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
Rush chronology
Retrospective I (1997) Retrospective II (1997) Different Stages (1998)

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Source	Rating
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

See also

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

References

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.