Vapor Trails
by Rush
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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 163 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,866.
(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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | BurndenAce | 1,056 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2025 11:46 |  doombringer | 2,188 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2025 07:57 |  nextorgd | 1,130 | 84/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2025 19:41 | BoxFL | 2,581 | 51/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2025 01:29 | ekingshill | 851 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.6/100, a mean average of 66.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.2.
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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 .
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.
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.
The production and lack of many "wow" moments are what sink this album for me. I feel like I'm listening to a giant, distorted Wall of Sound: not good. Also, there just aren't very many songs that blow me away from start to finish - I mean, I like some of the ideas in "Ceiling Unlimited", "Freeze", and "Nocturne", but they don't pan out all that much. "One Little Victory" has a great opening but is otherwise uneven due to the strange production. "Earthshine" is great, though, and "Ghost Rider" had potential.
It all adds up to a below average Rush album (and basically an average album overall).
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