Gold (Rush album)

Gold
Compilation album by Rush
Released	April 25, 2006
Recorded	1973–1987
Genre	Progressive rock hard rock heavy metal
Length	2:35:01
Label	Mercury
Producer	Rush and others
Rush chronology
R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (2005) Gold (2006) Snakes & Arrows (2007)

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AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
Sea of Tranquility	[4]
Sputnikmusic	[5]

Gold is a compilation album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on April 25, 2006.

The Gold compilation is a repackaging of the two 1997 Rush compilation albums Retrospective I and Retrospective II, with the exception of the third track of Retrospective I "Something for Nothing," which has been removed and replaced by "Working Man" (last track, #14) on the first disc.

Track listing

All lyrics by Neil Peart unless noted, all music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson unless noted

Disc 1

1. "The Spirit of Radio"
2. "The Trees"
3. "Freewill"
4. "Xanadu"
5. "Bastille Day"
6. "By-Tor and the Snow Dog"
7. "Anthem"
8. "Closer to the Heart" (Lyrics: Peart/Peter Talbot)
9. "
   2112: Overture
   "
10. "2112: The Temples of Syrinx"
11. "
    La Villa Strangiato
    "(Music: Lee/Lifeson/Peart)
12. "Fly by Night"
13. "Finding My Way" (Lyrics: Lee)
14. "Working Man" (Lyrics: Lee)

Disc 2

1. "The Big Money"
2. "Red Barchetta"
3. "Subdivisions"
4. "
   Time Stand Still
   "
5. "Mystic Rhythms"
6. "The Analog Kid"
7. "
   Distant Early Warning
   "
8. "Marathon"
9. "The Body Electric"
10. "Mission"
11. "Limelight"
12. "Red Sector A"
13. "New World Man"
14. "Tom Sawyer" (Lyrics: Peart/Pye Dubois)
15. "Force Ten" (Lyrics: Peart/Pye Dubois)

Track origins

Disc 1

Tracks 13 & 14 from Rush (1974)
Tracks 6, 7 & 12 from Fly by Night (1975)
Track 5 from Caress of Steel (1975)
Tracks 9 & 10 from 2112 (1976)
Tracks 4 & 8 from A Farewell to Kings (1977)
Tracks 2 & 11 from Hemispheres (1978)
Tracks 1 & 3 from Permanent Waves (1980)

Disc 2

Tracks 2, 11 & 14 from Moving Pictures (1981)
Tracks 3, 6 & 13 from Signals (1982)
Tracks 7, 9 & 12 from Grace Under Pressure (1984)
Tracks 1, 5 & 8 from Power Windows (1985)
Tracks 4, 10 & 15 from Hold Your Fire (1987)

Personnel

• Geddy Lee – bass, vocals, synthesizers
• Alex Lifeson – acoustic and electric guitars
• Neil Peart – drums, percussion, lyricist
• John Rutsey – drums on "Finding My Way" and "Working Man"

with:

• Aimee Mann – vocals on "Time Stand Still"

See also

• Retrospective I
• Retrospective II
• Retrospective III: 1989–2008

References