Hope (Rush song)
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| “Hope” | |||||
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| Song by Rush | |||||
| Album | Snakes & Arrows | ||||
| Released | May 1, 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Instrumental | ||||
| Length | 2:02 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic Records | ||||
| Writer | Lifeson | ||||
| Producer | Rush & Nick Raskulinecz | ||||
| Snakes & Arrows track listing | |||||
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"Hope" is an acoustic instrumental from Rush's |2007 album Snakes & Arrows. It was performed on a twelve-string guitar in D-A-D-A-A-D tuning.[citation needed]
[edit] Background
"Hope" is one of the three instrumentals on the Rush album Snakes & Arrows. According to Neil Peart, the title of the instrumental was inspired by the chorus of the ninth Snakes & Arrows track "Faithless", which contains the word "Hope".[1] It is the band's shortest song, clocking in at 2 minutes 2 seconds. Unusual for Rush's compositions, the song was written by Alex Lifeson alone. It is played on a twelve-string guitar and was recorded in two takes. The second take was "just for the heck of it".[2]
[edit] References
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ The Game of Snakes and Arrows by Neil Peart Rush Essay Accessed September 18, 2007
- ^ Randall, Mark. 2007. Rock's Gold Standard: Alex Lifeson mixes vintage, acoustic, and modern sounds on Rush's latest album. Guitar One. June.
