Rush (studio album) by Rush
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Rush is ranked 11th best out of 37 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 9,401.
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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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55/100  | 06/07/2025 15:54 | Invader666 | | 67/100 |
65/100 | 05/25/2025 04:00 |  AAL2014 | | 76/100 |
75/100 | 05/03/2025 22:23 | TastyandTemptin | | 72/100 |
40/100 | 04/29/2025 20:23 | thepardunk | | 70/100 |
75/100 | 03/02/2025 14:32 | Adhura | | 78/100 |
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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 15.0.
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AAL2014 05/25/2025 03:53
While this isn’t nearly my go-to record or sound when it comes to Rush, their debut is worth a listen purely to hear how Alex was already, assuredly, a guitar hero.
Geddy’s playing is also very strong but Alex is the absolute MVP of this record.
Schribes 07/23/2023 02:07
One word…Jam Session.
Ok two words. You get the point.
Jboy56 06/12/2023 15:40
Rankkaa rokkia for everybody, Not prog but rog
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.
Great debut, every track is solid. This alone is a very good album, but not as good as what Rush would continue to do in the late 70s and early 80s.
8/10
llibnanoon 06/22/2020 18:22
Average Track Rating = 85.00
llibnanoon 05/28/2020 20:04
This is an amazing debut from RUSH that I just now discovered. They were so damn hard and bluesy on this released. Loved every track. "Working Man" has always been one of my favorites. A true musical Masterpiece!
Canada's Zeppelin. Pounding bluesy rock. Very much of its time but pure class
Brandon8 05/17/2018 00:43
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.
Fischman 12/14/2016 22:30
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.
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