Rush " A Show of Hands"

A Show of Hands is a live album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1989. The band released a video of the same name, originally on VHS and LaserDisc, the same year. A DVD version was released as part of a box set in 2006, and as an individual DVD in 2007.

The majority of the performances on this album were from the 1988 Hold Your Fire tour, recorded in the American cities of New Orleans, Phoenix, and San Diego, and the British city of Birmingham. "Mystic Rhythms" and "Witch Hunt" were recorded in East Rutherford, New Jersey, during the 1986 Power Windows tour. The opening track "Intro" features The Three Stooges theme playing in the background; the band used this music to open many of their concerts during the 1980s.

Unlike All the World's a Stage and Exit...Stage Left, this album does not have any songs that had to be omitted for single CD release. The first two were released prior to the introduction of compact discs and were double album sets, whilst this album was initially released on CD so time restrictions were already taken into account. ("Mystic Rhythms" was chosen for inclusion on Chronicles randomly.)

Track listing

All songs written by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, except where noted.

1. "Intro" 0:53
2. "The Big Money" (Birmingham, UK) 5:59
3. "Subdivisions" (Birmingham, UK) 5:22
4. "Marathon" (Birmingham, UK) 6:39
5. "Turn the Page" (New Orleans, LA) 4:41
6. "Manhattan Project" (Phoenix, AZ) 5:18
7. "Mission" (San Diego, CA) 5:46
8. "Distant Early Warning" (Birmingham, UK) 5:15
9. "Mystic Rhythms" (Meadowlands, NJ) 5:32
10. "Witch Hunt" (Part III of Fear) (Meadowlands, NJ) 4:00
11. "The Rhythm Method" (Drum Solo) (Peart) (Birmingham, UK) 4:37
12. "Force Ten" (Lifeson, Lee, Peart, Pye Dubois) (Phoenix, AZ) 4:55
13. "Time Stand Still" (Birmingham, UK) 5:13
14. "Red Sector A" (Birmingham, UK) 5:18
15. "Closer to the Heart" (Lifeson, Lee, Peart, Peter Talbot) (Birmingham, UK) 4:54