Exit...Stage Left

Exit...Stage Left

by Rush
Exit...Stage Left

Exit...Stage Left

by Rush

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Overview

Rush was planning on releasing a live album after the Permanent Waves tour, but manager Cliff Burnstein convinced the group that they were peaking musically and should go straight back into the recording studio -- resulting in their finest album, 1981's Moving Pictures. So after the tour wound down, their postponed live album was finally assembled, released as Exit...Stage Left the same year. The album turned out to be the polar opposite of its predecessor, 1976's raw and direct All the World's a Stage; in fact, the performances often sound identical to the recently released studio versions. The contagious energy that helped make All the World's a Stage such a success is muted, replaced by workmanlike renditions that border on the uninspired. There's no denying the high quality of the songs selected -- "Spirit of Radio," "Tom Sawyer," "Xanadu," "The Trees," "Closer to the Heart," "Jacob's Ladder," etc. -- it's just that the performances rarely catch fire. Compared to Rush's three other concert albums (the aforementioned All the World's a Stage, 1988's A Show of Hands, and 1998's Different Stages), Exit...Stage Left is probably the weakest. [Exit Stage Left was re-released in 1997 and added a bonus tracks, "Passage to Bangkok."] ~ Greg Prato

Product Details

Release Date: 07/01/1997
Label: Mercury
UPC: 0731453463226
Rank: 3490

Tracks

  1. The Spirit of Radio
  2. Red Barchetta
  3. YYZ
  4. A Passage to Bangkok
  5. Closer to the Heart
  6. Beneath, Between & Behind
  7. Jacob's Ladder
  8. Broon's Bane
  9. The Trees
  10. Xanadu
  11. Freewill
  12. Tom Sawyer
  13. La Villa Strangiato

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rush   Primary Artist
Neil Peart   Percussion,Drums
Geddy Lee   Keyboards,Bass Pedals,Synthesizer,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Rhythm),Bass,Guitar,Vocals
Alex Lifeson   Guitar,Bass Pedals,Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Rush   Producer
Neil Peart   Composer
Deborah Samuel   Photography
Hugh Syme   Artwork,Cover Design,Art Direction,Cover Art Concept
Brian Lee   Mastering
Alex Lifeson   Composer
John Micheal Talbot   Composer
Paul Northfield   Mixing,Engineer
Andy Rose   Engineer
Pye Dubois   Composer
Terry Brown   Producer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Geddy Lee   Composer
John Michael Talbot   Composer
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