Different Strings (track)
by Rush
Year: 1980
From the album Permanent Waves (track #5)
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Different Strings appears on the following album(s) by Rush:
- Permanent Waves (track #5) (this album) (1980)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/24/2026 18:23 |  VictorVale | 44,187 | 89/100 |
| ! | 05/23/2026 14:46 | Imaybeparanoid | 52,674 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2026 16:42 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 09:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,532 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2026 10:17 | Gedster | 532 | 72/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 7% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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Squonk007 06/12/2022 12:04 | #286276
I like this, it's beautifully played.
Fantastically played. This elevates a weak track to a decent one.
Fischman 01/17/2017 17:05 | #183016
Good song, but the weakest track on the album. Geddy still hadn't developed the ability to convincingly deliver an introspective ballad.
AAL2014 06/25/2016 03:07 | #169701
I like this track, but it's the weak one on the album. Certainly sticks out style-wise from the rest of the album.
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