Rush in Rio

Rush in Rio
Live album by Rush
Released	October 21, 2003
Recorded	November 23, 2002 September 27, 2002 ("Between Sun & Moon") October 19, 2002 ("Vital Signs")
Venue	Maracanã Stadium (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	189:59
Label	Anthem
Producer	Alex 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
Source	Rating
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 the 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 that did not follow the pattern of releasing a live album after every four studio albums, and it was also the first to feature a complete setlist without any changes in song order, including Neil Peart's drum solo. It is 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 due to technical difficulties in 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 during live performances, the song "Resist" (on disc 2) was rearranged into a stripped-down acoustic version featuring Lifeson and Geddy Lee, with Peart sitting out after his drum solo.

Track listing

Disc One

Rush in Rio Disc One track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tom Sawyer"	Pye Dubois Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson Neil Peart	5:04
2.	"Distant Early Warning"	Lee Lifeson Peart	4:50
3.	"New World Man"	Lee Lifeson Peart	4:04
4.	"Roll the Bones"	Lee Lifeson Peart	6:15
5.	"Earthshine"	Lee Lifeson Peart	5:44
6.	"YYZ"	Lee Peart	4:56
7.	"The Pass"	Lee Lifeson Peart	4:52
8.	"Bravado"	Lee Lifeson Peart	6:19
9.	"The Big Money"	Lee Lifeson Peart	6:03
10.	"The Trees"	Lee Lifeson Peart	5:12
11.	"Freewill"	Lee Lifeson Peart	5:48
12.	"Closer to the Heart"	Peter Talbot Lee Lifeson Peart	3:04
13.	"Natural Science"	Lee Lifeson Peart	8:34
Total length:			73:50

Disc Two

Rush in Rio Disc Two track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"One Little Victory"	Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson Neil Peart	5:32
2.	"Driven"	Lee Lifeson Peart	5:22
3.	"Ghost Rider"	Lee Lifeson Peart	5:36
4.	"Secret Touch"	Lee Lifeson Peart	7:00
5.	"Dreamline"	Lee Lifeson Peart	5:10
6.	"Red Sector A"	Lee Lifeson Peart	5:16
7.	"Leave That Thing Alone"	Lee Lifeson	4:59
8.	"O Baterista (Neil Peart Drum Solo)"	Peart	8:54
9.	"2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx"	Lee Lifeson Peart	6:52
Total length:			58:51

Disc Three

Rush in Rio Disc Three track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Limelight"	Lee Lifeson Peart	4:29
2.	"La Villa Strangiato"	Lee Lifeson Peart	10:05
3.	"The Spirit of Radio"	Lee Lifeson Peart	5:28
4.	"By-Tor & the Snow Dog"	Lee Lifeson Peart	4:35
5.	"Cygnus X-1"	Lee Lifeson Peart	3:12
6.	"Working Man"	Lee Lifeson	5:34
7.	"Between Sun & Moon"	Lee Lifeson Peart Pye Dubois	4:51
8.	"Vital Signs"	Lee Lifeson Peart	4:58
Total length:			57:58

Tracks 7 and 8 are bonus tracks.

Personnel

Rush

• Geddy Lee – vocals, bass, acoustic guitars, synthesizers
• Alex Lifeson – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
• Neil Peart – 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

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.

External links

• Rush in Rio at Discogs (list of releases)