Nice list. Straight and to the point. No filler.

Very different from my ranking. I like how unique this ranking is among the many others I have watched, and you make some good points.

I've done this exercise several times over the years but I find that it constantly changes, with my current faves being Hemispheres and A Farewell To Kings but give me a month or so and it will probably be different again. 😊

I have been playing Vapor Trails (remixed) so much during the past 4 or 5 months and have recently discovered that listening to the original mix as well makes for an all round Vapor Trails experience. It's an under rated album which you have managed to give some 'good press' to here.

I think I am the only person that likes Hold your Fire. lol. Great list…I think it is cool to hear different opinions. It allows us to grow mentally. Be well my friend!!

I enjoy a subjective ranking of my favourite band - it's always fascinating how different people appreciate their vast and amazing catalogue a little different to me, and there are no wrong answers. Very enjoyable my friend 👍

Interesting rankings. Thanks for posting.

1. Hemispheres 2. Moving Pictures 3. A Farewell to Kings 4. Permanent Waves 5.2112 6. Caress of Steel 7. Fly By Night 8. Rush

I was smiling the whole video, because it's so funny how tastes differ. For me the list is almost the other way around. The first two albums at the bottom, together with Vapor Trails. Top 3 is Signals, Power Windows and Presto. Nice video 👍

🌠 Good List Man...Nice Neil Photo on the Wall...

My top 5 have been steady since the 80s. A lot of memories and good times are associated with them. 1. Hemispheres 2. Moving Pictures 3. 2112 4. Permanent Waves 5. Signals

Caress of Steel has benefitted from hindsight. Its greatest strength, IMO, is that you can hear the nascent sounds of 2112 emerging. But The Necromancer is, again in my opinion, a step back from By Tor and the Snow Dog. I find the closing guitar riff to be hackneyed in a way little else in the Rush catalogue is. A pretty good album, but I think the rose colored glasses are particularly strong with that one.

I did an album ranking on my channel back in 2021. Here it is: 19- Vapor Trial 18- Snakes and Arrows 17- Test for Echo 16- Presto 15- Counterparts 14- Hold Your Fire 13- Signals 12- Clock Work Angels 11- Rush 10- Power Windows 9- Permanent Waves 8- A Farewell to kings 7- Caress of Steel 6- Fly By Night 5- Roll the Bones 4- Hemispheres 3- Moving Pictures 2- 2112 1- Grace Under Pressure

6 tiered ranking: 1- Moving Pics, Permanent Waves 2-Power Wondows, Hemispheres, 2112 3-Signals, Fly By Night, Farewell 2 Kings 4- Roll the Bones , Grace under Pressure, Vapor Trails, Rush, Test 4 echo 5- Hold ur Fire, Presto, Counterparts 6. Caress, Clockwork Angels, Snakes n Arrows

Thanks for all the great replies. Thanks for sharing your opinions.

Honestly, I’ve always been hard pressed to rank their 5 consecutive masterpiece albums from ‘ 76 - ‘ 81. But I do like where you have Caress of Steel. I can appreciate their early, innovative side of that one. And I love making a case for “ Clockwork. “ It’s not perfect but it’s loaded with harder edged material, very reminiscent of their older work. “ Headlong Flight “ in particular. I believe Rush went out like a lion with this album. RIP Neil.

Tough task for me! I change the ranking from time to time😂😂 But one thing still holds true... I like all albums 😍

I find it interesting that we all enjoy Rush, yet have such widely diverging opinions. Here are the nineteen Rush studio albums ranked according to my preference. Permanent Waves (1980) Moving Pictures (1981) 2112 (1976) Hemispheres (1978) A Farewell to Kings (1977) Signals (1982) Snakes and Arrows (2007) Roll the Bones (1991) Test for Echo (1996) Counterparts (1992) Vapor Trails (2002) Clockwork Angels (2012) Fly by Night (1975) Caress of Steel (1975) Power Windows (1985) Grace Under Pressure (1984) Hold Your Fire (1987) Presto (1989) Rush (1974)

I’m sure if I wanted to get really detailed I could adjust the list a bit more for my preference but your list is pretty close mine save for the position of _Moving Pictures_ and _Caress of Steel_ which would basically switch places for me haha. I absolutely love the Bacchus Plateau section of Lamneth.

From worst to best Feedback Test for Echo Hold Your Fire Presto Roll the Bones Vapor Trails Rush Snakes and Arrows Caress of Steel Fly by Night Counterparts Clockwork Angels Grace Under Pressure Power Windows 2112 A Farewell to Kings Signals Moving Pictures Hemispheres Permanent Waves

Interesting rankings

This would be an easy video for me to make. IMO, best to worst would almost be in chronological order, with the last ones being bumped up a few slots.

The word/phrase that I was looking for in describing some of the songs on the Roll The Bones album (and in general on their period between Power Windows and Test For Echo) is too bubbly.

Art and music are completely subjective. I think it varies completely especially based on age. Personally, I think it's very difficult to span a band beyond 10 years and still keep the music interesting. Personally, after Moving Pictures, I lost interest in Rush, I did see them play live during Power Windows and Blue Oyster Cult opened for them and quite frankly were a better live band on that night. BOC packed all their best songs into a 55 minute set and were much more interesting than Rush. Alex Lifeson looked bored through the majority of the set until the end when they did a Medley of their older material. I also saw Rush live on 2112, Farewell to Kings, and In my opinion, their musical peak on Hemispheres. Their live shows had a lot of energy back then because they were young and had an edge. Hemispheres was their peak musically, Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures were really good albums and tours as well. Fly by Night through Moving Pictures was their best work especially live in concert. They had their own sound and image.

Hi I love hold your fire it's not there best album but I like it The album's from fly by night to signals are there best I saw them on the hold your fire tour and it was brilliant I don't think rush ever made a bad album But presto and roll the bones were ruined by bad production For me hold your fire is a album I return to often I love Rush they are the soundtrack to my life I enjoyed rush in the mid 80s when now whan like them people were into Metallica and thrash bands But for me RUSH are the best band ever

Wow, we're close, but I'd wager many will disagree with Signals low ranking. Vapor Trails has to be the remaster. Caress...was a formula for things to come, but not quite there for me. Permanent Waves is higher for me, and comparing track for track with Moving Pic.s might surprise you....even though MP's has one more tune. Thoughtful analysis!

Was FTK's mentioned?

1. 2112 (1976) 2. Moving Pictures (1981) 3. Permanent Waves (1980) 4. Hemispheres (1978) 5. Grace Under Pressure (1984) 6. Fly By Night (1975) 7. A Farewell to Kings (1977) 8. Signals (1982) 9. Power Windows (1985) 10. Clockwork Angels (2012) 11. Rush (1974) 12. Caress of Steel (1975) 13. Counterparts (1993) 14. Test for Echo (1996) 15. Roll The Bones (1991) 16. Snakes and Arrows (2007) 17. Hold Your Fire (1987) 18. Presto (1989) 19. Vapor Trails (2002)

I totally agree with Presto ranking last. That album and RTB's are the worst sounding Rush albums by far, and I assume that had to do with Rupert Hine being the producer. I also agree with Moving Pictures at #1, although I would have Hemispheres at #2.

Anyone who puts the 1st record ahead of ANY other album should just listen to Aerosmith

My least favorite Rush albums are Fly by Night, Caress of Steel, Farewell to Kings, and Permanent Waves, I stopped listening to Rush after Power Windows, because I didn't like the direction they went with Hold your Fire and the other later albums.

You mentioned how much you hate The Big Money because Geddy is playing a bass without a headstock, he is playing a Wal bass on the video and the album, which is not what you are talking about. Plus, The Big Money is one the more challenging bass lines in Geddy’s library.

I cut my Rush teeth on their Kings album around 1980 and some days it's still my favorite album by them. On power windows I'm the exact opposite from you I like the first five songs but don't care much for the last three. As far as Presto I couldn't get enough of it when it came out and it's definitely still one of my favorites. I agree with you about the song countdown too much NASA talk but over the years I got used to it and was able to kind of block it out and listen to the awesome instrumentation. On Grace under pressure the songs are pretty much mediocre for me. On hold your fire I like maybe just three or four songs and mission is one of them. I can see how moving pictures would be a lot of people's favorite it did have many radio hits yeah I like it a lot but I wouldn't say over all its my favorite Rush album but easily in my top 10, I think all your top ones are also mine. Vapor Trails is probably my favorite post signals album. I'm kind of lukewarm when it comes to snakes & arrows and clockwork angels, I usually like test for echo and counterparts quite a bit more, roll the bones has some great moments but I'm not big on the last few songs. The first Rush album I like everything on it except the bluesy here again, just doesn't sound right hearing Rush doing bluesy Rock.

Here is my worst to best. I absolutely love the top 9 albums. That is from 2112 to Signals. I think Clockwork Angels and Test for Echo are very good. I was not 100% sure where to put Caress of Steel and Power Windows. I would not rank them any higher but I might rank them lower. From Roll the Bones to Caress of Steel could be in any order also. I think they are all good albums but not classic works by Rush. I have never really gotten into Vapor Trails and Snakes and Arrows. I think Snakes and Arrows is the better album but I could not put them any higher because I never listen to them. They just never really kept me interested enough to listen to them over and over again. feedback and Hold your Fire are not good. I still like much of hold your fire live. There are some good songs on that album. Feedback is just forgettable. Feedback Hold Your Fire Vapor Trails Snakes and Arrows Rush Roll the Bones Presto Caress of Steel Power Windows Test for Echo Clockwork Angels 2112 Fly by Night A Farewell to Kings Counterparts Hemispheres Permanent Waves Grace Under Pressure Moving Pictures Signals

I do not understand how you cannot see how Counterparts is Rush doing grunge. It is a very grunge like album. Everyday Glory is the best song on Counterparts. The meaning of the song and its lyrics is one of Neil's best ever. Very emotional. I know it is just your opinion but compared to what Rush was doing, Counterparts was very heavy. I am not a big Mystic Rhythms fan. Too much synth. Interesting enough rhythm but not incredible. One of my picks for the most overrated of all Rush songs. Kind of boring. Test for Echo is another song that is just okay. It never really gets going enough. Not really like their 70's songs though. I think both Vapor Trails and Snakes and Arrows both have too many mid-tempo songs that are very similar to each other. They get a little boring.

This last is poop

in my opinion Clockwork Angels is a Terrible Album........ Just My Opinion