2112 (studio album)
by Rush
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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 164 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,882.
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2112 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/23/2025 05:40 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 10:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,873 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2025 02:36 | adbrack1988 | 1,016 | 82/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2025 16:59 | Jakor | 4,882 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 21:38 |  JR | 1,085 | 81/100 |
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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 80.1/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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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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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.
Favorite prog album
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.
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.
really quite sensational big rock and roll sound fantastic melodies astounding lyrics
VictorVale 01/04/2021 13:02 | #263805
Puta viagem sem sair do lugar. Os solos de guitarra são precisos e a bateria, pra variar, perfeita.
2112 is fantastic, no doubt about that. However, I am not so positive about side 2 of the album. Yeah, they're OK songs, but nothing to be fascinated about. Sure, I have the perspective of 2020, which is not the same from the perspective of the late 70's and 80's where prog rock was not in its best shape and this album probably was important in that sense.
One of the best progressive rock albums of all time.
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