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Professional ratings<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/AllMusic/Hb8cU8Fb">AllMusic</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music/W9YQ0u46">The Encyclopedia of Popular Music</a></i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Martin_C._Strong/dCPf0vV8">The Essential Rock Discography</a></i></td><td>5/10</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/MusicHound_Rock/FRGypYFY">MusicHound Rock</a></i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Rolling_Stone/HhCFoJ9F">Rolling Stone</a></i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide/RRNrAt8J">The Rolling Stone Album Guide</a></i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Colin_Larkin/ft5ob0MF">The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music</a></i></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Exit... Stage Left</i> is the second live album by the Canadian <a href="/facts/Rock_music/zBM2guyQ">rock</a> band <a href="/facts/Rush_(band)/JCTpKWNX">Rush</a>, released as a double album in October 1981 by <a href="/facts/Anthem_Records/ybX3uYk5">Anthem Records</a>. After touring in support of their eighth studio album <i><a href="/facts/Moving_Pictures_(Rush_album)/RWNx9fgv">Moving Pictures</a></i> (1981), the band gathered recordings made over the previous two years and constructed a live release from them with producer <a href="/facts/Terry_Brown_(record_producer)/lSzH1YUd">Terry Brown</a>. The album features recordings from June 1980 on their <i><a href="/facts/Permanent_Waves/ull0TkI2">Permanent Waves</a></i> (1980) tour, and from 1981 on their <i>Moving Pictures</i> tour. </p><p>The album received a mostly positive reception from music critics and reached number 6 in the United Kingdom, 7 in Canada, and 10 in the United States. It was certified platinum by the <a href="/facts/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America/8a7K0Ubf">Recording Industry Association of America</a> for selling one million copies in the latter country. A same-titled <a href="/facts/Exit...Stage_Left_(video)/SvVW4mKR">home video</a> was released in 1982 that documents the band on the <i>Moving Pictures</i> tour. <i>Exit... Stage Left</i> was voted the ninth best live album of all time by <i>Classic Rock</i> magazine in 2004. </p>