Hold Your Fire
by Rush
- Type: Album
- Released: 8 September 1987
- Label: Anthem
- Country: Canada
- Length: 50:21
- Community rating: 2.99/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Alex Lifeson, The Williams Fairey Brass Band, Neil Peart, Geddy Lee
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Representing the absolute zenith of Rush's synthesizer era, 'Hold Your Fire' heavily prioritizes lush, atmospheric pop melodies over their traditional guitar-driven hard rock. Neil Peart's highly literate, philosophical lyricism explores themes of time, instinct, and emotional endurance, backed by incredibly dense, complex electronic arrangements. It is a deeply optimistic, uplifting, and highly polished progressive rock record.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, progressive, complex
Tracklist
- Force Ten (4:31)
- Time Stand Still (5:08)
- Open Secrets (5:37)
- Second Nature (4:36)
- Prime Mover (5:18)
- Lock And Key (5:09)
- Mission (5:15)
- Turn The Page (4:55)
- Tai Shan (4:15)
- High Water (5:33)
Credits
- Rush - primary artist, arranged by, producer
- Peter Collins - arranged by, producer
- Andrew Pryce Jackman - arranged by [brass], conductor [brass]
- Steve Margoshes - arranged by [strings], conductor [strings]
- Hugh Syme - art direction
- Geddy Lee - bass guitar, synthesizer, synthesizer [bass pedals], vocals, music by
- The Williams Fairey Brass Band - brass
- Neil Peart - drums, percussion, percussion [electronic], lyrics by
- Alex Lifeson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, music by
- James "Jimbo" Barton - engineer
- Jon Erickson - engineer [preproduction]
- Liam Birt - executive-producer
- Moon Records - executive-producer
- Val Azzoli - executive-producer
- Andy Richards - keyboards [additional], programmed by [synthesizer programming assisted by]
- Pye Dubois - lyrics by
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by
- Philippe Cusset - mixed by [assistant]
- Glen Wexler - photography by
- Jim Burgess - programmed by [synthesizer programming assisted by]
- Ken Blair - recorded by [assistant, air studios]
- Lerxst - recorded by [assistant, lerxst mobile]
- Martin Lee - recorded by [assistant, mcclear place]
- Reynold Swan - recorded by [assistant, ridge farm]
- Michael J. Ade - recorded by [assistant, the manor]
- Aimee Mann - vocals [additional]