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''Rush in Rio'' is a three-disc live album by
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band Rush, released on October 21,
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. 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 Rush was a Canadian rock band formed in 1968 in Toronto, that was comprised primarily of Geddy Lee (bass, vocals), Alex Lifeson (guitar), and Neil Peart (drums, percussion, lyricist). The band formed in Toronto in 1968 by Lifeson, drummer John ...
. 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 "
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" was recorded at the
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, 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. The track " O Baterista" was nominated for a Grammy Award for
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in 2005, but lost to
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'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 Neil Ellwood Peart OC (; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian-American musician, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, including an ...
'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 Aleksandar Živojinović, (born 27 August 1953), known professionally as Alex Lifeson (), is a Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of the progressive rock band Rush. In 1968, Lifeson co-founded the band that wo ...
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 Rush was a Canadian rock band formed in 1968 in Toronto, that was comprised primarily of Geddy Lee (bass, vocals), Alex Lifeson (guitar), and Neil Peart (drums, percussion, lyricist). The band formed in Toronto in 1968 by Lifeson, drummer John ...
(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

# "
Tom Sawyer Thomas Sawyer () is the titular character of the Mark Twain novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), ''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894), and ''Tom Sawyer, Dete ...
" – 5:04 (Pye Dubois, Lee, Lifeson, Peart) # "Distant Early Warning" – 4:50 # " New World Man" – 4:04 # "
Roll the Bones ''Roll the Bones'' is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released September 3, 1991 on Anthem Records. The band began working on ''Roll the Bones'' after a brief creative hiatus following the tour promoting their previous r ...
" – 6:15 # "Earthshine" – 5:44 # " YYZ" (instrumental) – 4:56 (Lee, Peart) # " The Pass" – 4:52 # "Bravado" – 6:19 # "
The Big Money "The Big Money" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, originally released on their 1985 album ''Power Windows''. It peaked at #45 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #4 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and has been included on several compilation albu ...
" – 6:03 # " The Trees" – 5:12 # "
Freewill Free will is the capacity of agents to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded. Free will is closely linked to the concepts of moral responsibility, praise, culpability, sin, and other judgements which apply only to actio ...
" – 5:48 # "
Closer to the Heart "Closer to the Heart" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush. It was released in November 1977 as the lead single from their fifth studio album ''A Farewell to Kings''. It was the first Rush song to feature a non-member as a songwriter in Peter Ta ...
" – 3:04 (Peter Talbot, Lee, Lifeson, Peart) # " Natural Science" – 8:34


Disc 2

# "
One Little Victory "One Little Victory" is the opening track and first single from Rush's 2002 album ''Vapor Trails'', with music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, and lyrics by Neil Peart. To herald the band's comeback after a five-year hiatus, the single was design ...
" – 5:32 # " Driven" – 5:22 # "Ghost Rider" – 5:36 # "
Secret Touch "Secret Touch" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, and is the eighth track from the band's 2002 studio album, ''Vapor Trails''. It has been revealed to be one of singer Geddy Lee's favorite tracks from the album. It was released as the second s ...
" – 7:00 # "
Dreamline "Dreamline" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush. It was released as a single and on their 1991 album '' Roll the Bones''. The song peaked at number one on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and was a staple for live performances by Rush, ...
" – 5:10 # "
Red Sector A "Red Sector A" is a song by Rush that provides a first-person account of a nameless protagonist living in an unspecified prison camp setting. "Red Sector A" first appeared on the band's 1984 album '' Grace Under Pressure''. Lyricist Neil Peart ...
" – 5:16 # " Leave That Thing Alone" (Instrumental) – 4:59 (Lee, Lifeson) # "O Baterista" (Neil Peart Drum Solo) – 8:54 (Peart) # "Resist" – 4:23 # " 2112 Overture/ The Temples of Syrinx" – 6:52


Disc 3

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


Personnel

Rush * Geddy Lee – vocals, bass and acoustic guitars, synthesizers *
Alex Lifeson Aleksandar Živojinović, (born 27 August 1953), known professionally as Alex Lifeson (), is a Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of the progressive rock band Rush. In 1968, Lifeson co-founded the band that wo ...
– electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals *
Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart OC (; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian-American musician, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, including an ...
– drums, percussion Production *Produced and mixed By Alex Lifeson and James "Jimbo" Barton *Recorded and engineered By Brad Madix *Mastered By Adam Ayan *Directed and produced by
Daniel Catullo Daniel E. "Dan" Catullo III is an American concert promoter, director, and producer, and the co-founder and CEO of DC3 Music Group and The City Drive Entertainment Group, both production and distribution companies specializing in 3D films, mus ...
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.


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* {{Authority control 2003 live albums Anthem Records live albums Atlantic Records live albums Rush (band) live albums Albums produced by James Barton (producer) Juno Award for Music DVD of the Year winners