Product Description

'Snakes And Arrows' is a live album by the classic rockers Rush. Recorded in Rotterdam, Holland, this stunning live setfinds the band in fine fettle, belting out hits such as 'Mission' and 'Freewill' to a huge crowd of Rush converts.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Limelight
2. Digital Man
3. Entre Nous
4. Mission
5. Freewill
6. Main Monkey Business
7. Larger Bowl
8. Secret Touch
9. Circumstances
10. Between The Wheels
11. Dreamline
12. Far Cry
13. Workin' Them Angels
14. Armor And Sword

Disc 2:

1. Spindrift
2. Way The Wind Blows
3. Subdivisions
4. Natural Science
5. Witch Hunt
6. Malignant Narcissism
7. Hope
8. Distant Early Warning
9. Spirit Of Radio
10. Tom Sawyer
11. One Little Victory
12. Passage To Bangkok
13. YYZ

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1149 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-14
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Live

Customer Reviews

Stop cutting corners with the product
I have hundreds of CDs. Only four times have I bought new CDs that were faulty. On all four occasions they were Rush CDs. They seem much thinner than the ones others use. On this occasion both CDs skip because the digipak has somehow leaked glue onto both of them. Now I have to queue in the post office to send it back for my refund. Someone ought to tell them that with all these returns skimping won't make for better margins in the end.

As for the music (the tracks that didn't skip) it's what you expect. Drums a bit too loud and bass a bit too quiet in the mix. Four stars when I get a copy that plays.

Rush refreshed
There was no way i wasn't going to buy this CD, and I'm pretty sure there won't be many converts, but to me this is a rewarding rush live release. If you like Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and Snakes & Arrows this is your live tour. The latter is their best studio album since Signals. The set picks its way through the difficult eighties & ninties synth but those songs included from this era come across well. There's no Xanadu, 2112 and early stuff but at least there are no joke interpretations and compilations to hide their boredom with these songs. Although i had massive anticipation of the R30 tour I found this tour and it's CD record more in spirit with the Rush i like.

Snakes and Arrows slightly miss the mark
Having seen Rush on the Snakes and Arrows tour at the NEC I found myself disappointed at what I had heard as the overall sound quality of the show was very poor compared to the usual Rush standards. While I like the Snakes and Arrows studio album I wasn't impressed by the amount of songs off it that they played live. It's not a case of another live Rush album but you do have the sense they are cashing in what with the studio, the MVI version and now the live version. To be fair though the recording quality of this album is good. Long have I been impressed with Rush since I first saw them live in the late 70's both in studio and live albums, however from my point of view this live album was not needed as the setlist isn't as good as previous live albums. It may also distance some long standing Rush fans due to the lack of older favourites and even older gems that they have previously played live i.e By-Tor, Xanadu and 2112 although there were one or two highlights, Circumstances and Entre Nous spring to mind. Give me feedback grief if you want, however the review is just my opinion as a long standing Rush fan.