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Snakes & Arrows Live
Snakes & Arrows Live is Rush's double live album, recorded over two nights at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam on 16 and 17 October 2007, during the first leg of the Snakes & Arrows Tour. It came out on Anthem Records on 14 April 2008 in the UK and Europe, and the following day in the US. It follows the studio album Snakes & Arrows from 2007, and nine of its 27 tracks come from that record.
A DVD and Blu-ray version followed on 25 November 2008. The video draws on the Rotterdam shows, with extra material filmed at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, Georgia, on 22 July 2008. The third DVD adds four songs from the tour's later leg, standing in for "Entre Nous", "Secret Touch", "Circumstances" and "Distant Early Warning". The Blu-ray fits it all on a single disc.
Snakes & Arrows Live: tracklist, credits and charts
27 tracks · 2:33:53Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1LimelightLee, Lifeson, Peart4:48
- 2Digital ManLee, Lifeson, Peart6:57
- 3Entre nousLee, Lifeson, Peart5:18
- 4MissionLee, Lifeson, Peart5:39
- 5FreewillLee, Lifeson, Peart6:02
- 6The Main Monkey BusinessGeddy Lee and Alex Lifeson6:06
- 7The Larger BowlLee, Lifeson, Peart4:21
- 8Secret TouchLee, Lifeson, Peart7:45
- 9CircumstancesLee, Lifeson, Peart3:47
- 10Between the WheelsLee, Lifeson, Peart6:01
- 11DreamlineLee, Lifeson, Peart5:16
- 12Far CryLee, Lifeson, Peart5:20
- 13Workin’ Them AngelsLee, Lifeson, Peart4:49
- 14Armor and SwordLee, Lifeson, Peart6:57
- Disc 2
- 1SpindriftLee, Lifeson, Peart5:46
- 2The Way the Wind BlowsLee, Lifeson, Peart6:25
- 3SubdivisionsLee, Lifeson, Peart5:43
- 4Natural ScienceLee, Lifeson, Peart8:34
- 5Witch HuntLee, Lifeson, Peart4:49
- 6Malignant Narcissism / De slagwerkerPeart, Lee, Lifeson10:42
- 7HopeAlex Lifeson2:21
- 8Distant Early WarningLee, Lifeson, Peart4:54
- 9The Spirit of RadioLee, Lifeson, Peart5:03
- 10Tom SawyerLee, Lifeson, Dubois, Peart5:49
- 11One Little VictoryLee, Lifeson, Peart5:27
- 12A Passage to BangkokLee, Lifeson, Peart3:57
- 13YYZGeddy Lee and Neil Peart5:17
- Recorded at
- Ahoy Arena
- Recorded
- 16–17 October 2007
- Labels
- Anthem Records, Anthem
- Length
- 2:33:53
Singles
- “Workin' Them Angels (Live)” · 2008
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 2008 | 18 |
| UK Albums Chart · 2008 | 70 |
| US Top Rock Albums · 2008 | 1 |
| US Hard Rock · 2008 | 5 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) · 2008 | 8 |
| US Tastemaker · 2008 | 12 |
| Dutch Albums · 2008 | 36 |
| Swedish Albums · 2008 | 42 |
| German Albums · 2008 | 63 |
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| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
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| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | US | Anthem Records | 601143112492 | other |
| 2008 | US | Anthem Records | 075678994951 | other |
| 12 April 2008 | — | Atlantic | 075679993403 | original |
| 14 April 2008 | GB | Atlantic | 075678994951 | other |
| 15 April 2008 | US | Atlantic | 075678994951 | other |
| 24 November 2008 | XE | Anthem Records | 5051300502171 | other |
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