Retrospective II

1997 compilation album by Rush

Retrospective II

Compilation album by

Rush

Released

June 3, 1997

Recorded

1980–1987

Genre

Progressive rock, hard rock

Length

76:42

Label

Anthem (Canada)
Mercury

Producer

Rush, Peter Henderson, Peter Collins

Rush chronology

Retrospective I
(1997)

Retrospective II
(1997)

Different Stages
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	link

Retrospective II: 1981 to 1987 is a compilation album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). The album features songs from the second decade of the band.

This compilation album is now disc two of the 2006 Rush compilation album Gold.

Track listing

No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"The Big Money"	Power Windows (1985)	5:35
2.	"Red Barchetta"	Moving Pictures (1981)	6:09
3.	"Subdivisions"	Signals (1982)	5:33
4.	"Time Stand Still"	Hold Your Fire (1987)	5:09
5.	"Mystic Rhythms"	Power Windows	5:54
6.	"The Analog Kid" (Complete Version)	Signals	4:48
7.	"Distant Early Warning"	Grace Under Pressure (1984)	4:57
8.	"Marathon"	Power Windows	6:10
9.	"The Body Electric"	Grace Under Pressure	5:00
10.	"Mission"	Hold Your Fire	5:16
11.	"Limelight"	Moving Pictures	4:20
12.	"Red Sector A"	Grace Under Pressure	5:08
13.	"New World Man"	Signals	3:42
14.	"Tom Sawyer"	Moving Pictures	4:33
15.	"Force Ten"	Hold Your Fire	4:31
Total length:			1:16:42

Personnel

Geddy Lee – bass guitars, synthesizers, vocals
Alex Lifeson – electric and acoustic guitars, synthesizers
Neil Peart – drums, percussion, electronic percussion, lyricist

References

^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

Rush

Studio albums

Rush (1974)
Fly by Night (1975)
Caress of Steel (1975)
2112 (1976)
A Farewell to Kings (1977)
Hemispheres (1978)
Permanent Waves (1980)
Moving Pictures (1981)
Signals (1982)
Grace Under Pressure (1984)
Power Windows (1985)
Hold Your Fire (1987)
Presto (1989)
Roll the Bones (1991)
Counterparts (1993)
Test for Echo (1996)
Vapor Trails (2002)
Snakes & Arrows (2007)
Clockwork Angels (2012)

Live albums

All the World's a Stage (1976)
Exit... Stage Left (1981)
A Show of Hands (1989)
Different Stages (1998)
Rush in Rio (2003)
R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (2005)
Snakes & Arrows Live (2008)
Grace Under Pressure Tour (2009)
Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland (2011)
Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)
R40 Live (2015)

Live videos

Exit... Stage Left (1982)
Grace Under Pressure Tour (1986)
A Show of Hands (1989)
Rush in Rio (2003)
R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (2005)
Rush Replay X 3 (2006)
Snakes & Arrows Live (2008)
Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland (2011)
Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)
R40 Live (2015)

Compilations

Rush Through Time (1979)
Chronicles (1990)
Retrospective I (1997)
Retrospective II (1997)
The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 (2003)
Gold (2006)
Retrospective III: 1989–2008 (2009)
Working Men (2009)

Video compilations

Through the Camera Eye (1985)
Chronicles (1990)

Box sets

The Studio Albums 1989–2007 (2013)

Extended plays

Feedback (2004)
Cygnus X-1 (2017)

Singles

1970s	"In the Mood" "Fly by Night" "Lakeside Park" "The Twilight Zone" "Closer to the Heart" "Circumstances" "The Trees"
1980s	"The Spirit of Radio" "Entre Nous" "Limelight" "Tom Sawyer" "Vital Signs" "New World Man" "Subdivisions" "Countdown" "Red Sector A" "Afterimage" "The Big Money" "Mystic Rhythms" "Time Stand Still" "Show Don't Tell"
1990s–2010s	"The Pass" "Dreamline" "Roll the Bones" "Ghost of a Chance" "Stick It Out" "Nobody's Hero" "Test for Echo" "Half the World" "Driven" "One Little Victory" "Secret Touch" "Summertime Blues" "Far Cry" "Spindrift" "Caravan" "Headlong Flight"