1. Xanadu 2. The Fountain of Lamneth 3. 2112 4. Cignus X-1/Hemispheres 5. Bastille Day 6. The Necromancer 7. Limelight 8. The Trees 9. Working Man 10. La Villa Strangiato Rush has so many great songs whittling it down to ten is hard. All the ones on your list I also like. My own list is likely to change at some point depending on my mood or which songs I've listened to most recently.

I was born on Bastille Day. Old Rush songs like certain smells bring back such great memories. Loving your shows! ✌

RIP Neil Peart One of the greatest bands to ever exist. Three incredibly talented gentlemen.

Some of my favorites are: YYZ, Subdivisions, Fly By Night, Xanadu, The Camera Eye, 2112, The Spirit of Radio. That's all for now. I have a lot to listen to still. Haven't checked out all of their records yet.

Excellent list. RUSH are my top band of all time, so although I have a clear 1 through 3 the next 7 can and do fluctuate all the time. 10. Beneath, Between, Behind 09. Marathon 08. Jacob's Ladder 07. Animate 06. YYZ 05. Free Will 04. Red Barchetta 03. By-Tor and the Snowdog 02. La Villa Strangiatto 01. Xanadu Honoraries: Finding My Way, In The End, Natural Science, The Fear Trilogy, Show Don't Tell, The Pass, Bastille Day, and about 250 other songs.

Analog Kid - Rush sonic masterpiece that is underappreciated and timeless.

Nice list, Pete. Mine: 10. Red Barchetta 9. Freewill 8. Anthem 7. Analog Kid 6. Xanadu 5. A Farewell to Kings 4. La Villa Starangiato 3. The Camera Eye 2. Natural Science 1. Hemispheres

1. Xanadu 2. Byr Tor And The Snow Dog 3. La Villa Strangiato 4. 2112 5. Hemispheres 6 Jacobs Ladder 7. Losing It 8. The Fountain Of Lamneth 9. Natural Science 10. Marathon

Here are 5 of my faves ever Xanadu Cygnus X - 1 both Book 1 and Book 2 La Villa Strangiato The Fountain of Lamneth Just a few

1. The Camera Eye 2. Jacob's Ladder 3. Xanadu 4. The Weapon 5. Main Monkey Business 6. Lakeside Park 7. 2112 Suite 8. Red Sector A 9. Leave That Thing Alone 10. Hemispheres Suite

One of my faves was always Dreamline, especially live with all the lasers going!

Pete, You are Awesome for doing this page! And thank you for doing everything that you do! My FAVE RUSH.. This took some contemplating.. 10. Red Sector A 9. Enemy Within 8. 2112 Suite 7. Trees 6. Red Barchetta 5.YYZ 4. Cygnus X-1 3. Xanadu 2. Natural Science 1. Subdivisions! What a Wonderful Band!

Thanks Pete, one of the best parts of the day to see your new top 10 segment. This is sweet candy for a list guy like myself.

Dreamlike red barrachetta and bravado are great songs ! I will work on my list !

Awesome selection, my friend. Yep, you can't go wrong with any selection. So many great tunes.

Great list, Pete! I'm not sure I could do it, but mine would be mostly 70's stuff as well.

Xanadu, Subdivisions, Cygnus X-1: Hemispheres and the Voyage, La Villa Strangiato, Red Barchetta, YYZ, Anthem, 2112, Passage to Bangkok, Tom Sawyer... idk, so many My favourite phase is definitely from 2112 to Signals, both included. All the albums in this era are so solid and super original and incredible for me.

This is the best comments list of lists for Rush. Nice!

Hi Pete! I;m always looking forward to watching your videos! Good work! Keep it up! Have a great weekend!

great video, great discussion, brings back memories (sweet memories....flashing very quickly by....)

10 A Farewell to Kings....9 YYZ....8 Necromancer....7 Freewill....6 By Tor and the Snow Dog....5 Cygnus X 1 .....4 2112...3 Hemispheres....2 Xanadu....1 La Villa Strangiato

Love that you mentioned the underrated “Distant Early Warning”. That one is in my top 10.

Thank you and God bless you Pete. I’m from a generation before you. That great Woodstock era. Favorite bands are Tull, Procul Harum, Airplane Doors , etc. , saw Zeppelin at the Fillmore perform their entire first album just before it was released in 1969. Was just 17! Love heavy .. love Sabbath. This is to put my comments in perspective. I always kind of liked Rush. Saw this review of yours today. How did I miss La Villa Strangius ( forgive if my spelling is off) I just listened to it for about the 10 th time. It turns me into a goosebump and tears. Not only my favorite Rush; one of the best pieces of music I’ve ever heard. And I have heard a lot. And now realize there may be still a lot more. As Procul Harum sang “ Still there will be more”

Been listening to RUSH since '81. I got into them with Exit...Stage Left. Saw them many times. They are probably my favorite band. (The Who, Pink Floyd & Genesis float around the top spot as well). Very hard to pick as I truly enjoy all their albums. 1. La Villa Strangiato 2. Middletown Dreams 3. Available Light 4. Ghost Rider 5. Red Barchetta 6. Xanadu 7. Losing It 8. By-Tor and the Snow Dog 9. Natural Science 10. The Camera Eye HM.... Finding My Way, Anthem, Fly By Night, Bastille Day, Lakeside Park, 2112, A Passage To Bangkok, Cygnus I & II, Freewill, Jacob's Ladder, Limelight, Subdivisions, Analog Kid, Red Sector A, Between The Wheels, The Big Money, Marathon, Territories, Force Ten, Lock & Key, Show Don't Tell, Chain Lightning, Bravado, Ghost Of A Chance, Driven, Time & Motion, Ceiling Unlimited, Nocturne, Armor & Sword, Caravan, Headlong Flight. ;-)

Rush is way hard because of all of the phases they went through. But here it goes: 1. 2112 2. Distant Early Warning 3. The Trees 4. Subdivisions 5. By-Tor and the Snow Dog 6. Time Stands Still 7. Xanadu 8. Tom Sawyer 9. Cygnus X-1 Book II 10. Sweet Miracle HMs: Mission Anthem Closer to the Heart Lessons Dreamline The Analog Kid Far Cry Cygnus X-1 Circumstances Man, I could go on…

1. Tom Sawyer - never gets old sentimental value also 2. Limelight 3. Xanadu 4. Red Barchetta 5. Fly By Night 6. Anthem 7. Working Man 8. 2112 9. Farewell to Kings 10. YYZ

Great list..... spirit of radio

1. Xanadu 2. La villa strangiato 3. Jacobs ladder 4. A farewell to kings 5. In the end 6. The fountain of lamneth (That’s all I can put together right now

When attempting to "Rate" RUSH songs, you simply need to Rock.... & Roll the bones....

So, so late to this. Love Rush to pieces. They were my very first entry into the world of progressive rock. Still can't believe the news I heard last month. Really hurts. Funny thing, I was initially introduced to Rush through their '80s and '90s stuff. Loved it, of course. The proggier '70s stuff crossed my path a few years down the line, and it changed...everything. I own all their studio stuff, minus Vapor Trails, Snakes and Arrows, Clockwork Angels, and the EP of covers they did. Love all of it, though I love the '70s and '80s stuff the most. This is hard. I know my absolute #1 favorite song from Rush; it pretty much hit (and hypnotized) me the first time I ever heard it. The rest of the songs on this roughly-made list are not in any particular order: 10. Bastille Day 9. Distant Early Warning 8. Beneath, Between and Behind 7. The Spirit of Radio 6. La Villa Strangiato 5. Cygnus X-1: Book One 4. Time Stand Still 3. The Analog Kid 2. 2112 title track/suite 1. Xanadu (absolutely, Pete!) WAY too many honorable mentions...

I love all Rush but my top 10 1 Cygnus X-1 2 Fountain of Lamneth 3 Jacobs Ladder 4 Hemispheres 5 Xanadu 6 Camera Eye 7 Natural Science 8 Between the Wheels 9 Countdown 10 2112

Pete, you rock! Top 10: 1. Red Barchetta 2. Subdivisions 3. Natural Science 4. 2112 5. The Analog Kid 6. The Trees 7. The Spirit Of Radio 8. Time Stand Still 9. Limelight 10. Dreamline The next 10: 11. Vital Signs 12. Force Ten 13. The Pass 14. Roll The Bones 15. Driven 16. Closer To The Heart 17. Tom Sawyer 18. Animate 19. Red Sector A 20. Double Agent R.I.P. Neil.

Best band in the world. I got a chance to meet Geddy Lee during his book tour and he was amazing. My top 10 Rush songs would go like this 1. Bravado 2. Available Light 3. Between The Wheels 4. Faithless 5. Witch Hunt 6. Wish Them Well 7. A Farewell To Kings 8. Natural Science 9. Virtuality 10. La Villa Strangiato

Here's a list: 1. Subdivisions 2. Countdown 3. The Pass 4. The Camera Eye 5. Red Barchetta 6. The Spirit of Radio 7. The Analog Kid 8. Entre Nous 9. Time Stand Still 10. Cygnus X-1 Book II

Awwww. We gotta see the art, Pete. Bring back the LP art ay? Beauty. mt and 99 in L.A. big fans.

Thanks. Really cool

1. Jacob's Ladder 2. Subdivisions 3. Tears 4. Resist 5. Xanadu 6. Time and Motion 7. Mystic Rhythms 8. Animate 9. Force Ten 10. Driven

My top 10 (as of December 3, 2018) 10: The Way The Wind Blows (Snakes And Arrows) 9: The Pass (Presto) 8: Kid Gloves (Grace Under Pressure) 7: Middletown Dreams (Power Windows) 6: Natural Science (Permanent Waves) 5: Vital Signs (Moving Pictures) 4: The Fountain Of Lamneth (Caress Of Steel) 3: Xanadu (A Farewell To Kings) 2: 2112 (2112) 1: Hemispheres (Hemispheres) Honourable Mentions, one per album Rush: Here Again Fly By Night: Anthem Caress Of Steel: Lakeside Park 2112: Something For Nothing A Farewell To Kings: Cinderella Man Hemispheres: Circumstances Permanent Waves: Entre Nous Moving Pictures: The Camera Eye Signals: Digital Man Grace Under Pressure: The Enemy Within Power Windows: Manhattan Project Hold Your Fire: Mission Presto: Presto Roll The Bones: Bravado Counterparts: Animate Test For Echo: Resist Vapour Trails: Earthshine Snakes And Arrows: Malignant Narcissism Clockwork Angels: The Garden

The Necromancer is an absolute masterpiece

Closer to the heart

Rush's debut album is hard and AMAZING!!

My (all time) favourite is also Xanadu. It's surprising that a lot of us puts that majestic, masterfully constructed epic as first.

It was 40 years ago tomorrow night when Rush rocked the Gardens London, Ontario, Canada. I was a teen -aged hard rocker who was blown away by their musicianship. I knew right then, Rush were the real thing and would forever travel the world. It was a proud Canadian moment actually. Ever since, I have followed Rush far and faithfully thru all changes and phases. Bless em. In honor of our gifted and beloved nerds...and that amazing show four decades ago, here's my fave Rush songs. Thanx. :) 1/ La Villa Strangiato 2/ Xanadu 3/ Cygnus x-1 Book 2 - Hemispheres 4/ Natural Science 5/ Overture/Temples of Syrinx 6/ Limelight 7/ The Necromancer 8/ Witch Hunt 9/ Bytor and the Snow Dog 10/ Mission )O(

I think you'll appreciate this newly released cut: 💥THE GIRL WHO LISTENED TO RUSH💥 From the back of the stadium She’s easy to see Standing up at the stage In her Starman tee From Anthem to Limelight To YYZ She’s the girl who listened to Rush And all of the rockers And all of the heshers Well they dreamed of the day That they might get her And drive her away In a Red Barchetta She’s the girl who listened to Rush Philosophers and ploughmen They can’t resist her call They cannot choose Not to decide So they've got no choice at all They've gotta love her No she doesn’t say "Pert" And she doesn’t say "Part" Yeah, she knows it’s "Neil Peert" ‘Cause he’s close to her heart Say a prayer for John Rutsey He was there at the start She’s the girl who listened to Rush Philosophers and ploughmen They can’t resist her call They cannot choose Not to decide So they've got no choice at all They've gotta love her Why don’t girls ever listen to Rush? (X a lot) But she listened to Rush! The blacksmith and the artist They can’t resist her call You cannot choose Not to decide So you’ve got no choice at all No you’ve got no choice at all You’ve gotta love her! - Author unknown 💜💫✌🏼🎵 Love your channel! Excited to dig in!

You are correct: any RUSH ‘favorites’ list will change often! I cant do it because I love all of their music but there are a few Rush songs that are special for me- they hit that nerve , they never get old. In no order: 1)Ghost Of A Chance 2)Earthshine 3)Limelight 4)Fly By Night R.I.P. N.P.

Show Don't Tell and The Pass were the 2 singles off of Presto. You should revisit the song The Pass. It's dark and moody.

1.Color of Right (Test for Echo) 2.Limelight (Moving Pictures) 3. Red Barrchetta (Moving Pictures) 4.2112 (2112) 5.Farewell to the Kings (Farewell to the Kings) 6.Spirit of Raidio (Perminit Waves) 7.Freewill (Perminit Waves) 8.Working Man (Rush) 9.Lavilla Strangiato (Hemispheres) 10.Faithless (Snake and Arrows)

I'm very glad to see The Necromancer on this list. I've always loved the song and it definitely never gets the kind of credit it deserves, mostly due to the stigma surrounding the album and the fact that it nearly killed the band's career.

1) Mystic Rhythms (particularly the R30 Version, Geddy's vocal. Just superb) 2) Scars 3) Tai Shan (I love travel and Asian cultures and such, always loved this song. I know it's a hugely hated one but it's a big deal to me. HYF was my very first Rush album) 4) Resist (particularly the Rush in Rio stripped down performance, beyond perfect lyrics. It's Neil, what else can you expect?) 5) Alien Shore 6) red lenses 7) Cut To The Chase (THAT HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL AT 2 : 44 ALEX DOES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SOLO! MOTHER OF GOD, GREATEST TONE AND THING I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!!!) 8) Making Memories 9) Heresy 10) The Analog Kid

1. Hemispheres

1. Necromancer 2. Tom Sawyer 3. Here again 4. Earth Shine 5. Working them Angel's 6. Freewill 7. Anthem 8. Superconductor 9. Jacob's Ladder 10. Subdivisions

I just made a playlist with your top 10! GREAT

10. Cinderella Man 9. Fountain of Lamneth 8. Circumstances 7. Xanadu 6. By-Tor & Snow Dog 5. Analog Kid 4. Camera Eye 3. Natural Science 2. 2112 1. Cygnus X1 Book II Too many honorable mentions to list. Love the lists! Keep ‘em coming!

Sidebar: Your comment about having heard Tom Sawyer enough made me think about the Stones' Can't You Hear Me Knocking, which I've also heard a million times, and it feels just as fresh and just as powerful for me today (12/30/2023) as it did over 50 years ago. I'm just getting into Rush, and don't know most of your Top 10. I know mostly Moving Pictures' songs, and think they are all great, so I have a lot to look forward to! I wonder how many will still be in my Top 10 in another 50 years.

Rush is my all time favourite band, so creating a top 10 list was a very tough job. I still managed to do it, so here's my opinion! 10. Tom Sawyer 9. The Garden 8. YYZ 7. The Camera Eye 6. The Spirit Of Radio 5. 2112 4. Freewill 3. Subdivisions 2. The Anarchist HM: The Fountain Of Lamneth, Natural Science, The Enemy Within, Far Cry, Clockwork Angels. 1. Xanadu

Great list! Natural science, Anthem and Xanadu would make my list also. I love all eras of Rush but my sweet spot is with Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres.

So many great songs to choose from. My personal favourite is actually (1) 'Middletown Dreams' ! I also love the live versions from All the World's a Stage of (2) Lakeside Park and (3) In the End. (4) Red Barchetta is another favourite as well as (5) Mystic Rhythms .

1) Red Sector A 2) Losing It 3) Red Barchetta 4) Xanadu 5) The Pass 6) Yyz 7) The Spirit Of Radio 8) A Farewell To Kings 9) Available Light 10) 2112

I love your list! I wrote an English paper in college about, "Witch Hunt!" 💜💫✌🏼🎵

Very hard to do a top 10 with this band so much good stuff, stretching 40 plus years. But here goes 1. Cygnus x1 2. Xanadu 3. Mystic Rhythms 4 Analog Kid 5 Closer To the Heart 6 Time Stands still 7 The Trees 8 Circumstances 9 2112 10 What your doing

1. Xanadu (A Farewell to Kings) 2. Red Barchetta (Moving Pictures) 3. La Villa Strangiato (Hemispheres) 4. 2112 (2112) 5. Spirit of Radio (Permanent Waves) 6. Natural Science (Permanent Waves) 7. Anthem (Fly by Night) 8. Bastille Day (Caress of Steel) 9. Something for Nothing (2112) 10 Freewill (Permanent Waves) HM: The Camera Eye (Moving Pictures) Cygnus X-1 Book 1 (A Farewell to KIngs) Cygnus X-1 Book 2 (Hemispheres) Working Man (Rush) Lakeside Park (Caress of Steel) Cinderella Man (A Farewell to Kings) Jacob's Ladder (Permanent Waves) The Weapon (Signals) Tom Sawyer and Limelight (Moving Pictures) be Top 10 but overplayed

New watcher to your channel and just loving the lists and wealth of amazing band knowledge. Had to add my list and as everyone points out, tough to narrow it down: 10 Freeze(part 4 of fear) 9 Grand Designs 8 The Pass 7 Freewill 6 Countdown 5 Limelight 4 Cygnus X1 3 Different Strings 2 Natural Science 1 Cygnus X1 Book 2 HM goes to everything else! Ok these: 2112 Fly by Night Spirit of Radio Subdivisions By Tor and the Snow Dog La Villa Strangiato Entre Nous Vital Signs Between the Wheels The Camera Eye The Garden The Bravest Face Tom Sawyer Xanadu Lakeside Park The Necromancer Fountain of Lamneth Middletown Dreams Bravado Carnies

I totally dig the Les Paul behind you. Super cool

La Villa Strangiato is my favorite songs from Rush!

Every dog should get their due: John Rutsey's drumming on Working Man is crisp and to the fore. Great song indeed. But you nailed it sir with Xanadu! About a third of the way thru Neil Peart tosses in that eight-beat fill ENTIRELY off his snare. I was hooked. Thank you for all your work.

Mine is 1. Hemispheres 2. Xanadu 3. La villa strangiato 4. Spirit of radio 5. Freewill 6. Fly by night 7. 2112 8. Yyz 9. Time stand still 10. Subdivisions

top 10 for RUSH, yeah that's tough, good job. \m/

Love your Rush shirt.

Nice picks.

Props for including Necromancer!

Rush is my favorite band of all time. I saw the band 125 times between 1982 - 2015 until their retirement. Although I never listen to them anymore, burnt out on them - discovering other artists at the moment. Always hard to pick their top 10 songs as they have written so many epic, classic and excellent pop songs. My fandom definitely favors the 70s and 80's era - in my opinion Rush's peak years in songwriting was '75 - '82. My first two songs are set in stone - Limelight and Subdivisions are by far the greatest songs they ever wrote - nothing else comes even close. That said, my 3 - 10 can change depending on my mood or when you ask me at any given moment. 1. Limelight (Moving Pictures) 2. Subdivisions (Signals) ----------------------------------- 3. Xanadu (A Farewell to Kings) 4. Natural Science (Permanent Waves) 5. The Necromancer (Caress of Steel) 6. The Analog Kid (Signals) 7. Witch Hunt (Moving Pictures) 8. Cygnus X1 (A Farewell to Kings) 9. Between The Wheels (Grace Under Pressure) 10. 2112 (2112)

The arrangement on La Villa Strangiato is just amazing. If not well rehearsed, it would be very easy to forget your place in that track....

My top 10, although it’s not in order aside from Cygnus X-1 Book II. Also like you said it could change depending on what day it is. 10.Between the Wheels 9.Red Barchetta 8.Vital Signs or Limelight 7.Freewill 6.La Villa Strangiato 5.Working Man 4.Subdivisons 3.Tears 2.Marathon 1.Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Honorable mentions: Finding My Way Anthem Fly by Night Bastille Day The Fountain of Lamneth 2112 A Passage to Bangkok Something for Nothing A Farewell to Kings Xanadu Closer to the Heart The Trees The Spirit of Radio Natural Science The Analog Kid Digital Man Losing It Afterimage The Enemy Within Grand Designs Time Stand Still Turn the Page Show Don't Tell Chain Lightning Bravado Roll the Bones The Big Wheel Ghost of a Chance Animate Cut to the Chase Driven Virtuality How It Is Vapor Trail Far Cry Clockwork Angels The Garden

01. Xanadu 02. Dreamline 03. Ghost of a Chance 04. Available Light O5. The Garden 06. Mystic Rhythms 07. Jacob’s Ladder 08. The Camera Eye 09. Losing It 10. Faithless

10. Cold Fire 9. Between The Wheels 8. Losing It 7. La Villa Stangiato 6. Afterimage 5. The Camera Eye 4. The Pass 3. Red Sector A 2. The Analog Kid 1. Subdivisions

I recently did a top 20 for a friend. Here it is 1-20... 2112 Spirit of the Radio Tom Sawyer Anthem Trees (Live) Limelight Witch Hunt Jacob's Ladder La Villa Strangiato Subdivisions Roll The Bones Working Man Free Will Closer To The Heart (Live) Show Don't Tell The Big Money Finding My Way A Passage To Bangkok Available Light Vital Signs I know you are not thrilled with Presto, but I really like it. To me it was the first time Alex came back. Available Light is my favorite from that album. It is synth heavy, but I love its progginess and the melody and words. I know my Rush songs are a little more traditional popular favorites, but I love how we both have Witch Hunt in the top 10. Great song!

My Rush top ten: 10. Mystic Rhythms 9. The Body Electric 8. 2112 7. Xanadu 6. La Villa Strangiato 5. The Spirit Of Radio 4. Limelight 3. YYZ 2. Red Barchetta 1. Tom Sawyer Honorable Mentions: Subdivisions, Freewill, Witch Hunt, Cygnus X-1, Closer To The Heart, Distant Early Warning, Afterimage, Red Sector A, The Enemy Within, Ghost Of A Chance, Dreamline, Roll The Bones, The Big Money, Anthem, Working Man, Finding My Way, What You're Doing, In The Mood, Bastille Day, Lakeside Park, By-Tor And The Snow Dog, Fly By Night, In The End, The Trees, Something For Nothing, Cygnus X-1 Book II

1. Tom Sawyer 2. La Villa 3. Xanadu 4. Natural Science 5. Red Barchetta 6. The Analog Kid 7. YYZ 8. The Camera Eye 9. Available Light 10. Open Secrets

Giving love to The Necromancer. Hats off to you sir. I've always loved that song. Actually this whole list is on point. I also love Here Again from the debut, if just for the intro. Cold Fire is one of my favorite newer era songs. I would put 2112 as my #1.

I’m a huge Rush fan , I love your list & honourable mentions . I’m not sure I could do a top 10 without a month straight studying lol . I will give you a list of newer songs ( albums after Hold Your Fire ) that are great & somewhat underrated or overlooked . These aren’t in any particular order . 1. War Paint 2. Dreamline 3. Resist 4. Earthshine 5. Wish Them Well 6. Ghost Rider 7. Cold Fire 8. Between Sun & Moon 9. Workin’ Them Angels 10. Vapor Trail

Totally with you on how difficult this Top 10 is to do... If I’m honest I don’t think I could do this list without changing it on a weekly basis. They have such a huge back catalogue of awesome tracks. Let’s just say Rush ROCK!!!

wow,...CANADA chiming in. A thought in listening in is that growing up listening to this stuff as a punk in Canada a lot of the listed songs you mentioned were never played hardly at parties or in a bar or in kitchens,...in my experiences....and I rocked hard and am now 60. Working Man is the only song in a Top 10 format I would agree with you on. I've partied and D.J.'d with people from all across Canada for 4 decades...but hey...all good songs though.

Top 10 1. 2112 2. La Villa Strangiato 3. Tom Sawyer 4. The Pass 5. Xanadu 6. Freewill 7. Jacob's Ladder 8. Subdivisions 9. Caravan 10. Working Man

10. YYZ 9. Twilight zone 8. Take a Friend 7. In The End 6. 2112, 5. Limelight 4. Lakeside Park 3. Working Man 2. The necromancer #1 Closer to the Heart

My list changes constantly, and since I live a few minutes from Lakeside Park in St Catharines, that song's there by default. My first big concert was 1988 with Rush at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Hold Your Fire was the tour, Time Stand Still was the single. It sneaks in my list sometimes. First exposure was my brother's Moon copy of the debut (given away at local Woolco!), and All The World's A Stage on my aunt's 8-track. Anything from those too.

Nice one! Rush has always been pretty amazing and, like some other "power trios" it has always amazed me how big and full their sound was. My top 10 include Working Man, Limelight, Free Will, Jacob's Ladder, Xanadu, Anthem, Fly By Night, and Red Barchetta. Nothing unusual there and most of these are pretty well-known. I do feel like a lot of folks may have never even heard Jacob's Ladder. It's an epic classic and has that cool Rush "thumpy" power. Fly By Night is such a powerful song, only about 3-1/2 minutes long but really shows off Lifeson's superb sound and soloing. Everyone seems to respect them and Rush is one of those bands that you really don't find people who dislike them. It's become kind of a universal and well-known in-joke that you can say something about Rush in front of MOST folks and folks will just generally nod their heads to say..."Yeah Rush!"

1. Limelight 2. Xanadu 3. Closer to the Edge 4. Subdivisions 5. Jacobs Ladder 6. 2112 7. The Pass 8. Caravan 9. Fly By Night 10. YYZ

1 .La Villa Strangiato 2. Natural Science 3. Mission 4. Subdivisions 5. YYZ 6. Limelight 7. Xanadu 8. Working Man 9. Freewill 10 Leave that thing alone. Kept all the real long epics out. Like everyone says, depends what day it is or mood, I listen to it all! No order, just songs of Rush, ask me tomorrow and i probably will chose 10 different

It’s interesting I think that Rush is one of those bands which became much better “song” writers later in their careers (genesis being another). I grew up with early Rush but I have to give credit to great songwriting 1. Time stand still..... one of the only songs to explore the transient nature of life... astonishing poetic and lyrical capture of one part of being human.... never been done better... GENIUS 2. Nobody’s Hero Again, flawless vignette into the nature of heroism. 3. Losing it.....Hemingway, and everyone who ever faded away 4. Red sector A ..... choked me up every time. 5 distant early warning.....pertinent 6. Xanadu..... drug addiction expressed through metaphor!!! Brilliant 7. A farewell to kings oh that bass tone!! 8. 2112 .......

Very solid list! For me, there's no objective top 10 for Rush. Any ten songs of theirs could be Top 10 worthy for me. Here are my ten personal favorites: 10. Cygnus X-1 Book One - The Voyage 9. Mystic Rhythms 8. The Trees 7. The Spirit Of Radio 6. The Camera Eye 5. By-Tor And The Snow Dog 4. The Necromancer 3. Jacob's Ladder 2. Beneath, Between & Behind 1. La Villa Strangiato

Xanadu was the first Rush track I heard.....still No. 1

My top 10 Rush songs 1. 2112 2. Anthem 3. La Villa Strangiato 4. YYZ 5. Something from Nothing 6. Working man 7. The Spirit of Radio 8. The Trees 9. Finding my way 10. The Camera Eye Honorable mentions In the mood, Fly by Night, Beneath between and behind, By-tor and the snow dog, Bastille day, I think I’m going bald, lakeside park, A Passage to Bangkok, Xanadu, Closer to heart, Circumstances, Freewill, Entre Nous, Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Red Barchetta, Subdivisions, The Analog Kid, New World Man, Chemistry, Distance Early Warning, Big Money, Mystic Rhythms, Time Stand stills, Stick it out, Leave that thing alone, Caravan

I am a bit younger and newer fan to the band, so my list might include a few surprises lol 1. 2112 2. Limelight 3. Xanadu 4. Freewill 5. Afterimage 6. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres 7. The Big Money 8. Anthem 9. Animate 10. BU2B

I just don't understand why Power Windows doesn't get any love on any top lists. Another youtuber released his top ten list today and called it "cheesy". Besides the unbelievably transparent and still contemporary sounding production by Peter Collins, they are at an all time musical high on this record if you listen closely to the details. Don't be fooled because there are no ten minute epics on it. Would have been my number one. But your choices are also great... hard to find anything really crappy in their catalog.

My Top 10 1-Something For Nothing 2-Distant Early Warning 3-La Villa Strangiato 4-What You’re Doing 5-Finding My Way 6-Lakeside Park 7-In The End 8-Cygnus X-1 9-The Trees 10-Anthem

Rush is my fave band since coming on board with Hemispheres in 79.I expected your top ten to stop at Moving Pictures and I respect that.However I love all eras of Rush and being a guitarist myself I love what Alex did on later albums.The solos on Grace Under Pressure for me break new ground.Here are some of faves post MP.Countdown,Between the Wheels,Marathon,Turn the Page,Presto,Bravado,Everyday People,Resist,Earthshine,Far Cry,The Garden.Cheers.

My Top 10:- 10. Subdivisions 9. Grand Designs 8. Available Light 7. Jacob's Ladder 6. Witch Hunt 5. Circumstances 4. Vital Signs 3. Afterimage 2. Limelight 1. Xanadu

While I’d love to do a Top 173, I’ll keep it to 10 (and some honorable mentions of course). 1. Clockwork Angels 2. Subdivisions 3. Xanadu 4. Headlong Flight 5. Stick It Out 6. Working Man 7. Marathon 8. 2112 9. Far Cry 10. Caravan Honorable mentions: Anthem, Fly by Night, Bastille Day, La Villa Strangiato, The Spirit Of Radio, Freewill, Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, Limelight, Distant Early Warning, Force Ten, Time Stand Still, The Pass, Roll The Bones, Cut To The Chase, Test For Echo, One Little Victory, Armor & Sword, and the rest of the Clockwork Angels album.

I love 2112 the most its like an adventure

10. The Speed of Love 9. Lock and Key 8. Emotion Detector 7. Entre Nous 6. Limelight 5. Ghost of a Chance 4. La Villa Strangiato 3. Xanadu 2. Digital Man 1. Subdivisions These are really flexible to be honest, so ones I really wanted to put but just had to decide against would be: Finding My Way, Fly By Night, Anthem, Superconductor, Red Sector A, Countdown, The Big Money, Natural Science, and The Camera Eye.