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This article is cobbled together by other sources that aren’t cited so IDK how much I trust it. I’m pretty sure the quote about In Rock comes straight from his autobiography. When he made a list of his desert island discs some years back he included The Chemical Wedding as the album he was...

I won’t be surprised if these two songs specifically go up in my ratings TBH. I was not expecting “Hemispheres” to be the track that would get stuck in my head on repeat days and weeks since I reviewed the album, but it has. I can feel it building to a 10. I don’t think that “Mission” will rise...

Rush Counterparts (1993) 1. Animate - Roll the Bones almost felt like a return to form for Rush sonically. From the moment "Animate" begins it's clear that they've tossed all that aside to try something remarkably different. This is a true rock-oriented approach. It's like they've taken the...

Rush Roll the Bones (1991) 1. Dreamline - A tantalizing beat and a glimmering guitar line are brought to us by the rolling sea. Geddy's vocals are shifting just ahead of the music, keeping you on your toes before the verse takes a dive into the blue with a louder, rocking hook. I love the...

I won’t lie to you and say that I like it nearly as much as the stretch between Fly by Night and Power Windows. Even after Moving Pictures I thought it was a little shaky that they were leaving the epics behind them and now that they’re doing 10+ songs on each album it definitely feels like...

Rush Presto (1989) 1. Show Don't Tell - Rush's 13th album begins with a really cool bouncy, proggy meld of guitar, bass, and drums. It's almost like a rejection of the previous more mainstream approach that Hold Your Fire was hellbent on. With that said, the rest of this song is pretty...

13 “The Trooper" +1 9 “Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" +2 4 “Holy Smoke" 4 The X Factor +3 0 "Man on the Edge" 0 The Essential Iron Maiden I can't lie. None of these covers actually speak to me. The X Factor comes closest, but it all depends on the lighting of the image. "Trooper" is...

Rush A Show of Hands (1989) Wasn't big on this on first listen, but a second go made me properly appreciate it as a live record. Good compilation of the band's post-Moving Pictures work (plus "Closer to the Heart"). "The Big Money" is a godtier concert opener, the energy is just off the charts...

I like that Kalata sums up the interviews so I don’t have to click on fluff pieces. Theoretically he could put it in spoilers for those who do wanna click on them I guess.

Promoted to the Finals: Maiden England '88 - 23 points Promoted to Round 2: Rock in Rio [DVD] - 18 points Dance of Death - 9 points Eliminated from the Tournament: The First Ten Years - 8 points "From Here to Eternity" [alt. gatefold] - 1 point Eddie's Archive - 1 point Round 1: Ladder 11...

fucking beautiful

Those “pro-Palestinian protestors” do not have a government complicit in the terror of the Iranian regime.

1 Dance of Death +1 0 The First Ten Years Voting for the more substantial of the two.

TIEBREAKER 0 The First Ten Years 0 Dance of Death Everyone gets one vote to award to either of these covers. Gonna try to update in 24 hours (if I don't do a Night Prowler and forget about this... sorry lmao).