The Weapon (track)
by Rush
The Weapon appears on the following album(s) by Rush:
- Signals (track #5) (this album) (1982)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/18/2025 20:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,774 | 70/100 | |
| 11/04/2025 13:28 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 | |
| 08/16/2025 03:04 |  ExTeaSea | 12,480 | 85/100 | |
| 06/01/2025 14:56 | brent13 | 11,041 | 85/100 | |
| 11/22/2024 05:29 |  slatsheit | 2,142 | 88/100 |
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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 79.6/100, a mean average of 80.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.8.
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Fischman 02/09/2019 02:34 | #231602
Another excellent installment in the "Fear" series. The lyrics, in addition to being well presented, are highly insightful.
AAL2014 09/23/2017 18:10 | #198608
Very underrated. I've been trying t figure out the drum intro to this song for years.
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