![]() Moving Pictures is Brown's first digitally-produced album. The studio had been recently fitted out with a digital 48-track machine, which was unfamiliar to the band and necessitated them spending time familiarising themselves with the equipment. With the material fully prepared, Rush recorded Moving Pictures in October and November 1980 at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec. The band worked on them further during rehearsals of their 1980–1981 tour which began in September and included "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight" in their live set prior to recording. Following the initial writing sessions, Rush returned to Phase One Studios with their co-producer Terry Brown and prepared demos of the songs. The sessions were productive, with "The Camera Eye" the first song to be worked on, followed by " Tom Sawyer", " Red Barchetta", " YYZ" and " Limelight". Rush then moved to Stony Lake, Ontario to write and prepare material for their new album. During the sessions Max Webster's lyricist Pye Dubois suggested a song that he thought was suitable for Rush to record this was developed into " Tom Sawyer". Īfter a short break, they regrouped at Phase One Studios in Toronto in July 1980 with members of rock band Max Webster, to record "Battlescar" for that group's album Universal Juveniles. The trio pitched the idea to their manager and producer who had mapped out a two-year plan for them but agreed to the sudden change and cancelled the schedule. Peart was instrumental in doing a new album, and Lee and Lifeson found themselves catching onto his enthusiasm. During the tour's stop in New York City, the band agreed to start work on a new studio album, rather than prepare a second live album from several recordings they made during the tour, partly because the ideas they were developing at sound checks were sufficiently interesting to them to put them on tape. In June 1980, the band ended their ten-month tour of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom in support of their seventh studio album, Permanent Waves (1980). Rush auditioned some of the songs on a tour before recording the album (September 11 to October 1, 1980), and supported the album on tour from February to July 1981. " Limelight", " Tom Sawyer" and " Vital Signs" were released as singles across 1981, and the instrumental " YYZ" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. ![]() It remains Rush's highest-selling album in the United States, with 5 million copies sold. Moving Pictures received a positive reception from current and retrospective music critics and became an instant commercial success, reaching number one in Canada and number 3 in the United States and the United Kingdom. They continued to write songs with a more radio-friendly format, featuring tighter song structures and songs of shorter length compared to their early albums. After touring to support their previous album, Permanent Waves (1980), the band started to write and record new material in August 1980 with co-producer Terry Brown. Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by Canadian progressive rock band Rush, released on February 12, 1981, through Anthem Records. ![]()
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