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Encyclopedia > Power Windows (album)
Power Windows
Album cover
LP/CD by Rush
Released October 26, 1985
Recorded 1985
Genre Progressive rock
Length 44 min 30 s
Label Mercury Records
Producer Peter Collins and Rush
Professional reviews
Rush Chronology
Grace Under Pressure
(1984)
Power Windows
(1985)
Hold Your Fire
(1987)

Power Windows is the eleventh studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). The album was recorded at The Manor in England, Air Studios in Montserrat and at Sarm East in London. The third track, "Manhattan Project", refers to the Manhattan Project, the project that produced the first atomic bomb. Rush - Power Windows album cover Used on Wikipedia under fair use guidelines: Low resolution copy of the album cover RedWolf 03:53, Mar 30, 2004 (UTC) This is an album cover. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record album The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the 1990s, that was most commonly used for mass-produced recordings of music. ... Interference colors. ... The starman logo of Rush first appeared on the back cover of 2112. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... The progressive rock band Yes performing in 1977. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... In the music industry, a record producer is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Peter Collins was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... The starman logo of Rush first appeared on the back cover of 2112. ... ARTISTdirect, Inc. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... Rolling Stone is a music and music industry magazine. ... The starman logo of Rush first appeared on the back cover of 2112. ... Grace Under Pressure is the tenth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hold Your Fire is the twelvth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rock band (or rock group) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ... The starman logo of Rush first appeared on the back cover of 2112. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1984 in music, other events of 1985, 1986 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon... St. ... Control panels and operators for calutrons at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ...


Track listing

  1. "Big Money" - 5:34
  2. "Grand Designs" - 5:05
  3. "Manhattan Project" - 5:05
  4. "Marathon" - 6:09
  5. "Territories" - 6:19
  6. "Middletown Dreams" - 5:15
  7. "Emotion Detector" - 5:10
  8. "Mystic Rhythms" - 5:53

All music by Lee and Lifeson with lyrics by Peart.


Personnel

  • Andy Richards - additional keyboards
  • Anne Dudley - strings arrangement
  • Jim Barton - engineer
  • Hugh Syme - artwork, cover design
Rush
Geddy Lee | Alex Lifeson | Neil Peart | John Rutsey
Original studio albums
Rush | Fly by Night | Caress of Steel | 2112 | A Farewell to Kings | Hemispheres | Permanent Waves | Moving Pictures | Signals | Grace Under Pressure | Power Windows | Hold Your Fire | Presto | Roll the Bones | Counterparts | Test for Echo | Vapor Trails
Other studio records
Not Fade Away | Feedback
Live albums
All The World's a Stage | Exit...Stage Left | A Show of Hands | Different Stages | Rush in Rio
Compilations
Archives | Chronicles | Retrospective I | Retrospective II | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987
Side projects
Burning For Buddy | Burning For Buddy, Vol. 2 | Victor | My Favorite Headache

  Results from FactBites:
 
Power Windows (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (229 words)
Power Windows saw the addition of more synthesizer into the music, along with more precise drumming and guitar, generally using sudden bursts over lengthy solos and riffs.
Power Windows also continues the typical style of Geddy Lee’s bass lines, as well as the 5-6 minute average for song length.
Power Window’s lyrics are primarily focused on urban or mystical themes.
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