Artist: RUSH
Album: HOLD YOUR FIRE REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1987/ 1997
EAN/UPS: 0731453463622
Media type: CD

Hold Your Fire is the twelfth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in the fall of 1987 (see 1987 in music). The album was recorded at The Manor in Oxfordshire, Ridge Farm Studio in Surrey, Air Studios in Montserrat and at McClear Place in Toronto.

Although Hold Your Fire uses nearly as much synthesizer as its predecessor, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire’s guitar riffs and solos are considerably more prominent on several songs. Nevertheless, like with Power Windows, some Rush fans consider repeated listening to be the main factor in enjoying Hold Your Fire.

In terms of songwriting, Rush continued to explore new territory with Hold Your Fire. The song “Tai Shan”, for example, has significant eastern influences. Til Tuesday bassist and vocalist Aimee Mann contributed the first vocals from an artist outside of Rush to “Time Stand Still”. Finally, like with previous Rush albums, Hold Your Fire features complex bass lines that deviate from the guitar riffs.

Hold Your Fire stalled at #13 (the first time a Rush studio album failed to reach the Top 10 since 1978's Hemispheres) and sold a million copies according to the band's then-label Mercury Records although the RIAA has it listed at Gold.

A remaster was issued in 1997. The tray has a picture of three fingerprints, light blue, pink, and lime green (left to right) with THE RUSH REMASTERS printed in all caps just to the left. All remasters from Moving Pictures through to A Show of Hands are like this. This is just like the cover art of Retrospective II. Includes all the artwork that came with the original album.

TRACKLIST:

01 "Force Ten" – 4:31
02 "Time Stand Still" – 5:09
03 "Open Secrets" – 5:38
04 "Second Nature" – 4:36
05 "Prime Mover" – 5:19
06 "Lock and Key" – 5:09
07 "Mission" – 5:16
08 "Turn the Page" – 4:55
09 "Tai Shan" – 4:15
10 "High Water" – 5:33

All music by Lee and Lifeson with lyrics by Peart, except "Force Ten" - music by Lee and Lifeson, lyrics by Peart and Dubois.

LINE-UP:

Geddy Lee - bass guitar, synthesizers, vocals
Alex Lifeson - electric and acoustic guitars
Neil Peart - drums, percussion

Aimee Mann - additional vocals ("Time Stand Still")
Andy Richards - additional keyboards
Steven Margoshes - strings arranger and conductor