'' is the tenth studio album by the under pressure".
The third track, "
Red Sector A ", is particularly notable for its allusions to
The Holocaust , inspired by
Geddy Lee 's memories of his mother's stories about the liberation of
Bergen-Belsen , where she was held prisoner. "Between the Wheels" is one of the band's most synth-driven songs since ''Subdivisions'' from ''
Signals ''. "The Enemy Within" is technically part one of the Fear series of songs. Another highlight is "Distant Early Warning," which deals with the ''pressure'' involving nuclear holocaust.
Grace Under Pressure reached #10 on The Billboard 200 and went Platinum in the US upon its 1984 release.
# "Distant Early Warning" - 4:56
# "Afterimage" - 5:03
# "
Red Sector A " - 5:09
# "
The Enemy Within (Part I of Fear)" - 4:34
# "The Body Electric" - 4:59
# "Kid Gloves" - 4:17
# "Red Lenses" - 4:41
# "Between the Wheels" - 5:44
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Billboard (North America)
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Billboard (North America)
In a departure from his previous
Fender and
Rickenbacker reliance, Geddy used a
Steinberger XL-2 bass on ''Grace Under Pressure''. This instrument can be seen in the video for ''Distant Early Warning'', but the videos for ''The Body Electric'' and ''The Enemy Within'' show him playing the Rickenbacker. The main synthesiser he used was a
PPG Wave 2.3 (also seen in the ''Distant Early Warning'' video).
A remaster was issued in 1997.
- The tray has a picture of three fingerprints, light blue, pink, and lime green (left to right) with THE RUSH REMASTERS printed in all caps just to the left. All remasters from Moving Pictures through to Hold Your Fire are like this. This is just like the cover art of Retrospective II .
- The back is a fairly plain, off-white panel with the track titles printed as well as the production and copyright information.
- The insert displays the cover art. When the case is opened, it shows the photo of the band from the back of the LP inside the case. The insert unfolds to show the image of the egg in the vise, which has a thin red border around it and credits the image to Deborah Samuel.
- Also in the insert are the lyrics, similar to those included with the LP. Like with the LP, the title and lyrics to Red Lenses are printed completely in lowercase.
- --- Some consider the title in all lower case (red lenses) to be the proper and accepted spelling.
