RUSH — Sector 2

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Boxset / Compilation · 2011

Filed under Hard Rock
By RUSH

Tracklist

CD 1: A Farewell to Kings
1. A Farewell to Kings (5:53)
2. Xanadu (11:07)
3. Closer to the Heart (2:54)
4. Cinderella Man (4:22)
5. Madrigal (2:35)
6. Cygnus X-1, Book I: The Voyage (10:21)

Total Time: 37:15

CD 2: Hemispheres
1. Cygnus X-1, Book II: Hemispheres: I. Prelude / II. Apollo: Bringer of Wisdom / III. Dionysus: Bringer of Love / IV. Armageddon: The Battle of Heart and Mind / V. Cygnus: Bringer of Balance / VI. The Sphere: A Kind of Dream (18:08)
2. Circumstances (3:44)
3. The Trees (4:45)
4. La Villa Strangiato (9:34)

Total Time: 36:12

CD 3: Permanent Waves
1. The Spirit of Radio (4:59)
2. Freewill (5:24)
3. Jacob's Ladder (7:31)
4. Entre Nous (4:38)
5. Different Strings (3:52)
6. Natural Science: I: Tide Pools, II: Hyperspace, III: Permanent Waves (9:16)

Total Time: 35:41

CD 4: Moving Pictures
1. Tom Sawyer (4:33)
2. Red Barchetta (6:10)
3. YYZ (4:26)
4. Limelight (4:19)
5. The Camera Eye (11:01)
6. Witch Hunt (4:45)
7. Vital Signs (4:46)

Total Time: 40:02

CD 5: Exit... Stage Left
1. The Spirit of Radio (5:12)
2. Red Barchetta (6:49)
3. YYZ (7:45)
4. A Passage to Bangkok (3:46)
5. Closer to the Heart (3:08)
6. Beneath, Between & Behind (2:35)
7. Jacob's Ladder (8:46)
8. Broon's Bane (1:36)
9. The Trees (4:49)
10. Xanadu (12:10)
11. Freewill (5:32)
12. Tom Sawyer (5:00)
13. La Villa Strangiato (9:37)

Total Time: 76:52

DVD: A Farewell to Kings
1. A Farewell to Kings (5:53)
2. Xanadu (11:07)
3. Closer to the Heart (2:54)
4. Cinderella Man (4:22)
5. Madrigal (2:35)
6. Cygnus X-1, Book I: The Voyage (10:21)

Total Time: 37:15

Line-up/Musicians

- Geddy Lee / vocals, bass guitars, synthesizers, acoustic guitar
- Alex Lifeson / six and twelve string electric and acoustic guitars, bass pedal synths
- Neil Peart - drums, percussion

with
- Erwig Chuapchuaduah / steel drums (Permanent Waves)
- Hugh Syme / piano on "Different Strings" (Permanent Waves), synthesizers on "Witch Hunt" (Moving Pictures)

About this release

Box set
November 21, 2011
Island/Mercury

This 5CD+1DVD box set collects together the second of Rush's three Mercury era four-studio-albums-and-one-live-album cycles. All albums are transferred to high resolution 96kHz/24-bit and digitally remastered for optimal quality. In addition, the box set includes an exclusive booklet packed with unpublished photos, original album lyrics and credits, and features the Farewell to Kings album specially remixed on DVD in high resolution 96kHz/24-bit, 5.1 surround sound and stereo, compatible with both DVD-Audio players and DVD-Video players. Each album is packaged in a replica vinyl mini-jacket of the original album release, with all three Sector box sets forming a Rush CD road case.

Thanks to Pekka for the addition

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Warthur

Of all the three Rush "Sector" boxed sets - each containing four studio albums plus a live album summing up the era in question - Sector 2 is probably the most essential one. Sure, Sector 1 might have the almighty 2112, but it's also got a bunch of significantly rougher material from when Rush were still polishing their sound. Sector 3 covers their synth era nicely, but that era got decidedly patchy towards the end.

Sector 2, though? You've got three classic albums (A Farewell To Kings, Permanent Waves, and Moving Pictures), a patchier one (the rump-tastic Hemispheres, though I know some people really love it), and perhaps their all-time best live album in the form of Exit... Stage Left. What's not to love? (There's also a DVD version of Farewell To Kings to sweeten the deal.)