Snakes and Arrows Live

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The band Rush released the double live album, Snakes and Arrows Live on April 14th, 2008. The album's release coincided with the start of the second leg of the Snakes and Arrows tour, which began on April 11th in Puerto Rico concluded in Indiana on July 24, 2008. The album was recorded over two nights in 2007 on the first leg on the tour in the Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Spanning two discs, Snakes and Arrows Live is 151 minutes in length. Out of the the 27 songs on the album, nine are from the album Snakes and Arrows, making this Rush live album the first in the band Rush discography with a focus on one specific album. The full track listing is as follows:

Disc One:

  • 1. Limelight
  • 2. Digital Man
  • 3. Entre Nous
  • 4. Mission
  • 5. Freewill
  • 6. The Main Monkey Business
  • 7. The Larger Bowl
  • 8. Secret Touch
  • 9. Circumstances
  • 10. Between The Wheels
  • 11. Dreamline
  • 12. Far Cry
  • 13. Workin' Them Angels
  • 14. Armor and Sword
  • Disc Two:

  • 1. Spindrift
  • 2. The Way The Wind Blows
  • 3. Subdivsions
  • 4. Natural Science
  • 5. Witch Hunt
  • 6. Malignant Narcissism - De Slagwerjer (Drum Solo)
  • 7. Hope
  • 8. Distant Early Warning
  • 9. The Spirit of Radio
  • 10. Tom Sawyer
  • 11. One Little Victory
  • 12. A Passage to Bangkok
  • 13. YYZ
  • Rush also released a DVD and Blu-Ray of this release in November of 2008. The track listing on this version of Snakes and Arrows Live is the same, but also comes with a bonus third disc that includes some changes the band Rush made to their setlist during the second leg of the tour. These songs are:

  • 1. Ghost of a Chance
  • 2. Red Barchetta
  • 3. The Trees
  • 4. 2112 Overture / The Temples of Syrinx
  • Both versions of Snakes and Arrows Live were well received by fans and critics. The DVD and Blu-Ray version has been certified double platinum.