From: dianetti@acsu.buffalo.edu (Donald J. Dianetti)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Don D.'s RUSH ballot
Date: 31 Aug 92 18:18:38 GMT
Organization: UB


Hello again.  In my ongoing quest to fill my time doing trivial
things I'm going to continue conducting this poll. :-)  This got started
after I'd read a lot of people kind of arguing about what the best
and worst Rush songs/albums were, and I thought this might be some
way to gauge the general consensus.  This is quite unscientific, but I
think it's still a pretty good indicator.  Of course, the more responses
it gets, the more accurate it will be.

HOW IT WORKS:  You decide on a score from 1-10, based on your personal 
               opinion, for each title.  You may wish to consider 
               lyrics, musicianship, technical considerations, 
               feel, emotion, etc.  Anything you wish.  Just come up
               with your score for the following scale:

               1 = Rush's least successful effort
                              to
               10 = Rush's most successful effort

               For example, if you think that 
               every song on Moving Pictures is absolutely fantastic
               (like me!) you'd vote like this:

                            10 Tom Sawyer
                            10 Red Barchetta
                            10 YYZ
                            10 Limelight

                              ...and so on.  If you hated it, you'd give
               all the songs a "1" instead.  (But of course, we know
               that is absurd! :-)) 
               
               Place your score to the left of the title and e-mail 
               the ballot to me at dianetti@acsu.buffalo.edu
               I'll do my best to post updated results each week.
               (look for the current 8/31/92 results in another post).
               If you need additional ballots, just ask.
               Please do not send me these instructions.  Just the ballot.
               And, hey...   Thanks!

               One more thing:  you don't have to vote for every title
                                that is listed.  If you've never heard 
                                some of them, just leave them blank & vote
                                for the ones you know.
          
===================== JUST SEND THIS PART PLEASE ======================

  ----------- (Scores go here) ------
 :                                   :
 :                                   :
 : ALBUMS.....                       :
 V -----------                       V 
   Rush                                 Moving Pictures
   Fly By Night                         Signals
   Caress of Steel                      Grace Under Pressure
   2112                                 Power Windows       
   A Farewell to Kings                  Hold Your Fire
   Hemispheres                          Presto  
   Permanent Waves                      Roll the Bones

  --------- (Scores go here) -----------------------
 :                        :                         :
 : SONGS...               :                         :
 V --------               V                         V
   Finding My Way           Fly By Night              Bastille Day
   In the Mood              Making Memories           I Think I'm Going Bald
   Take a Friend            Rivendell                 Lakeside Park
   Here Again               In the End                The Necromancer
   What You're Doing        Anthem                    The Fountain of Lamneth
   Need Some Love           Best I Can
   Before & After           Beneath, Between, & Behind
   Working Man              By-Tor & the Snow Dog

   2112                     A Farewell to Kings       Hemispheres (CX-1 II)
   A Passage to Bangkok     Xanadu                    Circumstances
   The Twilight Zone        Closer to the Heart       The Trees
   Lessons                  Cinderella Man            La Villa Strangiato
   Tears                    Madrigal       
   Something for Nothing    Cygnus X-1 

   The Spirit of Radio      Tom Sawyer                Broon's Bane
   Freewill                 Red Barchetta            
   Jacob's Ladder           YYZ                     
   Entre Nous               Limelight              
   Different Strings        The Camera Eye
   Natural Science          Witch Hunt 
                            Vital Signs

   Subdivisions             Distant Early Warning     The Big Money
   The Analog Kid           Afterimage                Grand Designs
   Chemistry                Red Sector A              Manhattan Project
   Digital Man              The Enemy Within          Marathon
   The Weapon               The Body Electric         Territories
   New World Man            Kid Gloves                Middletown Dreams
   Losing It                Red Lenses                Emotion Detector
   Countdown                Between the Wheels        Mystic Rhythms

   Force Ten                Show Don't Tell           Dreamline
   Time Stand Still         Chain Lightning           Bravado
   Open Secrets             The Pass                  Roll the Bones
   Second Nature            War Paint                 Face Up
   Prime Mover              Scars                     Where's My Thing?
   Lock and Key             Presto                    The Big Wheel
   Mission                  Superconductor            Heresy
   Turn the Page            Anagram (for Mongo!)      Ghost of a Chance
   Tai Shan                 Red Tide                  Neurotica
   High Water               Hand Over Fist            You Bet Your Life
                            Available Light
 
   The Rhythm Method

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