Rush

DeathCult wrote:

No hits eh?

Try Fly By Night or Permanent Waves.

Fly By Night: the title track
Permanent Waves: Freewill and Spirit Of Radio, two of their biggest hits.

Eyesore wrote:

Okay, so I think I'm going to give this band a serious try. I've always been sort of turned off by Lee's vocals; but I once said the same thing about Brian Johnson and Bon Scott, but now I love AC/DC.

So I'm interested in trying a Rush album, but one without any hit song on it. Which one should I try?

a good discrete 70s Rush song if you notice part of the song Dimebag ripped off some the riffs for the song Hollow

The albums with hits have lots of underrated gems.

2112 and Hemispheres are great places to start, though.

I remember "Roll the Bones," and I don't hear the rap metal. Haha.

tohostudios wrote:

Um...ToB...

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So I'm interested in trying a Rush album, but one without any hit song on it. Which one should I try?

Somehow I don't think a GH compilation fits that requirement.

And if you think albums like Fly By Night, 2112 or Hemispheres have a lot of "filler" on them, you're even more tone-deaf than I believed.

That hurts my feelings. They were counting on your support.

If you'd like to discuss music, try to do so sans ad hominem and you'll be taken more seriously.

Rather than pick the few good songs per album, I recommended he just get a Greatest Hits which has them compiled. Honestly, RUSH only had a few bona-fide "hits" anyway, in the sense of Billboard chart toppers.

But I also liked "Presto" a lot, whoever recommended that one. That might not be a bad place to start.

Temple of Blood wrote:

Rather than pick the few good songs per album, I recommended he just get a Greatest Hits which has them compiled. Honestly, RUSH only had a few bona-fide "hits" anyway, in the sense of Billboard chart toppers.

Rush actually has had a metric shitload of hits.

Closer To The Heart: #76
The Spirit Of Radio #51
Limelight: #55
Tom Sawyer: #44
New World Man: #21
Subdivisions: #3
The Analog Kid: #19
Distant Early Warning: #1
The Big Money: #45
Territories: #30
Mystic Rhythms: #21
Manhattan Project: #10
Marathon: #6
Time Stand Still: #3
Force Ten: #3
Lock And Key: #16
Show Don't Tell: #1
The Pass: #15
Superconductor: #37
Dreamline: #1
Roll The Bones: #9
Ghost Of A Chance: #2
Bravado: #13
Stick It Out: #1
Cold Fire: #2
Nobody's Hero: #9
Animate: #35
Test For Echo: #1
Half The World: #5
Driven: #3
Virtuality: #16
One Little Victory: #10
Secret Touch: #25
Summertime Blues: #30
Far Cry: #22
The Larger Bowl: #16

And that's just the US charts. Plus, you've got songs like Working Man, Fly By Night, The Trees, Red Barchetta and Working Them Angels that although technically weren't "hits" still receive significant airplay.

That's an interesting list. Thanks.

I don't consider a track that can't go past #30 to be a hit, and I doubt the average FM radio/classic rock listener is aware of half of those tracks. That's what I'm getting at.

Presto gets my vote for the WORST Rush album.

detuned wrote:

Presto gets my vote for the WORST Rush album.

What makes you say that?

And what makes you like, say, "Vapor Trails" or "Power Windows" more?

It's just my personal opinion.

Other than "Scars", no other tracks on Presto stand out to me.

Power Windows is over-produced as hell, but there are some good songs on that record, it's not great, but still better than Presto IMHO.

Vapor Trails I think is a great record.

Schbopo wrote:

Hemispheres. No real hits, and the best song on that one has no vocals in it.

indeed.

"A Farewell To Kings"



- it's a tad underrated, only 1 minor hit (Closer To The Heart)...but containing a classic deep album cut (Cinderella Man) and a couple serious epics in Xanadu and Cygnus X-1. Very progressive, quite heavy.

Remastered version on sale at Amazon for 8.99

Schbopo wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

No hits eh?

Try Fly By Night or Permanent Waves.

Fly By Night: the title track
Permanent Waves: Freewill and Spirit Of Radio, two of their biggest hits.

Right, but nothing like Moving Pictures is. Plus, Permanent Waves as an album would do well to introduce Ken to Geddy's voice on a larger scale.

If you are newbie to Rush I would recommend 'Permanent Waves' but it does not fit your criteria, since this album had radio hits on it, but IMO it bridges the gap between the more prog oriented Rush of the 70's and the more punchier/shorter songs that Rush would take on in the future.

toho mentioned '2112' also an excellent starting point and as toho stated if this album does not get you used to Geddy Lee's vocals nothing will.

I'd recommend my favorite Rush album, "Caress of Steel". Not any hits. Probably their heaviest album too. It's metal to me.

I'm a huge Rush fan though. I like all their albums.

My top 5:

1. Caress of Steel
2a. Fly by Night
2b. Presto (very underrated album)
3a. Signals
3b. 2112
4. Moving Pictures
5. Grace Under Pressure

Temple of Blood wrote:

Man, just get the greatest hits. Their old albums have some classic songs but also a fair share of filler.

Rush makes filler cool.

Self Titled
2112
Counterpart
Snakes and Arrows

Closest to fitting your criteria I think

2112

Jesusandmetal23 wrote:

Rush makes filler cool.

Yes, they do!