Rush - Exit...Stage Left

Label:

Mercury

Catalog#:

314 534 632-2

Format:

CD, Remastered, Album

Country:

Released:

01 Jul 1997

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Prog Rock

Tracklist

1	The Spirit Of Radio	5:11
2	Red Barchetta	6:46
3	YYZ	7:43
4	A Passage To Bangkok	3:45	X
5	Closer To The Heart	3:08	X
	Written By - Peter Talbot
6	Beneath, Between & Behind	2:34	X
7	Jacob's Ladder	8:46	X
8	Broon's Bane	1:37	X
9	The Trees	4:50	X
10	Xanadu	12:09
11	Freewill	5:31	X
12	Tom Sawyer	4:59
	Written By - Pye Dubois
13	La Villa Strangiato	9:37	X

Credits

Engineer - Andy Rose (2) (tracks: 4 to 7) , Terry Brown (tracks: 1 to 3, 8 to 13)
Engineer [Mix] - Paul Northfield
Mastered By - Bob Ludwig , Brian Lee
Producer - Terry Brown
Written By - Alex Lifeson (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 13) , Geddy Lee (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 9 to 13) , Neil Peart (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 13)

Notes

All tracks recorded live during Rush's 1981 world tour.
Tracks 1 to 3, 8 to 13 recorded in Canada.
Tracks 4 to 7 recorded in the UK.

Original album release in October 1981.

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Review by Jan 24, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)

I saw Rush live two nights in a row during this tour, in New York City. Despite the fact that they played the same set both nights (very close to the track list on this release), the concerts were AWESOME. Rush are just a consummate live band -- all three of the members are such good musicians that when they have a chance to let loose, improvise, and work off each other in a concert setting, the results usually blow away the album versions. Even when they play close to the studio versions, the sound is just tighter, faster, and more energetic.

This album was recorded when they were, IMHO, at the peak of their songwriting excellence, coming right off the 'Moving Pictures' album. For any Rush fan who has not heard them live, please get this gem. In fact, you could buy this and 'All The World's A Stage' and then you'd have basically a live "Greatest Hits" of their material from their beginnings up through 'Moving Pictures.' If you can live with the less-than-perfect sound quality (even on this remastered CD), I bet you will find yourself listening to this more than the studio albums of the period.

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