Moving Pictures
| Moving Pictures | ||||
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| Studio album by Rush | ||||
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Publication |
7th January 1981 |
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admission |
1980 |
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| Label (s) | Anthem Records | |||
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Format (s) |
LP |
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Title (number) |
7th |
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running time |
39:06 |
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Terry Brown and Rush |
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Studio (s) |
Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec |
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Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush . It was released on January 7, 1981 under the label Anthem Records . It is considered one of the best and most successful albums by the band.
Emergence
After the support tour for their previous album, Permanent Waves , the band began preparations for a new album in the summer of 1980. The original plan was to release a live album of the tour, but this was discarded due to "an unlooked-for charge of ambition and enthusiasm" , according to drummer Neil Peart .
While Rush recorded the song "Battle Scar" for their album Universal Juveniles with his friends Max Webster in July , Webster lyricist Pye Dubois suggested the band a song he thought would be suitable for them. From this, Lee, Lifeson and Peart developed "Tom Sawyer" over the next few months.
In August 1980, the band retired to Stony Lake , Ontario , where they began to write material for the new album. The songs were further refined during rehearsals for the upcoming tour and both "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight" were included in the live program before the album was recorded.
Moving Pictures was finally recorded at Le Studio, Morin Heights in October and November . During the recordings, the band attached great importance to maintaining the sound quality as good as possible by transferring finished sections onto fresh tapes and storing the original copies. This prevented damage or wear to the tapes from frequent playback.
reception
In June 2015, the renowned trade journal Rolling Stone selected the album as number 3 of the 50 best progressive rock albums of all time .
Track list
| page 1 | ||||
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| No. | title | text | music | length |
| 1. | Tom Sawyer | Neil Peart & Pye Dubois | Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee | 4:34 |
| 2. | Red Barchetta | Neil Peart | Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee | 6:10 |
| 3. | YYZ | Geddy Lee & Neil Peart | 4:26 | |
| 4th | Limelight | Neil Peart | Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee | 4:20 |
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| No. | title | text | music | length |
| 1. | The Camera Eye | Neil Peart | Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee | 10:58 |
| 2. | Witch Hunt | Neil Peart | Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee | 4:46 |
| 3. | Vital Signs | Neil Peart | Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee | 4:46 |
Trivia
- The title of the instrumental track "YYZ" refers to the IATA code of Toronto Airport , the hometown of bassist Lee and guitarist Lifeson. The rhythm in the opening section is based on the Morse code for "YYZ" (-.-- / -.-- / - ..).
- The instrumental part in "Tom Sawyer" is based on a short melody Lee played on his synthesizers during soundchecks before concerts .
- The text of "Red Barchetta" was inspired by the short story "A Nice Morning Drive" by Richard S. Foster.
- "Limelight" uses a variety of time signatures and rhythmic shifts around a constant pulse, dividing sections in 4/4, 3/4, 6/8 and sections in 6/8 over which the drums play a 4/4 time , alternate.
- "Witch Hunt" is the first part of the "Fear" tetralogy, which was continued with "The Weapon" from Signals (1982), "The Enemy Within" from Grace Under Pressure and "Freeze" from Vapor Trails .
- The album cover consists of three English puns : the workers move pictures ( moving pictures ) past people who are moved or moved by the pictures , and on the back of the album you can see a film crew filming this scene So makes moving pictures of it.
Web links
- Reviews of Moving Pictures on the Babyblauen Seiten
- Moving Pictures at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Neil Peart: Moving Pictures Tourbook - A Rush Newsreel. In: 2112.net. Retrieved October 31, 2018 .
- ↑ "Moving Pictures" liner notes. In: 2112.net. Retrieved October 31, 2018 .
- ^ Moving Pictures World Premiere. Geddy Lee with Rick Ringer of Toronto's CHUM-FM. In: 2112.net. February 11, 1981, accessed October 31, 2018 .
- ^ Richard Gehr: 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time - Rush, 'Moving Pictures' (1981). In: Rolling Stone . Wenner Media, June 17, 2015, accessed on September 7, 2015 .
- ^ A b Neil Peart: Notes On The Making Of Moving Pictures. In: Modern Drummer. January 1983, accessed October 31, 2018 .
- ^ Richard S. Foster: A Nice Morning Drive. In: 2112.net. Retrieved October 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Moving Pictures on Rush.com. In: Rush.com. Retrieved October 31, 2018 (Canadian English).