A Show of Hands
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| A Show of Hands | ||
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| Live album by Rush | ||
| Released | January 9 1989 | |
| Recorded | 1988 | |
| Genre | Progressive rock | |
| Length | 74:22 | |
| Label | Anthem Records (Canada) Mercury Records | |
| Producer(s) | Rush | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Rush chronology | ||
| Hold Your Fire (1987) | A Show of Hands (1989) | Presto (1989)
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A Show of Hands is a live album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). The album was recorded in Birmingham, New Orleans, Phoenix, and San Diego during the 1988 Hold Your Fire tour as well as in the Meadowlands (East Rutherford, NJ) during the 1986 Power Windows tour.
The material on the albums focuses primarily on the band's previous four albums (Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire); the only songs not from these albums are "Witch Hunt" and "Closer to the Heart." Also, "The Rhythm Method" is an edited(cut) drum solo by Neil Peart, and not a studio release.
The album was re-released in a digitally remastered CD on July 1, 1997.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Intro" – :53
- "The Big Money" – 5:59
- "Subdivisions" – 5:22
- "Marathon" – 6:39
- "Turn the Page" – 4:41
- "Manhattan Project" – 5:18
- "Mission" – 5:46
- "Distant Early Warning" – 5:15
- "Mystic Rhythms" – 5:32
- "Witch Hunt (Pt. III of Fear)" – 4:00
- "Rhythm Method" – 4:37
- "Force Ten" – 4:55
- "Time Stand Still" – 5:13
- "Red Sector A" – 5:18
- "Closer to the Heart" – 4:54
[edit] Personnel
- Geddy Lee - bass guitar, synthesizers, vocals
- Alex Lifeson - electric and acoustic guitars, synthesizers
- Neil Peart - drums, percussion
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The Billboard 200 | 21 |
[edit] Remaster Details
A remaster was issued in 1997.
- The tray has a picture of three fingerprints, light blue, pink, and lime green (left to right) with THE RUSH REMASTERS printed in all caps just to the left. All remasters from Moving Pictures through to A Show of Hands are like this. This is just like the cover art of Retrospective II.
- Includes all of the artwork that came with the original album.
| Rush |
| Geddy Lee | Alex Lifeson | Neil Peart |
| John Rutsey |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Rush | Fly by Night | Caress of Steel | 2112 | All the World's a Stage | A Farewell to Kings | Hemispheres | Permanent Waves | Moving Pictures | Exit...Stage Left | Signals | Grace Under Pressure | Power Windows | Hold Your Fire | A Show of Hands | Presto | Roll the Bones | Counterparts | Test for Echo | Different Stages | Vapor Trails | Rush in Rio | Feedback (EP) |
| Compilations: Archives | Chronicles | Retrospective I | Retrospective II | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987 | Gold |
| Related articles |
| The Rush Portal
Rush discography | Rush music videos | History of Rush | Rush instrumentals | Victor | My Favorite Headache | A Work In Progress | Anatomy of A Drum Solo | "Fear" Series | Cygnus X-1 Series |
