Power Windows

by Rush

Power Windows cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 October 1985
  • Label: Anthem
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 44:33
  • Community rating: 3.36/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: pedalboard, Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Fully embracing mid-80s digital synthesizer technology, Rush crafted an incredibly dense, highly melodic exploration of modern progressive rock. Neil Peart's conscious, politically driven lyricism tackles themes of global power dynamics over intricate, brightly polished AOR and new wave-inflected arrangements. 'Power Windows' is an energetic, heavily atmospheric, and lushly produced peak of their synthesizer era.

Genres

Descriptors: arena rock, melodic, political, conscious, atmospheric, progressive

Tracklist

  1. The Big Money (5:34)
  2. Grand Designs (5:05)
  3. Manhattan Project (5:04)
  4. Marathon (6:09)
  5. Territories (6:19)
  6. Middletown Dreams (5:15)
  7. Emotion Detector (5:10)
  8. Mystic Rhythms (5:53)

Credits

  • Rush - primary artist, arranged by [arrangements by], producer [produced by]
  • Peter Collins - arranged by [arrangements by], producer [produced by]
  • Andrew Pryce Jackman - arranged by [choir arranged by], conductor [choir conducted by], chorus master, choir vocals vocal arranger
  • Anne Dudley - arranged by [strings arranged by], conductor [strings conducted by], conductor, stringsarranger
  • Hugh Syme - art direction, graphics, painting [cover painting by], graphic design, illustration
  • Geddy Lee - bass guitar, synthesizer [synthesizers], pedalboard [bass pedals], vocals, music by, synthesizer, bass pedals
  • Arthur McLear - crew [busheads and truckfaces]
  • Billy Barlow - crew [busheads and truckfaces]
  • Candy MacLear - crew [busheads and truckfaces]
  • Dennis Cricket - crew [busheads and truckfaces]
  • Larry Cole - crew [busheads and truckfaces]
  • Mike Nervi - crew [busheads and truckfaces]
  • Pat Lynes - crew [busheads and truckfaces]
  • Red McBrine - crew [busheads and truckfaces]
  • Tom Whittaker - crew [busheads and truckfaces]
  • Bill Collins - crew [concert rigging by]
  • Southfire Rigging - crew [concert rigging by]
  • Tim Wendt - crew [concert rigging by]
  • Kevin Flewitt - crew [minister-without-portfolio]
  • Liam Birt - crew [president], executive-producer [executive production by]
  • Neil Peart - drums, percussion, percussion [electronic percussion], lyrics by, electronic drum set
  • Alex Lifeson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, music by
  • Bill Fertig - engineer [concert sound by]
  • Jason Macrie - engineer [concert sound by]
  • Jim Staniforth - engineer [concert sound by]
  • Mike Sinclair - engineer [concert sound by]
  • See Factor - engineer [concert sound by], lighting [concert lighting by]
  • Jon Erickson - engineer [concert sound engineer]
  • James "Jimbo" Barton - engineer [engineered by]
  • Steve Byron - engineer [monitor engineer]
  • Head - engineer [pre-production engineering by], additional engineer
  • Moon Records - executive-producer [executive production by]
  • Val Azzoli - executive-producer [executive production by]
  • Andy Richards - keyboards [additional keyboards by], programmed by [synthesizer programming by], additional keyboard, synthesizer programming
  • Ed Hyatt - lighting [concert lighting by]
  • Frank Scilingo - lighting [concert lighting by]
  • Jack Funk - lighting [concert lighting by]
  • Jeffrey Thomas McDonald - lighting [concert lighting by]
  • Mike King - lighting [concert lighting by]
  • Roy Niendorf - lighting [concert lighting by]
  • Lee Tenner - lighting [concert projectionist]
  • Craig Spredeman - lighting [laser images by]
  • Glen Tonsor - lighting [laser images by]
  • Phil Valdivia - lighting [laser images by]
  • Ray Danniels - management
  • SRO Management, Inc. - management
  • Bob Ludwig - mastered by, mastering
  • Dimo Safari - photography by, photography
  • Nick Kotos - production manager
  • Jim Burgess - programmed by [synthesizer programming by], synthesizer programming
  • Matt Butler - recorded by [assisted by, air studios], assistant recording
  • Dave Meegan - recorded by [assisted by, sarm east], assistant recording
  • Heff Moraes - recorded by [assisted by, sarm east], assistant recording
  • Paul Wright - recorded by [assisted by, sarm east], assistant recording
  • Steve "Barney" Chase - recorded by [assisted by, the manor], assistant recording
  • Larry Allen - technician [center stage technician]
  • Tony Geranios - technician [guitar and synthesizer maintenance]
  • Skip Gildersleeve - technician [stage left technician]
  • Jim Johnson - technician [stage right technician]
  • Howard Ungerleider - tour manager, lighting director

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