GMD Poll: Rush's Discography Ranked
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HamburgerBoy
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Post-Moving Pictures Rush doesn't do much for me in general these days. That album comes off as a little homogeneous to me, and The Body Electric and Red Lenses get too cheesy/lightweight for me. It's still a 5/10-ish album for me though.
Does anyone else plan to vote in this thread? I don't feel an urgency to close it, since it's a "bonus poll" but if no one else is planning to vote, I'll wrap it up.
CiG
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I've said several times I'm in the process of going through their discography, so yes I obviously plan to vote.
CiG
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About a month has gone by since I started (and this thread was created) and it's definitely an undertaking, especially because so much of the stuff post 1984 is mediocre as fuck, with a few gem tracks here and there.
Bloopy
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Whenever I participate in ranking a band's albums I listen to them in reverse chronological order. That way things almost always get better as I go through. 
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Basically everything past Signals is meh. Caress of Steel and 2112 are top notch albums and I quite like the first two but not as much. Anyways, I hate faggots who don’t like Rush.
CiG
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Grace Under Pressure is better than Signals, but I generally agree. Just listened to Counterparts though and that was quite good, also better than Signals, but the album is also very uneven.
The Ozzman
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CiG
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I think you overrate a good portion of 80's Rush, some of it is such generic pop rock. Rush went balls deep into that genre.
The Ozzman
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CiG
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I noticed you gave it a perfect rating. I just don't agree, I don't hear what you hear I guess. I'm all about Permanent Waves.
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CiG
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CiG
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Permanent Waves (1980)
Moving Pictures (1981)
Hemispheres (1978)
A Farewell to Kings (1977)
Caress of Steel (1975)
Clockwork Angels (2012)
Vapor Trails (2002)
Grace Under Pressure (1984)
2112 (1976)
Fly by Night (1975)
Rush (1974)
Counterparts (1993)
Snakes and Arrows (2007)
Test for Echo (1996)
Signals (1982)
Power Windows (1985)
Presto (1989)
Hold Your Fire (1987)
Roll the Bones (1991)
Even though a good chunk of their discography had devolved into fairly generic pop rock that if recorded by any other band would be dismissed or overlooked, the only album I truly didn't really enjoy was Roll the Bones. Other than that even the aforementioned pop rock material was enjoyable.
As a result of this game, going through all their albums, my favourite Rush record has changed from what it used to be, Caress of Steel and A Farewell to Kings, to Permanent Waves. What a fucking fantastic album!
Also I have to say that I wasn't expecting much from their post-90's albums but Clockwork Angels and Vapor Trails really impressed me. Definitely two Rush albums I will be sure to return to after this whole thing is over.
Big shout-out to @The Ozzman for basically making this discog game happen and to @crimsonfloyd for doing these discog games in general.
If anyone else plans to vote, please let me know ASAP. Otherwise, I’m posting redults this weekend.
18 (T): Roll the Bones (1991)
Average points per vote: 4.75/19
18 (T): Test for Echo (1996)
Average points per vote: 4.75/19
Average points per vote: 4.75/19
18 (T): Test for Echo (1996)
Average points per vote: 4.75/19
I havent heard it yet but the past few Rush albums are a disgrace
I'll give it a listen though I'm not expecting anything special .
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