Rush in Rio

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Rush in Rio
Rush in Rio cover
Live album by Rush
Released October 21, 2003
Recorded 2003
Genre Progressive rock, Hard rock
Length 2:53:25
Label Anthem (Canada)
Anthem/Atlantic
Producer Alex Lifeson and James "Jimbo" Barton
Professional reviews
Rush chronology
Vapor Trails
(2002)		 Rush in Rio
(2003)		 Feedback
(2004)

Rush in Rio is a live album by Canadian band Rush, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album is also available as a two DVD set. The album was recorded at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro and was the final concert on the Vapor Trails tour.

The album was certified Gold in the US by the R.I.A.A. in February, 2004.

The track "O Baterista" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 2005.

The third CD contains two bonus tracks played previously on the Vapor Trails Tour but not at the Maracanã Stadium concert. "Between Sun & Moon" was recorded at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona, on September 27, 2002, and "Vital Signs" was recorded at the Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, PQ, on October 19, 2002.


Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, except where noted.

[edit] Disc 1

  1. "Tom Sawyer" (Lifeson, Lee, Peart) – 5:04
  2. "Distant Early Warning" – 4:50
  3. "New World Man" – 4:04
  4. "Roll the Bones" – 6:15
  5. "Earthshine" – 5:44
  6. "YYZ" (Lee, Peart) – 4:56
  7. "The Pass" – 4:52
  8. "Bravado" – 6:18
  9. "The Big Money" – 6:03
  10. "The Trees" – 5:12
  11. "Freewill" – 5:48
  12. "Closer to the Heart" (Lifeson, Lee, Peart, Peter Talbot) – 3:04
  13. "Natural Science" – 8:34

[edit] Disc 2

  1. "One Little Victory" – 5:32
  2. "Driven" – 5:22
  3. "Ghost Rider" – 5:36
  4. "Secret Touch" – 7:00
  5. "Dreamline" – 5:10
  6. "Red Sector A" – 5:16
  7. "Leave That Thing Alone" (Lifeson, Lee) – 4:59
  8. "O Baterista" (Peart) – 8:54
  9. "Resist" – 4:23
  10. "2112" – 6:52

[edit] Disc 3

  1. "Limelight" – 4:29
  2. "La Villa Strangiato" – 10:05
  3. "The Spirit of Radio" – 5:28
  4. "By-Tor & The Snow Dog" – 4:34
  5. "Cygnus X-1" – 3:12
  6. "Working Man" (Lifeson, Lee) – 5:48
  7. "Between Sun & Moon" (Lifeson, Lee, Peart, Pye Dubois) – 4:51 (Bonus Track)
  8. "Vital Signs" – 4:58 (Bonus Track)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Singles

Information
"Resist"
  • Released:
  • Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart
  • Produced by: Alex Lifeson and James "Jimbo" Barton
  • Chart positions:

[edit] Miscellanea

  • This release is somewhat notable for being the first official live Rush release not following their established pattern of releasing 4 studio albums in between live albums.
  • It should also be noted that this is the first time a complete Rush concert has been released on CD, from start to finish, without adding or taking out songs. (As well as being the first live CD and DVD where Neil's drum solo was done in its entirety.)
  • It also has bonus soundboard "bootleg" tracks that were alternate songs from those played that night in Rio (however, only one song played on this tour isn't on this disc, "Ceiling Unlimited" from Vapor Trails).
  • Furthermore, at this concert, Rush played to its second* largest crowd as a headliner (40,000)*. Their largest** crowd was the previous night (60,000), in São Paulo. *Rush headlined the then annual "Texas Jam" in Dallas in 1984, that year's attendance was above 40,000. **They had also headlined there at the Cotton Bowl (stadium) in Dallas Texas for a much larger crowd in August/1979 just before recording their Permanent Waves album, that event was called the "Summer Blowout".
  • It is also noted that this show was recorded without either a sound or video check, as the crew had such a hard time driving from São Paulo to Rio De Janeiro that they were hours late when they finally arrived, and by the time they finally had everything set up, the crowd was filing in.
  • After this show, Neil's rotating drum riser was destroyed when it was being removed from the stadium by a flat-bed truck whose driver miscalculated the height of the exit.
  • Rush was nominated for a Best Rock Instrumental Performance Grammy Award in 2005 for Neil Peart's drum solo, “O Baterista” (Portuguese for The Drummer) from this album, but they lost to Brian Wilson's "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow".

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