5 Favorite Rush Albums

**Frownland** · 03-31-2017, 10:41 AM

You and TH both with the weird live album bias, I don't get it since they have the ability to be wildly different from the studio records (and usually are). You thinking they're analogous means that you've already lost this argument.

Trollheart · 03-31-2017, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Can't choose live albums

I think I have the ability to choose whatever I ... oh.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

You and TH both with the weird live album bias, I don't get it since they have the ability to be wildly different from the studio records (and usually are). You thinking they're analogous means that you've already lost this argument.

Again I must explain: I only don't like reviewing live albums as most of the time the material on them is stuff I've heard before. I have nothing against live albums. E...SL holds a place in my heart as it was I think the first Rush album I got (I was like that: buy greatest hits or buy live albums to see if I liked the band, then work on their discography).

Frown, you need to get over this obsession you have with me and live albums. I have nothing against them, listen to them a lot, just don't prefer to review them. That's all.

**Frownland** · 03-31-2017, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Again I must explain: I only don't like reviewing live albums as most of the time the material on them is stuff I've heard before. I have nothing against live albums. E...SL holds a place in my heart as it was I think the first Rush album I got (I was like that: buy greatest hits or buy live albums to see if I liked the band, then work on their discography).

So you don't have a weird bias towards live albums, you just have different standards when it comes to live albums for no real reason. I'll chalk this up to a violent agreement.

Trollheart · 03-31-2017, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

So you don't have a weird bias towards live albums, you just have different standards when it comes to live albums for no real reason. I'll chalk this up to a violent agreement.

Are you deliberately misunderstanding me just to annoy me? Of course you are.

I have nothing against listening to live albums, I just prefer not to review them. If that isn't clear enough for you I don't know what to tell you.

Also: http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...ve-albums.html

**Frownland** · 03-31-2017, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Are you deliberately misunderstanding me just to annoy me? Of course you are.

I have nothing against listening to live albums, I just prefer not to review them. If that isn't clear enough for you I don't know what to tell you.

Different standards for live albums=bias yo. If that isn't clear enough for you I don't know what to tell you.

duga · 03-31-2017, 12:41 PM

I love it when you guys get into it.

It's probably easier for me to pick which Rush albums are NOT my favorite, but I'll take a stab at my favorites. Honestly, I can't put these in any particular order - I reach for them all pretty much equally and they all have their merits.

Moving Pictures (pretty much has to be on the list)
Permanent Waves (mostly because Freewill was the first Rush song to get me hooked)
Grace Under Pressure
Power Windows
A Farewell to Kings

Trollheart · 03-31-2017, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Different standards for reviewing live albums=bias yo. If that isn't clear enough for you I don't know what to tell you.

Fixed that one for ya.
Also, if you're complaining about people not liking live albums include OccultHawk, as it was his comment that kicked all this off. Have you been to my thread yet?

**Frownland** · 03-31-2017, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Fixed that one for ya.
Also, if you're complaining about people not liking live albums include OccultHawk, as it was his comment that kicked all this off. Have you been to my thread yet?

Wow, you really do love those live albums, impressive. Why the weird prejudice when it comes to reviewing?

Trollheart · 03-31-2017, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Wow, you really do love those live albums, impressive. Why the weird prejudice when it comes to reviewing?

This is the last time I'll explain it.
As the chances are that most of the material has already been reviewed by me, I would not have as much to say about the tracks. I could go on about atmosphere, crowd, feel etc, but how different can that be from live album to live album? Look at Live After Death: am I going to go on describing, say, "Aces high" or "Hallowed be thy name" when I have already done so in the reviews of their respective albums? So what's left to write? It's like covering a greatest hits compilation.

If you trawl through my original journal, you'll see there have been a few live albums I've reviewed, but they're in the minority. I'd rather expend my creative writing - such as it is - on something new and worthwhile, rather than just rehash old stuff I've already reviewed.

**Frownland** · 03-31-2017, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

This is the last time I'll explain it.
As the chances are that most of the material has already been reviewed by me, I would not have as much to say about the tracks. I could go on about atmosphere, crowd, feel etc, but how different can that be from live album to live album? Look at Live After Death: am I going to go on describing, say, "Aces high" or "Hallowed be thy name" when I have already done so in the reviews of their respective albums? So what's left to write? It's like covering a greatest hits compilation.

If you trawl through my original journal, you'll see there have been a few live albums I've reviewed, but they're in the minority. I'd rather expend my creative writing - such as it is - on something new and worthwhile, rather than just rehash old stuff I've already reviewed.

Not every artist is Iron Maiden. This is part of the bias that I was talking about.

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rehash old stuff

Live albums have the potential to do MUCH more than this. That's really my main point of dispute.

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