Exit...Stage Left
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| Exit...Stage Left | ||
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| Live album by Rush | ||
| Released | October 1981 | |
| Recorded | 1981 | |
| Genre | Progressive rock | |
| Length | 1:16:36 | |
| Label | Anthem Records (Canada) Mercury Records | |
| Producer(s) | Terry Brown | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Rush chronology | ||
| Moving Pictures (1981) | Exit...Stage Left (1981) | Signals (1982)
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Exit...Stage Left is a live double album by Canadian band Rush, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). Sides 1, 3, and 4 of the original vinyl were recorded in Canada during the Moving Pictures tour, while side 2 (tracks 4-7) was recorded in the UK during the Permanent Waves tour.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "The Spirit of Radio" – 5:11
- "Red Barchetta" – 6:46
- "YYZ/drum solo" – 7:43
- "A Passage To Bangkok" – 3:45
- "Closer to the Heart" – 3:08
- "Beneath, Between & Behind" – 2:34
- "Jacob's Ladder" – 8:46
- "Broon's Bane" – 1:37
- "The Trees" – 4:50
- "Xanadu" – 12:09
- "Freewill" – 5:31
- "Tom Sawyer" – 4:59
- "La Villa Strangiato" – 9:37
[edit] Personnel
- Geddy Lee - bass and rhythm guitars, synthesizers, vocals
- Alex Lifeson - electric and acoustic guitars
- Neil Peart - drums, percussion
[edit] Notes
An item from each of Rush's previous eight studio album covers can be seen on the cover of this live album. The owl from Fly by Night flies above Apollo, the man in the suit from Hemispheres, who stands next to the woman from Permanent Waves. The puppet king from A Farewell to Kings sits atop a box stenciled with the "Rush" logo from Rush. Next to him is a painting of the Caress of Steel album cover, held by one of the movers from Moving Pictures, with another mover standing behind. Next to this is Dionysus, the nude man from Hemispheres. Behind this scene, the starman from 2112 hangs in the background, next to an "EXIT" sign. This entire scene is on the left side of the stage, thus "Exit...Stage Left" which is supposedly of a photo of a concert in Buffalo. "Exit...Stage Left" was voted 9th best live album of all time in a poll by Classic Rock Magazine in 2004<ref>BBC News Entertainment Thin Lizzy top live album poll Accessed 16 April 2006.</ref>
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | Billboard's Pop Albums | 10 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1982 | Closer to the Heart | Pop Singles | 69 |
[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 Hold Your Fire are like this. This is just like the cover art of Retrospective II.
- Includes the track A Passage to Bangkok which was left off the original CD issue due to time constraints.
[edit] References
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| 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 |
