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Hemispheres (album) by Rush 
This album At A Glance
Hemispheres
 Hemispheres by Rush (1978)
Overall rank: 536th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 382 votes)
  Ratings distribution
Accolades: Top 10 albums of 1978 (9th)
Top albums of the 1970s (132nd)
Top 1,000 albums of all time (536th)

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Rush bestography

Hemispheres is ranked 3rd best out of 35 albums by Rush on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Rush is Moving Pictures which is ranked number 154 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,289.

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Members who like this album also like: Moving Pictures by Rush, The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd and 2112 by Rush.

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Hemispheres track list

Overall chart history The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.Track pickCygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
 85/100 (87 votes)
Comments: 3 comments		Amazon MP3
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2.Circumstances
 82/100 (68 votes)
Comments: 2 comments		Amazon MP3
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3.Track pickThe Trees
 86/100 (96 votes)
Comments: 3 comments		Amazon MP3
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4.Track pickLa Villa Strangiato (An Exercise In Self-Indulgence)
 89/100 (107 votes)
Comments: 5 comments		Amazon MP3
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Hemispheres rankings

Hemispheres ratings

Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 382 votes)
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70/100
9 hours ago
jon5417
  Ratings distribution 701 ratings
72/100
 
90/100
3 days ago
Vinther1991
  Ratings distribution 265 ratings
82/100
 
90/100
4 days ago
caseygow
  Ratings distribution 580 ratings
84/100
 
85/100
06/14/2018 09:31
myanilee
  Ratings distribution 720 ratings
81/100
 
90/100
06/12/2018 10:42
bnst1101
  Ratings distribution 111 ratings
85/100

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100/100
From jdenny2018 05/03/2018 03:24
All-time favorite album. Not the easiest album to get into, but the reward is in repeated listens
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Rating:  
65/100
From Yann 07/17/2017 19:42
Genesis meets Led Zeppelin ?
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Rating:  
100/100
From patriciatoledo 06/23/2017 07:32
The first song dictates the whole concept of the album, which is the constant battle we fight inside ourselves; the battle of heart and mind. It's a psychological study about the complexity of human beings in form of an album. I don't even have to say it's the most progressive rock influenced album of Rush, and thanks to Neil Peart lyrics everything fits perfectly.
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Rating:  
90/100
From suprisedkyou 02/10/2017 21:41
Has two of my absolute favorite progressive rock songs
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Rating:  
95/100
From Fischman 12/14/2016 22:14
Side one is another epic, but side two is what really makes this album. There's the very cool and thoughtful 'Circumstances' followed by the brilliant metaphor in 'The Trees,' all topped off by the ultimate Rush instrumental, 'La Villa Strangiato.' A+
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From discojets1 12/03/2016 23:32
Proggiest Rush album. My personal favorite. La Villa Strangiato is the best song
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85/100
From TheSmiths82-87 06/22/2016 15:39
Just the four tracks here, firstly Cygnus X-1: Book II follows on from the final track on A Farewell To Kings, it is suitably epic. Circumstances is ok but possibly the weakest track here while The Trees is excellent and one of my faves. Finally we have the 9 minute instrumental La Villa Strangiato, not being a fan of instrumentals in general, I do have to confess that this is pretty good and well worth a listen.
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Rating:  
70/100
From souplipton 06/15/2016 04:23
"Cygnus X-1: Part 2" is another Rush epic, and one of the last. "Circumstances" is solid, "The Trees" has great lyrics, and "La Villa Strangiato" features some great guitar work by Lifeson. Another really good album in the Rush discography.
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Rating:  
60/100
From sethmadsen 04/02/2016 18:18
Prog Rock 4EVER! Musicianship is amazing, but I just can't connect with it.
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70/100
From gtroda 09/27/2015 02:50
hard to get into this one
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