1. Power Windows 2. Moving Pictures 3. 2112 4. Signals 5. Hemispheres 6. Roll the Bones 7. Grace Under Pressure 8. Test for Echo 9. Snakes & Arrows 10. Permanant Waves
Hold Your Fire gets a rough ride but I have to say it’s definitely one of the top 5 albums of Rush that I play most often. Geddys bass on it is so good.
HM Caress Of Steel HM Clockwork Angels 10 Rush 9 Grace Under Pressure 8 Permanent Waves 7 Fly By Night 6 Signals 5 Moving Pictures 4 Hemispheres 3 2112 2 A Farewell To Kings 1 All The World's A Stage (yeah, it's a live album but it's my absolute favorite Rush album and I can't replace it with any studio album)
1) Moving Pictures 2) Permanent Waves 3) 2112 4) Rush 5) Signals 6) A Farewell to Kings 7) Hemispheres 8) Fly By Night 9) Power Windows 10) Caress of Steel
Mike I got to meet Terry Brown at Metalworks in 1995 for a production seminar and he had just recently reorded Fates Warning Parallels there and it was a dream come true. Bob Ezrin and Paul Northfield were ther as speakers as well. Very cool.
My top ten in any order: Presto, Hemispheres, Snakes and arrows, vapor trails, rush, a farewell to kings, fly by night,moving pictures, signals , permeant waves.
1. Permanent Waves 2. Hemispheres 3. Grace Under Pressure 4. Moving Pictures 5. A Farewell to Kings 6. Power Windows 7. Signals 8. Caress of Steel 9. Fly by Night 10. RUSH
Hey Hack...fantastic show....love the Rush love my all time favourite band!! Found you through Pete and Sea of Tranquility and especially love the crossover shows you guys do...I reckon Pete needs to have Mike on his show!! Love that Mike mixed his list up also covered every era...a must see show for a Rush fan!! Here's my top 10 1. Rush 2. Caress Of Steel 3. A Farewell To Kings 4. Fly By Night 5. 2112 6. Hemespheres 7. Permanent Waves 8. Moving Pictures 9. Clockwork Angels 10. Signals Honorable mention to my Number 11 Counterparts (I Couldn't leave it off!) Thanks so much guys :) Nick
10. Clockwork Angels 9. Hold Your Fire 8. Fly by Night 7. Grace Under Pressure 6. Signals 5. 2112 4. A Farewell to Kings 3. Permanent Waves 2. Hemispheres 1. Moving Pictures
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)
Not a fan of Presto, but there are 3 great songs on there imo: Show Don't Tell, The Pass, and Available Light (an incredible album closer showcasing Geddy's vocals and Neil's drumming).
Love these episodes where you guys rank albums, not only do I learn about all these great records I need to listen to but also it’s cool how you can have different opinions yet not fight about it. Keep it up!
Hold Your Fire is excellent with only one bad track ( and we all know which one!). Turn the Page is one of the best tracks they ever wrote imo. HYF was a return to form after the disappointing Power Windows! My top 10: (Counterparts could be higher, because it really is phenomenal.) 1-Permanent Waves 2-Signals 3-Moving Pictures 4-Grace Under Pressure 5-Hemispheres 6-AFTK 7-2112 8-Counterparts 9-Hold Your Fire 10-Clockwork Angels
Im an older guy (47) but got into rush early... 2019... yes, been into hc punk and extreme music for decades. So it took some time, but now i love rush. And having the advantage of beeing late keeps me from prefering a special phase because getting into them to that time. I love every rush album... just as pete always says some just a bit more, same with death or Testament... I give it a try: 01. Hemispheres 02. Permanent waves 03. Farewell to kings 04. Clockwork Angels 05. Grace under pressure 06. Moving pictures 07. Counterparts 08. Fly by night 09. Test for echo 10. Caress of steel And this may vary.... love vapor trails or 2112 snakes and Arrows... its nearly unrankable. Favorite rush? Always the one i listen to Great Show... very entertaining 👍
Paul and Gene got some things and discovered a lot of good bands but they did not get prog at all and still don't until this day. From what I know, Paul and Gene only liked the first straight ahead rock self titled album, "Rush"...Geddy and Alex were always thankful that Kiss had them open for them in the early days but the Rush guys were not too impressed with Kiss as musicians and were more appreciative of them as business men.
Fun show Hack and friends! I really enjoyed the stories attached to each person's reasoning for their top 10... I remember first hearing 2112... all the music back then had something new, interesting and exciting! Miss that in today's music! 😎🎸🎹🤘🐦
Been watching Sea Of Tranquility for a better part of a year so led me hear... glad it did. Huge Rush fan and my #1 "might be" Caress Of Steel," but I like every album and it seems whichever is the last album I listen to becomes my new favorite. Enjoyed the show!!!
Hack do you remember the controversy over Rush premiering Permanent Waves on CFNY because that was the inspiration for Spirit Of Radio but Q and maybe Chum protested. So I think each radio station had one member premier the album.
1 Moving Pictures 2 Signals 3 Hemispheres 4 Fly By Night 5 Power Windows 6 Farewell To Kings 7 Caress Of Steel 8 Presto 9 Hold Your Fire 10 Counterparts..also have LOTS of love for Exit.. A show of hands and the compilation 'Rush Through Time' because I'm queer about the sleeve. GREAT SHOW, HACK.MUCH APPRECIATED
Great lists. As a longtime Rush fan and cover band going back to the 1970s and with them being in my top 10 bands of all time, here's my list: 1) 2112 (written on acoustic guitar for emphasis on vocal melody, this is an all time classic) 2) Caress of Steel (maybe the first prog metal album of all time but with a lot of vocal and guitar melody) 3) Farewell to Kings (great all the way through with all excellent songs) 4) Hemispheres (probably their most proggy album) 5) Fly By Night (the first album of theirs combining strong vocal melody, with elements of prog metal) 6) Permanent Waves (first album that combined prog with more commercial radio friendly radio appeal) 7) Rush (raw rock power that showed signs of the progressive metal that was to come) 8) Moving Pictures (a little too commercial for me but I still like the longer non-radio played songs) 9) Power Windows (a return to more guitar based songs) 10) Grace Under Pressure
1 Signals 2 Grace Under Pressure 3 Moving Pictures 4 Hemispheres 5 Clockwork Angels 6 Caress Of Steel 7 Permanent Waves 8 Power Windows 9 2112 10 Counterparts 11 Snakes and Arrows 12 A Farewell To Kings 13 Fly By Night 14 Rush 15 Presto 16 Hold Your Fire 17 Vapor Trails 18 Roll The Bones 19 Test For Echo 20 Feedback
Awesome show! My top ten is easy. Take Rush through Grace Under Pressure and move Moving Pictures, Caress of Steel, 2112, and Fly by Night to 1-4 leaving the rest in order 😀👍 I love them all, but I'm a sucker for those early years. I found them like I found Van Halen. I got Women and Children First and Moving Pictures through the Columbia Record Club!😁 Before that it was all Country and Southern Rock.
My Top 20 Ranking: 20. Feedback EP (2004) 19. Power Windows (1985) 18. Presto (1989) 17. Hold Your Fire (1987) 16. Clockwork Angels (2012) 15. Roll The Bones (1991) 14. Test For Echo (1996) 13. Snakes & Arrows (2007) 12. Grace Under Pressure (1984) 11. Vapor Trails (2002) 10. Rush (1974) 9. 2112 (1976) 8. Caress Of Steel (1975) 7. Hemispheres (1978) 6. Signals (1982) 5. Fly By Night (1975) 4. Counterparts (1993) 3. Moving Pictures (1981) 2. Permanent Waves (1980) 1. A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Paul Stanley didn't say the phrase that he "didn't get it" for "2112" album, he said that for "Caress of Steel"... Of course he wasn't right because Caress is a monster album. But those were the days. Anyway, Good show, very enjoyable...
Have you guys listened to YYNOT? I have mentioned it on Pete's channel before, but this is a new band with mostly older players that started doing Rush covers, but now have 2 great (IMHO) albums of original material out now. Heart and Soul off their second album, Resonance, is a great song that any Rush fan should listen to. Link: ua-cam.com/video/3mtemochy5I/v-deo.html
To Mike's final point, I think the last rock "movement" after grunge was the "new metal" movement, which I'd rather forget about! ;-) I do think in the last 10-15 years there's a been a "classic rock" resurgence with bands like Rivals Sons, Wolfmother, Airbourne, Greta Van Fleet, Dirty Honey, Monster Truck, Scorpion Child, Kyng, and several others.
1. Hemispheres 2. A farewell to kings 3. Moving pictures 4. Fly by night 5. Permanent waves 6. 2112 7. Caress of steel 8. Counter parts 9. Rush 10. Signals
Here is my list 1.Hemispheres 2.A Farewell to kings 3.2112 4.Moving pictures 5.permanent waves 6.caress of steel 7.Fly by night 8.Rush 9.Signals 10.Grace under pressure
Been a fan of Rush since late 70's. I love all their albums, Signals and Moving Pictures and all 70's stuff. The one I don't visit that often would be "Hold Your Fire".
Great topic, great video. Came here from Pete's channel. I'm a Rush fan (KISS fan, too.) Difficult catalogue to rank. This will be the very first time I've attempted to rank Rush's albums, and I love them all. For now, my Top 10 goes something like this: 01. A Farewell to Kings (The third Rush album I bought. Pete's description was spot-on, here. Xanadu is spellbinding. Cygnus X-1 is solely responsible for destroying and rebuilding my brain with the dizzying changes in time, tempo, along with the weird, swirling chord progressions. I hated it so much when I first heard it. Came close to smashing my copy of the CD against the wall after the song ended. A few listens later, I loved it. This album turned me into a prog-nut, amongst other things. I haven't been the same since.) 02. Permanent Waves (The first Rush album I bought.) 03. Moving Pictures 04. Hemispheres 05. Caress of Steel (I've always loved this one.) 06. Grace Under Pressure 07. 2112 08. Hold Your Fire (The second Rush album I bought. Still holds a special place.) 09. Signals (Seems many Rush fans will rank this much higher. I just like everything ranked above this a tad more.) 10. Fly By Night Mike is hilarious. I thought my list would be controversial, but I feel a bit safer after seeing his ;-)
Your list is very respectable. Although your order is different from mine, you chose my ten favorite Rush albums which is surprising. Nobody who picks Hold Your Fire ever leaves out some of the other keyboard laden abominations of Rush's 1980's catalog. I'm glad you did or I would not have been able to classify your list as respectable. :-) My top six are always solid, play straight through albums, whereas I often skip tracks on my final four depending on my mood. Fly By Night 2112 Caress of Steel Permanent Waves A Farewell to Kings Moving Pictures Hemispheres Signals Hold Your Fire Grace Under Pressure I hope Guitar Hack keeps doing these live chat shows. They are always interesting and fun.
@@dawnthechaldean5377 Hey you :-) Cool to hear we have the same 10, though in different order. Part of that may have to do with the order in which I bought the albums, which seemed so strange and haphazard, now that I think about it. I got Permanent Waves first, then Hold Your Fire. Then, I got AFTK, then Hemispheres ('cause of the Cygnus X-1 connection.) Got Caress of Steel, 2112, then Moving Pictures, Signals and Grace, couple of 90's albums, then back to the debut...something like that. I'm guessing the 80's abominations you're referring to are Power Windows and Presto. I still love those, but, up until recently, those two were the very last ones I bought. I became acquainted with Rush's final three albums earlier this year. Some of your rankings look much like my past rankings: Caress ranked 2nd or 3rd at one point. Loved it immediately. Hemispheres used to rank even lower, as I wasn't the most enamored with the title suite. I recognized the brilliance in the writing, but overall, I thought it was a let down coming after the ravenous, hair-raising intensity of the 1st part/Book 1. With time, it grew on me, and now I love it. Oh, and Fly By Night is awesome. Yes, these live chats are great!
@@knightvisioniixv I also purchased the Rush catalog out of sequence and think that may have influenced my ranking. The first Rush songs I ever heard were from Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, and 2112. The first albums I bought were Fly By Night, 2112, and Caress of Steel. I was 15 when Hold Your Fire was released and bought that one next. Anyway, I know all of the other albums on my list are superior to my top choice of Fly By Night in a technical sense. I understand the complexity of music and arrangements. I also understand how the lyrics matured in some ways over the subsequent years. That is not to say that the music wasn't exceptional on Fly By Night or that there weren't some insightful lyrics on certain songs. There is something about that album that is different from all of the others. It is as though they were unsure of themselves as young men, yet they were willing to lay themselves bare knowing it would place them in a precarious position musically, intellectually, and emotionally. The songs range from bold to meek with the common thread being vulnerability. Will they be damned for being too assertive and cocky on some songs? Will they be ridiculed for being too honest about their longings and insecurities on other songs? In the end, no pun intended there though that song would fit into the latter category I just mentioned, they made the album and it remains their most charming to me in a way I will never outgrow. It is odd I love Rush so much and can talk about them ad nauseam. I am not a real prog fan. If I were in a sinking boat with albums by Rush, Yes, DIO, CSN, Free, Megadeth, and Whitesnake...well, I would definitely throw the Yes albums overboard first to save my life. Maybe Rush isn't a real prog band even though everyone calls them one.
@@dawnthechaldean5377 It's very interesting how the very first albums one purchases from an artist quite often end up as top faves. Hack said this in the stream, and Pete has mentioned this many times as well. I'm a little younger than you :-) I was born in the early-80's, so the first songs I heard from Rush spanned from Permanent Waves to Counterparts as a teenager in the 90's. Recorded various songs heard on the radio and created mixtapes (remember those?) Excepting some shorter songs, the epic-length tracks from the 70's came a bit later, and I didn't start buying Rush albums until 2000. At the time, I had no idea that Hold Your Fire had such mixed opinions; I pride myself on listening to music as intimately as possible; I want it to be mine, so I pay little to no attention to critics, popular opinion...none of that. I go with my own ears. Always have. If I pay too much attention to that stuff, it's no longer mine. Does that make sense? You do have a point about Fly By Night being unique. In one sense, this is where Rush was born (or reborn, if you like); it was the first album to feature Neil Peart, and while it was as hard-driving as the debut, there were notable differences: the lyrics became far more cerebral, arrangements became a bit more ornate, especially the time signatures-- lots of 7's in Anthem and By-Tor--all trademarks that would permeate the rest of their career (And yeah Rush loved 7... want a fun exercise? Listen and count the crazy amount of Rush songs to feature 7. It's wild.) Yet, none of it was quite as developed as it would be on future albums. Had a friend describe the lyrics on FBN as intelligent, but callow, and lacking refinement (basically the same thing you said), but how this was also the most endearing thing about it. It's not nearly as strange as you might think for you to love Rush: they were proggy enough for the prog audience, hard-edged enough for the rockers. Many metalheads, classic rock fans, proggers, punk rock lovers, alternative rock/grunge fans... they all loved Rush. Hack said he wasn't big into prog-rock, either. But he loves Rush. What you said about Yes and the boat thing really cracked me up (you are something else, lol.)
Glad to see Pete likes T4E. It usually comes in last in fan polls but I like it. I rank it way ahead of Counterparts, Roll the Bones, Presto and S&A, those 4 albums are mostly unlistenable to me.
1. Moving pictures 2. Permanent waves 3. Signals 4. Hemispheres 5. A farewell to kings 6. Caress of steel 7. 2112 8. Grace under Pressure 9. Counterparts 10. Power windows
I guess I can relate to Matt's perspective as I also started to listen to Rush around the same time although I already knew some older tracks - the first album I bought was Grace Under Pressure on cassette so that whole period is special for me up to Hold Your Fire. They started to lose me with Presto and at the time Roll the Bones was a disappointment although I like it much more now. After that I lost my way with them for a while and the next three albums I didn't pick up until years after they came out. Snakes and Arrows is for me the best of the modern day output so nice to see it get some love here too.
Just because you don't like the direction of rock certainly doesn't mean there isn't some killer stuff out there selling in a big way. For example Babymetal, 5FDP, A7X, Volbeat, Godsmack, not to mention some new stuff from Angel Dust and Onslaught.
Great show - nice to see such a variety in the choices - especially Mike's which reaffirms that its got more to do with your circumstances and how something speaks to you that creates your personal choices, and that those may alter a little bit over the years they won't by very much - as Neil added to Martin Popoff's favourite Rush song - 'plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose'. My introduction to Rush was Bastille Day on the radio quickly followed by All the World's a Stage. My first studio album experience was on my 15th Birthday back in September 1977 with A Farewell to Kings (thanks Mum) - that has remained my favourite. I'm not such a great fan of Moving Pictures as while side 1 is phenomenal I'm not a great lover of side 2 - Camera Eye is great but didnt grab me as much as Natural Science and Jacobs Ladder, and the rest is ok but I never really liked Witch Hunt. And I'm throwing a Mulligan with my no 10 - those last two were a really great return to form probably thanks to produce Nick Raskulinecz's production and getting Alex to rediscover his 'Hemispheres chord'. Grace Under pressure just misses out as while half the album is great the rest didnt grab me. The 80's keyboard era - npthing particualrly bad about these and still listen to them as I do to Presto through to Vapor Trails (least favourite), in fact of my favourite groups I probably listen to Rush and every era the most My top ten list though - 1. A Farewell to Kings (My first studio album and still my favourite) 2. Hemispheres (First saw them on tour in the UK in 1978 for this record and like Hack its my favourite Rush era) 3. Caress of Steel ( my second studio album due to Bastille Day and like Pete I tend to go back to this more than I go back to 2112) 4. 2112 5. Permanent Waves 6. Moving Pictures 7. Fly by Night 8. Rush 9. Signals 10. Snakes and Arrows & Clockwork Angels
I'm always surprised to see Presto so low in the lists...I mean it was Rush's return to the guitar sound and there are some awesome tracks: Show don't tell, The Pass, Available light, Superconductor, Chain Lightning, Presto, Red Tide...I dig the entire album and it's probably my fav with Hemispheres. Maybe the production was a bit weaker, I don't know, but I've always loved that album, I find it way superior than its (almost) twin-brother "Roll the Bones".
Counterparts was Rush's TRUE return to the guitar sound. Presto didn't have any hard hitting songs other than Show Don't Tell and even that lacked real power. The songs on Counterparts were HEAVY and ROCKED HARD, with a lot of bottom end and crunch. Very metallic and riff oriented. Every instrument was just louder and not thin and hate to say it, wimpy sounding, as was the case with Presto and Roll The Bones.
When you talk about the lack of modern guitar heroes, I'd have to say the only one coming to immediate mind is Joe Bonamassa... more blues oriented and probably not popular with the younger (under 40) crowd, but he draws a good audience and he tirelessly tours and records. He's well worth a listen.
Sad talk at the end about the loss of all the great musicians but what is just plain bad is what Drummerboy talks about half through the stream. Some kids or whoever who trashed the old building Rush and others recorded in. To just trash any building like that is bad but even no respect for a historic building? For what? A few hours of "fun"? People just stop thinking sometimes.
Sorry man-lists are ,as they say ,subjective-but when you say you have Perm Waves on red vinyl -with free poster!! -even the most casual of Rush fans knows that was Signals -entertaining nonetheless
Whoever the person is that disliked this video I would like to know why I love these kind of videos. I found guitar hack through Pete!
Appreciate the support and welcome to the channel. Cheers
Same here found him though Pete👍
1. Power Windows
2. Moving Pictures
3. 2112
4. Signals
5. Hemispheres
6. Roll the Bones
7. Grace Under Pressure
8. Test for Echo
9. Snakes & Arrows
10. Permanant Waves
Hold Your Fire gets a rough ride but I have to say it’s definitely one of the top 5 albums of Rush that I play most often. Geddys bass on it is so good.
A Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures are ALL PERFECT ALBUMS.
HM Caress Of Steel
HM Clockwork Angels
10 Rush
9 Grace Under Pressure
8 Permanent Waves
7 Fly By Night
6 Signals
5 Moving Pictures
4 Hemispheres
3 2112
2 A Farewell To Kings
1 All The World's A Stage (yeah, it's a live album but it's my absolute favorite Rush album and I can't replace it with any studio album)
10. Clockwork Angels
9. Vapor Trails
8. Grace Under Pressure
7. Counterparts
6. 2112
5. Fly By Night
4. A Farewell To Kings
3. Permanent Waves
2. Hemispheres
1. Moving Pictures
1) Moving Pictures
2) Permanent Waves
3) 2112
4) Rush
5) Signals
6) A Farewell to Kings
7) Hemispheres
8) Fly By Night
9) Power Windows
10) Caress of Steel
I'm really enjoying these top 10 albums videos on your channel. I'd love to see Iron Maiden and Blue Öyster Cult ones.
Mike I got to meet Terry Brown at Metalworks in 1995 for a production seminar and he had just recently reorded Fates Warning Parallels there and it was a dream come true. Bob Ezrin and Paul Northfield were ther as speakers as well. Very cool.
My top ten in any order: Presto, Hemispheres, Snakes and arrows, vapor trails, rush, a farewell to kings, fly by night,moving pictures, signals , permeant waves.
1. Permanent Waves
2. Hemispheres
3. Grace Under Pressure
4. Moving Pictures
5. A Farewell to Kings
6. Power Windows
7. Signals
8. Caress of Steel
9. Fly by Night
10. RUSH
Hey Hack...fantastic show....love the Rush love my all time favourite band!! Found you through Pete and Sea of Tranquility and especially love the crossover shows you guys do...I reckon Pete needs to have Mike on his show!! Love that Mike mixed his list up also covered every era...a must see show for a Rush fan!!
Here's my top 10
1. Rush
2. Caress Of Steel
3. A Farewell To Kings
4. Fly By Night
5. 2112
6. Hemespheres
7. Permanent Waves
8. Moving Pictures
9. Clockwork Angels
10. Signals
Honorable mention to my Number 11 Counterparts (I Couldn't leave it off!)
Thanks so much guys :)
Nick
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Wow Pete Caress of Steel ranked higher than 2112...total respect.
10. Clockwork Angels
9. Hold Your Fire
8. Fly by Night
7. Grace Under Pressure
6. Signals
5. 2112
4. A Farewell to Kings
3. Permanent Waves
2. Hemispheres
1. Moving Pictures
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)
Great list. Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel. Cheers
I'm watching this a second time. If I did not give thumbs up on first go then I was in the bag.
Thank you for your Top 10 Rush Albums with Pete Pardo and Mike!!🎤🎸🎵🥁
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Not a fan of Presto, but there are 3 great songs on there imo: Show Don't Tell, The Pass, and Available Light (an incredible album closer showcasing Geddy's vocals and Neil's drumming).
Love these episodes where you guys rank albums, not only do I learn about all these great records I need to listen to but also it’s cool how you can have different opinions yet not fight about it. Keep it up!
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Hold Your Fire is excellent with only one bad track ( and we all know which one!). Turn the Page is one of the best tracks they ever wrote imo. HYF was a return to form after the disappointing Power Windows! My top 10: (Counterparts could be higher, because it really is phenomenal.)
1-Permanent Waves
2-Signals
3-Moving Pictures
4-Grace Under Pressure
5-Hemispheres
6-AFTK
7-2112
8-Counterparts
9-Hold Your Fire
10-Clockwork Angels
Power Windows is a masterpiece. Mystic Rhythms alone is incredible.
New World Man is their highest charting single ever in the U.S. it was also featured on Rush In Rio.
Good call!
Im an older guy (47) but got into rush early... 2019... yes, been into hc punk and extreme music for decades. So it took some time, but now i love rush. And having the advantage of beeing late keeps me from prefering a special phase because getting into them to that time.
I love every rush album... just as pete always says some just a bit more, same with death or Testament...
I give it a try:
01. Hemispheres
02. Permanent waves
03. Farewell to kings
04. Clockwork Angels
05. Grace under pressure
06. Moving pictures
07. Counterparts
08. Fly by night
09. Test for echo
10. Caress of steel
And this may vary.... love vapor trails or 2112 snakes and Arrows... its nearly unrankable.
Favorite rush? Always the one i listen to
Great Show... very entertaining 👍
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Another terrific show.
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9:00 -yeah, it was Caress of Steel, not 2112, that Alex played for Paul Stanley and he didn't get it.
Paul and Gene got some things and discovered a lot of good bands but they did not get prog at all and still don't until this day. From what I know, Paul and Gene only liked the first straight ahead rock self titled album, "Rush"...Geddy and Alex were always thankful that Kiss had them open for them in the early days but the Rush guys were not too impressed with Kiss as musicians and were more appreciative of them as business men.
Fun show Hack and friends! I really enjoyed the stories attached to each person's reasoning for their top 10... I remember first hearing 2112... all the music back then had something new, interesting and exciting! Miss that in today's music! 😎🎸🎹🤘🐦
Me too. Thanks Laz
Been watching Sea Of Tranquility for a better part of a year so led me hear... glad it did. Huge Rush fan and my #1 "might be" Caress Of Steel," but I like every album and it seems whichever is the last album I listen to becomes my new favorite. Enjoyed the show!!!
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1. Hemispheres
2. Pictures
3. Kings
4. 2112
5. Waves
6. Fly By Night
7. Caress
8. Clockwork
9. Rush
10. Signals
Power windows!..yes,my fave album too!
Adore presto.
Hack do you remember the controversy over Rush premiering Permanent Waves on CFNY because that was the inspiration for Spirit Of Radio but Q and maybe Chum protested. So I think each radio station had one member premier the album.
No I don't remember that but I do remember them debuting albums on Q107.
I think you were 8 years old 😁@@GuitarHack66
Fly by Night could easily be a contrarian favorite.
1 Moving Pictures 2 Signals 3 Hemispheres 4 Fly By Night 5 Power Windows 6 Farewell To Kings 7 Caress Of Steel 8 Presto 9 Hold Your Fire 10 Counterparts..also have LOTS of love for Exit.. A show of hands and the compilation 'Rush Through Time' because I'm queer about the sleeve. GREAT SHOW, HACK.MUCH APPRECIATED
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PETE RULES🤘🤘
Great lists. As a longtime Rush fan and cover band going back to the 1970s and with them being in my top 10 bands of all time, here's my list:
1) 2112 (written on acoustic guitar for emphasis on vocal melody, this is an all time classic)
2) Caress of Steel (maybe the first prog metal album of all time but with a lot of vocal and guitar melody)
3) Farewell to Kings (great all the way through with all excellent songs)
4) Hemispheres (probably their most proggy album)
5) Fly By Night (the first album of theirs combining strong vocal melody, with elements of prog metal)
6) Permanent Waves (first album that combined prog with more commercial radio friendly radio appeal)
7) Rush (raw rock power that showed signs of the progressive metal that was to come)
8) Moving Pictures (a little too commercial for me but I still like the longer non-radio played songs)
9) Power Windows (a return to more guitar based songs)
10) Grace Under Pressure
1 Signals
2 Grace Under Pressure
3 Moving Pictures
4 Hemispheres
5 Clockwork Angels
6 Caress Of Steel
7 Permanent Waves
8 Power Windows
9 2112
10 Counterparts
11 Snakes and Arrows
12 A Farewell To Kings
13 Fly By Night
14 Rush
15 Presto
16 Hold Your Fire
17 Vapor Trails
18 Roll The Bones
19 Test For Echo
20 Feedback
Awesome show! My top ten is easy. Take Rush through Grace Under Pressure and move Moving Pictures, Caress of Steel, 2112, and Fly by Night to 1-4 leaving the rest in order 😀👍
I love them all, but I'm a sucker for those early years.
I found them like I found Van Halen. I got Women and Children First and Moving Pictures through the Columbia Record Club!😁
Before that it was all Country and Southern Rock.
Cool list. Cheers
My Top 20 Ranking:
20. Feedback EP (2004)
19. Power Windows (1985)
18. Presto (1989)
17. Hold Your Fire (1987)
16. Clockwork Angels (2012)
15. Roll The Bones (1991)
14. Test For Echo (1996)
13. Snakes & Arrows (2007)
12. Grace Under Pressure (1984)
11. Vapor Trails (2002)
10. Rush (1974)
9. 2112 (1976)
8. Caress Of Steel (1975)
7. Hemispheres (1978)
6. Signals (1982)
5. Fly By Night (1975)
4. Counterparts (1993)
3. Moving Pictures (1981)
2. Permanent Waves (1980)
1. A Farewell To Kings (1977)
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Paul Stanley didn't say the phrase that he "didn't get it" for "2112" album, he said that for "Caress of Steel"... Of course he wasn't right because Caress is a monster album. But those were the days. Anyway, Good show, very enjoyable...
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Big fan Rush , great video, cheers from Toronto
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Permanent Waves is probably my number 1
10. Clockwork Angels
9. Caress of Steel
8. Fly By Night
7. Rush
6. Signals
5. Hemispheres
4. Permanent Waves
3. Moving Pictures
2. A Farewell to Kings
1. 2112
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Have you guys listened to YYNOT? I have mentioned it on Pete's channel before, but this is a new band with mostly older players that started doing Rush covers, but now have 2 great (IMHO) albums of original material out now. Heart and Soul off their second album, Resonance, is a great song that any Rush fan should listen to.
Link: ua-cam.com/video/3mtemochy5I/v-deo.html
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This show is hilarious! Love it ! Guitar hack rules !
Power Windows is a fair choice - and nice to see some love for Hold Your Fire too
Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, 2112, A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Signals, Caress Of Steel, Grace Under, Fly By, Power Windows. In order.
Anthem, maybe best Rush song.
To Mike's final point, I think the last rock "movement" after grunge was the "new metal" movement, which I'd rather forget about! ;-) I do think in the last 10-15 years there's a been a "classic rock" resurgence with bands like Rivals Sons, Wolfmother, Airbourne, Greta Van Fleet, Dirty Honey, Monster Truck, Scorpion Child, Kyng, and several others.
1. Hemispheres
2. A farewell to kings
3. Moving pictures
4. Fly by night
5. Permanent waves
6. 2112
7. Caress of steel
8. Counter parts
9. Rush
10. Signals
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Here is my list
1.Hemispheres
2.A Farewell to kings
3.2112
4.Moving pictures
5.permanent waves
6.caress of steel
7.Fly by night
8.Rush
9.Signals
10.Grace under pressure
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Been a fan of Rush since late 70's. I love all their albums, Signals and Moving Pictures and all 70's stuff. The one I don't visit that often would be "Hold Your Fire".
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@@GuitarHack66 Thank you for message. Loved the show, I must admit, Mike (Drummerboy), choices were very surprising.
Great topic, great video. Came here from Pete's channel. I'm a Rush fan (KISS fan, too.)
Difficult catalogue to rank. This will be the very first time I've attempted to rank Rush's albums, and I love them all.
For now, my Top 10 goes something like this:
01. A Farewell to Kings (The third Rush album I bought. Pete's description was spot-on, here. Xanadu is spellbinding. Cygnus X-1 is solely responsible for destroying and rebuilding my brain with the dizzying changes in time, tempo, along with the weird, swirling chord progressions. I hated it so much when I first heard it. Came close to smashing my copy of the CD against the wall after the song ended. A few listens later, I loved it. This album turned me into a prog-nut, amongst other things. I haven't been the same since.)
02. Permanent Waves (The first Rush album I bought.)
03. Moving Pictures
04. Hemispheres
05. Caress of Steel (I've always loved this one.)
06. Grace Under Pressure
07. 2112
08. Hold Your Fire (The second Rush album I bought. Still holds a special place.)
09. Signals (Seems many Rush fans will rank this much higher. I just like everything ranked above this a tad more.)
10. Fly By Night
Mike is hilarious. I thought my list would be controversial, but I feel a bit safer after seeing his ;-)
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Your list is very respectable. Although your order is different from mine, you chose my ten favorite Rush albums which is surprising. Nobody who picks Hold Your Fire ever leaves out some of the other keyboard laden abominations of Rush's 1980's catalog. I'm glad you did or I would not have been able to classify your list as respectable. :-)
My top six are always solid, play straight through albums, whereas I often skip tracks on my final four depending on my mood.
Fly By Night
2112
Caress of Steel
Permanent Waves
A Farewell to Kings
Moving Pictures
Hemispheres
Signals
Hold Your Fire
Grace Under Pressure
I hope Guitar Hack keeps doing these live chat shows. They are always interesting and fun.
@@dawnthechaldean5377 Hey you :-)
Cool to hear we have the same 10, though in different order. Part of that may have to do with the order in which I bought the albums, which seemed so strange and haphazard, now that I think about it. I got Permanent Waves first, then Hold Your Fire. Then, I got AFTK, then Hemispheres ('cause of the Cygnus X-1 connection.) Got Caress of Steel, 2112, then Moving Pictures, Signals and Grace, couple of 90's albums, then back to the debut...something like that.
I'm guessing the 80's abominations you're referring to are Power Windows and Presto. I still love those, but, up until recently, those two were the very last ones I bought. I became acquainted with Rush's final three albums earlier this year.
Some of your rankings look much like my past rankings: Caress ranked 2nd or 3rd at one point. Loved it immediately. Hemispheres used to rank even lower, as I wasn't the most enamored with the title suite. I recognized the brilliance in the writing, but overall, I thought it was a let down coming after the ravenous, hair-raising intensity of the 1st part/Book 1. With time, it grew on me, and now I love it. Oh, and Fly By Night is awesome.
Yes, these live chats are great!
@@knightvisioniixv I also purchased the Rush catalog out of sequence and think that may have influenced my ranking. The first Rush songs I ever heard were from Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, and 2112. The first albums I bought were Fly By Night, 2112, and Caress of Steel. I was 15 when Hold Your Fire was released and bought that one next.
Anyway, I know all of the other albums on my list are superior to my top choice of Fly By Night in a technical sense. I understand the complexity of music and arrangements. I also understand how the lyrics matured in some ways over the subsequent years. That is not to say that the music wasn't exceptional on Fly By Night or that there weren't some insightful lyrics on certain songs. There is something about that album that is different from all of the others. It is as though they were unsure of themselves as young men, yet they were willing to lay themselves bare knowing it would place them in a precarious position musically, intellectually, and emotionally. The songs range from bold to meek with the common thread being vulnerability. Will they be damned for being too assertive and cocky on some songs? Will they be ridiculed for being too honest about their longings and insecurities on other songs? In the end, no pun intended there though that song would fit into the latter category I just mentioned, they made the album and it remains their most charming to me in a way I will never outgrow.
It is odd I love Rush so much and can talk about them ad nauseam. I am not a real prog fan. If I were in a sinking boat with albums by Rush, Yes, DIO, CSN, Free, Megadeth, and Whitesnake...well, I would definitely throw the Yes albums overboard first to save my life. Maybe Rush isn't a real prog band even though everyone calls them one.
@@dawnthechaldean5377 It's very interesting how the very first albums one purchases from an artist quite often end up as top faves. Hack said this in the stream, and Pete has mentioned this many times as well.
I'm a little younger than you :-) I was born in the early-80's, so the first songs I heard from Rush spanned from Permanent Waves to Counterparts as a teenager in the 90's. Recorded various songs heard on the radio and created mixtapes (remember those?) Excepting some shorter songs, the epic-length tracks from the 70's came a bit later, and I didn't start buying Rush albums until 2000. At the time, I had no idea that Hold Your Fire had such mixed opinions; I pride myself on listening to music as intimately as possible; I want it to be mine, so I pay little to no attention to critics, popular opinion...none of that. I go with my own ears. Always have. If I pay too much attention to that stuff, it's no longer mine. Does that make sense?
You do have a point about Fly By Night being unique. In one sense, this is where Rush was born (or reborn, if you like); it was the first album to feature Neil Peart, and while it was as hard-driving as the debut, there were notable differences: the lyrics became far more cerebral, arrangements became a bit more ornate, especially the time signatures-- lots of 7's in Anthem and By-Tor--all trademarks that would permeate the rest of their career (And yeah Rush loved 7... want a fun exercise? Listen and count the crazy amount of Rush songs to feature 7. It's wild.) Yet, none of it was quite as developed as it would be on future albums. Had a friend describe the lyrics on FBN as intelligent, but callow, and lacking refinement (basically the same thing you said), but how this was also the most endearing thing about it.
It's not nearly as strange as you might think for you to love Rush: they were proggy enough for the prog audience, hard-edged enough for the rockers. Many metalheads, classic rock fans, proggers, punk rock lovers, alternative rock/grunge fans... they all loved Rush. Hack said he wasn't big into prog-rock, either. But he loves Rush.
What you said about Yes and the boat thing really cracked me up (you are something else, lol.)
Glad to see Pete likes T4E. It usually comes in last in fan polls but I like it. I rank it way ahead of Counterparts, Roll the Bones, Presto and S&A, those 4 albums are mostly unlistenable to me.
1. Moving pictures
2. Permanent waves
3. Signals
4. Hemispheres
5. A farewell to kings
6. Caress of steel
7. 2112
8. Grace under Pressure
9. Counterparts
10. Power windows
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Love your show hack - that was hilarious!
Rush...................................... Rules
Whoa opening with 2112 at #10.
I guess I can relate to Matt's perspective as I also started to listen to Rush around the same time although I already knew some older tracks - the first album I bought was Grace Under Pressure on cassette so that whole period is special for me up to Hold Your Fire. They started to lose me with Presto and at the time Roll the Bones was a disappointment although I like it much more now. After that I lost my way with them for a while and the next three albums I didn't pick up until years after they came out. Snakes and Arrows is for me the best of the modern day output so nice to see it get some love here too.
Just because you don't like the direction of rock certainly doesn't mean there isn't some killer stuff out there selling in a big way. For example Babymetal, 5FDP, A7X, Volbeat, Godsmack, not to mention some new stuff from Angel Dust and Onslaught.
Great show - nice to see such a variety in the choices - especially Mike's which reaffirms that its got more to do with your circumstances and how something speaks to you that creates your personal choices, and that those may alter a little bit over the years they won't by very much - as Neil added to Martin Popoff's favourite Rush song - 'plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose'.
My introduction to Rush was Bastille Day on the radio quickly followed by All the World's a Stage. My first studio album experience was on my 15th Birthday back in September 1977 with A Farewell to Kings (thanks Mum) - that has remained my favourite. I'm not such a great fan of Moving Pictures as while side 1 is phenomenal I'm not a great lover of side 2 - Camera Eye is great but didnt grab me as much as Natural Science and Jacobs Ladder, and the rest is ok but I never really liked Witch Hunt. And I'm throwing a Mulligan with my no 10 - those last two were a really great return to form probably thanks to produce Nick Raskulinecz's production and getting Alex to rediscover his 'Hemispheres chord'. Grace Under pressure just misses out as while half the album is great the rest didnt grab me. The 80's keyboard era - npthing particualrly bad about these and still listen to them as I do to Presto through to Vapor Trails (least favourite), in fact of my favourite groups I probably listen to Rush and every era the most
My top ten list though -
1. A Farewell to Kings (My first studio album and still my favourite)
2. Hemispheres (First saw them on tour in the UK in 1978 for this record and like Hack its my favourite Rush era)
3. Caress of Steel ( my second studio album due to Bastille Day and like Pete I tend to go back to this more than I go back to 2112)
4. 2112
5. Permanent Waves
6. Moving Pictures
7. Fly by Night
8. Rush
9. Signals
10. Snakes and Arrows & Clockwork Angels
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I'm always surprised to see Presto so low in the lists...I mean it was Rush's return to the guitar sound and there are some awesome tracks: Show don't tell, The Pass, Available light, Superconductor, Chain Lightning, Presto, Red Tide...I dig the entire album and it's probably my fav with Hemispheres. Maybe the production was a bit weaker, I don't know, but I've always loved that album, I find it way superior than its (almost) twin-brother "Roll the Bones".
Counterparts was Rush's TRUE return to the guitar sound. Presto didn't have any hard hitting songs other than Show Don't Tell and even that lacked real power. The songs on Counterparts were HEAVY and ROCKED HARD, with a lot of bottom end and crunch. Very metallic and riff oriented. Every instrument was just louder and not thin and hate to say it, wimpy sounding, as was the case with Presto and Roll The Bones.
I’m glad to finally see some love for Snakes and Arrows! Great job guys!
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Thanks for putting out great Rush related content!
The first album did sound a lot like early Budgie!
Unintentionally I’m sure. Doubt they even knew who Budgie was at the time.
When you talk about the lack of modern guitar heroes, I'd have to say the only one coming to immediate mind is Joe Bonamassa... more blues oriented and probably not popular with the younger (under 40) crowd, but he draws a good audience and he tirelessly tours and records. He's well worth a listen.
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Sad talk at the end about the loss of all the great musicians but what is just plain bad is what Drummerboy talks about half through the stream. Some kids or whoever who trashed the old building Rush and others recorded in. To just trash any building like that is bad but even no respect for a historic building? For what? A few hours of "fun"? People just stop thinking sometimes.
Agreed 👍
Sorry man-lists are ,as they say ,subjective-but when you say you have Perm Waves on red vinyl -with free poster!! -even the most casual of Rush fans knows that was Signals -entertaining nonetheless
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1. Moving Pictures
2. Farewell to Kings
3. 2112
4. Hemispheres
5. Permanent Waves
6. Caress of Steel
7. Fly by Night
8. Rush
9. n/a
10. n/a
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Fun video to watch! Someone tell Pete though he has to upgrade his collection. Those 97 remaster CD’s he has are awful. Too loud/compressed
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1. Moving Pictures
2. Hemispheres
3. Grace Under Pressure
4. A Farewell to Kings
5. Permanent Waves
6. 2112
7. Signals
8. Power Windows
9. Counterparts
10. Vapor Trails