Album
Grace Under Pressure
1984 · Rock
60 collectors on Gatefold own this
Grace Under Pressure is a Rock album by Rush, originally released in 1984. On Gatefold: 162 pressings tracked, owned by 60 collectors.
About
Though it was technically the fourth album they released that decade, 1984’s <i>Grace Under Pressure</i> heralded the true beginning of Rush’s ’80s phase. Where the preceding <i>Moving Pictures</i> and <i>Signals</i> were hardly lacking for synth-saturated arrangements or mainstream appeal, they ultimately sounded like the work of a seasoned prog-rock act tentatively exploring new technological frontier. <i>Grace Under Pressure</i>, by contrast, saw Rush fully immerse themselves in an MTV-altered pop landscape dominated by the likes of The Police and Duran Duran. (Not coincidentally, it’s the first Rush album since their 1974 debut that wasn’t produced by longtime associate Terry Brown, and the first overall where every song clocks in under six minute.) But beyond the post-New Wave period details—reggae rhythms on “Distant Early Warning,” jagged disco guitar lines on “Red Sector A,” post-punky ska on “The Enemy Within”—Neil Peart’s lyrics take a ripped-from-the-headlines approach to addressing Cold War panic, effectively flipping the fictionalized sci-fi dystopia of <i>2112</i> into Reagan-era docudrama. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Distant Early Warning4:45
- A2Afterimage5:00
- A3Red Sector A5:08
- A4The Enemy Within4:33
Side B
- B1The Body Electric4:58
- B2Kid Gloves4:16
- B3Red Lenses4:39
- B4Between The Wheels5:36
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- synthetic
- triumphant
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alex LifesonGUITAR , SYNTHESIZER GUITAR, MUSIC BY, SYNTHESIZER GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER
- Geddy LeeBASS GUITAR , SYNTHESIZER , VOCALS BASS GUITAR , SYNTHESIZER, VOCALS BASS GUITAR, MUSIC BY, SYNTHESIZER, VOCALS
- Jim BurgessPROGRAMMED BY
- Neil PeartDRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION, ELECTRONIC DRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION, ELECTRONIC DRUMS, LYRICS BY
- Paul NorthfieldPROGRAMMED BY
60 collectors on Gatefold own this · 162 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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