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For the FireHouse album, see Hold Your Fire (FireHouse album).
Hold Your Fire 
Studio album by Rush Released September 8, 1987
June 3, 1997 (remastered CD)Recorded The Manor Studio, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire; Ridge Farm Studio, Rusper, Surrey; Air Studios, Montserrat; McClear Place Toronto, Canada, October 1986 - April 1987 Genre Hard rock, synthpop Length 50:21 Label Anthem (Canada)
Mercury (USA)
Vertigo (Europe)Producer Peter Collins and Rush Rush chronology Power Windows
(1985)Hold Your Fire
(1987)A Show of Hands
(1989)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Rolling Stone [2]Metal Storm 
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This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information.Hold Your Fire is the 12th 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 Studio in Oxfordshire, Ridge Farm Studio in Surrey, Air Studios in Montserrat and at McClear Place in Toronto.[4]
Rush continued to explore new songwriting territory in Hold Your Fire. “Tai Shan”, for example, is influenced by classical Chinese music, and its title is a reference to Mount Tai in China's Shandong province. 'Til Tuesday bassist and vocalist Aimee Mann contributed vocals to "Time Stand Still" (she also appears in the Zbigniew Rybczyński-directed video for the song).
Hold Your Fire marked the first time that Geddy Lee used the Roland D-50 keyboard.
Hold Your Fire stalled at No. 13 (the first time a Rush studio album failed to reach the Top 10 since 1978's Hemispheres)[5] and sold a million copies according to the band's then-international label Mercury Records (this is the band's last studio album for PolyGram before moving to Atlantic outside Canada). However, the American RIAA has the album listed as Gold.[6]
Contents
Track listing
All lyrics written by Neil Peart except "Force Ten" by Peart and Pye Dubois, all music composed by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson[4].
No. Title Length 1. "Force Ten" 4:31 2. "Time Stand Still" 5:09 3. "Open Secrets" 5:38 4. "Second Nature" 4:36 5. "Prime Mover" 5:19 6. "Lock and Key" 5:09 7. "Mission" 5:16 8. "Turn the Page" 4:55 9. "Tai Shan" 4:15 10. "High Water" 5:33 Personnel
Band Members
- Geddy Lee – bass guitar, synthesizers, vocals
- Alex Lifeson – electric and acoustic guitars
- Neil Peart – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Aimee Mann – additional vocals
- Andy Richards – additional keyboards, synthesizers programming
- Steven Margoshes – strings arranger and conductor
- The William Faery Engineering Brass Band arranged and conducted by Andrew Jackman
Production
- Peter Collins - producer, arrangements
- James 'Jimbo' Barton - engineer
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
- Hugh Syme - art direction
- Glen Wexler - photography
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)[5]
Year Chart Position 1987 The Billboard 200 13 Singles
Information "Time Stand Still" - Released: October 19, 1987
- Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart
- Produced by: Peter Collins and Rush
- Chart positions: #3 US Mainstream Rock[7]
"Force Ten" - Released:
- Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart & Pye Dubois
- Produced by: Peter Collins and Rush
- Chart positions: #3 US Mainstream Rock[7]
"Lock and Key" - Released:
- Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart
- Produced by: Peter Collins and Rush
- Chart positions: #16 US Mainstream Rock[7]
"Prime Mover" - Released: April 11, 1988
- Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart
- Produced by: Peter Collins and Rush
- Chart positions:
Sales certifications
Country Organization Sales U.S. RIAA Gold (500,000)[6] Canada CRIA Platinum (80,000)[8] UK BPI Silver (60,000)[9] Remaster details
A remaster was issued in 1997.[4]
- The tray has a picture of three fingerprints, light blue, pink, and lime green (left to right) with "The Rush Remasters" printed in all capital letters just to the left, mirroring the cover art of Retrospective II. All remasters from Moving Pictures through A Show of Hands are like this.
- Includes all the artwork that came with the original album.
References
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rush Hold Your Fire review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/hold-your-fire-r17147/review. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ "Rush Album Guide". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rush/albumguide. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ Espiau, Olivier (23 April 2010). "Rush - Hold Your Fire". Metal Storm. http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=7836. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ a b c (1997) Album notes for Hold Your Fire (Remastered Edition) by Rush [CD booklet]. New York: Mercury Records.
- ^ a b "Hold Your Fire Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/hold-your-fire-r17147/charts-awards. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ a b "RIAA Database Search for Rush". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ a b c "Hold Your Fire Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/hold-your-fire-r17147/charts-awards/billboard-single. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ "Gold Platinum Database - Title: Hold Your Fire". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=hold&ica=False&sa=rush&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ "BPI Certified Award Search for Rush". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Categories:- Rush (band) albums
- 1987 albums
- Anthem Records albums
- Mercury Records albums
- Vertigo Records albums
- Albums produced by Peter Collins
- Albums certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
- Albums certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
- Albums certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry
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