CD/DVD Releases: Rush ''Retrospective III (1989-2008)'' Due March 2
Atlantic Records is pleased to announce details of the upcoming third installment in Rush's continuing compilation series. Retrospective III (1989-2008) arrives in stores on March 2nd in the UK (and March 3rd in North America) and features music from the rock trio's last two decades with the label, including tracks taken from the albums - Presto (1989), Roll The Bones (1991), Counterparts (1993), Test For Echo (1996), Vapor Trails (2002), and Snakes & Arrows (2007).
Retrospective III will be released as both a single CD and a 2-Disc CD/DVD set. The CD includes a previously unreleased live version of the song "Ghost Of A Chance" recorded in Atlanta during Rush's 2008 "Snakes & Arrows Tour," plus remixes of the tracks "One Little Victory" and "Earthshine."
The Retrospective III bonus DVD gathers the band's 10 stunning music videos during the Atlantic years, including clips for fan favourites such as "The Pass," "Roll The Bones," "Stick It Out," "Driven," and the Grammy Award-nominated "Malignant Narcissism." The DVD boasts a trio of live videos filmed in Frankfurt, Germany during Rush's 2004 "R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour," highlighted by a masterful performance of The Who's classic "The Seeker" (originally recorded by Rush for 2004's Feedback). As an added bonus, the band has included a rare TV performance of the classic "Tom Sawyer" and an interview.
Both the CD and CD/DVD versions of Retrospective III are available now for pre-order at www.rush.com/preorder. A "Deluxe Rush Fan Pack" is also being offered, combining the CD/DVD package with a limited edition lithograph highlighting the albums featured on Retrospective III. The first 100 orders will receive an ultra-rare signed lithograph.
In other news, Rush has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Rock Instrumental Performance for the track, "Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)," the band's contribution to the Songs For Tibet: The Art Of Peace compilation.
Rush - Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart - is without question one of the most inventive and compelling groups in rock history, equally famed for both its virtuoso musicianship and provocative songwriting. A career-chronicling Rolling Stone feature published last year praised the band for its continuing artistic vitality, noting that "It's true that Rush doesn't mean today what it did in '76 or even '96. It may mean more."
Since releasing their self-titled debut album in 1974, Rush have achieved worldwide sales exceeding 35 million units, including such acclaimed works as 1976's 2112, 1981's Moving Pictures, 1996's Test For Echo," and 2002's Vapor Trails. The band's most recent studio collection, 2007's Snakes & Arrows, made a triumphant debut on the Billboard 200 upon its initial release, entering the chart in the #3 spot. The album's success marked Rush's highest chart debut since 1993, as well as the group's eleventh top ten album in America.
Rush celebrated with the epic "Snakes & Arrows Live Tour," captured for posterity on the two-CD live set, Snakes & Arrows Live, released last spring. The collection's release was followed by a rare national television performance and interview on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report - the renowned rock trio's first television appearance since 1975. Rush ended 2008 on a high note with the November release of the Snakes & Arrows Live DVD set, which debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Music Video chart.
Retrospective III tracklisting:
CD:
One Little Victory (Remix)
Dreamline
Workin' Them Angels
Presto
Bravado
Driven
The Pass
Animate
Roll The Bones
Ghost Of A Chance (Live)
Nobody's Hero
Leave That Thing Alone
Earthshine (Remix)
Far Cry
DVD:
Stick It Out
Nobody's Hero
Half The World
Driven
Roll The Bones
Show Don't Tell
The Pass
Superconductor
Far Cry
Malignant Narcissism
The Seeker (Live)
Secret Touch (Live)
Resist (Live)
Interview Tom Sawyer (Live)*
*bonus material
[Source: NoblePR, Rush.com]