Presto is crying out for a Steven Wilson remix.

My soul left my body when Snakes and Arrows when into D tier as it's one of my all time favourite albums. A travesty.

Caress of Steel is a gem, has grown on me over the years.

Clockwork Angels is an S for me. It always blew my mind how a 40 year old band could make such a great record. The Garden is such an unappreciated masterpiece, became one of my favorite songs ever since I first listened to it, what a beautiful way to say goodbye!

Loving these wheel episodes. Test for Echo is criminally underrated. Totem is a top tier song.

Now we’re talking!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Snakes And Arrows is a great album, for me their best since Grace Under Pressure. Tier A or B for me.

Grace Under Pressure was underwhelming upon the first few listens, but I grew to really love that record.

Great ranking! My personal S tier would be Hemispheres, Moving Pictures, Signals and 2112

Power windows is peak rush ! The mix is flawless!

Great tier list. Kyle and Nick are the well-rounded critics here. Nick's words on Permanent Waves were spot on, and I agree with Kyle that Caress of Steel and Fly by night need to be bumped up a tier.

Vapor Trails is my favorite Rush album of all time. I just don't get how it's so widely disliked.

Nick's breakdown of Permanent Waves was perfect.

I like snakes and arrows :/ ( Far cry is one of my favorites)

No love for snakes and arrows! Hehe I like it a lot. I listen to it more than any of the 80s/synthy/pop ones

Hold Your Fire is underrated. Good ranking overall.

Fun video. I would swap 2112 and Permanent Waves. In terms of Kyle's comment on no legacy prog band put out a decent album in the 2000's, I beg to differ. I think King Crimson's Power To Believe is a great album.

Absolutely love this series. Keep doing more!

I love test for echo ❤ I loved it before social media when we had our own opinions 😀

I bought Vapor Trails when it was first released and worked at a job where everyone wore headphones and listened to CDs all day while working and this one I played over and over, one of my favorite albums of that year.

As a comment to the guy saying the 00s gave us no good albums from the big bands.. Well... Jane`s Addiction released "Strays" in 2003..Others are QOTSA. System of A Down. MUSE. Audioslave. Arcade Fire. The Flaming Lips. The White Stripes. Radiohead. U2 also had some kind of a comeback in the early 00s.

Permanent Waves is my favorite and IMO Roll the Bones and Power Windows are under rated.

Great concept. Looking forward to next episodes!

Please do a Jethro Tull (my fav band) or Frank Zappa (official releases from Freak Out through Civilization Phaze 3 ) Wheel for the next episode! Both would be interesting especially Zappa with all those albums! Just became a fan recently because of the wheel :)

Very fun videos to watch, the wheel of prog is very fun!

These wheel of Prog videos are great!

Great video and concept, I'll look forward to the next one

Hemispheres, Permanent waves, Caress of steel, 2112, Farewell to Kings, Moving pictures, Power Windows, Signals, Hold your fire, and then whatever else.

The dancing bunnies were used at the Counterparts show I saw in Miami exactly 30 years ago. 🐰🐇

I developed an appreciation for Vapor Trails over time. Secret Touch and Freeze are bangers.

nick that intro. omg . love this content! please keep it going. opeth, devin.

Love to see you guys do a wheel on Genesis!!

Loving these tier list videos. Generally agree with the general rankings here, and happy to see Grace Under Pressure make A tier. I think the only thing that stands out for me personally is Snakes and Arrows which would probably be B tier for me. I like it a lot, but I get why it was ranked lower.

My personal order: (S) Power Windows, Moving Pictures, Caress of Steel; (A) Fly by Night, 2112, Farewell to Kings, Permanent Waves, Hemispheres, Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Hold Your Fire; (B) Roll the Bones, Presto, Counterparts, Rush; (C) Test for Echo, Vapour Trails, Feedback, Snakes and Arrows; (D) Clockwork Angels.

Thx guys, amazing fun. ❤

That's a pretty accurate ranking that I think most can adhere to, with a few adjustements here and there maybe :) I really should check out Clockwork Angels. For some reasons I never got around to listening to it. And even though Rush is probably the band I saw live the most often, I so regret not being able to go see them on their last tour... Thanks for this video guys!

Nice work, gents! Much less fisticuffs than that Dream Theater episode, haha!

Only just discovered you chaps. Great stuff, love the wheel of prog. There are no duff Rush albums. And to finish with Clockwork Angels, wow.

Great job again!….I’ll second an Opeth wheel

The S tier rush albums are hemispheres, moving pictures, power windows and a farewell to kings A tier is permanent waves, signals, grace under pressure, clockwork angels B tier 2112, snakes and arrows, vapor trails, counter parts, test for echo, C tier fly by night, caresses of steel D tier hold your fire, roll the bones, presto E tier rush

Nah not putting 2112 in S-tier should be a crime. Just the raw prog rock edging into metal is amazing, certainly better then something like The Spirit Of Radio. Don't get me wrong I like that song but almost all the songs on 2112 beat Spirit Of Radio IMO.

S: Moving Pictures, Signals, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves A: Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, 2112, Snakes & Arrows (Sue Me!) B: A Farewell To Kings, Clockwork Angels, Fly By Night, Hold Your Fire C: RUSH, Roll The Bones, Counterparts, Presto D: Vapor Trails, Caress of Steel, Test for Echo, Feedback

S: A Farewell to Kings thru Signals A: Power Windows, Clockwork Angels, 2112 B: Fly By Night, Caress of Steel, Grace Under Pressure C: Hold Your Fire, Test for Echo, debut, Vapor Trails D: Counterparts, Presto, Roll the Bones, Snakes & Arrows

I'm a little less harsh than you guys, but basically agree on the flow. S Tier: Moving Pictures Hemispheres A Farewell to Kings Permanent Waves Signals A Tier: Power Windows 2112 Grace Under Pressure Fly By Night Clockwork Angels B Tier: Counterparts Hold Your Fire Snakes and Arrows Roll the Bones Caress of Steel C Tier: Rush Presto Vapor Trails D Tier: Test for Echo

50:33 Q: "Did any legacy band make a good album in the early 2000s?" A: Kansas

Saying Vapor Trails has no memorable songs is ridiculous. The title track, the beautiful Ghost Rider, Earthshine, Secret Touch, and more.

I was at that Signals show in Omaha that Jon went to.

Roie...I agree with you on the late 80's-90's albums. Not their "best" albums, but the ones I listen to the most. I came into Rush min-80's...and it took me a long time to listen to, and like, early Rush. lol.

Total agreement on the S and A tiers, but c'mon Snakes and Arrows isn't THAT bad 🤣

S tier - Permanent Waves, Grace Under Pressure, Hemispheres, Hold Your Fire A tier - Signals, Moving Pictures, Power Windows, 2112 B tier - Presto, Caress Of Steel, Rush, Counterparts C tier - Fly By Night, Roll The Bones, A Farewell To Kings, Test For Echo D tier - (Feedback) Clockwork Angels, Snakes & Arrows, Vapor Trails

Sorry to be annoying, but I have to comment on every video until OPETH happens😊 Great series!

this is why rush is so great. somebody’s worst is somebody’s best. Personally, I LOVE Vapor Trail. So many great songs. A tier for me. To each their own!

Great show and tier list. Absolutely agree with those top 4 albums! Would love you guys to do this on Genesis.

My take: Best: Hemispheres. My God. Done. Worst: Snakes and Arrows. My only D tier Rush. Armor and Sword then.... Underrated: This is the toughy. Two awesome/different albums. Peart roll... Counterparts beats Presto by an Everyday Glory!!!

Love this series! Great conversation as usual. I’m in agreement for most, but I think Snakes & Arrows is woefully under ranked. That’s a B album for me. This discography is so damn strong though, so I get it.

Swap Power Windows with Fly By Night. Then swap Counterparts and Presto with Caress of Steel and the debut and the ranking becomes perfect. Well done!

sorry for the late comment. but I was glad to see your channel suggested on YT. I would have put Grace under pressure or Signals above Farwell to Kings. I had not heared Farwell until after Grace or Signals back in 85 so I was a little young at 16, but Farwell, while amazing prog in a way, the songs from Grace or Signals albums ring with me more. I love prog, but I am more rock. 🙂

Agree about 2112, there is a world of difference between Side A and Side B, it’s just that Side A is up there with their best work.

Would love to see you rank within the Tiers

You should end by ranking the albums in each tier. Also, Hold Your Fire is at least C tier. Counterparts and Hold Your Fire are the two albums I always hope get a good ranking.

The only "F" is "Vapor Trails." That has always been the turd in Rush's punch bowl. And "Caress of Steel" is absolutely superb.

Have any of these guys actually listened to Snakes and Arrows?! So many good songs on that album! Overall, I do think this is a solid list, though.

Vapor Trails is awesome! I saw them on that tour. It was so great. I was 13!

Can't believe the Snakes and Arrows hate. I have it as B tier. Swap it with Presto.

You guys gonna do a pink floyd and genesis wheel of prog?

Hold Your Fire is my second favorite album in all music history. Second only to Tales From Topographic Oceans.

I cut my Rush teeth on their Kings album when I was about 10 years old around 1980, spent the next few years buying all the albums and loved all of it to death, then in 84 I hear on MTV about a new Rush release coming up called Grace under pressure and I bought the album and it just didn't grab me like all their previous stuff, and it was pretty much like that for the rest of the 80s releases, then around 1990 I heard Presto and couldn't get enough of it, but the rest of the 90s it was pretty much back to meh, but then Vapor Trails came out around 2002 and I couldn't get enough of it for the next couple of years, and their last couple of releases was back to it was just okay, but over time many of these average Rush albums have grown on me more

was Was this posted as a podcast? I don't see any of the 'Wheel of Prog' episodes in my feed...

Okay, A Farewell to Kings over 2112, absolutely needed to be reversed!!

Great Debate! Rush is my favorite band. I know I have controversial picks, but I'm not going to appeal to the masses. S - Hemispheres, Moving Pictures, A Farewell to Kings, Permanent Waves A - 2112, Fly by Night, Caress of Steel, Rush B - Signals, Test for Echo, Snakes and Arrows, Grace Under Pressure C - Power Windows, Presto, Vapor Trails, Counterparts D - Clockwork Angels, Feedback, Rolls The Bones, Hold Your Fire

I limited myself to 4 albums in each ranking. I would have put more in S if I could. Maybe all of the ones in the A tier. The only album I do not like is Feedback and the rest of the D are so so or I have not listened to them enough to put them higher. S- Signals, Moving Pictures, Permanent Waves, Hemispheres A-Farewell to Kings, Grace Under Pressure, Counterparts, 2112 B-Fly by Night, Clockwork Angels, Power Windows, Presto C- Test for Echo, Roll the Bones, Rush, Caress of Steel, D- Snakes and Arrows, Vapor Trails, Hold Your Fire, Feedback.

Presto would go into B tier for me. But maybe I'm a bit biased as that was the first album I bought (on cassette nonetheless) when I started getting into Rush. I prefer Permanent Waves over Moving Pictures. Yet I would still put both of them in the S tier, along with Hemispheres, and Grace under Pressure.

Wow! Snakes and Arrows would be B tier for me. Solid step up from Vapor Trails. My favorite of theirs post Test For Echo.

Faithless is such a beautiful song, how can you guys trash it (and the rest of the album) that way?

"Test For Echo" was the first that I felt the lyric cadence became clunky - previous albums had a better melodic flow.

50:30 Iron Maiden’s Brave New World is the only one I can think of

Personally I would have put Power windows in S, it’s a perfect album imo !

The ranking should have been S, A+, A, and A-, there are no other letters when it comes to Rush. Ha

I must be the only one that likes Feedback.

Virtuality's lyrics have aged better than any song in the history of music. Neil did NOT Iike this "new thing" called "the internet". This song was NOT a celebration of it. It was the exact opposite. To quote him directly in reference to the lyric "let's dance tonight to a virtual song..." He said "It sounds nice and romantic...but what IS a virtual song? And who'd want to dance to it?" (From his instructional video "A Work In Progress")

Awesome episode and great list My ranking: S: Clockwork Angels, Hemispheres, Moving Pictures, Permanent Waves A: Grace Under Pressure, A Farewell to Kings, 2112, Signals B: Fly By Night, Counterparts, Presto, Rush C: Roll The Bones, Hold Your Fire, Power Windows, Test For Echo D: Caress of Steel, Snakes and Arrows, Vapor Trails, Feedback

Why do people not like 'Rivendell' if you're of a certain generation (ahem - Me!) Tolkienesque poetry and imagery was everywhere in the 70's, bloomin' Robert plant didn't have the monopoly on gollum and the depths of Mordor. Fly by Night 'A' list easily. - and discuss...... PS me too would love a Tull list. thanks y'all

It starts with "all their albums are good" and continues with (mainly Roie) describing most albums as boring with hardly a good song in it, and at times with "bad sound". I think it's mutually exclusive :) Anyway, Counterparts is a great album and is easily a top-10. Hold Your Fire is mostly a great album with amazing lyrics, melodies, bass playing and emotional guitat solos. For me an easy top-10 as well. D tier for me is: Feedback, Presto, Grace Under Presure and Snakes & Arrows.

My first RUSH concert was in Cleveland for the 2112 tour. I was 14. Um, Hemispheres recorded outside??? Um, no.

Test for echo is a great album, just aside from Dog years and Totem. For me it’s a C or maybe B album.

Side B of 2112 is fuckin amazing

Far Cry is amazing, especially live. I don't remember any of the other songs from that album though...

Absolutely love these wheel of prog episodes. I think Rush is generally terrible with a few scattered listenable songs and even I loved watching hardcore Rush fans tier these albums. (Donning asbestos suit now). I have done 3 “deep dives” on this band in the last 40 years and I can definitively say 99% of their catalog is not for me. I have downloaded every one of these album and have listened to each of them once and ironically my tier list would have come out nearly identical. 😂 I have “best of Rush” playlist in case I do an urge to listen to the handful of song I like. Interestingly there are only 20 songs in their entire catalog I rated as songs I like. And NONE of them are over 10 minutes and most are in the 4-5 minute range; if that any indication of my musical tastes. Maybe I shouldn’t be subscribed to a channel called “The Prog Report” 😂🤦🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤘🏼

Caress of steel is S tier for me, but it is also a black sheep, a diamond in the rust and a prelude to more masterpieces, has prog, stunning basslines, super heavy breakdown section in necromancer, intense solos, "feeling", randomness without losing accuracy while playing......it is another path Rush could have taken, where "adapting" to an era, using synth and music videos was not necessary.

I don’t understand the low rating for Test for Echo. It’s an ‘A’.

Well a third or half at best of the list is correct. Snakes and Arrows is a killer album! And I’d put Clockwork Angels in A tier easily

"Feed Back" - D - no feelings about this at all. Made no impact. Good or bad..so it must be in "D". "Presto" - B I have no issues with the sound. The cleaner the better. Neil's Ludwig drums were crushing it during this period. Stand out track, "Scars!" "Caress of Steel" - A The track "Bastille Day" puts it there all on its own. "The Fountain of Lamneth" and " The Necromancer" are awesome. "Power Windows" - C Not near the top of their catalog. Better performances live than on record. Just too much synth work for me I am afraid. "Moving Pictures" - A It's amazing. BUT I have a handful of albums that I will put ahead of this. "Test For Echo" - D As a drummer into my 50th year of playing, Neil is sooo important to me. I hated the "reinvented" Neil. There wasn't anything wrong with him before!!! He wasn't the Neil I loved after this. Once he started "improvising" more and stopped playing the fills note for note..I was really upset and frustrated. Also, I can't stand the sound of DW drums! "Permanent Waves" - A Stunning album. All the tracks are very progressive, yet heavily melodic. Neil's playing is incredible. BUT, not in my top tier! "Roll the Bones" - B I think it is very beat up by reputation now. Again, I LOVE the sound of Neil's Ludwig drums here. Side one is stronger (with "Ghost of a Chance" on side two) and it fades pretty quickly..but overall, not nearly as worthy of a slogging as it gets. "Snakes and Arrows" - D Just not a fan on any level. The sound is awful!! "Signals" - S A masterpiece!! Everything about it is incredible. Side One is perfection!!! Neil was never better!! Complete mastery on the drums! And the last Terry Brown contribution!! "Hemispheres" - S THE ultimate Rush album. It's a progressive juggernaut! The real standouts for me are "Circumstances" and "The Trees"!!! Nice "steal" of the quote from Mike Portnoy about "La Villa". "A Farewell to Kings" - S If not for this, "Hemispheres" doesn't exist. 'Xanadu", the title track, and the powerhouse "Cygnus X-1" make this essential in every way!!!!! "2112" - A So important...but inconsistent. I do love "Twilight Zone" and "Lessons" while "A Passage to Bangkok" is vintage Rush. "Clockwork Angels" - D Just doesn't work for me. The mix and textures are just too thick and murky. I longed for the clean and crisp cutting sound of earlier albums. The songs just aren't as memorable for me. "Rush" - C Middle or near the bottom is exactly where this belongs. "Hold Your Fire" - D Not a big fan of this as presented. The songs that appear on "A Show of Hands" are much stronger than on the studio album. "Vapor Trails" - D Yikes!! I think that about covers it. "Fly By Night" - S Yeah, I say S!! Might not be the "best" Rush..but the most important Rush album. THIS is where they become RUSH!!! "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" is THE most important Rush song of their entire career!! "Grace Under Pressure" - S LOVE, LOVE , LOVE this album..while it won't top "Hemispheres" or "A Farewell to Kings", this is Neil's best drumming display! His versatility was amazing!!! Wonderful guitar solos from Alex!!! "Counterparts" - B Much better album than I remembered it. It's got a strong feel to it and the songs seemed to have become "better" over time.

You should make the wild card spin your 4 names so one of you gets to move one depending where it lands.

I change Presto to A and test for echo to b and it's done for me

Oh man, the disdain for Snakes & Arrows hurts me! For me it is far better than Vapor Trails, Test for Echo, Counterparts and maybe RTB. Far Cry is a killer track. And S&A has some of Neil's best lyrics! I mean come on, just read the words to Armor and Sword. Love this series guys, please do more!

You guys put Clockwork Angels right where it should be. maybe a little too high

Not sure the song in the middle of Counterparts that is "So So"... Between Sun and Moon and Alien Shore are two of my favorites...

I'm glad Presto got a last minute bump up

I always listen to A Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres as part 1 and 2 because of Cygnus. Definitely S tier albums. I have to agree with all the S tier stuff. 2112 is fantastic but those 4 albums you put into S tier are more enjoyable. I actually prefer Caress of Steel over 2112. I always thought it was a great album and overlooked.

Vapor Trails is AMAZING!