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In 2010, Rush took a break from recording what would become the bands final studio album Clockwork Angels to launch its Time Machine Tour. During that tour, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers recorded their April 15, 2011 performance in Cleveland. It was a fitting tribute to the city, which was the first to play Rushs music on the radio. That epic concert was released on CD in 2011, but the full show has never come out on vinyl, until now, offered here as an essential 4LP box set.
The Time Machine Tour was a fan favorite thanks in part to the tours incredible set list, which encompassed songs from the groups entire career. Another reason is that Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart did something during these shows that theyd never done before, which was to play their quadruple-platinum album Moving Pictures (1981) in its entirety. It remains the bands best-selling record in the U.S. where it reached No. 3 on the album chart. In the bands native Canada, it hit No. 1. In addition to the singles, Limelight, Tom Sawyer, and Vital Signs, Moving Pictures also earned the band a Grammy nomination for the instrumental track, YYZ. Named for the airport code in Toronto, the songs rhythm is based on the letters Y-Y-Z played in Morse code.
Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland covers a lot of musical ground over 26 tracks. Rushs early days are represented by songs like Working Man from the trios 1974 self-titled debut, 2112 Overture from the 1976 classic2112, and Closer To The Heart from A Farewell To Kings (1977). The groups fantastic output from the 1980s gets its due with performances of Subdivisions (Signals, 1982), Marathon (Power Windows, 1985), Time Stand Still (Hold Your Fire, 1987) and the title track from 1989s Presto. During the concert, Rush also showcased its most recent work 2007s Snakes & Arrows by playing three songs from that album: Far Cry, Workin Them Angels and Faithless. The band also took the opportunity to treat fans to a preview of Caravan and BU2B, two songs that would eventually appear on Clockwork Angels (2012), the groups nineteenth, and final, studio album.
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