Your favourite Rush albums?

I would agree on the original Vapour Trails CD, it is truly bad!

Interesting you have roll the bones in your top 5.

Just my opinion but there were a number of albums I almost consider "fluff", harsh I know.
These would be Hold your fire, roll the bones, vapour trails, presto and test for echo.

I kind of lost interest in Rush after Moving Pictures, but that is one of my favorite albums of all, not just by Rush.

I go back and forth between Hemispheres and 2112 as my next favorite Rush albums.  

Hemispheres
2112
A farewell to kings
Caress of Steel
Exit Stage Left

These are the most creative and exciting in sound. Earliest Rush was still bluesy Led Zep style (fantastic but not as ground breaking as these prog albums). Later Rush became more pop as they followed the synth trend.

It appears there is a lot of love for the early Rush era and not much beyond that.

A lot of votes for Moving pictures, not been one of my top picks but will have to give it a spin later as it is one of the only two albums I have on vinyl right now.

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I think Rush were greatest and most differentiated at prog Rock hence all the love for the third to fifth albums. They were good at radio pop too but it is a heavily crowded area so die hard fans love them for their most creative period.