La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise In Self-Indulgence) (track)
by Rush
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Year: 1978
From the album Hemispheres (track #4)
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La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise In Self-Indulgence) appears on the following album(s) by Rush:
- Hemispheres (track #4) (this album) (1978)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/20/2026 16:34 | steve397 | 5,072 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 01:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,401 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 05:21 | reelcolonel | 409 | 96/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 21:39 |  JR | 3,495 | 88/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 15:22 | machiaj | 8,984 | 74/100 |
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I'm going to borrow a quote: "The Rushiest song ever!"
Squonk007 05/06/2023 16:09 | #296686
One of my favourite Rush tracks, easily the stand out track on the album.
This instrumental has the best of the best of Rush. This is brilliant. The real epic of this album.
Fischman 01/17/2017 16:59 | #183010
Brilliant and multi-faceted, this is one of the greatest prog instrumentals by any band.
Not quite YYZ, but close.
AAL2014 07/03/2016 20:03 | #170430
Perfection. The most riveting instrumental in rock history. Shows the instrumental prowess of Rush as good as any other track in the catalog. Love it.
One of the best instrumentals ever
This is my favorite song of theirs. Lifeson's solo should be up there with the other great rock guitar solos.
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