Snakes & Arrows
by Rush
Rush bestography
Snakes & Arrows is ranked 18th 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 8,873.
(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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Snakes & Arrows track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 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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| 01/26/2026 23:17 |  UofTBlues | 3,622 | 71/100 | |
| 01/23/2026 16:51 | hebbo137 | 199 | 79/100 | |
| 12/24/2025 04:38 |  nextorgd | 1,158 | 84/100 | |
| 12/06/2025 17:24 | PapaShiz86 | 11,063 | 79/100 | |
| 09/16/2025 13:32 | TonySayers61 | 23,763 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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Rush goes back to an earlier heavier less keyboard influenced sound, reminiscent of Counterparts. Although I saw the band on this tour which was superb, this album doesn't tick certain boxes for me. I prefer Rush at their most progressive, not at their most heavy.
That's more freakin' like it. Straight up Rush album. The instrumentals are superb and the production is spot on.
Fischman 12/14/2016 22:28 | #180166
The best of Rush's late period, save for the final effort on Clockwork Angels. Two great instrumentals included and Alex lays out some very nice acoustic work.
This is my favorite Rush album in the past 15-20 years. Really enjoy most of the songs. MEZ
It's the definition of an average Rush album, which means it's an above average release overall. I think there are just a few too many songs here. Take out "The Way the Wind Blows", "Faithless, "Good News First", and -maybe- "Spindrift" and we'd be looking at a lean and mean album here.
The instrumentals and "Workin' Them Angels" are probably the highlights here. I love "Armor and Sword" too, but it's sliding further and further down on my list because it's kind of a samey one-trick pony.
Great album, alot of good songs here. My favorites is: "Armor And Sword", "Hope", "The Way The Wind Blows" and "Good News First".
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