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Rush (1974)



Track Listing

1."Finding My Way" – 5:05
2."Need Some Love" – 2:18
3."Take a Friend" – 4:24
4."Here Again" – 7:37
5."What You're Doing" – 4:22
6."In the Mood" (Lee) – 3:33
7."Before And After" – 5:34
8."Working Man" – 7:11


Fly By Night (1975)



Track Listing

1."Anthem" (Lee, Lifeson, Peart) – 4:36
2."Best I Can" (Lee) – 3:24
3."Beneath, Between & Behind" (Lifeson, Peart) – 2:59
4."By-Tor and the Snow Dog" (Lee, Lifeson, Peart) – 8:36
...I. At the Tobes of Hades
...II. Across the Styx
...III. Of the Battle
........1. Challenge and Defiance
........2. 7/4 War Furor
........3. Aftermath
........4. Hymn of Triumph
...........IV. Epilogue
5."Fly by Night" (Lee, Peart) – 3:21
6."Making Memories" (Lee, Lifeson, Peart) – 2:58
7."Rivendell" (Lee, Peart) – 4:57
8."In the End" (Lee, Lifeson) – 6:48


Caress Of Steel (1975)



Track Listing

1."Bastille Day" – 4:37
2."I Think I'm Going Bald" – 3:37
3."Lakeside Park" – 4:08
4."The Necromancer" – 12:30
...."I. Into the Darkness" – 4:12
...."II. Under the Shadow" – 4:25
...."III. Return of the Prince" – 3:52
5."The Fountain of Lamneth" – 20:01
...."I. In the Valley" – 4:18
...."II. Didacts and Narpets" – 1:00
...."III. No One at the Bridge" – 4:19
...."IV. Panacea" (music: Lee) – 3:14
...."V. Bacchus Plateau" (music: Lee) – 3:16
...."VI. The Fountain" – 3:49


2112 (1976)



Track Listing

1."2112" – 20:33
....I: "Overture" – 4:33
....II: "The Temples of Syrinx" – 2:12
....III: "Discovery" (music: Lifeson) – 3:29
....IV: "Presentation" (music: Lifeson) – 3:42
....V: "Oracle: The Dream" – 2:00
....VI: "Soliloquy" – 2:21
....VII: "Grand Finale" – 2:14
2."A Passage to Bangkok" – 3:34
3."The Twilight Zone" – 3:17
4."Lessons" (Lifeson) – 3:51
5."Tears" (Lee) – 3:33
6."Something for Nothing" (music: Lee) – 3:58


A Farewell To Kings (1977)



Track Listing

1. "A Farewell to Kings" Lee, Lifeson, Peart 5:51
2. "Xanadu" 11:08
3. "Closer to the Heart" Peart, Peter Talbot 2:53
4. "Cinderella Man" Lee 4:21
5. "Madrigal" 2:35
6. "Cygnus X-1" Lee, Lifeson, Peart 10:25


Hemispheres (1978)



Track Listing

1."Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" – 18:05 on CD/18:07 on vinyl
....I: "Prelude" – 4:27/4:30
....II: "Apollo" Bringer of Wisdom
....III: "Dionysus" Bringer of Love – 4:36/4:36
....IV: "Armageddon" The Battle of Heart and Mind – 2:55/2:52
....V: "Cygnus" Bringer of Balance – 5:01/5:00
....VI: "The Sphere" A Kind of Dream – 1:02/1:09
2."Circumstances" – 3:41/3:42
3."The Trees" – 4:46/4:46
4."La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise in Self-Indulgence)" – 9:35/9:36
....I: "Buenos Nochas, Mein Froinds!" - (0:00)
....II: "To sleep, perchance to dream..." - (0:27)
....III: "Strangiato theme" - (2:00)
....IV: "A Lerxst in Wonderland" - (3:16)
....V: "Monsters!" - (5:49)
....VI: "The Ghost of the Aragon" - (6:10)
....VII: "Danforth and Pape" - (6:45)
....VIII: "The Waltz of the Shreves" - (7:26)
....IX: "Never turn your back on a Monster!" - (7:52)
....X: "Monsters! (Reprise)" - (8:03)
....XI: "Strangiato theme (Reprise)" - (8:17)
....XII: "A Farewell to Things" - (9:20)


Permanent Waves (1980)



Track Listing

1."The Spirit of Radio" – 4:56
2."Freewill" – 5:21
3."Jacob's Ladder" – 7:26
4."Entre Nous" – 4:36
5."Different Strings" (Lifeson, Lee) – 3:48
6."Natural Science" – 9:17
...."Tide Pools" – 2:21
...."Hyperspace" – 2:47
...."Permanent Waves" – 4:08


Moving Pictures (1981)



Track Listing

1. "Tom Sawyer" ([1]) 4:31
2. "Red Barchetta" 6:10
3. "YYZ" (Instrumental, [2]) 4:23
4. "Limelight" 4:20
5. "The Camera Eye" 10:59
6. "Witch Hunt (Part III of Fear)" 4:44
7. "Vital Signs" 4:46


Signals (1982)



Track Listing

1. "Subdivisions" 5:32
2. "The Analog Kid" 4:45
3. "Chemistry" (Lyrics: Lee/Lifeson/Peart) 4:57
4. "Digital Man" 6:22
5. "The Weapon (Part II of Fear)" 6:24
6. "New World Man" 3:43
7. "Losing It" 4:53
8. "Countdown" 5:50


Grace Under Pressure (1984)



Track Listing

1."Distant Early Warning" – 4:59
2."Afterimage" – 5:04
3."Red Sector A" – 5:10
4."The Enemy Within (Part I of Fear)" – 4:33
5."The Body Electric" – 5:00
6."Kid Gloves" – 4:18
7."Red Lenses" – 4:42
8."Between the Wheels" – 5:44

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As we bid A Farewell To Kings of ages gone by, let's sing a Madrigal to our Cinderella Man and hope it brings us Closer To The Heart that we have implanted in our robot, Cygnus X-1, and pray that he doesn't make us watch Xanadu again.

Not a huge Rush fan. In fact, my token Rush album is the live Exit ... Stage Left, which doesn't count for this poll.

I used to have a copy of Fly by Night, so I've voted for that...

Originally Posted by Tiggi

Not a huge Rush fan.

You must not be alone.

I was back in the day, but became disillusioned when they went 80s-synth after Moving Pictures.

I picked Permanent Waves, but my second choice would probably be their first album. To this day, I still like it, even though many seem to hate it for being too hard-rock and not progressive enough.

I love them all. This is very difficult as RUSH is one of my 3 favorite bands.

MOVING PICTURES

A perfect album. Power, prog, listener friendly and iconic songs. They nailed this one beginning to end.

Mac

I second Moving Pictures

Rush is one of my favorite bands as well, and my ideals as far as being a band together and constantly reinventing themselves for about 4 decades is concerned. Moving pictures was the first Rush album I heard, and YYZ blew me away, and made me want to be Neil Peart. It drew me to exploring everything by this band and be a loyal fan since '87. It remains my favorite by Rush

Lots of excellent Rush songs but, for me, Moving Pictures was a masterpiece. The album has is nearly its own entity. Geddy Lee is a genius.