Moving Pictures
by Rush
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Moving Pictures is ranked as the best album by Rush.
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Moving Pictures track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Moving Pictures rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pavloss | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 29/100 | 70 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1981 | 1/22 | 5 |
| 2026 |  BroknsocialShawn | Top 24 Music Albums of the 1980s | 10/24 | 13 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 81/100 | 20 |
| 2026 |  identifer | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s | 11/50 | 16 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 39/100 | 61 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | all-time fav arteests (pts) #001-100 | 64/100 | - |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 31 America Canada | 48/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 1,031 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 8,635 | |||
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Moving Pictures ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/31/2026 19:50 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2026 10:21 | AledJames | 1,682 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2026 21:32 | areminder | 930 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.6/100, a mean average of 81.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 45 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5438): By luigybetis BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSea BestEverAlbums 08/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5419): By MasterOfPuppetsMoving Pictures comments
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Moving Pictures is a good representation of the Rush era. It may be consider their best album by others but I'm still hands down on 2112. "Limelight" and "Tom Sawyer" are among the best progressive rock songs ever. (Edited)
Red Barchetta is great. Overall, not terrible but a bit underwhelming though. But have to say I love Geddy Lee's voice. (Edited)
This record is a little more inconsistent than I was expecting with around half the tracks being exceptional and the other being mediocre or decent. The first 4 tracks is where this album is at its best with all 4 being instant classics. The musicianship on these songs are just outstanding and its tough not to fall in love with them as soon as you hear them. Just the opening 15 seconds of Tom Sawyer fills me with excitement as I know I am in for one of the best 4 track runs in album history. However, after this we get a slow and lacklustre conclusion that feels quite empty at times. Every time I listen to this album I debate skipping the final 3 tracks as they struggle to captivate me and feel like such a decrease in quality compared to the opening. Vital Signs is the only reason I don't turn it off as that song does have some great moments but it still doesn't compete with their best work. Overall, this does have some of their best work on here but it isn't maintained and so the record lacks consistency and can feel like a disappointment at times. (Edited)
VictorVale 02/24/2023 19:06 | #294399
Clássico! (Edited)
One of the most immaculately produced prog rock albums I've ever heard, and definitely Rush at its best, even the last tracks that people seem to be least excited about, I find them exceptional in their catalogue. The whole album is great and it deserves its place in the prog rock history. (Edited)
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