RUSH: A Show of hands 2LP Double LP

A Show of Hands

Live album by Rush
Released January 9, 1989
Recorded 1986, 1988
Genre Progressive rock /Hard rock

A Show of Hands is a live album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1989. The band released a video of the same name, originally on VHS. The title of this release is taken from a line on the Hold Your Fire track Prime Mover: "alternating currents force a show of hands".

The album was recorded in Birmingham (UK), 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 opening track "Intro" features the Three Stooges theme song playing in the background; the band used this jingle to open many of their concerts during the 1980s.

Track listing:
All songs written by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, except where noted.
"Intro" – 0:53
"The Big Money" – 5:59
"Subdivisions" – 5:22
"Marathon" – 6:39
"Turn the Page" – 4:41
"Manhattan Project" – 5:18
"Mission" – 5:46
"Distant Early Warning" – 5:15
"Mystic Rhythms" – 5:32
"Witch Hunt (Pt. III of Fear)" – 4:00
"The Rhythm Method" (Peart) – 4:37
"Force Ten" (Lifeson, Lee, Peart, Pye Dubois) – 4:55
"Time Stand Still" – 5:13
"Red Sector A" – 5:18
"Closer to the Heart" (Lifeson, Lee, Peart, Peter Talbot) – 4:54

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