All The World's A Stage
by Rush

Album
All The World's A Stage by Rush
(Live album)
Year: 1976
Release date: 1976-09-29
Overall rank: 7,069th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 87 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (94th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,057th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,069th)

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Rush bestography

All The World's A Stage is ranked 18th 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 8,637.

Rush album bestography « Higher ranked (6,373rd)
Snakes & Arrows This album (7,069th)
All The World's A Stage Lower ranked (7,405th) »
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All The World's A Stage rankings

All The World's A Stage rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,069th | 1970s rank: 1,057th | 1976 rank: 94th  Overall chart history
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76/100 (from 87 votes)
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 !		09/24/2026 01:48 Yurls  Ratings distribution  2388/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.


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All The World's A Stage forum mentions

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From 03/24/2013 17:40 | #69770 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Heavy rock bands usually do decent live albums and this is no exception. I also like Rush's predictability in the early days (lost now) of 4 studios, then double live album. This is a great summary of their early stuff - Bastille Day, By-Tor and 2112 get a good airing.
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From 04/27/2020 17:59 | #250588 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of the very greatest live albums. When that guitar riff kicks in on 'In the End' is one of my favourite moments in music. (Weird huh?).
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From 12/14/2016 22:37 | #180172 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Rough, raw, harsh, in your face, and . . . excellent! A great live album.
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From 02/28/2015 04:23 | #135773 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Good introduction to their early albums with a sampling of the best tracks from each.
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Best Albums of  1976
1. Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder
2. Station To Station by David Bowie
3. Ramones by Ramones
4. Hotel California by Eagles
5. Boston by Boston
6. Desire by Bob Dylan
7. Hejira by Joni Mitchell
8. 2112 by Rush
9. The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers
10. A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra