2112
by Rush
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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 161 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,646.
(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
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
2112 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | joathome | Top 28 Music Albums of 1976 | 25/28 | 1 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 35 Music Albums of 1976 | 7/35 | 4 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 41 Music Albums of 1976 | 9/41 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Rock albums of the year 1976 by Metal Storm | 1/4 | - |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 25 Music Albums of 1976 | 7/25 | 4 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 30 Music Albums of 1976 | 9/30 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 35 Music Albums of 1976 | 31/35 | 1 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 70/100 | 31 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 26 Music Albums of 1976 | 23/26 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 43 Music Albums of 1976 | 12/43 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 644 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,558 | |||
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2112 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 15 hours ago | Siromynian | 1,720 | 76/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2026 01:45 | Yurls | 22 | 87/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2026 23:45 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
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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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2112 forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Chart of the day (#5447): By adbrack1988 BestEverAlbums 09/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5445): By MW19704U BestEverAlbums 09/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5438): By luigybetis2112 comments
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I came around to more Prog Rock via Pink Floyd and then King Crimson, and like any genre of music there is good and bad to discover, and to my surprise I found the good to include Rush, Yes and early Genesis. All three I would've turned my nose up to 20 years ago, maybe it's an age thing...
Here we have Rush's best album, the 20 minute title track is very interesting and seems to pass quite quickly, I don't hear anything wrong with Geddy Lee's vocals which seem to put some people off. The album does perhaps fade somewhat towards the end but there is still enough quality here by far. (Edited)
Passage to Bangkok is one of my all time favourite Rush tracks, this is a masterpiece album with no weak fillers. Have recently re purchased the vinyl edition as mint, it sounds superb. I love the way Geddy Lee assumes the parts of High Priest and innocent re-discoverer of music on side 1.
BozoTyrannus 06/09/2020 14:51 | #253183 | TOP COMMENT
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While Moving Pictures is definitely a more entertaining album, as a work of art, this one is their pinnacle.
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. (Edited)
Arguably one of the best concept albums of all time. The musicianship here is nothing short of amazing.
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