Hemispheres (40th anniversary)

~ Release by Rush (see all versions of this release, 36 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Original Album

2▼CD: Live at Pinkpop Festival: June 4, 1979 / Live in Arizona: November 20, 1978
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	A Passage to Bangkok recorded at: Burgemeester Damenpark in Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1979-06-04) live recording of: A Passage to Bangkok (on 1979-06-04) lyricist: Neil Peart composer: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson publisher: Anthem Core Music Publishing (SOCAN‐affiliated) (from 1980 to present)		4:03
2	Xanadu recorded at: Burgemeester Damenpark in Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1979-06-04) live recording of: Xanadu (Rush song) (on 1979-06-04) lyricist: Neil Peart composer: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson publisher: Anthem Core Music Publishing (SOCAN‐affiliated) (from 1980 to present)		12:32
3	The Trees recorded at: Burgemeester Damenpark in Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1979-06-04) live recording of: The Trees (on 1979-06-04) lyricist: Neil Peart composer: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson publisher: Anthem Core Music Publishing (SOCAN‐affiliated) (from 1980 to present)		5:10
4	Cygnus X-1, Book II: Hemispheres: The Sphere (A Kind of Dream) recorded at: Burgemeester Damenpark in Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1979-06-04) live recording of: The Sphere: A Kind of Dream (on 1979-06-04) lyricist: Neil Peart composer: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson part of: Cygnus X‐1, Book II: Hemispheres		0:54
5	Closer to the Heart recorded at: Burgemeester Damenpark in Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1979-06-04) live recording of: Closer to the Heart (on 1979-06-04) lyricist: Neil Peart and Peter Talbot composer: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson publisher: フジパシフィック音楽出版 (Fujipacific Music inc.) (until 2014-12-31), Anthem Core Music Publishing (SOCAN‐affiliated) (from 1980 to present) and フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) (from 2015-01-01 to present)		3:16
6	La Villa Strangiato recorded at: Burgemeester Damenpark in Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1979-06-04) live recording of: La Villa Strangiato (on 1979-06-04) composer: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart		11:22
7	In the Mood recorded at: Burgemeester Damenpark in Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1979-06-04) live recording of: In the Mood (on 1979-06-04) lyricist and composer: Geddy Lee		2:37
8	Drum Solo recorded at: Burgemeester Damenpark in Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1979-06-04)		7:31
9	Something for Nothing recorded at: Burgemeester Damenpark in Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1979-06-04) live recording of: Something for Nothing (on 1979-06-04) lyricist: Neil Peart composer: Geddy Lee		4:21
10	2112: I. Overture / II. The Temple of Syrinx / III. Discovery / IV. The Presentation / VI. Soliloquy / VII. Grand Finale recorded at: Tucson Convention Center (complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available!) in Tucson, Arizona, United States (on 1978-11-20) live recording of: 2112 (on 1978-11-20) lyricist: Neil Peart composer: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson publisher: Ole (Germany), Ole Core Music Publishing and Ole Media Management LP		19:46

Credits

Release

art direction, illustration and design:	Hugh Syme
executive producer:	Andy Curran Jeff Fura
mastering:	James Clarke (senior software engineer at Abbey Road Studios; audio engineer) Sean Magee (British mastering engineer)
12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, electric guitar and guitar synthesizer [Roland guitar synthesizer]:	Alex Lifeson
bass guitar, Minimoog and synthesizer [Oberheim polyphonic]:	Geddy Lee
bass pedals [Taurus pedals]:	Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson
bell tree, cowbell, crotales, drums (drum set), gong, temple blocks, timpani [tympani], tubular bells [orchestra bells] and wind chime:	Neil Peart
vocals:	Geddy Lee

mastered at:	Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/12821664 [info]

Release group

included in:	Sector 2

part of:	Rolling Stone: 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time (number: 11) (order: 11) Music Canada Certified Gold Albums (order: 20) Juno Awards: Album of the Year (number: 1979) (order: 24) Juno Awards: Album of the Year (number: 1980) (order: 26)
supporting tours:	Hemispheres Tour

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/7502 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Rush/Hemispheres [info]
other databases:	https://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/R/Rush/Discography/Hemispheres/ [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/rush/hemispheres/ [info] https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/rush/hemispheres [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/5712/ [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=3073 [info] https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/album/Hemispheres/48565 [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/Hemispheres/46172 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000650730 [info]
Wikidata:	Q168219 [info]
discography entry:	https://www.rush.com/albums/hemispheres/ [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 602567955740
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 1:47:45

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Digipak
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Anthem Records
0602567955740
Mercury Records
0602567955740
ole
0602567955740

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Europe
2018-11-16

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