Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland

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Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland
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Live album by
Released8 November 2011
Recorded15 April 2011
Venue Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio
Genre Progressive rock, hard rock
Length146:59 [1]
Label Anthem
Producer Banger Films
Rush chronology
Working Men
(2009)
Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland
(2011)
Clockwork Angels
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland is a concert DVD, Blu-ray and double CD by Canadian rock band Rush released on 8 November 2011. It was filmed on 15 April 2011 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio during the band's Time Machine Tour. [4] [5] [6] The DVD film was recorded by Banger Films, which had previously produced the Rush documentary Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage . The Moving Pictures portion of the concert was released on vinyl and digitally under the title Moving Pictures: Live 2011. In Canada in 2023 and 2024, the film was carried on Hollywood Suite under the title, Rush: Time Machine Tour. [7]

Contents

The album was nominated for a Juno Award in the "Music DVD of the Year" category. [8] On 14 May 2014, the DVD was certified 2× Platinum in the US with 200,000 copies sold. [9] It was later reissued as a part of the DVD and Blu-ray box set titled R40, released on 11 November 2014.

Track listing

The following is the setlist of the concert filmed for Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland. [5]

All tracks are written by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart, except where noted. [1]

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Spirit of Radio" 5:02
2."Time Stand Still" 5:16
3."Presto" 6:32
4."Stick It Out" 4:22
5."Workin' Them Angels" 4:44
6."Leave That Thing Alone"Lee, Lifeson5:13
7."Faithless" 5:57
8."BU2B" 4:23
9."Freewill" 5:29
10."Marathon" 6:29
11."Subdivisions" 5:30
12."Tom Sawyer"Lee, Lifeson, Peart, Pye Dubois 4:53
13."Red Barchetta" 6:55
14."YYZ"Lee, Peart4:32
15."Limelight" 4:31
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Camera Eye" 10:10
2."Witch Hunt" 4:42
3."Vital Signs" 5:28
4."Caravan" 5:36
5."Moto Perpetuo/Love for Sale" (Drum solo)Peart, Cole Porter 8:22
6."O'Malley's Break" (Acoustic solo)Lifeson1:33
7."Closer to the Heart"Lee, Lifeson, Peart, Peter Talbot3:28
8."2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx" 7:10
9."Far Cry" 6:22
10."La Villa Strangiato" (polka intro) 7:40
11."Working Man" (reggae intro)Lee, Lifeson6:40

DVD/Blu-ray extras

The post-show video that played during the tour (featuring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel) is not included on the DVD/Blu-ray release. In its place is a closing segment that features Lee, Lifeson and Peart performing a polka rendition of "Closer to the Heart" and portraying their characters from the video intro for the first set.

Charts

Audio
Chart (2011)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [10] 59
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 58
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 70
US Billboard 200 [13] 54
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [14] 4
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [15] 13
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [16] 8

Certifications

DVD
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [17] 2× Platinum200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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