5 Favorite Rush Albums

**Frownland** · 03-31-2017, 09:41 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, 10:29 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, 10:34 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, 10:42 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, 10:54 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, 11:41 AM

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

**Frownland** · 03-31-2017, 01:54 PM

"5 Favorite Rush Albums", not "5 Favorite Rush Albums Insofar as to How They Encompass the Sound of the Group at that Given Point In Their Career"

duga · 03-31-2017, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

"5 Favorite Rush Albums", not "5 Favorite Rush Albums Insofar as to How They Encompass the Sound of the Group at that Given Point In Their Career"

As much as I typically disregard most live albums, I have to say there are some exceptions. Rush has always made a big deal about their live albums; earlier in their career they'd regularly release them after a handful of albums to essentially "document" their sound from that era. Rush's live albums should count.

I'm rarely in the mood for the really early Rush stuff (s/t, Fly By Night, Caress of Steel), but I love throwing on All the World's a Stage every once in a while.

Chula Vista · 03-31-2017, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

"5 Favorite Rush Albums", not "5 Favorite Rush Albums Insofar as to How They Encompass the Sound of the Group at that Given Point In Their Career"

Hindsight is 20/20. My thread, I can revise the rules if I want.

**Frownland** · 03-31-2017, 02:03 PM

So change the title to "5 Favorite Rush Albums Insofar as to How They Encompass the Sound of the Group at that Given Point In Their Career" then?

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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	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 __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	"5 Favorite Rush Albums", not "5 Favorite Rush Albums Insofar as to How They Encompass the Sound of the Group at that Given Point In Their Career" __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-31-2017, 02:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	So change the title to "5 Favorite Rush Albums Insofar as to How They Encompass the Sound of the Group at that Given Point In Their Career" then? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x