A Farewell To Kings
by Rush
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Rush bestography
A Farewell To Kings is ranked 5th 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 8,659.
(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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A Farewell To Kings 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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A Farewell To Kings rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 29 Music Albums of 1977 | 7/29 | 4 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 79 Music Albums of the 1970s | 60/79 | 5 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 23 Music Albums of 1977 | 16/23 | 2 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 95 Music Albums of 1977 | 25/95 | 4 |
| 2026 | Simon_bramhall | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 87/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 44 Music Albums of 1977 | 26/44 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 81 Music Albums of 1977 | 64/81 | 1 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Greatest Canadian Albums | 16/21 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 351 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,667 | |||
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A Farewell To Kings ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 46 hours ago | Yurls | 22 | 87/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 15:10 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 02:10 | stryker700 | 295 | 90/100 |
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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 79.9/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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A Farewell To Kings forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 40 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5445): By MW19704U
RockyRaccoon 09/08/2026 18:22 in From the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota: Rocky's Log
Repo 09/03/2026 00:38 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)A Farewell To Kings comments
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Closer to the Heart is great, but there's not too much else to shout about, especially the two longer tracks which were the two weakest on the album for me. Then you have 2 minute Madrigal which is really nice but never really gets going and I wish was longer! (Edited)
Schribes 12/27/2023 01:36 | #300675
Bought a new remastered copy today. I swear I wore out my 1977 copy. This new copy should work well until I’m dead. Xanadu is a masterpiece of masterpieces. (Edited)
Jboy56 05/04/2022 14:14 | #284942
Oh, these guys can surely play their instruments so well.
Very good Rush album, great proggy instrumentals with wild vocals. It's not as epic as 2112 but still has this grandiose atmosphere.
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