# Best Rush album? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874 "2010-10-12T08:43:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/1 "2010-10-12T08:43:43Z")
Gotta go with Presto. I always throw it on when I need a lift. Energy is contagious! ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/2 "2010-10-12T09:08:27Z")
I’ll give you a hint: ^ ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/3 "2010-10-12T10:08:28Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > I’ll give you a hint: ^ Yes, Moving Pictures is a great album. But I still cling to hope that Presto is one of the best! I love to listen to it. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/4 "2010-10-12T11:17:57Z")
Permanent Waves Hemispheres Moving Pictures ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/5 "2010-10-12T11:32:56Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > Gotta go with Presto. I always throw it on when I need a lift. Energy is contagious! I’m glad to hear you say that! It’s probably my favorite as well. I’m sure it’s not a popular choice, but there’s something very evocative about it, and it’s a very well-formed album; usually I have no interest in skipping any tracks. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/6 "2010-10-12T12:44:18Z")
Hemispheres, because of The Trees and La Villa Strangiato. Rush, because of Working Man. 1. ---
**Author:** ![Mithril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mithril/32/3517_2.png) [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/7 "2010-10-12T13:50:49Z")
Grace Under Pressure or Vapor Trails, depending on my mood. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/8 "2010-10-12T13:55:56Z")
Another for **Moving Pictures**. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/9 "2010-10-12T14:01:07Z")
1. Permanent Waves 2. 2112 3. Moving Pictures 4. Hemispheres 5. Counterparts Permanent Waves has always been my favorite. The next three change based on my mood. And my surprise submission is Counterparts. Presto is near the top too. I really like the album’s cohesion. I like the writing on Vapor Trails a lot, but get bothered by the mix/mastering. Rush released a pair of Vapor Trails tracks that are remixed and I think they are improved greatly. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/10 "2010-10-12T14:28:27Z")
Not a huge Rush listener these days, but I think Power Windows and Hold Your Fire are equally great (I like or love the first 8 songs on HYF, and I don’t actually dislike anything on Power Windows). Moving Pictures is pretty good too, and I also quite like Roll the Bones and Signals. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/11 "2010-10-12T15:08:57Z")
1- Hemispheres 2- Counterparts 3- Signals 4- Moving Pictures ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/12 "2010-10-12T16:58:05Z")
Permanent Waves ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/13 "2010-10-12T18:33:42Z")
Hold Your Fire and Counterparts are the two best. The rest for me only have a couple or few songs I like on the album. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/14 "2010-10-12T19:35:16Z")
I really _really_ like Power Windows (despite a couple mediocre songs). MP is probably the easy answer. But my all-time favorite album is A Farewell To kings, with Hemispheres a close second and 2112 right up there. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/15 "2010-10-12T19:37:15Z")
My “point of entry” Rush album was _A Farewell To Kings_ and for many bands the album that brought me in remains my favorite forever. It is a really good album and deserves a mention, but my all-time faves are: 1. Moving Pictures 2. Signals 3. A Farewell to Kings 4. Permanent Waves 5. 2112 ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/16 "2010-10-12T21:02:20Z")
I couldn’t really say because I love so many, but Permanent Waves is the one, if I had to give up all but one, that I’d keep. But I’d be so very sad. And this is why I also have The Spirit of Radio: Rush Greatest Hits '74-87. All my favorites in one handy dandy CD. ---
**Author:** ![skargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@skargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skargo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/17 "2010-10-12T21:35:16Z")
2112, I didn’t even have to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/18 "2010-10-12T21:50:20Z")
Permanent Waves, but I’m listening to Presto right now. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/19 "2010-10-13T03:44:56Z")
Wow! I’m surprised at some of the choices here! I have to say that I haven’t particularly loved much after Power Windows. I gotta go with Permanent Waves as well, with Moving Pictures is a close second. I’m more old school though, so I love Fly by Night, and of course Caress of Steel, their most underrated album. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874/20 "2010-10-13T03:49:24Z")
I haven’t heard many in full, but Moving Pictures gets my pick as an all around solid album. It’s too bad they opened the second side with a song apparently designed to take up as much time as they could get out of one idea. 2112 is the only other album of theirs that I really like, and Tears is just completely out of place and falls flat for me. Maybe if I get Permanent Waves one of these days it would come out on top. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rush-album/556874.md?page=2)