RUSH : ranking all 19 studio albums 

1-Moving pictures 2-Grace under pressure 3-Power windows 4-Signals 5-Hemispheres 6-2112 7-Permanent waves 8-A farewell to kings 9-Snakes and arrows 10-Caress of steel 11-Hold your fire 12-Rush 13-fly by night 14-Clockwork angels 15-roll the bones 16-presto 17-Counterparts 18-Vapor trails 19-test for echo

Hi I've only got into Rush for the last 3 years I just stumbled on one of their tracks by chance it was The big money it blew me away I have now gone through most of their albums and they are now my favourite band It's a pity they are no more but what a legacy they have left ❤

Hallo my friend......and yes,what a great ranking Video ! 19. Vapor trails 18. Counterparts 17. Test for echo 16. Snakes & arrows 15. Presto 14. Roll the bones 13. Clockwork angels 12. Caress of steel 11. Hold your fire 10. Hemispheres 09. Fly by night 08. Grace under pressure 07. Permanent waves 06. A farewell to kings 05. Power Windows 04. Signals 03. Debut 02. Moving pictures 01. .......and still my all time favourite Rush Album: 2112 😍😍😍 Have a nice day and greetings,Heiko

Thanks for your list. A discerning top 8: 1. 2112 2. A Farewell To Kings 3. Clockwork Angels 4. Counterparts 5. Hemispheres 6. Moving Pictures 7. Permanent Waves 8. Fly By Night

5 - Fly By Night 4 - 2112 3 - Signals 2 - Moving Pictures 1 - Permanent Waves

My ranking 1 Hemispheres 2 Caress of steel 3 power windows 4 A farewell to kings 5 Hold your fire 6 2112 7 fly by night 8 grace under pressure 9 moving pictures 10 permanent waves 11 signals 12 Rush 13 counterparts 14 test for echo 15 presto 16 vapour trails 17 clockwork angels 18 snakes and arrows 19 Roll the bones

1. 2112 2. Moving Pictures 3. Permanent Waves 4. Hemispheres 5. Grace Under Pressure 6. Fly By Night 7. A Farewell to Kings 8. Signals 9. Power Windows 10. Clockwork Angels 11. Rush 12. Test for Echo 13. Counterparts 14. Caress of Steel 15. Roll The Bones 16. Snakes & Arrows 17. Hold Your Fire 18. Presto 19. Vapor Trails

Great topic! Wow, so tough to pick an absolute favorite. I'm partial to Grace Under Pressure, Signals, and Hold Your Fire. They've gotten the most spins over the years. Just started reading Neil Peart's Ghost Rider novel. There's a great Canadian Rush cover band called New World Men. Hoping to see them in 2024.

Been looking forward to this one for a long time. I can see why it would take you a while to get around to doing this ranking Darcy. Probably one of the hardest discographies to rank as the albums are of a very high standard and there's at least a couple of great songs on each album. I'd liken it to Maiden or Queen with variety in the album styles, resulting in no list being the same. Good to hear your thoughts on the albums and some of your favourite songs. Some of my fav albums are: Power windows (that is #1), signals, moving pictures, 2112 and snakes and arrows.

Thier first self titled album is my personal favorite, love that thing

Good list! Mines a bit different: 1. Hemispheres 2. A Farewell to Kings 3. Moving Pictures 4. Permanant Waves 5. 2112 6. Grace Under Pressure 7. Fly By Night 8. Hold Your Fire 9. Caress of Steel 10. Test For Echo (I love this album!!) 11. Signals 12. Roll the Bones 13. Power Windows 14. Rush 15. Clockwork Angels 16. Counterparts 17. Vapor Trails (Remix FTW except "How it Is" is better on the original) 18. Presto (Like you said, "The Pass" is excellent) 19. Snakes and Arrows Yes, please rank the live albums/videos.

This time I write a comment before watching. Perfect timing, sir! I just had a beer and opened a second, hahaha.... Thank you upfront for taking the effort of ranking this great catalogue. My fave might be strange but it´s still "Counterparts". I was late to the Rush party and this is where I entered. Unfortunately Rush were never that big here in Germany early on so it took me until 1993 to fully digest the band.

Excellent ranking Darcy! Rush is such a difficult band to rank. And you are right there are no Rush rankings alike. Presto is very underrated in my opinion. Thoroughly enjoyed this one!👍

GREAT show - thanks a lot!!! Earthshine is such a gem in deed :) 01. Grace Under Pressure 02. Signals 03. Moving Pictures 04. A Farewell To Kings 05. Power Windows 06. 2112 07. Hemispheres 08. Fly By Night 09. Permanent Waves 10. Clockwork Angels 11. Snakes & Arrows 12. Counterparts 13. Presto 14. Vapor Trails 15. Caress Of Steel 16. Hold Your Fire 17. Rush 18. Roll The Bones 19. Test For Echo Could change every now and then.

1. Rush 2. Moving Pictures 3. 2112 4. A Farewell to Kings 5. Fly by Night 6. Hemispheres 7. Permanent Waves 8. Signals 9. Caress of Steel 10. Power Windows Best I can do is a top ten. That was quite an undertaking for you. Keep up the good work!

I watched the Movie yesterday. I've had them on a lot the last 2 days. I can't believe how much old footage they had. Im not anything as familiar with them as you which might explain a few different positions. I have 8 on CD at the moment. I didn't realise you had all those vinyl ones. Obviously subject to change as i get more listening but out of what i own.... 1. Moving Pictures 2. Permanent Waves 3. Debut 4. Grace Under 5. 2112 6. Signals 7. A Farewell 8. Fly by Night Ill be interested to co e back to this comment myself in a year lol. Great video tackling such a big catalogue. I cant think of who else you could do

Ready! Thank you Darcy, great video. Short afterthought: I´d love to see Alex and Geddy make some new music, I´d love to see them play old songs live but nothing of what the future has to offer should be called "RUSH". The two remaining guys have such a great humour, they will come up with a thoughtful name with a funny wink to the old moniker.

Fantastic ranking Darcy. There’s probably like 9 albums that I need to still listen to. Rush is incredible. Cheers brother

That's a HUGE undertaking. For me, ranking the 70's catalogue is much easier. I kind of lost interest between 1983 to 1988. R.I.P. Neil. My No.1 is "2112", as it was the very first concert I've ever seen. My top 5 are: 5. Caress of Steel, 4. Fly By Night, 3. Rush, 2. A Farewell to Kings and 1. 2112.

Great ranking and video Darcy! Thanks for doing that. They have so many gems over the years. Their albums play almost lke a movie each time. A great band! Epic ranking

Awesome ranking dude...I have thought about doing one as Rush is my ultimate fave band...my list differs a bit so I just might....really good ranking dude....Cheers

Very nice, Darcy! Rush is my second favorite band of all time. I appreciate your inclusion of them on this channel. Here's my ranking: 1. Moving Pictures 2. Signals 3. Power Windows 4. Grace Under Pressure 5. Permanent Waves 6. A Farewell To Kings 7. Hemispheres 8. 2112 9. Clockwork Angels 10. Counterparts 11. Fly By Night 12. Roll The Bones 13. Snakes and Arrows 14. Vapor Trails 15. Rush 16. Hold Your Fire 17. Presto 18. Test For Echo 19. Caress of Steel

I really enjoyed this brother. What a band , what a history and 3 of the greatest musicians we will ever know. And honestly the order doesn’t matter, there all great. No wrong order(except of course your 13th)lol😂. Saw them between 15-20 times, 4 times on the counterparts tour lolol. And like you, there a once a year minimum spin through the whole discography. Lots of similar placements, lots of different as well,they belong in a genre all there own, it’s called rush. 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

What a tough ranking video to make. Rush is a band that had different eras of the band, some people like certain ones more than others but they’re a band that never released a bad album their entire career.

Thanks for putting so much effort into this ranking. I am still missing a few RUSH albums. 2112 was the last one i picked up this summer. Counterparts was my first album by this band. Very enjoyable to be honest. Can't wait for your top 2023 list Darcy. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🎅 🤘!

Wow what a job it had to be to actually pull this ranking off!! While I can’t rate all of these I can put Hold Your Fire at 19 and Grace at 18, 1 would be 2112, 2 Moving Pictures, 3 Signsls. Clockwork Angels would make my Top 10 Cheers!!

Nice to hear some love for Turn the Page an awesome track that often gets overlooked

Very good rankings video Darcy and I'd probably have to agree with you on your #1 Moving Pictures. It's one of the greatest albums ever released in history in my opinion. But if I had to sit down and make my top Rush albums rankings. I can honestly say that Caress Of Steel, Counterparts and even Test for Echo would definitely be higher on my list. like you said Rush has never released a bad album and don't believe you could ever find a Rush fan to ever say that they release a bad album.😂 Rush is one of the most Greatest and talented groups in the history of Rock. I've gotten into them back when Exit...Stage Left was only out a few years. After that I was hooked on them throughout the future. It was in my opinion One of the greatest live albums ever recorded at the time. I know it was a helluva task Ranking these albums. But you've done a great job my friend.👍 take care brother.🤘🍺

One of my favorite bands! It's difficult ranking the Rush discography. No bad album from them, although I'd say their 2000's work is where they were at their worst IMO, but still not bad. Moving Pictures has always been on the top of the ranking for me, but other albums are really close like Permanent Waves, A Farewell To Kings, and 2112. All classics for sure.

Great list. I have signals and moving pictures 1 & 2. I also like how much love you give vapor trails. Thanks for posting.

Nicely done Darcy. I got into Rush in the early 1990s, late into there carrier. My favorite period is from Hemispheres to Signals. Back in the summer of 1999, I was at a chiropractor's office in Richmond Hill, part of the Greater Toronto area. I was waiting for treatment when Alex Lifeson walked in. He too was there for treatment. He was very nice and took the time to answer all my questions and give his autograph. We spoke about the recording process of Hemispheres and the status of the band at the time. They were waiting for Neil to recover from the death of his wife and daughter. I took a music class when I was a student at York University. The teaching assistant was doing his PHD on Rush at the time. I did a paper for this class on the band. He interviewed me for a book he wrote about the band.

Rush is probably a top 5 band for me. Love Rush. Moving Pictures is my favorite. One of my favorite albums of all time. 2112, A Farewell To Kings, Permanent Waves, and Signals are some of my favorite Rush albums. I think they have no bad albums. I do seem to like Hold Your Fire and Test For Echo more than some people. Not their best but I like those albums. Some pretty good songs on those like Force Ten, Open Secrets, Test For Echo, Time And Motion, Resist, Prime Mover, and some others. Interesting ranking.

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

Great video Darcy thanks for taking the time to do that top three exactly the same as yours but my number four would be grace. Awesome video thanks again

1. Moving Pictures 2. Permanent Waves 3. 2112 4. Signals 5. Rush 6. Power Windows 7. A Farewell to Kings 8. Fly By Night 9. Clockwork Angels 10. Hemispheres 11. Grace Under Pressure 12. Counterparts 13. Hold Your Fire 14. Roll the Bones 15. Snakes & Arrows 16. Presto 17. Vapor Trails 18. Caress of Steel 19. Test for Echo

My first concert when I was 14 ( Permanent Waves ) Seen them 27 times so I’m a huge fan . Here’s my ranking 1 Permanent Waves 2 Hemispheres 3 Moving Pictures 4 Farewell to Kings 5 2112 6 Grace Under Pressure 7 Signals 8 Fly By Night 9 Snakes and Arrows 10 Rush 11 Counterparts 12 Powerwindows 13 Vapor Trails 14 Clockwork Angels 15 Caress of Steel 16 Roll the Bones 17 Test for Echo 18 Presto 19 Hold your Fire

Maiden and Rush are my 2 favorite bands since hearing them in jr high school. And always will be. My brother introduced me to Rush with the following words: 'You gotta hear this f---ing drummer' 🤘

Of all the concerts I've been to my first Rush concert (Presto tour) is still top of my favorites list. The top 2 of your ranking was exactly what I was expecting

Ok Darcy well I’m definitely coming in at a different time era than you. Discovered Rush in 77 first albums 2112, ATWAS, and AFTK so here goes 19. Hold Your Fire 18. Roll The Bones 17. Presto 16. Test For Echo 15. Power Windows 14. Snakes & Arrows 13. Vapor Trails 12 Clockwork Angels 11. Grace Under Pressure 10. Counterparts 9. Caress of Steel 8. Rush (debut) 7. Signals 6. Fly By Night 5. Permanent Waves 4. Hemispheres 3. Moving Pictures 2. 2112 1. A Farewell To Kings

Hey Darcy! Happy early Birthday! Hope you have an amazing day! Great job on the ranking I know I couldn't do it. Lol... I honestly love so many of these albums I have never really thought about which is my favorite. Power Windows, Test for Echo and Presto have always been my least favorite, and even Hold Your Fire back in the day used to bore me a bit. Through the years Hold Your Fire has actually grown on me a lot and I find myself listening to it quite regularly now. Caress of Steel I really like a lot and love the Necromancer song. Moving Pictures, Signals and 2112 were the first 3 Rush albums I ever owned and I still play them constantly to this day. Darcy take care my friend, have a great holiday and stay heavy!!!

Rush my all time favourite band , my ranking 1 Moving Pictures 2 Permanent Waves 3 Clockwork Angels 4 Hemispheres 5 A Farewell to Kings 6 Signals 7 Grace Under Pressure 8 2112 9 Snakes And Arrows 10 Power Windows 11 Vapor Trails 12 Presto 13 Counerparts 14 Hold Your Fire 15 Roll The Bones 16 Cares of Steels 17 Fly By Night 18 Rush 19 Feedback Thanks for video, Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦🤘

Hi Darcy!!!i was kind of late to the Rush party in the 80's, i remember listening to them around 84, maybe "Moving Pictures" and the live one..... them i went back to their music late in the 90's and got the chance to see them live the only time they played here 14 years ago, btw it was a great show to an almost soldout stadium. cheers and be well

Another good ranking. Thanks

Geddy's new book My Effin Life is awesome Darcy.

Finally some love for Presto

I was pretty much with you until the top nine, but really most of those albums are masterpieces. For me 1977 to 1985 was their sweet spot, the actual rankings are very arbitrary. One overall area where I would differ is I'd put the debut over everything that came after Presto!. And 'Fly by Night' would be right next to it, under everything that came in that 1977-85.

I was aware of Rush starting around 82 or 83, but didn't like them at all until the mid 90s when I heard Spirit of Radio for the first time. Now I love almost all of their albums and they're one of my favorite bands. Permanent Waves would be my favorite, but it's almost tied with Moving Pictures for #1. 2112, Signals and Hemispheres round out my top 5.

Eric Singer would fit into the drum seat now he is unemployed. Can't fault your ranking. Always look forward to them 😎😍

Hi D6!…Really like the introduction here, and you’re right, a truly unique band who defy all labels and categories…”Power Windows” from 1985 is an exceptional release that needs more attention than it gets, what with it’s expansive soundscapes and ambitious lyrical matter, really an unsung gem in a legendary catalog…Luv the YT Channel!

Great ranking. I've been listening to this band for well over 40 years and still don't think I could rank them all.

Great ranking Darcy! I’ve seen them two times here in Sweden (2004 and 2007) and both shows were amazing. I made my ranking before watching this video just to be sure it was my own thoughts.😃 I definitely got to pick up the remix of Vapor Trails! I just can’t stand the mix on the original one but there are great tracks on there! Here is my ranking: 1. Moving Pictures 2. 2112 3. Fly By Night 4. A Farewell To Kings 5. Permanent Waves 6. Hemispheres 7. Signals 8. Caress Of Steel 9. Grace Under Pressure 10. Rush S/T 11. Counterparts 12. Presto 13. Roll The Bones 14. Snakes And Arrows 15. Clockwork Angels 16. Power Windows 17. Test For Echo 18. Hold Your Fire 19. Vapor Trails

Saw Rush on the Signals Tour, Fave albums are, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, A Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres, 2112, Fly by Night, Signals, Grace Under Pressure. Do you like Magnum? BOC? Threshold? UFO?

1980 Spirit of Radio That was the start 1st 8 albums for me .then gradually downhill.. Having said that, Clockwork Angels was a strong album to end on

Loved it Darcy- I haven't done a Rush ranking but without question, my favorite period of Rush is the 80's and my favorite song is Subdivisions. Signals would probably be my #1 album but I love all of the 80s albums from permanent waves through Presto. I thought the keyboards added a great touch plus the 80s are by far my favorite decade for music.Take care my friend 🤘

Not gonna lie at all, if I were to list them then my list would almost be the opposite haha. I love the albums from Signals and beyond (minus Test For Echo, it’s kind of a not as good album lol). I’m in the minority I feel when it comes to my love for their later albums! If I had to rank them then anything from Signals and beyond would be at the top and everything would be below it. I still love their 70’s albums though! Like 2112, debut, Hemispheres and Permanent Waves! I just love seeing how much respect you give to Vapor Trails as well, and it is their longest studio album, sitting at around an hour and 7 minutes. Cheers to everyone and have fun listening to Rush! Oh, and fun fact, Vapor Trails doesn’t contain any keyboards apparently!

Incredible band !👌

This is the band of my life. My love for progressive rock started with them.2112, I played it till death. That title song wow. But after that Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, the underrated Caress of Steel of Steel and Fly by Night with the great Working Man. Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves are top of the Bill. I was 😢 with the death of the Professor,what a drummer and lyrics writer. But Geddy and Alex are such great musicians! Still miss them.After Rush I became a huge Dream Theater Fan, also a great band to rank.

I like the debut in that there's nothing skippable to me. I don't have Vapor Trails quite as high but yeah for me for most part remix is better and really enjoy lots of its songs.

Hi Darcy, are you familiar with Tiles? They are a great band from Detroit who are very Rush like. I'd recommend the first 3 discs: Tiles, Fence the Clear and Presents of Mind. They have worked with both Terry Brown and Hugh Syme. In describing Presents of Mind, Mike Portnoy said it was the record he was waiting for Rush to make! They opened for Dream Theater in Europe in 2020. I think you will like them.

What's so great and telling about Rush, is that our rankings are different and in alot of cases our stand out tracks are different.... but we both agree that Rush has no bad albums! They are all at least good, and range from good to masterpieces imo I'm actually fairly new to Rush, been a casual listener and enjoyed them from Afar for about a decade until this year, I began to dive until their deeper catalog and realized how amazing this band really is! I posted my Rush ranking a while back but I probably have changed a few around since then My top 5 1. Permanent Waves 2. A Farewell to Kings 3. Moving Pictures 4. Test For Echo 5. Power Windows With my least favorite being Hold Your Fire

Rush and The Helen Reddy Band are my 2 favorite groups

1 Signals 2 Moving Pictures 3 Grace Under Pressure 4 Hemispheres 5 Caress Of Steel 6 Permanent Waves 7 Counterparts 8 A Farewell To Kings 9 Clockwork Angels 10 Power Windows 11 2112 12 Fly By Night 13 Snakes & Arrows 14 Rush 15 Hold Your Fire 16 Vapor Trails 17 Roll The Bones 18 Presto 19 Test For Echo 20 Feedback

S Tier: Moving Pictures Hemispheres A Farewell to Kings Permanent Waves Signals Power Windows 2112 A Tier: Grace Under Pressure Fly By Night Clockwork Angels Hold Your Fire Counterparts B Tier: Snakes and Arrows Roll the Bones Caress of Steel C Tier: Rush Presto Vapor Trails D Tier: Test for Echo

Hi Darcy,thank you for a great video as always. My no 1 is Caress of steel and Counterparts and Roll the Bones in my top 10. My least favourite is Grace under pressure. Again we all have different emotions towards music and this is mine😊 I'm a Metal head but I do have a soft spot for Rush. They are in a class of their own.

Agreed on Something for Nothing, that "what you own is your own kingdom,..." part is so good.

Never had much interest in Rush but cool to see your opinions on their huge catalogue 🤘

Great stuff Darcy , do you listen to Coheed and Cambria ??I myself just found them and find them similar to Rush and saw them live they were great .Anyhow Cheers and Happy Holidays to you and Family from the West ,BC interior .

Signals is so good it's almost unfair.

Have you picked up any of the Martin Popoff Rush books? I have them all. I'd recommend them. Have a safe and happy holidays!

I just don't rank, because you can't. All stand up. I have seen Rush 4 times here in the UK 🇬🇧 RIP The Professor - my drum kits since I was honoured to play covers has been a copy of the Clockwork Angels kit or Snakes and Arrows. My favourite album is Moving Pictures which was my favourite live gig.

I’m only familiar with about half Rush’s discography, I definitely have some gaps to fill in my collection. I really enjoy the debut, but I am also a big fan of Zeppelin. I could see that album being in my top 5.

Rush ranking is difficult. I disagree with a lot but I don’t think there are any wrong answers. 1) Clockwork Angels 2) Grace Under Pressure 3) Power Windows 4) Moving Pictures 5) Counterparts 6) Signals 7) 2112 8) Permanent Waves 9) Hemispheres 10) Farewell to Kings 11) snakes and Arrows 12) Fly By Night 13) Hold Your Fire 14) Vapor Trails 15) Presto 16) Roll The Bones 17) Rush 18) Caress of Steel

Ohhhh i must be getting some years on me since i got into tgem in 1975 and i am one of the ones whom bought Caress of Steal which a friend had most all my favs are first album tho Moving Pictures lol .. first album and Permanent Waves being my least fav of the early stuff .. still like them tho , but personally actually kinda slipped back into a Bluesy/Rock style myself in this period of my life and a lot bands were kinda slipping into a synthesizer, commercialized phase , even though one of my best friends still kept loving Rush and he played Drums and teaches Drums and Bass, he would still be ass me newer Cd’s through the years and i could pick out likable songs and really goid ones here and there but never did I really like a mostly entire album after Moving Pictures just the way was for me i guess

Hey if you love Rush then you need to check out Crown Lands newest album Fearless, it’s like Rush worship it’s very good I highly recommend it

I have been thinking about ranking RUSH over the past few days and here is mine ,with a caveat or two 19: ...Vapor Trails..never heard it on LP only as a CD ( not a fan of CDs) not heard the re-mix , it sounds muddy. Great songs, lousy production. 18: ... Clockwork Angels...never heard the LP again CD, too long and over extended, I think the story got beyond them and way too much production. 17: ...Test for Echo...no LP just CD...it's ok , I just think they started to slide on this one. 16: ...Snakes and Arrows...again no LP, nice rebound but still a downward trend. 15: ...Caress of Steal...great start for conceptual pieces, but had to start somewhere 14: ...Hold Your Fire...good stuff but the last two tracks keep this low 13: ... Hemispheres...fantastic idea ,to explore the heart vs. mind conundrum with music just seems off with the Cygnus prelude , Side II is Killer. 12: ...Grace Under Pressure...get past the first two tracks it's an out standing album. 11: ...2112...we are just about there as a society and I mean world wide but with a message of hope

Never heard XYZ!😊

Signals , Hold Your Fire and Power Windows get my juices flowin' ........ Great ranking Darcy ☣❤‍🔥🪟

Th man?! Counterparts on 16th... Tou skipper the Vault album by Metal Church and thats a huge mistake

Are you a Triumph fan?

Nice vid as usual, sorry but I have never really been a RUSH fan. Just cant get into those vocals and odd rythms. I just never got into there sound. I Tried and Tried and man I just coudn't get into them. Asewsome smart musicians, just not for me...

Hold Your Fire WAY too high, Caress of Steel too low, IMO.

i like rush a lot but they do have some crappy albums, in my opinion.

just my opinion but i don't like Clockwork Angels at all . Its not good