Moving Pictures
by Rush
- Type: Album
- Released: February聽12,聽1981
- Label: Anthem
- Country: Canada
- Length: 39:59
- Community rating: 4.24/5 from 39 ratings
Artists on this release: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Moving Pictures', Rush perfected a synthesis of their progressive rock foundations with more concise, radio-friendly song structures, creating one of their most critically and commercially successful albums. The record鈥檚 sound, meticulously shaped with co-producer Terry Brown, is defined by the increased prominence of synthesizers, a crisp digital production, and the band's virtuosic interplay. Neil Peart鈥檚 lyrics explore themes of modern alienation, dystopian futures, and the pressures of fame on tracks like "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight," cementing the album as a definitive and influential statement in early 1980s rock.
Genres
Descriptors: progressive, virtuosic, synth, conceptual, intricate
Tracklist
- Tom Sawyer (04:36)
- Red Barchetta (06:10)
- YYZ (04:25)
- Limelight (04:19)
- The Camera Eye (10:58)
- Witch Hunt (04:45)
- Vital Signs (04:46)
Credits
- Geddy Lee - lead vocals, bass guitar, bass pedals, mini moog, moog taurus, oberheim polyphonic, ob-x, keyboards, composer
- Alex Lifeson - 6- and 12-string electric and acoustic guitars, moog taurus, taurus pedals, composer
- Neil Peart - drums, timbales, gong, orchestra bells, glockenspiel, wind chimes, bell tree, crotales, cowbell, plywood, lyricist, composer
- Rush - producer, arrangements
- Terry Brown - producer, arrangements
- Pye Dubois - lyrics
- Paul Northfield - engineer
- Robbie Whelan - assistant engineering
- Peter Jensen - digital mastering, editing
- Bob Ludwig - mastering and remastering
- Hugh Syme - synthesizers, art direction, graphics, cover concept, design
- Deborah Samuel - photography
- Moon Records - executive production
- Brian Lee - mastered by
- Ray Danniels - management