Fly By Night (studio album) by Rush
Top albums of 1975 (Rush bestography
Fly By Night is ranked 9th best out of 37 albums by Rush on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rush is Moving Pictures which is ranked number 156 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,590.
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Fly By Night track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Fly By Night rankings
Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| Year 2025 | Source  AAL2014 | Chart Top 64 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 47/64 | Rank Score 1 |
| Year 2025 | Source steve397 | Chart Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | Rank 88/100 | Rank Score 13 |
| Year 2025 | Source  Fischman | Chart Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 19/100 | Rank Score 4 |
| Year 2025 | Source  ExTeaSea | Chart Top 68 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 23/68 | Rank Score 3 |
| Year 2025 | Source  slatsheit | Chart Top 58 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 22/58 | Rank Score 3 |
| Year 2025 | Source fabm0 | Chart List 1975 | Rank 85/100 | Rank Score - |
| Year 2025 | Source  RockyRaccoon | Chart Top 72 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 29/72 | Rank Score 3 |
| Year 2025 | Source byuzak | Chart Top 55 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 8/55 | Rank Score 4 |
| Year 2025 | Source Drbassexpert24 | Chart Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | Rank 85/100 | Rank Score 3 |
| Year 2025 | Source RockyRaccoon | Chart Progressive Rock Pt. 2 | Rank 45/100 | Rank Score - |
| Year 2025 | Source  Romanelli | Chart Top 32 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 28/32 | Rank Score 1 |
| Year 2025 | Source  Patman360 | Chart Top 87 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 77/87 | Rank Score 1 |
| Year 2025 | Source Exist-en-ciel | Chart Top 15 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 12/15 | Rank Score 1 |
| Year 2025 | Source steve397 | Chart Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | Rank 39/100 | Rank Score 12 |
| Year 2025 | Source  paladisiac | Chart top 65r albums (64), #0301-0400* | Rank 41/97 | Rank Score - |
| Year 2025 | Source pjr428 | Chart Top 30 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 25/30 | Rank Score 1 |
| Year 2024 | Source pinkfreud1981 | Chart Top 11 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 10/11 | Rank Score 1 |
| Year 2024 | Source Juneof44 | Chart Top 50 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 41/50 | Rank Score 1 |
| Year 2024 | Source  srogers900 | Chart Best Albums Ever 601-700 | Rank 47/100 | Rank Score - |
| Year 2024 | Source  imacgill | Chart Top 43 Music Albums of 1975 | Rank 33/43 | Rank Score 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 185 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 482 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| Rating 70/100  | Date updated 04/02/2025 13:31 | Member Philly28 | Album ratings | Avg. album rating 69/100 |
| Rating 70/100 | Date updated 03/26/2025 01:36 | Member BorderFreeAndrew | Album ratings | Avg. album rating 74/100 |
| Rating 80/100 | Date updated 03/02/2025 14:33 | Member Adhura | Album ratings | Avg. album rating 78/100 |
| Rating 90/100 | Date updated 01/22/2025 21:41 | Member VINYLGUY7788 | Album ratings | Avg. album rating 89/100 |
| Rating 90/100 | Date updated 01/17/2025 16:04 | Member mids | Album ratings | Avg. album rating 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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It's just so good...Fly By Night delivers! Perhaps their best music was still to come, but this release balances accessibility with complexity and ambition - a balance Rush don't always strike with their albums.
A strong release from this iconic Canadian three-piece.
Underrated. To me, Fly By Night is definitely one of the finest works of Rush.
8.5/10
Right from the off, there's Neil Peart. Total gear-shift from the debut album. Increased variety and loads of proggy elements. Good album
A precursor of what was yet to come. This is a very good album and the presence of Neil Peart in the drum stool countered with his lyrical expertise hints to exciting times ahead. Anthem and By Tor set the scene for the classics which will follow
Parktribur 06/08/2017 22:26
Few bands can make a second record so good as Rush did.
luigybetis 02/10/2017 19:23
Rivendell is incredible, I can't understand why it has the lowest rating in the album. In my opinion it is the best only overcome by Anthem, Fly By Night and In The End.
Fischman 12/14/2016 22:17
Kickass album here bookended by the superb opening 'Anthem' and close by the epic 'In the End.' All the stuff in between is excellent as well, especially the title cut.
AAL2014 06/07/2016 04:35
A very solid second album for Rush. As a whole it's not incredible, but there are some real shining moments. You can really view this as the birth of Rush as we know them as it is the first record to feature Neil Peart on drums and first to introduce the more prog songwriting.
sszwalbenest 07/30/2015 00:24
"Anthem" and "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" were quality numbers. The rest is only ok. "In the End" follows musical just about every musical cliche in the book.
Best Track: Fly By Night
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