Rush in Rio
Live album by
Rush
ReleasedOctober 21, 2003
RecordedNovember 23, 2002
September 27, 2002 ("Between Sun & Moon")
October 19, 2002 ("Vital Signs")
VenueMaracanã Stadium (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
GenreProgressive rock
Length173:25
LabelAnthem
ProducerAlex Lifeson and James "Jimbo" Barton
Rush chronology
The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987
(2003) 		Rush in Rio
(2003) 		Feedback
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
IGN(8/10)[3]
PopMatters(favorable)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Rush in Rio is a three-disc live album by Canadian band Rush, released on October 21, 2003. The album is also available as a two DVD set. With the exception of the last two tracks on the third disc, the album was recorded at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on the final night of the Vapor Trails Tour. The other two tracks were taken from previous shows on the same tour. "Between Sun & Moon" was recorded at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona, on September 27, 2002, and "Vital Signs" was recorded at the Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, on October 19, 2002.

The DVD has been certified 7× Platinum by the R.I.A.A. in the US with over 700,000 copies sold as of September 2010.[6] The track "O Baterista" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 2005, but lost to Brian Wilson's "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow".

Rush in Rio was the first live album released by the band to not follow the pattern of releasing a live album after every four studio releases and was also the first to feature a complete setlist without any changes in song order, including Neil Peart's drum solo. It is also the band's first live album that presents a single night's performance in its entirety (not counting the two bonus tracks). In an interview about the album and DVD, Alex Lifeson and James "Jimbo" Barton noted that it took an extended amount of time to mix the sound. This was due to technical difficulties of recording the audio on primitive equipment.

At this concert, Rush played to 40,000, their second-largest crowd on the Vapor Trails Tour (the largest crowd was 60,000 at the show the previous night in São Paulo). In a rare departure from the band's practice of re-creating the sound of their studio work when playing live, the song "Resist" (on disc 2) was rearranged into a stripped-down acoustic version between Lifeson and Geddy Lee, with Peart sitting out after his drum solo.

Track listing

All tracks written by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart, except where noted.

Disc 1

  1. "Tom Sawyer" – 5:04 (Pye Dubois, Lee, Lifeson, Peart)
  2. "Distant Early Warning" – 4:50
  3. "New World Man" – 4:04
  4. "Roll the Bones" – 6:15
  5. "Earthshine" – 5:44
  6. "YYZ" (instrumental) – 4:56 (Lee, Peart)
  7. "The Pass" – 4:52
  8. "Bravado" – 6:19
  9. "The Big Money" – 6:03
  10. "The Trees" – 5:12
  11. "Freewill" – 5:48
  12. "Closer to the Heart" – 3:04 (Peter Talbot, Lee, Lifeson, Peart)
  13. "Natural Science" – 8:34

Disc 2

  1. "One Little Victory" – 5:32
  2. "Driven" – 5:22
  3. "Ghost Rider" – 5:36
  4. "Secret Touch" – 7:00
  5. "Dreamline" – 5:10
  6. "Red Sector A" – 5:16
  7. "Leave That Thing Alone" (Instrumental) – 4:59 (Lee, Lifeson)
  8. "O Baterista" (Neil Peart Drum Solo) – 8:54 (Peart)
  9. "Resist" – 4:23
  10. "2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx" – 6:52

Disc 3

">" indicates a segue directly into the next track.

  1. "Limelight" – 4:29
  2. "La Villa Strangiato" (Instrumental) – 10:05
  3. "The Spirit of Radio" – 5:28
  4. "By-Tor & the Snow Dog" – 4:35 >
  5. "Cygnus X-1" (Instrumental) – 3:12 >
  6. "Working Man" – 5:34 (Lee, Lifeson)
  7. "Between Sun & Moon" – 4:51 (Bonus Track) (Lee, Lifeson, Peart, Dubois)
  8. "Vital Signs" – 4:58 (Bonus Track)

Personnel

Rush

Production

Additional Recording Studios – Icon Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. Icon Recording Studios owner and Chief Engineer – Andrew Troy, Assistant Engineer – Aaron Kaplay, 2nd Assistant Engineer – Pablo Solorzano.

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 33

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[8] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[9] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Rush in Rio – Rush". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ Patrizio, Andy (22 October 2003). "Rush in Rio". IGN. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  4. ^ Begrand, Adrien (20 January 2004). "Rush: Rush in Rio (DVD)". PopMatters. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  5. ^ "Rush: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2013-07-04. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  6. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
  7. ^ "Rush Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  8. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Rush – Rush in Rio". Music Canada.
  9. ^ "American album certifications – Rush – Rush in Rio". Recording Industry Association of America.

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