A Show Of Hands
by Rush
Rush bestography
A Show Of Hands is ranked 20th 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 8,834.
(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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A Show Of Hands track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A Show Of Hands rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | svk4ever | Live Killers | 9/100 | - |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 4/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Masterpieces | 32/100 | - |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 39/100 | 62 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  nextorgd | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2025 | svk4ever | Live Killers (1980s) | 4/76 | - |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  srogers900 | Best Live Albums | 12/41 | - |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | LosWochos | Die 100 besten Live Alben und Konzertfilme by VISIONS (2017) | 35/90 | - |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 30 Music Albums of 1989 | 28/30 | 1 |
| 2014 | FieryGunHand | Top 13 Music Albums of 1989 | 12/13 | 1 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 21/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 102 | |||
A Show Of Hands collection
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A Show Of Hands ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/24/2025 07:57 | nextorgd | 1,169 | 84/100 | |
| 09/04/2024 13:24 | TonySayers61 | 23,913 | 64/100 | |
| 03/28/2024 18:14 | WichitaLineman | 22 | 77/100 | |
| 03/12/2024 18:33 | fred911007 | 1,773 | 75/100 | |
| 01/25/2024 02:30 | r0b07 | 801 | 83/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
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Very powerful. Great version of "Closer to the heart". It's Force 10!
Fischman 12/14/2016 22:40 | #180175
A very fun live album. Better than most.
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