# Top 10 RUSH albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942 "2002-06-25T21:40:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/1 "2002-06-25T21:40:41Z")
1. Vapor Trails 2. ``` Presto ``` 3. ``` Counterparts ``` 4. ``` Test for Echo ``` 5. ``` Roll the Bones ``` 6. ``` Permanent Waves ``` 7. ``` 2112 ``` 8. ``` Hemispheres ``` 9. ``` Signals ``` 10. ``` Moving Pictures ``` The Rest: RUSH Fly by Night Caress of Steel All the World’s A Stage A Farewell to Kings Exit …Stage Left Grace Under Pressure Power Windows Hold Your Fire A Show of Hands Different Stages ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/2 "2002-06-26T10:25:43Z")
Hey, why is this not being posted to? Barbarians, the lot of you! 🙂 Hokay. Top Ten, eh? 1. Moving Pictures 2. Counterparts 3. Hemispheres 4. A Farewell to Kings 5. 2112 6. Vapor Trails 7. Power Windows 8. Grace under Pressure 9. Signals 10. Permanent Waves ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/3 "2002-06-26T10:46:33Z")
You are both clearly wrong (it’s true!). The **real** Top 10 Rush Album list goes like this: 1. Moving Pictures 2. Permanent Waves 3. Vapor Trails 4. Power Windows 5. Signals 6. Grace Under Pressure 7. 2112 8. Roll The Bones 9. Counterparts 10. Hemispheres I didn’t consider live albums, but if I did, Different Stages would be in the top few as well. IMHO, ESL and ATWAS leave a bit to be desired. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/4 "2002-06-26T11:23:17Z")
1. All the World’s A Stage 2. Exit …Stage Left 3. 2112 4. Moving Pictures 5. Permanent Waves 6. RUSH 7. Caress of Steel 8. Fly by Night 9. A Farewell to Kings 10.Signals I hate everything after Grace Under Pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/5 "2002-06-26T12:19:45Z")
Fine, but that doesn’t excuse the absence of Hemispheres! Mars, I didn’t consider Live albums either. ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/6 "2002-06-26T13:09:01Z")
1. Farewell to Kings 2. Grace under Pressure 3. 2112 4. Hemispheres 5. Power Windows 6. Signals 7. All the World’s a Stage 8. Permanent Waves 9. Moving Pictures 10. Different Stages This particular order is approximate and I have live bootlegs that I listen to as much as or more than any album. Live recordings are essential to the canon and must be considered. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/7 "2002-06-26T13:40:42Z")
Oh no! I forgot Hemispheres! Urrg. I put that at #6 so my revised list: 1. All the World’s A Stage 2. Exit …Stage Left 3. 2112 4. Moving Pictures 5. Permanent Waves 6. Hemispheres 7. RUSH 8. Caress of Steel 9. Fly by Night 10. A Farewell to Kings ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/8 "2002-06-26T14:56:13Z")
1. Hemispheres 2. Counterparts 3. Signals 4. Moving Pictures 5. A Farewell to Kings 6. Permanent Waves 7. Grace Under Pressure 8. Presto That’s it. I like individual songs from most of the other albums, but not enough to buy them. And, I know this makes me a heretic, but I thought “2112” reeked. With the exception of ELP’s “Love Beach,” I can’t think of an album I liked less by a band I like as much. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/9 "2002-06-26T15:15:02Z")
Shoot…I don’t even OWN that many albums. I’ll just take everyone’s word for it and go back to listening to _Chronicles_. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/10 "2002-06-27T07:47:46Z")
I own four of them, which I would rank: 1 Moving pictures 2 A farewell to kings 3 Hemispheres 4 Permanent waves ---
**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:** [June 27, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/11 "2002-06-27T14:24:48Z")
I’m very disapointed that more people haven’t listed Presto. Excellent album; in the top 3 or 4 for Rush, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/12 "2002-06-27T17:02:25Z")
I think a lot of it has to do with which “era” you discovered Rush. For many who discovered Rush in the 70’s, all the synth stuff “sucks”. For those like me who came on board in the Signals\GuP era, an album like Presto was disappointing because it represents the beginning of a shift in style. YMMV. Interestingly enough, if I had to rate my “favorite” Rush album based solely on listen time, it would have to be Different Stages. Man, that thing is awesome! Doesnt a week go by that I dont listen to that thing. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/13 "2002-06-27T17:33:05Z")
heres mine, excluding live albums and in no special order, but the higher on the list, the more i like them, but to nail them down 1-10 was too hard for me: moving pictures permanent waves 2112 fly by night signals caress of steel rush farewell to kings hemispheres powerwindows not a huge fan of the newer stuff. found Vapor Trails at the used record shop and snagged it, but havent had too much time to “study” it to see if i am back into the Rush scene… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-rush-albums/115942/14 "2002-06-27T17:38:48Z")
heres mine, excluding live albums and in no special order, but the higher on the list, the more i like them, but to nail them down 1-10 was too hard for me: moving pictures permanent waves 2112 fly by night signals caress of steel rush farewell to kings hemispheres powerwindows not a huge fan of the newer stuff. found Vapor Trails at the used record shop and snagged it, but havent had too much time to “study” it to see if i am back into the Rush scene…