Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.

A memo to a higher office? An open letter to the powers that be? To a God, a king, a head of state? Backtracking’s email would be: [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
Rush “Hold Your Fire”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: As cold as Steve Inskeep.

0:09: Hold your scripted open.

3:00: Don’t pass over this dinner! (SFX: rimshot)

4:28: Personal history, and an Ode to Mssrs. Carney and Chase.

9:47: The Basics of “Hold Your Fire”

14:16: In praise of Peter Collins and the gosh done gear.

19:22: Syme gilds the rose? Or buries the lede? Or blows it?

27:44: Side A, Track One: “Force Ten”

37:55: Side A, Track Two: “Time Stand Still”

57:26: Side A, Track Three: “Open Secrets”

1:03:09: Side A, Track Four: “Second Nature”

1:11:07: Side A, Track Five: “Prime Mover”

1:17:46: It’s so long it’s like time is standing still.

ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
Black Tees 1989 - 1997
In the End 2002 Onward

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