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RUSH THE BODY ELECTRIC 7″ PS, B/W THE ANALOG KID
Country – UK
Label – VERTIGO
Extra Info – PS, B/W THE ANALOG KID, RUSH 11
housed in a glossy picture sleeve
“The Body Electric”
Released: 1984
Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart
Produced by: Rush and Peter Henderson
Chart positions: #105 (US), #56 (UK)
label: Vertigo – RUSH 11
Format: Vinyl , 7 “, Paper Labels
Country: UK
Released: May 1984
Genre: Prog rock
Tracklist
A The Body Electric
Producer – Peter Henderson , Rush
B The Analog Kid
Producer – Rush , Terry Brown
Record Company – Phonogram
Phonographic Copyright (p) – PolyGram Records, Inc.
Published By – Heath Levy Music Co. Ltd.
Lacquer Cut At – The Music Center, Wembley
Pressed By – PRS Ltd.
Lyrics By – Peart *
Music By – Lifeson *, Lee *
Photography By – Dimo Safari
Gray paper labels. Also issued on RUSH 11 with silver injection labels .
A from the album ‘ Grace Under Pressure ‘ VERH 12
B from the album ‘ Signals ‘ 6337 243
Heath Levy Music Co. Ltd.
℗ 1982 & ℗ 1984 PolyGram Records Inc (New York)
Original sound recording made by PolyGram Records Inc. (New York)
Many didn’t take too fondly to Grace Under Pressure when it was released in 1984, but time has proved the doubters wrong. True, it’s not on a par with the first three albums the band released in the 80s, but set against the cold war backdrop of the time, the album’s dystopian themes and sound have aged well. The Body Electric’s story of a humanoid’s attempts to break from the structures of its robotic society. Inspired by a Ray Bradbury story, it perfectly sums up the feel of the whole album.
LYRICS:
One humanoid escapee
One android on the run
Seeking freedom beneath a lonely desert sun
Trying to change its program
Trying to change the mode — crack the code
Images conflicting into data overload
1-0-0-1-0-0-1
S.O.S
1-0-0-1-0-0-1
In distress
1-0-0-1-0-0
Memory banks unloading
Bytes break into bits
Unit Ones in trouble and its scared out of its wits
Guidance systems break down
A struggle to exist — to resist
A pulse of dying power in a clenching plastic fist…
It replays each of the days
A hundred years of routines
Bows its head and prays
To the mother of all machines…
Reports that Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson was angered by the increased use of synthesizers on Signals to the detriment of the guitar have abounded for years. However there was still much of Lifeson’s skilled six-string work to be heard all over the album as the band adapted to change – something now highlighted as a prime factor in both Rush’s longevity and success. This up tempo rocker gives plenty to appease the hardcore rockers in the band’s fan-base and saw a welcome return to the Clockwork Angels tour set list.
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