The Trees (track)
by Rush
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The Trees appears on the following album(s) by Rush:
- Hemispheres (track #3) (this album) (1978)
- Different Stages · Live (track #7) (1998)
- Exit... Stage Left (track #9) (1981)
- Chronicles (track #11) (compilation) (1990)
- Rush In Rio (track #10) (2003)
- Retrospective I 1974-1980 (track #2) (compilation) (1997)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/20/2026 16:34 | steve397 | 5,181 | 74/100 | |
| 12/13/2025 15:24 |  Squonk007 | 3,261 | 73/100 | |
| 12/08/2025 01:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 89,083 | 71/100 | |
| 08/22/2025 15:18 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 | |
| 08/16/2025 03:03 |  ExTeaSea | 12,714 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.8/100, a mean average of 85.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.9.
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Great musicianship and a nice synth section elevate this track. The album improves considerably towards the end.
Fischman 01/17/2017 16:58 | #183009
Great message and massive delivery; a near perfect song.
Jesus, we get it Neil, you like Ayn Rand. Even the trees are an Objectivist metaphor now? Lol. Only joking. Decent track.
AAL2014 07/03/2016 20:03 | #170429
A Rush classic. The lyrics and instrumental section on this track make it a true prog rock gem.
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