Tom Sawyer (track) by Rush
Tom Sawyer appears on the following album(s) by Rush:
- Moving Pictures (track #1) (this album) (1981)
- The Spirit Of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987 (track #9) (compilation) (2003)
- Different Stages · Live (track #27) (1998)
- Exit... Stage Left (track #12) (1981)
- Chronicles (track #15) (compilation) (1990)
- Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland (track #12) (2011)
- Rush In Rio (track #1) (2003)
- Retrospective II 1981-1987 (track #14) (compilation) (1997)
- Snakes & Arrows Live (track #24) (2008)
- R40 Live (track #12) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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95/100  | 08/16/2025 02:59 |  ExTeaSea | | 86/100 |
95/100 | 08/10/2025 11:29 |  Igtonumama | | 81/100 |
95/100 | 05/12/2025 12:41 | machiaj | | 74/100 |
90/100 | 02/24/2025 02:45 | Spartakist | | 85/100 |
85/100 | 01/31/2025 14:04 |  doombringer | | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 90.1/100, a mean average of 89.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.8.
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A great catchy opener of the album.
Fischman 01/13/2017 16:22
The song that initiated a whole generation of Rush fans, and rightfully so. It has suffered some overplay, but that doesn't diminish it's greatness. This is the quintessential Rush song.
AAL2014 06/25/2016 02:46
A brilliant and legendary prog track. Always fun to play along with the drumtrack, be it on real drums or your own air drum kit. A wall of sound pouring out of these 3 guys.
NoeSSS 04/23/2016 05:16
With this I finally got prog rock and it's beauty. Thank you rush
Quirky, angular, crisp, lots of fun.
Anti 07/09/2014 02:53
How does this track only have the average rating of 86/100? It's one of the greatest song of all time!
It's great to begin with one of their best songs.
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