![]() The set encompasses the Abbey Road Mastering Studios 2015 remastered edition of the album for the first time on CD, along with two discs of previously unreleased and newly restored bonus live content newly mixed from the original analog live multi-tracks by Rush’s original producer, Terry Brown, featuring the band’s complete, unreleased Toronto concert from Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, on Ma(designated here as “Live In YYZ 1981”). The Super Deluxe Edition includes three CDs, one Blu-ray Audio disc, and five high-quality 180-gram black vinyl LPs. “Witch Hunt” (subtitled as being “Part III of Fear”) offers a grim view of prejudice and mob mentality, while the album wraps up with the angular, cutting-edge “Vital Signs,” a propulsive track that clearly foreshadows a number of the more adventurous musical directions Rush would undertake as the ever shifting 1980s continued to unfold. Side B commences with the expansive palette of “The Camera Eye,” a multi-layered, ten-minute-long travelogue that takes a bird’s eye view of the inherent hustle and bustle of New York City counterbalanced with the intense energy and deep-rooted history of London. Side A closes out with the observational luminescence of “Limelight,” a timeless, if not prescient look at how introverted artists grapple with public demands while trying to maintain a personal level of earned privacy. The instrumental barnburner “YYZ,” lovingly named after the airport identification code for Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, runs the gamut of the band’s forever impressive progressive chops in under four minutes flat. Next, the band shifts into the multi-generational dreamscape of “Red Barchetta,” which chronicles the thrills and chills of a high-stakes backroads car race. ![]() The album’s lead-off track, “Tom Sawyer,” became one of Rush’s most cherished FM favorites in addition to taking its rightful place as a perpetual concert staple for decades to come. Moving Pictures was also the second of many Rush recording sessions at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec, which was ultimately nicknamed the trio’s own personal Abbey Road recording studio. The album’s seven songs expertly blended Rush’s intrinsic prowess for channeling its progressive roots into radio-friendly arrangements, a template the band had mastered to a T all throughout its previous album, 1980’s deservedly lauded Permanent Waves. Moving Pictures, Rush’s eighth studio album, was originally released on February 12, 1981, and its adventurous yet accessible music catapulted the forward-thinking Canadian band to even newer heights as it began navigating the demands of a new decade. On April 15th, UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records label groups continue the extensive Rush 40th anniversary album series with new, expanded editions of the band’s groundbreaking 1981 release, Moving Pictures, embodying its well-deserved classic album status. Moving Pictures-40th Anniversary will be available to fans in six distinct configurations, including the (1) Super Deluxe Edition, (2) three-CD Deluxe Edition, (3) five-LP Deluxe Edition, (4) one-LP Edition, (5), Digital Deluxe Edition, and (6) Dolby Atmos Digital Edition and can be pre-ordered and pre-saved, HERE Watch The ‘Moving Pictures-40th Anniversary’ Unboxing Video: Moving Pictures 40th Anniversary Release STEP INTO THE LIMELIGHT WITH RUSH’S ‘MOVING PICTURES’ Commemorate the classic album’s 40th anniversary with expanded reissues on April 15, 2022 No matter how you slice it, The Spirit Of Radio is poorly programmed.Rush – Moving Pictures – 40th Anniversary Edition Curiously, you won’t even find their first single In The Mood, which was a hit by anybody’s measure. Anyway, you won’t find any of those songs here. Trouble is, so many of Rush’s best tunes were never hits - Finding My Way, Anthem, A Passage To Bangkok, Bastille Day, Xanadu, Lakeside Park, Something For Nothing, Cygnus X-1, By-Tor And The Snow Dog, La Villa Stran … sorry, I geeked out for a sec there. Given all that, it’s hard not to be disappointed by the hits set The Spirit Of Radio, which collects 16 CanCon mainstays including Closer To The Heart, Freewill, Limelight, Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, New World Man and Subdivisions. Especially since their songs tend to be longer than the average three-minute pop fluff. ![]() With about 30 years and 20 albums under their belt, Canuck prog-rock legends Rush are obviously one of them. ![]() There are some bands whose careers can’t be summed up in a single best-of CD. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing): This came out in 2003 – or at least that’s when I got it. ![]()
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