Choosing Thirty

Choosing my thirty favourite Rush tunes that is. With Snakes & Arrows recently released I feel this is the best time to compile such a list.

If Rush were Nickelback then this might be an easy job (actually no, because Nickelcrack doesn't have any good songs..)

Anyhow with a discography which totals eighteen albums and a career which spans thirty three years choosing a top twenty is near impossible. Not to mention, Rush is a band which has drastically changed thier music styles over the last three decades and as a result, each album (and song) has it's own language.

This is not an easy task, but here goes nothing. For listening pleasure, I've included a link to a video for each song (if there is a video available..)

No order:

-Closer To The Heart (1977)
-Xanadu (1977)
-La Villa Strangiato (1978)
-The Spirit of Radio (1980)
-Natural Science (1980)

-Red Barchetta (1981)
-Tom Saywer (1981)
-YYZ (1981)
-Witch Hunt (1981)
-The Weapon (1982)

-Countdown (1982)
-Digital Man (1982)
-Afterimage (1984)
-Between The Wheels (1984)
-Mystic Rhythms (1985)

-Manhattan Project (1985)
-Territories (quality drowns out the guitar, etc - 1985)
-Force Ten (1987)
-The Pass (1989)
-Available Light (1989)

-Show Don't Tell (1989)
-Roll The Bones (1991)
-Bravado (1991)
-Where's My Thing? (1991)
-Armor & Sword (2007)

-Spindrift (2007)
-The Larger Bowl (2007)
-Bravest Face (2007)
-The Main Monkey Business (2007)
-Malignant Narcissism (2007)

So there you go. So many of my favourites got missed, but I had to limit myself (ha..thirty..)

Incredible output by Snakes & Arrows wouldn't you say?