History Music / MovingPicturesAlbum

Fan and critic reception was extremely positive, and not only is it considered to be the best album of 1981 for music ''in general'' that year, it is considered one of the greatest albums in rock history. The ''Moving Pictures'' tour was documented on the 1981 concert film/live album called ''Exit...Stage Left''. They also play the entire album live on their 2010 ''Time Machine'' Tour to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. [[https://vlipsy.com/vlip/SCYYYsbQ It was also used by]] [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw Phil Ken Sebben]] [[RedAlert as the top level of his threat chart]].

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Modern day warrior/Mean, mean stride/Today's Tom Sayer/Mean, mean guy..."'']]

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Fan and critic reception was extremely positive, and not only is it considered to be the best album of 1981 for music ''in general'' that year, it is considered one of the greatest albums in rock history. The ''Moving Pictures'' tour was documented on the 1981 concert film/live album called ''Exit...Stage Left''. The also play the entire album live on their 2010 ''Time Machine'' Tour to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. [[https://vlipsy.com/vlip/SCYYYsbQ It was also used by]] [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw Phil Ken Sebben]] [[RedAlert as the top level of his threat chart]].

* NonAppearingTitle: "YYZ". Subverted, however, in that the beginning features YYZ in Morse Code, and the music is based entirely around that code.

''Moving Pictures'' is the best-selling 1981 album by Music/{{Rush|Band}}. Their most popular album commercially, this was the album that cemented Rush as rock superstars and they were the most popular touring artist of 1981. The album was one of the first to be certified multi-platinum by the RIAA when the certification was created in October 1984, and eventually went 4-times platinum. The album contains their most popular songs "Tom Sawyer", "Red Barchetta", "Limelight", and "YYZ".

* The middle picture is the iconic ''Art/DogsPlayingPoker'' by C.M. Coolidge; the picture closest to the camera is the Starman logo from ''2112''.

* DigitalDestruction: Initial CD copies, distinguished by the "green arrow" label used for very early Creator/MercuryRecords releases on the format, feature a mastering error that cuts off the first beat in "Tom Sawyer". This issue was fixed on later CD releases (ones bearing the "atomic" label onward).

* UncommonTime: As expected with Music/{{Rush}}, this is ubiquitous throughout the album. "Limelight" quite possibly has more time signature changes than any radio hit this side of Music/{{Tool}}'s "Schism", and "Tom Sawyer" is no slouch in this department either. "YYZ" famously opens in 5/4, though this is probably just because that's the way the Morse code of the title breaks down.

''Moving Pictures'' is the best-selling 1981 album by Music/{{Rush}}. Their most popular album commercially, this was the album that cemented Rush as rock superstars and they were the most popular touring artist of 1981. The album was one of the first to be certified multi-platinum by the RIAA when the certification was created in October 1984, and eventually went 4-times platinum. The album contains their most popular songs "Tom Sawyer", "Red Barchetta", "Limelight", and "YYZ".

Fan and critic reception was extremely positive, and not only is it considered to be the best album of 1981 for music ''in general'' that year, it is considered one of the greatest albums in rock history. The ''Moving Pictures'' tour was documented on the 1981 concert film/live album called ''Exit...Stage Left''. The also play the entire album live on their 2010 ''Time Machine'' Tour to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: It’s pronounced “why why zed”, because the band is Canadian.

Not to be confused with the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' [[Discworld/MovingPictures book of the same name.]]

* VisualPun: Features up to three different puns: a group of men carrying paintings from a museum, as in ''moving'' pictures, a group of women crying at the sight of the paintings, which are ''moving'' pictures, and a person filming the whole thing, making ''moving pictures''.

* VisualPun: Features up to three different puns: a group of men carrying paintings from a museum, as in ''moving'' the pictures, a group of women crying at the sight of the paintings, being ''moved'' by said pictures, and a person filming the whole thing, making a ''moving picture''.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: It’s pronounced “why why zed”, because the band is Canadian. Getting it wrong is a FandomBerserkButton.