A Show Of Hands
by Rush

Album
A Show Of Hands by Rush
(Live album)
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 11,249th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 44 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (157th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,555th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,249th)

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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 8,789.

Rush album bestography « Higher ranked (7,295th)
Counterparts This album (11,249th)
A Show Of Hands Lower ranked (11,766th) »
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A Show Of Hands track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Intro
Average Rating: 72 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
The Big Money
Average Rating: 77 (9 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Subdivisions
Average Rating: 81 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Marathon
Average Rating: 80 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Turn The Page
Average Rating: 79 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Manhattan Project
Average Rating: 79 (9 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Mission
Average Rating: 78 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
Distant Early Warning
Average Rating: 77 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Mystic Rhythms
Average Rating: 77 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Witch Hunt (Part III Of Fear)
Average Rating: 78 (9 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
The Rhythm Method
Average Rating: 76 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
12.
Force Ten
Average Rating: 78 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
13.
Time Stand Still
Average Rating: 78 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
14.
Red Sector A
Average Rating: 78 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
15.
Closer To The Heart
Average Rating: 78 (7 votes)Comments: View 0

A Show Of Hands rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 11,249th | 1980s rank: 1,555th | 1989 rank: 157th

A Show Of Hands collection

A Show Of Hands ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 44 votes)
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90/100
 !		06/23/2026 07:31 Keltron1  Ratings distribution  881/100
 
80/100
 !		06/11/2026 11:21 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  14,68070/100
 
100/100
 !		05/17/2026 15:31 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,70883/100
 
55/100
 !		03/25/2026 16:45 Menelao  Ratings distribution  18371/100
 
90/100
 !		08/24/2025 07:57 nextorgd  Ratings distribution  1,20684/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.

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90/100
From 09/29/2018 10:05 | #221835
Very powerful. Great version of "Closer to the heart". It's Force 10!
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From 12/14/2016 22:40 | #180175
A very fun live album. Better than most.
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