Retrospective II

Retrospective II
Retrospective II
Compilation album by Rush
Released	June 3, 1997
Recorded	1980–1987
Genre	Progressive rock, hard rock
Length	76:42
Label	Anthem (Canada); Mercury
Producer	Rush, Peter Henderson, Peter Collins
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Allmusic	link
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[1]
MusicHound Rock	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	link
The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music	^[3]

Retrospective II: 1981 to 1987 is a compilation album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). The album features songs from the second decade of the band.

This compilation album is now disc two of the 2006 Rush compilation album Gold.

Track listing

No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"The Big Money"	Power Windows (1985)	5:35
2.	"Red Barchetta"	Moving Pictures (1981)	6:09
3.	"Subdivisions"	Signals (1982)	5:33
4.	"Time Stand Still"	Hold Your Fire (1987)	5:09
5.	"Mystic Rhythms"	Power Windows	5:54
6.	"The Analog Kid" (Complete Version)	Signals	4:48
7.	"Distant Early Warning"	Grace Under Pressure (1984)	4:57
8.	"Marathon"	Power Windows	6:10
9.	"The Body Electric"	Grace Under Pressure	5:00
10.	"Mission"	Hold Your Fire	5:16
11.	"Limelight"	Moving Pictures	4:20
12.	"Red Sector A"	Grace Under Pressure	5:08
13.	"New World Man"	Signals	3:42
14.	"Tom Sawyer"	Moving Pictures	4:33
15.	"Force Ten"	Hold Your Fire	4:31
Total length:			1:16:42

Personnel

Geddy Lee – bass guitars, synthesizers, vocals
Alex Lifeson – electric and acoustic guitars, synthesizers
Neil Peart – drums, percussion, electronic percussion, lyricist

References

^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). "Rush". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 965. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
^ Larkin, Colin (2003). "Rush". The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music. Virgin Publishing. pp. 414–415. ISBN 1852279699.

[1] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[2] Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). "Rush". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 965. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.

[3] Larkin, Colin (2003). "Rush". The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music. Virgin Publishing. pp. 414–415. ISBN 1852279699.

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v t e Rush
Alex Lifeson Geddy Lee Neil Peart Jeff Jones John Rutsey
Studio albums	Rush (1974) Fly by Night (1975) Caress of Steel (1975) 2112 (1976) A Farewell to Kings (1977) Hemispheres (1978) Permanent Waves (1980) Moving Pictures (1981) Signals (1982) Grace Under Pressure (1984) Power Windows (1985) Hold Your Fire (1987) Presto (1989) Roll the Bones (1991) Counterparts (1993) Test for Echo (1996) Vapor Trails (2002) Snakes & Arrows (2007) Clockwork Angels (2012)
Live albums	All the World's a Stage (1976) Exit... Stage Left (1981) A Show of Hands (1989) Different Stages (1998) Rush in Rio (2003) Snakes & Arrows Live (2008) Grace Under Pressure Tour (2009) Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland (2011) Clockwork Angels Tour (2013) R40 Live (2015)
Live videos	Exit... Stage Left (1982) Grace Under Pressure Tour (1986) A Show of Hands (1989) Rush in Rio (2003) R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (2005) Rush Replay X 3 (2006) Snakes & Arrows Live (2008) Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland (2011) Clockwork Angels Tour (2013) R40 Live (2015)
Compilations	Rush Through Time (1979) Chronicles (1990) Retrospective I (1997) Retrospective II (1997) The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 (2003) Gold (2006) Retrospective III: 1989–2008 (2009) Working Men (2009)
Video compilations	Through the Camera Eye (1985) Chronicles (1990)
Box sets	The Studio Albums 1989–2007 (2013)
Extended plays	Feedback (2004) Cygnus X-1 (2017)
Singles	"In the Mood" "Fly by Night" "Lakeside Park" "The Twilight Zone" "Making Memories" "Closer to the Heart" "Circumstances" "The Trees" "The Spirit of Radio" "Entre Nous" "Limelight" "Tom Sawyer" "Vital Signs" "New World Man" "Subdivisions" "Countdown" "Red Sector A" "Afterimage" "The Big Money" "Mystic Rhythms" "Time Stand Still" "Show Don't Tell" "The Pass" "Dreamline" "Roll the Bones" "Ghost of a Chance" "Stick It Out" "Nobody's Hero" "Test for Echo" "Half the World" "Driven" "One Little Victory" "Secret Touch" "Summertime Blues" "Far Cry" "Spindrift" "Caravan" "Headlong Flight"
Other songs	"Working Man" "Before" and "After" "Into the Darkness" "Didacts and Narpets" "2112" "A Passage to Bangkok" "Tears" "Xanadu" "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" (II. Apollo Bringer of Wisdom / III. "Dionysus Bringer of Love" IV. "Armageddon The Battle of Heart and Mind" VI. "The Sphere A Kind of Dream") "Freewill" "Red Barchetta" "YYZ" "Witch Hunt" "The Analog Kid" "Between the Wheels" "Red Lenses" "Marathon" "Manhattan Project" "Force Ten" "Mission" "Lock and Key" "Second Nature" "Heresy" "Animate" "Cold Fire" "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)"
Tours	Hemispheres Tour (1978–1979) Moving Pictures Tour (1980–1981) Exit... Stage Left Tour (1981) Power Windows Tour (1985–1986) Hold Your Fire Tour (1987–1988) Presto Tour (1990) Roll the Bones Tour (1991–1992) Counterparts Tour (1994) Test for Echo Tour (1996–1997) Snakes & Arrows Tour (2007–2008) Time Machine Tour (2010–2011) Clockwork Angels Tour (2012–2013) R40 Live Tour (2015) Fifty Something Tour (2026)
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