A Show of Hands

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A Show of Hands
Live album by Rush
Released	January 9, 1989
Recorded	1988
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	74:22
Label	Anthem Records (Canada) Mercury Records
Producer(s)	Rush
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Rush chronology
Hold Your Fire (1987)	A Show of Hands (1989)	Presto (1989)

A Show of Hands is a live album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). The album was recorded in Birmingham, New Orleans, Phoenix, and San Diego during the 1988 Hold Your Fire tour as well as in the Meadowlands (East Rutherford, NJ) during the 1986 Power Windows tour.

The material on the albums focuses primarily on the band's previous four albums (Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire); the only songs not from these albums are "Witch Hunt" and "Closer to the Heart." Also, "The Rhythm Method" is an edited drum solo by Neil Peart, and not a studio release.

The album's title comes from a lyric in the band's song Prime Mover; "alternating currents force a show of hands."

The album was re-released in a digitally remastered CD on July 1, 1997.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Remaster Details

[edit] Track listing

1. "Intro" – :53
2. "The Big Money" – 5:59
3. "Subdivisions" – 5:22
4. "Marathon" – 6:39
5. "Turn the Page" – 4:41
6. "Manhattan Project" – 5:18
7. "Mission" – 5:46
8. "Distant Early Warning" – 5:15
9. "Mystic Rhythms" – 5:32
10. "Witch Hunt (Pt. III of Fear)" – 4:00
11. "Rhythm Method" – 4:37
12. "Force Ten" – 4:55
13. "Time Stand Still" – 5:13
14. "Red Sector A" – 5:18
15. "Closer to the Heart" – 4:54

[edit] Personnel

• Geddy Lee - bass guitar, synthesizers, vocals
• Alex Lifeson - electric and acoustic guitars, synthesizers
• Neil Peart - drums, percussion

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1989	The Billboard 200	21

[edit] Remaster Details

A remaster was issued in 1997.

• The tray has a picture of three fingerprints, light blue, pink, and lime green (left to right) with THE RUSH REMASTERS printed in all caps just to the left. All remasters from Moving Pictures to A Show of Hands are like this. This is just like the cover art of Retrospective II.
• Includes all of the artwork that came with the original album.

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Geddy Lee • Alex Lifeson • Neil Peart John Rutsey Discography Albums: Rush • Fly by Night • Caress of Steel • 2112 • A Farewell to Kings • Hemispheres • Permanent Waves • Moving Pictures • Signals • Grace Under Pressure • Power Windows • Hold Your Fire • Presto • Roll the Bones • Counterparts • Test for Echo • Vapor Trails • Feedback (EP) • Snakes & Arrows (May 1, 2007) Live Albums: All the World's a Stage • Exit...Stage Left • A Show of Hands • Different Stages • Rush in Rio Compilations: Archives • Chronicles • Retrospective I • Retrospective II • The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987 • Gold Related articles The Rush Portal • Rush discography • History of Rush • Rush instrumentals Victor • My Favourite Headache • A Work in Progress • Anatomy of a Drum Solo • "Fear" series • Cygnus X-1 series • Hugh Syme