Circumstances (track)
by Rush
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Circumstances appears on the following album(s) by Rush:
- Hemispheres (track #2) (this album) (1978)
- Snakes & Arrows Live (track #9) (2008)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 12/08/2025 01:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 81,150 | 71/100 | |
| 08/27/2025 08:26 | steve397 | 5,175 | 74/100 | |
| 08/22/2025 15:15 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 | |
| 08/16/2025 03:03 |  ExTeaSea | 12,480 | 85/100 | |
| 03/17/2025 22:28 |  Fischman | 12,954 | 73/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.5/100, a mean average of 81.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.0.
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This starts as a nice straightforward rocker but it is elevated somewhere in the middle.
Fischman 01/17/2017 16:57 | #183008
Awesome way to kick off side 2! Excellent lyric and the usual outstanding musicianship with a special nod to both the bass and voice of Geddy Lee.
AAL2014 07/03/2016 19:55 | #170428
A very solid second track especially following the prog epic of Book II, similar to how A Passage to Bangkok follows 2112 well enough. But by itself, it's the most forgettable track.
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