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The Studio Albums 1989–2007
''The Studio Albums 1989–2007'' is a box set by the Canadian rock band Rush. It contains the band's seven studio albums released from 1989 to 2007 and was released on 7 CDs on 30 September, 2013. The albums are '' Presto'' (1989), ''Roll the Bones'' (1991), ''Counterparts'' (1993), ''Test for Echo'' (1996), ''Vapor Trails'' (2002), ''Feedback'' (2004) and ''Snakes & Arrows'' (2007). There is also a booklet included with lyrics to every album, with the exception of ''Feedback''. The version of ''Vapor Trails'' on this box set is the remixed version. Reception Gregory Heaney of AllMusic gave the box set 4 out of 5 stars. He said that of most interest to Rush fans in the box set will be the remixed version of ''Vapor Trails''. Track listing '' Presto'' (1989) ''Roll the Bones'' (1991) ''Counterparts'' (1993) ''Test for Echo'' (1996) ''Vapor Trails'' (2002) 013 remixed version/h2> ''Feedback'' (2004) ''Snakes & Arrows ''Snakes & Arrows'' is the 18th studio album by C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rush (band)
Rush was a Canadian rock band formed in 1968 in Toronto, that was comprised primarily of Geddy Lee (bass, vocals), Alex Lifeson (guitar), and Neil Peart (drums, percussion, lyricist). The band formed in Toronto in 1968 by Lifeson, drummer John Rutsey, and bass guitarist/vocalist Jeff Jones, who was immediately replaced by Lee. After Lee joined, the band went through several lineup configurations before arriving at its classic power trio lineup with the addition of Peart in July 1974, who replaced Rutsey four months after the release of their 1974 self-titled debut album; this lineup remained intact for the remainder of the band's career. Rush achieved commercial success in the 1970s with '' Fly by Night'' (1975), '' 2112'' (1976), ''A Farewell to Kings'' (1977) and '' Hemispheres'' (1978). The band's popularity continued throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with albums charting highly in Canada, the US and the UK, including '' Permanent Waves'' (1980), '' Moving Pictures'' (1981) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Lifeson
Aleksandar Živojinović, (born 27 August 1953), known professionally as Alex Lifeson (), is a Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of the progressive rock band Rush. In 1968, Lifeson co-founded the band that would later become Rush, with drummer John Rutsey and bassist and lead vocalist Jeff Jones. Jones was replaced by Geddy Lee a month later, and Rutsey was replaced by Neil Peart in 1974. Before the band was disbanded in 2018, Lifeson was the only continuous member who stayed in Rush since its inception, and along with bass guitarist/vocalist Geddy Lee, the only member to appear on all of the band's albums. With Rush, Lifeson played electric and acoustic guitars, as well as other string instruments such as mandola, mandolin, and bouzouki. He also performed backing vocals in live performances as well as the studio albums '' Rush'' (1974), '' Presto'' (1989) and ''Roll the Bones'' (1991) and occasionally played keyboards and bass pedal synthesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Fire (song)
"Cold Fire" is a song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush. It was released on their 1993 album ''Counterparts''. The song peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. mainstream rock chart. Personnel *Geddy Lee – vocals, bass, synthesizer *Alex Lifeson – guitars, backing vocals *Neil Peart – drums See also *List of Rush songs A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References Rush (band) songs 1993 songs 1994 singles Song recordings produced by Peter Collins (record producer) Songs written by Neil Peart Songs written by Alex Lifeson Songs written by Geddy Lee Atlantic Records singles {{1990s-rock-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leave That Thing Alone
The Canadian rock band Rush has written, recorded, and performed several instrumentals throughout its career. Studio recordings La Villa Strangiato "La Villa Strangiato" was released on the 1978 album '' Hemispheres'', and is subtitled "An Exercise in Self-Indulgence". The 9:37 song, the fourth and final track of the album, was Rush's first entirely instrumental piece. The multi-part piece was inspired by a dream guitarist Alex Lifeson had, and the music in these sections correspond to the occurrences in his dream. The opening segment was played on a nylon-string classical guitar. The next segment introduces the main theme of La Villa, the Strangiato theme. The song progresses to include an increasingly complex guitar solo backed by string synthesizer, followed closely by bass and drum fills. The Strangiato theme is then revisited before the song ends abruptly with phased bass and drums. The piece is divided as follows: * I: "Buenas Noches, Mein Froinds!" (0:00–0:26) * II: " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody's Hero
"Nobody's Hero" is a song by Canadian progressive rock band Rush, released as the third single from their 1993 album ''Counterparts''. The first verse deals with the AIDS-related death of a gay man named Ellis Booth, a friend of Neil Peart when Peart lived in London. After the chorus, the second verse speaks of a girl who was murdered in Peart's hometown, Port Dalhousie and was the daughter of a family friend, as remembered by Peart in ''Far and Wide: Bring That Horizon to Me!'' The girl is rumoured to have been Kristen French, one of Paul Bernardo's victims. It inspired the title for the paper ''Nobody's Hero: On Equal Protection, Homosexuality, and National Security'' published in The George Washington Law Review. Track listing Personnel *Geddy Lee – Bass, lead vocals *Alex Lifeson – Acoustic & electric guitars *Neil Peart – Drums, percussion *John Webster - Keyboards with *Michael Kamen – String arrangements & conducting See also *List of Rush songs A ''list'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stick It Out (Rush Song)
"Stick It Out" is a song and single by the band Rush from their 1993 album ''Counterparts''. The song debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart, becoming the band's only number one debut of their five chart-toppers. The song also reached number one on the ''RPM'' Cancon chart. music videowas made for the song. It was briefly featured on an episode of ''Beavis and Butt-Head''. "Stick It Out" has been featured live on several of Rush's tours, including the ''Counterparts'', ''Test for Echo'', and Time Machine Tours. Background Drummer and lyricist Neil Peart said of the song: It’s just a play on the words, really. "Stick It Out" meaning both a kind of arrogant display, 'stick it out', but also the endurance thing; if you have a difficult thing to endure, stick it out and you get to the end. It was the pun on both of those, really, so again the duality in the song is a bit leaning both ways. The sense of forbearance, of holding back, and also the idea of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pye Dubois
Pye Dubois is a Canadian lyricist and poet. He has worked mainly with Kim Mitchell and Max Webster (with whom he was considered an unofficial fifth non-performing member), and occasionally Rush. Career Dubois accompanied Max Webster in the studio and wrote lyrics for each of their albums."A witness to a creative spark" ''Beach Metro'', March 10, 2015 Melinda Drake He was given lyric-writing credits on several Rush songs, most notably "", which has been included on the soundtrack of several films. Dubois wrote the poem "There Is A Lake Between Sun And Moon", which inspired them to write many of the lyrics for the album '' |
Ghost Of A Chance (Rush Song)
"Ghost of a Chance" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush released as the third single from their 1991 album ''Roll the Bones''. The single peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. Album Rocks Track chart. The lyrics focus on finding love, and as its strength over any other force. Although the song was a radio hit at the time of its release, it has rarely been performed live. It was most recently featured on the 2008 leg of the Snakes & Arrows Tour. Track listing Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson; lyrics by Neil Peart. US release: #Ghost of a Chance (Edit) – 4:25 #Ghost of a Chance (Album Version) – 5:19 UK / German release: #Ghost of a Chance – 5:19 #Dreamline – 4:38 #Chain Lightning – 4:33 nly on CD#Red Tide – 4:29 nly on CD Personnel *Geddy Lee – vocals, bass *Alex Lifeson – guitar *Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart OC (; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian-American musician, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heresy (Rush Song)
"Heresy" is a song written by and performed by Rush and appears on their 1991 album ''Roll the Bones''. The song is about the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and Russia, resultant about-face consumerism and the passing of the Cold War nuclear threat. Song Like the rest of the album ''Roll the Bones'', "Heresy" also marks the transition from the band's 1980s style to their sound of the 1990s where guitars are a prominent part of this song and keyboard and organ are played in the background. As with the vast majority of Rush songs since the album '' Fly by Night'', Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson composed the song's music while Neil Peart wrote the lyrics. The percussion aspect of this song was noted in the Roll the Bones Tour program. Neil Peart explains, Lyrics The song speaks of the wall coming down, and the liberation of Eastern European from Communism which started in 1989 and continued through the early 1990s. While historians and journalists alike celebrated these events, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rush Instrumentals
The Canadian rock band Rush has written, recorded, and performed several instrumentals throughout its career. Studio recordings La Villa Strangiato "La Villa Strangiato" was released on the 1978 album '' Hemispheres'', and is subtitled "An Exercise in Self-Indulgence". The 9:37 song, the fourth and final track of the album, was Rush's first entirely instrumental piece. The multi-part piece was inspired by a dream guitarist Alex Lifeson had, and the music in these sections correspond to the occurrences in his dream. The opening segment was played on a nylon-string classical guitar. The next segment introduces the main theme of La Villa, the Strangiato theme. The song progresses to include an increasingly complex guitar solo backed by string synthesizer, followed closely by bass and drum fills. The Strangiato theme is then revisited before the song ends abruptly with phased bass and drums. The piece is divided as follows: * I: "Buenas Noches, Mein Froinds!" (0:00–0:26) * II: " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roll The Bones (song)
"Roll the Bones" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush. It was released as the second single from their 1991 album of the same name. Background The music of "Roll the Bones" was written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, and its lyrics by Neil Peart. The lyrics reflect on taking chances in life, and urging those unsure to "roll the bones," a term used for throwing dice. "But the bottom line...is to take the chance, roll the bones, if it's a random universe and that's terrifying and it makes you neurotic and everything, never mind. You really have to take the chance or else nothing's going to happen." - Neil Peart, "It's a Rap" interview, February 1992 As a "lyrical experiment", Peart wrote a "rap" section in his lyrics, as a result of listening to "the better rap writers", like LL Cool J and Public Enemy. The band considered seeking out a real rapper to perform this section of the song, or even considered approaching the section with a camp or comedic sensibility, and hiring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreamline
"Dreamline" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush. It was released as a single and on their 1991 album ''Roll the Bones''. The song peaked at number one on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and was a staple for live performances by Rush, having been performed on every tour from the inaugural Roll the Bones Tour until the 2010 and 2011 Time Machine Tour, when it was dropped. It was performed during the subsequent Clockwork Angels Tour, where it was accompanied by the Clockwork Angels string ensemble and a video with a dedication to Neil Armstrong. It was dropped again on the 2015 R40 Tour. In live performances, the bridge was extended to incorporate a solo by Alex Lifeson. Bassist and singer Geddy Lee said: "I love the spirit of 'Dreamline' and the way Neil captures that feeling of wanderlust and invulnerability that comes in a particular trying time in your life." Reception Martin Popoff said that the song is "strafed by a crouching-then-striking verse and clouds-brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
