Distant Early Warning (track)
by Rush
Year: 1984
From the album Grace Under Pressure (track #1)
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Distant Early Warning appears on the following album(s) by Rush:
- Grace Under Pressure (track #1) (this album) (1984)
- The Spirit Of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987 (track #13) (compilation) (2003)
- Chronicles (track #21) (compilation) (1990)
- Rush In Rio (track #2) (2003)
- A Show Of Hands (track #8) (1989)
- Retrospective II 1981-1987 (track #7) (compilation) (1997)
- Snakes & Arrows Live (track #22) (2008)
- R40 Live (track #26) (2015)
- Run From The Fans (track #6) (1992)
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Distant Early Warning ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/18/2025 20:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 22,696 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/21/2025 21:52 | machiaj | 8,778 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2025 03:05 |  ExTeaSea | 12,165 | 86/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2025 21:59 |  DommeDamian | 72,295 | 51/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2025 22:04 | jtc91 | 13,888 | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.6/100, a mean average of 84.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.7.
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Squonk007 11/06/2023 15:08 | #299831
A good opener but most of the album doesn't quite match.
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