Rush
by Rush
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Rush bestography
Rush is ranked 11th best out of 38 albums by Rush on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rush is Moving Pictures which is ranked number 161 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,644.
(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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Rush 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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Rush rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | culwin | Top 22 Music Albums of 1974 | 7/22 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 71 Music Albums of 1974 | 38/71 | 2 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 5 Music Albums of 1974 | 5/5 | 1 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 94 Music Albums of 1974 | 23/94 | 4 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 401-500 | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 52 Music Albums of 1974 | 52/52 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 83 Music Albums of 1974 | 73/83 | 1 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 44 Music Albums of 1974 | 18/44 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 22/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 129 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 396 | |||
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Rush ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/24/2026 01:46 | Yurls | 22 | 87/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2026 18:57 | culwin | 1,598 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2026 04:54 | adbrack1988 | 1,129 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Rush forum mentions
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/14/2016 22:30 | #180167 | TOP COMMENT
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No Peart yet, but that doesn't keep this from being a kickass album. The musical elements of what would become the worlds greatest hard rock/prog band are already evident, even if the songwriting isn't quite there yet.
Applerill TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/28/2010 12:57 | #16027 | TOP COMMENT
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Edit: Despite the ridiculous lyrics, this album actually isn't that bad. It's basically Rush's "Pablo Honey", if that makes sense to you. And "Working Man" is every bit as awesome as "Creep" is for Radiohead.
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/17/2018 00:43 | #214955 | TOP COMMENT
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I really appreciate Rush’s straightforward rock here especially Finding My Way, What You’re Doing and Working Man. I think those three songs alone should give this album a higher ranking. The rest of the album is solid with great guitar solos. The album has some blues influences but it’s much heavier.
All bands have to start somewhere. Overall it's an average hard rock record - maybe slightly above average due to the excellent musicianship already on display here. Lee and Lifeson were already becoming masters of their instruments, and Rutsey was a more than serviceable drummer. The standout track is, of course, "Working Man," an 8-minute blues rock tour de force with one of Rush's best jams.
Blues based hard rock is not the kind of music they now are famously known for but regardless this is a truly great record. Very well played, as always.
Working Man is a masterpiece.
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