Permanent Waves (studio album) by Rush

Permanent Waves by Rush
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 560th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 613 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1980 (8th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1980s (86th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (560th)

Rush bestography

Permanent Waves is ranked 3rd best out of 37 albums by Rush on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Rush is Moving Pictures which is ranked number 156 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,767.

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Permanent Waves track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Permanent Waves ratings

Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 613 votes)
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36 hours ago Jboy69  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7280/100
 
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11/26/2024 22:03 MasterOfPuppets  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 74783/100
 
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11/23/2024 06:30 slatsheit  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,87982/100
 
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11/02/2024 11:35 duelek  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 91681/100

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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 80.5/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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85/100
From 03/23/2023 22:19
First rush album to have listen to, and it is very good. I intend to listen to their five best albums according to this web site over next year.
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From 09/07/2022 01:12
One of Rush's best
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From 08/08/2022 11:47
Another solid Rush album with great opener and closer.
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From 06/12/2022 12:20
A superb album. This was my first real introduction to Rush. I immediately took to Jacob's Ladder, Entre Nous and Different Strings which are still amongst my favourite ever tracks by anyone. The only weak point for me is the closer which is a shame, I've never taken to it.
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80/100
From 03/28/2022 08:14
After going overboard with the previous album, we hear a more grounded Rush here. Still firmly rooted in progressive rock, the tracks don't beat around the bush and don't overstay their welcome. Not perfect, but highly recommended.
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From 02/21/2021 21:52
Grande álbum, já mais próximo de uma sonoridade radiofônica.
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75/100
From 11/15/2020 20:32
Great album by Rush. Entre Nous and freewill are my favourites.
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From 05/18/2020 14:32
It's good
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From 12/12/2019 20:50
2nd favorite Rush album next to Moving Pictures. Highlights are Spirit of Radio, Freewill & Jacob's Ladder.
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From 02/03/2019 14:48
Release date: January 14 1980
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Best Albums of 1980
1. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
2. Closer by Joy Division
3. Back In Black by AC/DC
4. Scary Monsters by David Bowie
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