Vapor Trails
by Rush
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Rush bestography
Vapor Trails is ranked 22nd 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 8,664.
(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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Vapor Trails track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Vapor Trails 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 |  ExTeaSea | Top 93 Music Albums of 2002 | 77/93 | 1 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 36 Music Albums of 2002 | 25/36 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2002 Pt 2 | 39/53 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 54 Music Albums of 2002 | 37/54 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2025 |  slatsheit | Top 18 Music Albums of 2002 | 12/18 | 2 |
| 2025 | slatsheit | Top 96 Music Albums of the 2000s | 89/96 | 2 |
| 2025 | vruslov | Top 91 Music Albums of 2002 | 34/91 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 93 | |||
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Vapor Trails ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/12/2026 21:03 | PapaShiz86 | 11,685 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2026 07:31 |  Keltron1 | 9 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2026 11:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,594 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.7/100, a mean average of 66.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.8.
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doombringer 09/12/2025 11:50 | #310894
Had to rerate this album . Sorry , but this is ,by and large, just an average release from one of the most reliable bands . (Edited)
Went back and listened to the remixed version from 2013. Adjusted my rating accordingly.
Well...If ever a record needed a remix it was this one. The sound is so much clearer and better defined. Alex's guitar work is unbelievable and Geddy and Neil are just doing their thing. This is a completely different experience to listening to the originally released mix.
I listened to the original version. It starts as if they arrived at the Grunge party 10 years too late. Rush covers Soundgarden? The album gradually seems to calm down and the more intricate tracks come to the fore. Then it dives back into the LOUDNESS. Sorry to say it but this was the least happy I have ever been listening to a Rush album. I'm going to leave it for a bit then head back to the Remixed version.
Keltron1 03/06/2017 06:36 | #186966
I love the remixed version and feel that the mix is far cleaner and punchier than the original recording in 2002. The lyrics are from the depths of Neil Peart's struggles with the loss of his wife and daughter and are very emotional. The compositions are solid and the whole (remixed) album is an absolute triumph for Rush. It's one of my faves from Geddy, Alex and Neil. For those fans that think the original recordings were distorted, it's not true - it was the mixing and mastering that muddied the music. David Botrill, the producer who remixed the album in 2013 said, " There was some talk in the fan press that the tracks were distorted in the recording process or that there have been new recordings done. Neither is true. The source recordings are top quality and we didn’t add anything new from those early recordings." (Edited)
Fischman 12/14/2016 22:36 | #180171
There are some very good songs here, but I agree with the general consensus that the production bogs things down a bit. The first two cuts and 'Earthshine' are the highlights.
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