Rush - A Show Of Hands flac album

A Show of Hands is a live album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1989. The band released a video of the same name, originally on VHS and LaserDisc, the same year. A DVD version was released as part of a box set in 2006, and as an individual DVD in 2007. The majority of the performances on this album were from the 1988 Hold Your Fire tour, recorded in the American cities of New Orleans, Phoenix, and San Diego, and the British city of Birmingham.

Recorded By – Dave Roberts, Gary Stewart (2), Peter Craigie. Written-By – Lifeson (tracks: 2 to 10, 12 to 15), Lee (tracks: 2 to 10, 12 to 15), Peart (tracks: 2 to 15), Dubois (tracks: 12). Notes. Recorded during the Hold Your Fire tour '88: Birmingham UK, New Orleans, Phoenix and San Diego; and the Power Windows tour '86: Meadowlands, New Jersey. Live recording by Le Mobile and Advision Mobile. Mixed at McClear Place Studios, Toronto.

The remainder of the album's track list is comprised of Rush's best compositions from 1982-1987, such as "Subdivisions," "Distant Early Warning," "Force Ten," "Time Stand Still," and "Red Sector A," as well as several tracks that have been forgotten over time ("Marathon," "Turn the Page," "Mission," et. Also featured for the first time on a live Rush album is a completely unaccompanied drum solo by Neil Peart - the intricate "Rhythm Method.

A Show of Hands encapsulates Rush's "new wave" period, a much maligned era in their evolution. I love this period, it's not hard to separate earlier Rush from this and appreciate what they were doing at this time, using different instrumentation, more synth and taking in strong influences from post-punk 80's contemporaries. I will give you that Peart's earnestly humanistic lyrics don't always mesh well with synth swells and the generally uplifting vibe, call it cheesy I guess

Even the most die-hard Rush fans will say that they hate the period from around the mid 1980's to the end of that decade. While some fans (me and KILL and jethro42 and 420yeah) adore the period and appreciate that a band can change its sound without "selling out" as they say, the synths were, at times, a bit overdone during this period, although most Rush fans will tell you that there were definitely some great songs made. Like every era of Rush's career, they usually end things with a live album.

A show of hands (live). Released: January 10th, 1989 (Recorded live at various venues on April 21st, 23rd & 24th, 1988; January 27th, 1988; February 1st and 3rd, 1988 and March 31st & April 1st, 1986). Certified Gold by RIAA: March 9, 1989 View All Album Certifications. Produced by Rush Engineered by Paul Northfield. Recorded during the Hold Your Fire tour '88: Birmingham UK, New Orleans, Phoenix, and San Diego; and the Power Windows tour '86: Meadowlands, New Jersey. Live recording by Le Mobile, assisted by Dave Roberts; and Advision Mobile, assisted by Gary Stewart and Peter Craigie.

Although their fans treat the three members of Rush as if they were the Holy Trinity, the band chose the theme of another threesome - the Three Stooges - as the opening fanfare for its third live set. It’s a bit of self-effacement to be found nowhere else on this album. Most of the material on A Show of Hands is from Power Windows (1985) and Hold Your Fire (1987). Many of the performances stick closely to the studio versions, even down to having ’til Tuesday’s Aimee Mann repeat her backing-vocal stint for Time Stand Still