Closer To The Heart (track)
by Rush
Year: 1977
From the album A Farewell To Kings (track #3)
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Closer To The Heart appears on the following album(s) by Rush:
- A Farewell To Kings (track #3) (this album) (1977)
- The Spirit Of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987 (track #4) (compilation) (2003)
- Different Stages · Live (track #9) (1998)
- Exit... Stage Left (track #5) (1981)
- Chronicles (track #10) (compilation) (1990)
- Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland (track #22) (2011)
- Rush In Rio (track #12) (2003)
- A Show Of Hands (track #15) (1989)
- Retrospective I 1974-1980 (track #9) (compilation) (1997)
- R40 Live (track #19) (2015)
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| ! | 05/17/2026 21:41 | CjHubb117 | 1,323 | 97/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2026 20:07 | seaniedimes_ | 838 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2026 02:38 | BurndenAce | 6,134 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2026 00:08 | wizardalien | 9,978 | 61/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 19:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,579 | 71/100 |
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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 86.1/100, a mean average of 86.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.1.
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Nice short song with a lot happening. Solid musicianship on this one.
Fischman 01/17/2017 16:53 | #183002
Excellent, if horribly overplayed, song.
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