Exit... Stage Left
by Rush
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Exit... Stage Left is ranked 14th best out of 38 albums by Rush on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rush is Moving Pictures which is ranked number 163 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,541.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Exit... Stage Left track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Exit... Stage Left rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Best Ever Live Albums | 21/100 | - |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 52 Music Albums of 1981 | 37/52 | 2 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 49 Music Albums of 1981 | 18/49 | 3 |
| 2026 | arnellarsen | Top 99 Music Albums of 1981 | 34/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 15/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 28 Music Albums of 1981 | 7/28 | 4 |
| 2026 | Robert Anton Wilson | Top 24 Music Albums of 1981 | 3/24 | 5 |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 45/100 | 11 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 70 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 229 | |||
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Exit... Stage Left ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 8 hours ago | Jackjansen | 373 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2026 01:47 | Yurls | 25 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 22:27 | Robert Anton Wil | 1,150 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.5/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.1.
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Lachapelle 06/20/2018 16:26 in What album are you listening to right now?Exit... Stage Left comments
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Ok. I’ll just blurt it out right from the start. Street cred be damned…
Rush is one of greatest live experiences in rock history!
Rush injected fun and wonderment into the often ponderous and pretentious prog rock genre. Like an adolescent with ADHD, they sounded excited by everything - mythology, history, politics, radios, cars, and most famously, American literature. Most of all though, they were excited by the potential of music, and their songs percolate with a hyperactive anything-is-possible idealism. In concert, Rush were like that ADHD kid on Ritalin - possessing a clarity and focus that was often missing from their studio albums. And this slab catches them kicking out the jams at their creative peak. One million Rush fans can’t be wrong.
Long live youthful exuberance!
WARNING: All criticisms of the over-production and lack of punch to this record are COMPLETELY warranted. All the World’s a Stage has a much better “live” sound, but it’s marred by half the songs sounding like second tier Faces/Led Zeppelin tracks.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/14/2016 22:34 | #180169 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a great live album, but mostly because it's Rush. The mix is so clean, it sounds very much like the studio tracks and therefore fails to capture the energy of a Rush concert. The songs are great, the playing great, etc, but the final result feels a little flat. Rush didn't like their first live album because it was too raw, but they swung the pendulum a little too far in cleaning this one up.
Squonk007 05/13/2022 15:15 | #285295 | TOP COMMENT
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A mixed bag of a live album. All the big hitters are there but there's a few duff tracks that made the cut.
Goliath 11/03/2018 16:04 | #223781 | TOP COMMENT
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The usual great musicianship from Rush, but I wouldn't be too bothered if I never heard most of this album again.
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