
20. Feedback
Very interesting…
I saw them 16 times live from 1991 to 2015.
My first Rush show was the Permanent Waves tour. They tested out two new songs from an upcoming album: Limelight and Tom Sawyer. I was 18. My mind was blown. Officially.
I think Grace Under Pressure is far from Rush's worst album, maybe halfway up the rankings. Although it has one track I really don't like ('The Body Electric'). Good show though Scott 👍
My top 3.......
1. Permanent Waves
2. A Farewell To Kings
3. Hemispheres
Excellent Too Three!!!
It’s very hard to rank a band like Rush on their studio albums because they are all so great. Their best songs are sprinkled all around with every album containing at least 5 of their best tracks. Overall Rush probably has about 50 or more really great songs that are evenly distributed across all their albums so yeah good luck ranking them.
Yeah, this ranking was hard!!!
I agree with you about Grace under pressure, As for Presto, I think it's a great album, I'd put it lower on the list. Greetings.
👍👍👍
I bought Farewell to King's when it was released. I bought it because of the cover and seeing them on tv at that time. Great record. 👍
My favorite!!!
@@TheProgCorner love the title track....that acoustic....and then bam!
Just awesome!!!
@@TheProgCorner Incredible album! My neighbors hate it!🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊😎
1. 2112 (1976)
2. Moving Pictures (1981)
3. Hemispheres (1978)
4. Permanent Waves (1980)
5. Grace Under Pressure (1984)
6. Fly By Night (1975)
7. A Farewell to Kings (1977)
8. Signals (1982)
9. Power Windows (1985)
10. Clockwork Angels (2012)
11. Rush (1974)
12. Caress of Steel (1975)
13. Counterparts (1993)
14. Test for Echo (1996)
15. Roll The Bones (1991)
16. Snakes and Arrows (2007)
17. Hold Your Fire (1987)
18. Presto (1989)
19. Vapor Trails (2002)
Nice to see Clockwork Angels up there!!!
Grace under pressure is their BEST record.
8 perfect songs with an extraordinary and fresh sound.
I’m learning to love it…
I agree - GUP is a fantastic groundbreaking album! It's a tough listen in some ways, very sombre but superb. What about Alex's solo in "Between the Wheels"?!?!?! Mind-blowing!!
@@TheProgCorner Grace is a masterpiece to my ears. Would love to see them release a Steven Wilson remaster of Grace.
Rush !! My Canadian Boys !🎸🎤
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Your top 5 are not unusual, but some of your other rankings definitely are not as common as many fans I know.
I've been a Rush fan for over 30 years (I got into them in High School and they almost instantly became my favorite band, which lasted about 4 years until Marillion showed up in my playlist).
Grace Under Pressure at the very bottom, and Test for Echo as high as you place it are probably the 2 biggest surprises. I know some don't care for the Synth period that much, but even among those fans, I usually notice Grace Under Pressure to be an album they still enjoy.
But everyone has different tastes.
Here's my somewhat accurate rankings (kind of spoiling a future video I may make, but so be it. I have no idea when that may be anyway).
1. Hemispheres
2. A Farewell to Kings
3. Permanent Waves
4. 2112
5. Signals
6. Grace Under Pressure
7. Moving Pictures
8. Presto
9. Power Windows
10. Caress of Steel
11. Hold Your Fire
12. Fly By Night
13. Counterparts
14. Roll the Bones
15. Rush
16. Clockwork Angels
17. Vapor Trails
18. Test for Echo
19. Snakes and Arrows
Great list!!! I came to RUSH in 1976 and have been a fan ever since!!!
Apparently I love the 80s Rush a lot more. Hold Your Fire is a Top 5 Rush album for me. They lost me a bit in the 90s but I do really love Geddy’s solo album from that period with Ben Mink!
I’m in the minority
And yeah, that Geddy album is a lot of fun!!!
19. Caress Of Steel
18. Counterparts
17. Clockwork Angels
16. Power Windows
15. Grace Under Pressure
14. Presto
13. Vapor Trails
12. Moving Pictures
11. Rush
10. Fly By Night
9. Signals
8. Roll The Bones
7. Hold Your Fire
6. Test For Echo
5. Snakes & Arrows
4. Hemispheres
3. A Farewell To Kings
2. 2112
1. Permanent Waves
I think I’m going bald!!!
@@TheProgCorner that’s definitely the best song on the album…
Did I miss it, or is the self titled album not included?
I think you missed it...
1 ) Permanent Waves
2 ) Hemispheres
3 ) Power Windows
4 ) A Farewell To Kings
5 ) Grace Under Pressure
6 ) Fly By Night
7 ) Hold Your Fire
8 ) Counterparts
9 ) Signals
10 ) 2112
11 ) Roll The Bones
12 ) Moving Pictures
13 ) Caress Of Steel
14 ) Test For Echo
15 ) Presto
16 ) Vapor Trails
17 ) Rush
18 ) Snakes & Arrows
19 ) Clockwork Angels
Now the ones towards the bottom are fine, I don't hate any of these. This is my favorite band.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Moving Pictures ranked so low before…
Nice!
I love RUSH!!!
Really liked your review, thank you for it (Permanent Waves is my fav😊).
Jacob’s Ladder!!!
@@TheProgCorner 👍!
Great list Scot!
My changes would be:
1. swap Counterparts and Clockwork Angels
2. swap Hemispheres and Farewell to the Kings
3. Ensure everybody forgets the original Vapor Trails (for the Gods of Prog! My ears are still bleeding!!) and only know about the 2013 remix
And if anyone says that Rush isn’t prog, they need to see Xanadu live from Exit Stage Left and see the light.
Peace & Prog, you freaks!
I only know the original but I’ve been told the remaster is far superior!!!
I really like their synth era
I have begun to appreciate those records more and more over the years!!!
@@TheProgCorner awesome 👍🏼
A Farewell To Kings & 2112 are two of my favorite albums .
Yes!!!! You understand.
@@TheProgCorner
A Passage To Bangkok is a great song .
If only the world knew Peace rather than the governments control & war . 🎸
Right on!!!
Kudos for your high Caress of Steel ranking.
What does Rolling Stone know anyway?
Exactly!!! 👍👍❤️❤️🤘🤘
Permanent Waves #5?
Farewell really is a perfect album!
That’s how good Rush was!!!!!
Here’s mine for those who care. And as a preface, if you place the albums of Rush on a bell curve it won’t be a perfect distribution… it’s skewed terribly to the right. Starting last
19. Snakes and arrows. Good songs individually, but I can’t listen to in from start to finish. Fay cry one of Rush’s best.
18. Roll the bones. Good album. Great value at $10 on iTunes. Ghost of a chance one of their best.
17. Test for echo. Bar the dog song and the internet song this is a really good album.
16. Presto. I really like presto, and there are some excellent songs. War paint and the title track are tremendous songs.
15. Rush. Great album. Better than any Led Zeppelin album, but that’s just me.
14. Fly by night. Love this record. By tor and in the end are my favs. And of course anthem.
13. Caress of steel. Love this one. Necromancer and fountain of lammeth are classics.
12. Hold your fire. Some great songs here. Turn the page is one of the best. Time stand still too.
11. Power windows. Not a bad song here.
10. Now it’s a challenge…
Vapour trails. A great album. The title attack is excellent.
9. Counterpoints. An amazing bunch of songs. Alien shore should be a song for humanity.
8. Moving pictures. My first rush album. Some classics, but I don’t like vital signs that much.
7. 2112. Not much to say, as it speaks for itself. Lessons is a great tune.
6. Permanent waves. All classics, but natural science is one of rush’s best songs.
5. Signals. All excellent songs. The weapon and countdown my favorites.
4. A farewell to kings. One word; Xanadu.
3 grace under pressure. Sublime. Red sector A has my favorite Alex lifeson solo. A thought provoking album.
2. Clockwork angels. Colossal album. Can’t listen to the garden because it brings out emotions that I don’t need to feel over and over.
1. Hemispheres. Epic.
This list could change tomorrow…
Excellent list!!! Thank you!!!!
Vapor Trails is a beast of an album
I agree!!! It took a while to sink in…
Counterparts is really that bitch, such an underrated gem, but my #1 is also A Farewell to Kings. To go through 19 of their albums and pick one is so hard, but Kings is so fucking good. Every track hits.
I cannot argue with the truth!!! 👍👍👍
Farewell is my favorite too
So good!!!!! Xanadu!!!!
Grace under Pressure.....Mate .....for me Distance Early, After Image, Red sector are in my top ten list . Between the weels, the enemy with in are great songs. But it is your taste maybe listen to it live on SHOW OF HANDS . Give it a try ..
You know I have never listened to that live album. Good call!!!! 👍👍👍
Great video again !!!
Hemispheres , A Farewell To Kings , Moving pictures always Top 3 .I tossed Grace Under Pressure in the garbage half way through it . years later i bought a new copy and played it to death !
I hear you!!! I’m starting to appreciate GUP more and more.
I love both roll the bones and presto
There's o such thing as a bad RUSH record!!!
1) Signals 2) Moving Pictures 3) Permanent Waves 4) Clockwork Angels 5) Fly By Night 6) - 18) moves around 19) Caress of Steel - LOVE Bastille Day and The Necromancer, but LOATHE The Fountain of Lamneth
Wow!!! I kinda like Caress Of Steel….
I guess the pure 5 star sound candy of "Working Man" doesn't compare to songs from some crappy album called "snakes & arrows" from the SLUDGE era (all after 1984), NONE of which I can even remember LOL
My favorite Rush studio albums from worst to best:
19. Rush
18. Fly By Night
17. 2112
16. Caress of Steel
15. Grace Under Pressure
14. Vapor Trails
13. A Farewell To Kings
12. Counterparts
11. Hold Your Fire
10. Test For Echo
09. Hemispheres
08. Snakes & Arrows
07. Signals
06. Permanent Waves
05. Moving Pictures
04. Clockwork Angels
03. Power Windows
02. Presto
01. Roll The Bones
Very interesting!!!
I can say I'm shocked where you placed Grace Under Pressure and to a lesser extent Roll The Bones. But that's alright. Nobody accused me of knowing what I'm talking about.
Here's my list:
19). Hold Your Fire
18). Power Windows I might be swapping this with Presto.
17). Presto
(Too overpowered by keys 17-19)
16). Snakes & Arrows *spinD
15). Test 4 Echo
14). Vapor Trails
13). Counterparts
12). Roll The Bones
11). Caress of Steel
10). Rush
9). Clockwork Angels
8). Grace Under Pressure
7). Fly By Night
6). Signals
5). 2112
4). A Farewell to Kings
3). Hemispheres
2). Permanent Waves
1). Moving Pictures
I have given GUP quite a few listens since doing this episode and it has definitely gone up a few levels in my estimation!!!
Joint number one albums for me as I'm unable to separate them ...
......Hemispheres and Hold Your Fire
Wow!!! That’s unexpected and very cool.
@@TheProgCorner And not just myself , but also my wife and our two sons :)
Even better!!! The two sides of Rush:
When I first started listening to prog it was because of April Wine covering "21st Century Schizoid Man"- 3 guitarists filling in for Fripp- had to hear it. Crimso, then Yes, Early Genesis etc... Slowly dawned on me that my fave Canadian band at the time - Rush- deserved the same designation. I rank Grace under Pressure higher than you do, and Moving Pictures is my fave, though for years (during 90's) Exit Stage Left was my fave release- the live vibe. I rank the first Rush album lower. started losing interest when with Power windows so the next few albums did not rank so high. Fly by Night through Moving Pictures was the apex, with fondness for next two. Counterparts was a nice return to crunch.
I have definitely come around on GUP since recording this…
@@TheProgCorner i kinda think in terms that a bad RUSH album is still preferable to a lot of other “pop-metal” bands best work…
I love your passion. We most disagree on the ranking of the more keyboard era stuff. I was blown away by your 19, and several choices after that.
But that's cool, I love seeing differing rankings.
Generally speaking I prefer Alex being more, or at least even, with the synths. Not as much when he's overshadowed by the keys.
19. Hold Your Fire. Force Ten is it for me.
18. Power Windows
17. Presto
19-17 only like a couple tracks each
16. Test 4 Echo: is growing on me, used to be lower
-a discernible uptick in quality at 15(for me)
15. Snakes & Arrows
14. Vapor Trails
13. Roll the Bones
12. Counterparts
-(15-12 are VERY close, might feel different on a different day)
11. Rush
10. Caress of Steel
9. Fly By Night
--8 to 1 are A- to A+
8: Clockwork Angels
7: Grace Under Pressure
6. Signals
5. Permanent Waves
4. 2112
3. A Farewell to Kings
2. Hemispheres
1. Moving Pictures. I can't diminish it cuz the hits are overplayed, especially when the rest of the tracks are as good as they are.
GUP has definitely grown on me since I posted this - and I got some heat for my stance. Today, after listening to it another dozen or so times, it deserved better from me…Mea Culpa. 👍❤️
Funny thing... Grace Under Pressure is my favorite... And I like RTB a lot, too.
Been listening to GUP quite a bit lately and it’s better than I remembered…
Do I dare argue with Scot? Yes but not today.
Let’s hear it!!!!
@@TheProgCorner I meant there's no need to today.
Oh, glad to hear it. Getting some push back on my last place pick…