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Moving Pictures takes a novel historical approach to the making and recording of Rush''s album by the same name. This 1981 release was a landmark record, not only for Rush, but also for the entirety of progressive rock.

There''s nothing else like it in the Rush catalog. Permanent Waves and Hemispheres were important releases in their evolution as a progressive band, but neither provided the necessary commercial firepower to blast the Canadian trio into the stratosphere of rock stardom. Moving Pictures, with its thematic work and positioning as the antithesis of a concept record, balanced opposing creative sensibilities, garnered the attention of radio programmers across North America, and sold millions of copies around the globe.

As the title of the record suggests, each track projects unique filmic properties, allowing the collective work to escape into the realm of the audiovisual. Unparalleled in the band''s recorded output, Moving Pictures boasts multisensory qualiti

Moving Pictures

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      Publisher Backbeat
      Published 2 January 2023
      ISBN-13 9781493062355
      978-1493062355
      ISBN-10 1493062352
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      History of music Music reviews and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Moving Pictures takes a novel historical approach to the making and recording of Rush''s album by the same name. This 1981 release was a landmark record, not only for Rush, but also for the entirety of progressive rock.

      There''s nothing else like it in the Rush catalog. Permanent Waves and Hemispheres were important releases in their evolution as a progressive band, but neither provided the necessary commercial firepower to blast the Canadian trio into the stratosphere of rock stardom. Moving Pictures, with its thematic work and positioning as the antithesis of a concept record, balanced opposing creative sensibilities, garnered the attention of radio programmers across North America, and sold millions of copies around the globe.

      As the title of the record suggests, each track projects unique filmic properties, allowing the collective work to escape into the realm of the audiovisual. Unparalleled in the band''s recorded output, Moving Pictures boasts multisensory qualiti

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