Album · Live
Different Stages Live
Different Stages is a triple live album from the Canadian band Rush, released on 10 November 1998. Most of the first two discs come from a show at the World Music Theatre in Tinley Park, Illinois, on the 1997 Test for Echo tour, with five more songs from other dates on that run and three from the 1994 Counterparts tour. The third disc steps back to 1978, with a Hammersmith Odeon performance from the A Farewell to Kings tour.
It arrived at a painful time. Neil Peart had lost his daughter Selena in 1997 and his wife Jacqueline the following year, and he told his bandmates to consider him retired. Geddy Lee and producer Paul Northfield put the set together without him, and for Lee and Alex Lifeson it might have been the band's last word. The album is dedicated to Selena and Jacqueline, with lines from "Afterimage" in the packaging. The full 1978 show later appeared on the 2017 A Farewell to Kings anniversary edition.
Different Stages Live: tracklist, credits and charts
39 tracks · 3:25:14Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1DreamlineLee, Lifeson, Peart5:34
- 2LimelightLee, Lifeson, Peart4:32
- 3DrivenLee, Lifeson, Peart5:17
- 4BravadoLee, Lifeson, Peart6:23
- 5AnimateLee, Lifeson, Peart6:29
- 6Show Don’t TellLee, Lifeson, Peart5:29
- 7The TreesLee, Lifeson, Peart5:29
- 8Nobody’s HeroLee, Lifeson, Peart5:01
- 9Closer to the HeartLee, Lifeson, Peart, Talbot5:13
- 102112: I. OvertureLee, Lifeson, Peart4:33
- 112112: II. The Temples of SyrinxLee, Lifeson, Peart2:20
- 122112: III. DiscoveryAlex Lifeson and Neil Peart4:17
- 132112: IV. PresentationAlex Lifeson and Neil Peart3:40
- 142112: V. Oracle: The DreamLee, Lifeson, Peart1:49
- 152112: VI. SoliloquyLee, Lifeson, Peart2:08
- 162112: VII. Grand FinaleLee, Lifeson, Peart5:09
- Disc 2
- 1Test for EchoDubois, Lee, Lifeson, Peart6:16
- 2Analog KidLee, Lifeson, Peart5:15
- 3FreewillLee, Lifeson, Peart5:36
- 4Roll the BonesLee, Lifeson, Peart5:58
- 5Stick It OutLee, Lifeson, Peart4:43
- 6ResistLee, Lifeson, Peart4:28
- 7Leave That Thing AloneGeddy Lee and Alex Lifeson4:46
- 8The Rhythm MethodNeil Peart8:20
- 9Natural ScienceLee, Lifeson, Peart8:05
- 10The Spirit of RadioLee, Lifeson, Peart5:00
- 11Tom SawyerLee, Lifeson, Dubois, Peart5:19
- 12YYZGeddy Lee and Neil Peart5:26
- Disc 3
- 1Bastille DayLee, Lifeson, Peart5:08
- 2By‐Tor & the Snow DogLee, Lifeson, Peart4:59
- 3XanaduLee, Lifeson, Peart12:33
- 4Farewell to KingsLee, Lifeson, Peart5:54
- 5Something for NothingGeddy Lee and Neil Peart4:01
- 6Cygnus X‐1Lee, Lifeson, Peart10:24
- 7AnthemLee, Lifeson, Peart4:47
- 8Working ManGeddy Lee and Alex Lifeson4:01
- 9Fly by NightGeddy Lee and Neil Peart2:04
- 10In the MoodGeddy Lee3:35
- 11Cinderella ManGeddy Lee and Alex Lifeson5:10
- Produced by
- Geddy Lee and Paul Northfield, Geddy Lee
- Recorded at
- Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Wachovia Spectrum, Miami Arena, Dos Equis Pavilion, Xfinity Center, The Palace of Auburn Hills, RBC Amphitheatre, Eventim Apollo
- Recorded
- 1978 1994, and 1997
- Engineered by
- Terry Brown
- Labels
- Anthem Records, Anthem
- Length
- 3:25:14
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 1998 | 35 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) · 1998 | 12 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Canada · 1998 | Platinum |
| United States · 1998 | Gold |
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|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 10 November 1998 | |
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| US release | 10 November 1998 | earliest US date |
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| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | CA | Anthem Records | 066825109229 | other |
| — | XW | Atlantic | 075678312267 | other |
| 1998 | JP | Anthem Records | 4988029289148 | other |
| 10 November 1998 | US | Atlantic | 075678312229 | original |
| 10 November 1998 | CA | Anthem Records | 066825109229 | original |
| 23 November 1998 | GB | Anthem Records | 075678092121 | other |
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