- pop rock, rock, aor
- 51 min
- 10 tracks
- Mercury Records
Hold Your Fire is the twelfth studio album by Canadian progressive rock band Rush, released on September 8, 1987. It was recorded at The Manor Studio in Oxfordshire, Ridge Farm Studio in Surrey, AIR Studios in Montserrat and McClear Place in Toronto.
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Grave, spare, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- The Evening Sun1.5/4
- Kerrang!5/5
- Metal Hammer6/6
- NME3/10
- Omaha World-Herald2.5/5
- Sounds5/5
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Essential Rock Discography5/10
- Metal Storm7.7/10
- MusicHound Rock2.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
- Sputnikmusic4/5
- The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Force Ten4:33
- 2Time Stand Still5:09
- 3Open Secrets5:38
- 4Second Nature4:37
- 5Prime Mover5:22
- 6Lock and Key5:10
- 7Mission5:18
- 8Turn the Page4:55
- 9Tai Shan4:17
- 10High Water5:33
10 tracks, 51 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Rush
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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