2112
by Rush

2112 by Rush
Year: 1976
Release date: 1976-03-00
Overall rank: 456th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 962 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1976 (8th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (103rd)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (456th)

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Rush bestography

2112 is ranked 2nd best out of 38 albums by Rush on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Rush is Moving Pictures which is ranked number 162 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,783.

Rush album bestography « Higher ranked (162nd)
Moving Pictures
This album (456th)
2112
Lower ranked (571st) »
Permanent Waves

(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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2112 track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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2112 rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 456th | 1970s rank: 103rd | 1976 rank: 8th

2112 collection

2112 ratings

Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 962 votes)
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90/100
 
5 days ago JR  Ratings distribution  1,09781/100
 
60/100
 
5 days ago Pavloss  Ratings distribution  48850/100
 
95/100
 
05/10/2026 19:34 emnasut  Ratings distribution  15387/100
 
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05/10/2026 12:02 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,67277/100
 
90/100
 
05/03/2026 09:54 Musicbuff123  Ratings distribution  35970/100

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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 80.2/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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90/100
From 04/12/2026 22:57 | #313897
How can you put into words the brilliance of this Prog Rock album, in my opinion the pinnacle of the the genre.
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80/100
From 03/27/2026 19:35 | #313661
*thumbs up*
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85/100
From 05/08/2025 18:27 | #308893
Great hard rock concept album that is a classic mixture of progressive and metal music. A three piece band, I consider to be one of the best bands ever. Peart's drumming skills are simply out of this world. The 1st track is an interesting listen but a shorter length song like “The Twilight Zone” is a favorite.
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From 03/13/2023 10:04 | #294979
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85/100
From 02/10/2023 00:16 | #293855
What a way to kick off an album! They begin with a 20 minute prog epic that absolutely blows me away with every listen. The instrumentation, composition, vocals and everything else about it is just stellar and it gives the listener a fantastic experience. It is really difficult to follow a song like that up and it leads to the rest of the record feeling quite deflated. You do have some enjoyable moments such as A Passage To Bangkok and Something For Nothing that help to elevate side 2 but it is still lacking in comparison. None of it is bad, in fact for the majority it is still very strong musically and instrumentally. It also has some great vocal moments from Geddy Lee who excels all across this release. Overall, this is an elite level album that has 20 minutes of some of the greatest music Rush has ever created and then some decent tracks backing it up.
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95/100
From 09/06/2022 17:10 | #289367
Favorite prog album
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90/100
From 04/15/2022 10:26 | #284273
Epic album, the first track is unbelievable and the second has great melody, then it goes a little worse but the tracks are still good, but not great.
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75/100
From 03/28/2022 12:02 | #283532
This is a difficult album to rate. Side 1 has the classic epic 2112, starting a string of great Rush records. The other side is mediocre and salvaged mostly by brilliant musicianship.

It is a must-listen for every prog fan. If only for side 1.
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70/100
From 08/03/2021 13:05 | #272216
really quite sensational big rock and roll sound fantastic melodies astounding lyrics
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From 01/04/2021 13:02 | #263805
Puta viagem sem sair do lugar. Os solos de guitarra são precisos e a bateria, pra variar, perfeita.
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