Artist: RUSH
Album: HEMISPHERES VINYL (LP)

Release date: 1978/ 2015
EAN/UPS: 602547118066
Media type: LP

Another favorite of true Rush fans, this sixth studio album, released in 1978, once more explored fantasy and science fiction themes in Neil Peart’s lyrics. The final track, the ambitious nine-and-a-half minute “La Villa Strangiato,” was the band’s first instrumental The album peaked at #47 on the Billboard charts, and was the group’s fourth consecutive gold album in the U.S., featuring the singles “The Trees” and “Circumstances.”

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


SIDE ONE:

"Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" – 18:05

I: "Prelude" – 0:00
II: "Apollo Bringer of Wisdom" – 4:29
III: "Dionysus Bringer of Love" – 7:00
IV: "Armageddon The Battle of Heart and Mind" – 9:05
V: "Cygnus Bringer of Balance" – 12:00
VI: "The Sphere A Kind of Dream" – 17:02

SIDE TWO:

"Circumstances" – 3:40
"The Trees" – 4:42

"La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise in Self-Indulgence)" – 9:34 ( – Start Time)

I: "Buenos Nochas, Mein Froinds!" – 0:00
II: "To sleep, perchance to dream. .." – 0:27
III: "Strangiato theme" – 2:00
IV: "A Lerxst in Wonderland" – 3:16
V: "Monsters!" – 5:49
VI: "The Ghost of the Aragon" – 6:10
VII: "Danforth and Pape" – 6:45
VIII: "The Waltz of the Shreves" – 7:26
IX: "Never turn your back on a Monster!" – 7:52
X: "Monsters! (Reprise)" – 8:03
XI: "Strangiato theme (Reprise)" – 8:17
XII: "A Farewell to Things" – 9:20

LINE-UP:

Geddy Lee - bass guitars, vocals, Oberheim Polyphonic, Mini-Moog Synthesizers
Alex Lifeson - electric, acoustic and classical guitars, Roland Guitar Synthesizers
Neil Peart - drums, orchestra bells, bell-tree, tympani, gong, cowbells, temple blocks, wind chimes, crotales