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Rush<\/a>‘s Alex Lifeson<\/a> just revealed which album he had the “most fun” making and it was a pretty big one, to say the least.<\/p>\n Some bands’ biggest albums\u00a0are\u00a0a total nightmare to make, causing\u00a0members to splinter under the pressure of delivering the goods. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case for Rush<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lifeson\u00a0reflected\u00a0on the making of the band’s blockbuster 1981 album\u00a0Moving Pictures<\/em> in a recent interview with Fox\u00a0San Antonio<\/a>, calling the multiplatinum LP “the most fun record we ever made.”<\/p>\n Rush recorded\u00a0Moving Pictures<\/em>\u00a0in the now-defunct Le Studio in the Quebecois town of Morin Heights during a winter that even the Toronto natives found brutal.<\/p>\n “Moving Pictures<\/em> was the most fun record we ever made. It was such a great energy and a great vibe,”\u00a0Lifeson said. “It was winter. It was a very cold winter as well. When I say very cold, I mean, minus 30, minus 40. You’d have a week of that kind of weather, but it was still a lot of fun to work there. We would snowshoe or ski, like cross-country ski, to the studio. I generally drove over. But, you know, it was part of that whole Canadian experience, the Great North.”<\/p>\n READ MORE: The Best Hard Rock Album of Each Year Since 1970<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The bitter temperatures were offset by the red-hot chemistry of Lifeson, Geddy Lee<\/a> and Neil Peart<\/a>. “And when we started working on Moving Pictures<\/em>, everything came together. It was just so effortless,” Lifeson continued. “We were well prepared. We’d written all the material. We knew what we were doing. We actually mixed it down on digital, which was like one of the first Sony digital machines. Compared to modern digital, that thing was a Model T. But the record sounds great. That was really, really a lot of fun to do.”<\/p>\n Rush’s preparedness while making\u00a0Moving Pictures<\/em> paid off. The album soared to No. 1 in Canada and No. 3 in the U.S., selling 5 million copies in the latter country.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/b> The History of Rush in 10 Songs<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Moving Pictures<\/em>‘\u00a0slightly streamlined sound resonated with fans and critics alike, with “Tom Sawyer,” “Limelight” and “YYZ” becoming some of Rush’s most beloved songs. “YYZ” even netted the band a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.<\/p>\n The greatest LPs from nearly a dozen progressive rock titans!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Jordan Blum<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAlex Lifeson\u00a0on the Making of Rush’s ‘Moving Pictures’<\/h3>\n
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