YYZ (track)
by Rush
YYZ appears on the following album(s) by Rush:
- Moving Pictures (track #3) (this album) (1981)
- Different Stages · Live (track #28) (1998)
- Exit... Stage Left (track #3) (1981)
- Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland (track #14) (2011)
- Rush In Rio (track #6) (2003)
- Snakes & Arrows Live (track #27) (2008)
- R40 Live (track #13) (2015)
- Clockwork Angels Tour (track #24) (2013)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Yurls | 90 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2026 20:07 | seaniedimes_ | 838 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2026 16:02 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.1/100, a mean average of 87.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.1.
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An absolute pinnacle in instrumentals. Lifespan playing the same progression throughout most of the song. Every time a little different. Sounding punk, metal or even eastern. Every silence is either filled with brilliant hasty bassplay topped of with just in time flagolettes or blistering drum fills. The pulling of string solos are amazing. It all tumbles down in a synth midpart. Only to come back to the main theme again. And oh yeah the shattering windows that's a great touch.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/13/2017 16:32 | #182466
The ultimate progressive rock instrumental! Each individual is playing brilliant, complex music, and yet they all meld together into a whole that is somehow greater than the sum of its parts. This one is the gold standard for rock musicianship.
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/25/2016 02:52 | #169692
Deservedly one of the greatest instrumentals of all time. The Lee/Peart duel section followed by one of Lifeson's finest solos is the stuff of legend.
played this on guitar hero when I was 14 and it blew my gourd, still can't play it on real guitar (Edited)
Creative, concise, catchy, and crafty.
