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A Show of Hands
Live album by Rush
Released	January 9, 1989
Recorded	1986, 1988
Genre	Progressive rock; Hard rock; rock
Length	74:22
Label	Anthem (Canada); Mercury (US); Vertigo (Europe)
Producer	Rush
Professional reviews
	Allmusic link; Rolling Stone link;
Rush chronology

For the Victor Wooten album, see A Show of Hands (Victor Wooten).

A Show of Hands is a live album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1989. The band released a video of the same name, originally on VHS and laserdisc in 1989. A DVD version was released as part of a box set in 2006, and as an individual DVD in 2007. The title of this release is taken from a line on the Hold Your Fire track Prime Mover: "alternating currents force a show of hands".

[edit] Recording locations

The album was recorded in Birmingham (UK), New Orleans, Phoenix, and San Diego during the 1988 Hold Your Fire tour as well as in the Meadowlands (East Rutherford, NJ) during the 1986 Power Windows tour. The opening track "Intro" features the Three Stooges theme song playing in the background; the band used this jingle to open many of their concerts during the 1980s.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, except where noted.

"Intro" – 0:53
"The Big Money" – 5:59
"Subdivisions" – 5:22
"Marathon" – 6:39
"Turn the Page" – 4:41
"Manhattan Project" – 5:18
"Mission" – 5:46
"Distant Early Warning" – 5:15
"Mystic Rhythms" – 5:32
"Witch Hunt (Pt. III of Fear)" – 4:00
"The Rhythm Method" (Peart) – 4:37
"Force Ten" (Lifeson, Lee, Peart, Pye Dubois) – 4:55
"Time Stand Still" – 5:13
"Red Sector A" – 5:18
"Closer to the Heart" (Lifeson, Lee, Peart, Peter Talbot) – 4:54

[edit] Personnel

Geddy Lee - bass guitar, synthesizers, vocals
Alex Lifeson - electric and acoustic guitars, synthesizers
Neil Peart - drums, percussion

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1989	The Billboard 200	21

[edit] Singles

Information
"Mission" Released: Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart Produced by: Rush Chart positions: #33 US Mainstream Rock

[edit] Remaster details

A remaster was issued in 1997.

The tray has a picture of three fingerprints, light blue, pink, and lime green (left to right, mirroring the cover art of Retrospective II) with "The Rush Remasters" printed in all capital letters just to the left. All remasters from Moving Pictures to A Show of Hands are like this.
Includes all of the artwork that came with the original album.