All the World's a Stage (album)

All the World's a Stage
Live album by Rush
Released September 29, 1976
Recorded June 11–13, 1976
Genre
Length 79:32
Label
Producer Rush, Terry Brown
Rush chronology
2112
(1976)
All The World's a Stage
(1976)
A Farewell to Kings
(1977)
Singles from All the World's a Stage
  1. "Fly by Night/In the Mood (Live)"
    Released: 1976
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Review scores
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All the World's a Stage is a double live album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1976. The album was recorded at Massey Hall in Toronto on June 11, 12, and 13 during their 2112 tour. The title of the album alludes to William Shakespeare's play As You Like It, which would again be referenced by Rush in their 1981 song "Limelight".

Album content

This performance of "2112" omits the "Discovery" and "Oracle: The Dream" sections of the studio recording. The final 32 seconds of "Discovery" are played as a lead-in to "Presentation", but the liner notes do not indicate this. Rush would not perform the entire suite live until the 1996–97 Test for Echo Tour, as documented on the live album Different Stages.

The album closes with a bit of post-show chatter among the band members and the sound of a slamming of a door as they leave the venue.

According to the liner notes, this live album (Rush's first) marks the end of the "first chapter of Rush", and would begin a trend of Rush releasing a live album after every four studio albums. This lasted until 2003, when the band released a live album and DVD of each subsequent studio album's tour.

The medley of "Working Man"/"Finding My Way" is a split tune which runs as follows: "Working Man (first half)/Finding My Way/Working Man (second half)/Neil Peart incorporated drum solo" before the band jams out the end of the medley.

Chart positions

All the World's a Stage was Rush's first US Top 40-charting album and went gold, alongside A Farewell to Kings and 2112 on November 16, 1977. It was certified platinum in the US in 1981 after the release of Moving Pictures. In Canada, gold certification came on December 1, 1976, and platinum on August 1, 1978.[1]

Track listing

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

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Bastille Day"   4:57
2. "Anthem"   4:56
3. "Fly by Night/In the Mood" (Lee; Peart/Lee) 5:03
4. "Something for Nothing" (Lee, Peart) 4:02
Side two
No. Title Length
5. "Lakeside Park"   5:04
6. "2112 15:45
Side three
No. Title Length
7. "By-Tor & the Snow Dog
  • I. At the Tobes of Hades
  • II. Across the Styx
  • III. Of the Battle
    • a. Challenge and Defiance
    • b. 7/4 War Furor
    • c. Aftermath
    • d. Hymn of Triumph
  • IV. Epilogue"  
11:57
8. "In the End" (Lifeson, Lee) 7:13
Side four
No. Title Length
9. "Working Man/Finding My Way (includes Neil Peart incorporated drum solo)" (Lifeson, Lee/Lifeson, Lee) 14:56
10. "What You're Doing" (Lifeson, Lee) 5:39

Personnel

Remaster details

A remaster was issued in 1997.

All The World's A Stage was remastered again in 2011 by Andy VanDette for the "Sector" box sets, which re-released all of Rush's Mercury-era albums. All The World's A Stage is included in the Sector 1 set.[2]

All The World's A Stage was remastered for vinyl in 2015 by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios as a part of the official "12 Months of Rush" promotion.[3] The high definition master prepared for this release was also made available for purchase in 24-bit/96 kHz and 24-bit/192 kHz formats, at several high-resolution audio online music stores. These masters have significantly less dynamic range compression than the 1997 remasters and the "Sector" remasters by Andy VanDette.[4]

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1976 Billboard Pop Albums 40

Singles

Fly by Night/In the Mood/ Something for Nothing (US 7" promo)

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