{{Infobox album | name = Snakes & Arrows Live | type = live | artist = [[Rush (band)|Rush]] | cover = Rush Snakes & Arrows Live.jpg | alt = | released = April 14, 2008 | recorded = October 16–17, 2007 | venue = [[Rotterdam Ahoy]] ([[Rotterdam]], The Netherlands) | genre = * [[Progressive rock]] * [[hard rock]] | length = 151:42 | label = [[Anthem Records|Anthem]] | producer = | prev_title = [[Snakes & Arrows]] | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = [[Retrospective III: 1989–2008]] | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Rush (band)|Rush]] | type = live | prev_title = [[Rush Replay X 3]] | prev_year = 2006 | title = Snakes & Arrows Live | year = 2008 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Singles | name = Snakes & Arrows Live | type = live | single1 = Workin' Them Angels (Live) | single1date = 2008 }} }}
{{Album reviews |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1334695|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> | rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref> |rev3 = ''[[PopMatters]]'' |rev3score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref>[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/rush-snakes-arrows-live/ PopMatters review]</ref> |rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' |rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rush/albumguide Rolling Stone Album Guide]</ref> }}
'''''Snakes & Arrows Live''''' is a live double [[CD]] and [[DVD]] by Canadian band [[Rush (band)|Rush]]. The CD was released on April 14, 2008, in the UK and on April 15, 2008, around the world. It was also released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 25, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=RUSH: Complete 'Snakes & Arrows Live' DVD Details Revealed |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/rush-complete-snakes-arrows-live-dvd-details-revealed |website=Blabbermouth |access-date=May 28, 2025 |date=September 22, 2008}}</ref> The material was taken from two performances during the first leg of the [[Snakes & Arrows Tour]], recorded at the [[Rotterdam Ahoy|Ahoy Arena]] in [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands on October 16 and 17, 2007. The album features nine of its 27 tracks drawn from ''[[Snakes & Arrows]]''.
The DVD was compiled from the two Rotterdam performances described above, and also includes supplemental material from the second leg of the tour, recorded at the [[Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park]] in [[Alpharetta, Georgia|Alpharetta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] (metro [[Atlanta]]) on July 22, 2008. While the DVD portion is a three-disc set, the Blu-ray version of ''Snakes & Arrows Live'' is a single disc. The third DVD includes four songs that were played during the 2008 leg of the tour, replacing "Entre Nous", "Secret Touch", "Circumstances", and "Distant Early Warning" in the set list.
==Track listing== All songs written by [[Geddy Lee]], [[Alex Lifeson]], and [[Neil Peart]] except where noted.
===Disc one=== # "[[Limelight (Rush song)|Limelight]]" – 4:47 # "Digital Man" – 6:56 # "[[Entre Nous (Rush song)|Entre Nous]]" – 5:18 # "[[Mission (song)|Mission]]" – 5:39 # "[[Freewill (song)|Freewill]]" – 6:01 # "[[The Main Monkey Business]]" (Instrumental) – 6:06 # "[[The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)|The Larger Bowl]]" – 4:21 # "[[Secret Touch]]" – 7:45 # "[[Circumstances (song)|Circumstances]]" – 3:46 # "[[Between the Wheels]]" – 6:01 # "[[Dreamline]]" – 5:15 # "[[Far Cry (Rush song)|Far Cry]]" – 5:20 # "Workin' Them Angels" – 4:48 # "Armor and Sword" – 6:57
===Disc two=== # "Spindrift" – 5:46 # "The Way the Wind Blows" – 6:24 # "[[Subdivisions (song)|Subdivisions]]" – 5:43 # "[[Natural Science (song)|Natural Science]]" – 8:34 # "[[Witch Hunt (song)|Witch Hunt]]" – 4:49 # "[[Malignant Narcissism (instrumental)|Malignant Narcissism]]" (Lee/Lifeson) – "[[Rush Instrumentals#Neil Peart.27s drum solos|De Slagwerker (Drum Solo)]]" (Peart) (instrumental) – 10:41 # "[[Hope (instrumental)|Hope]]" (Instrumental; Lifeson) – 2:21 # "[[Distant Early Warning (song)|Distant Early Warning]]" – 4:53 # "[[The Spirit of Radio]]" – 5:03 # "[[Tom Sawyer (song)|Tom Sawyer]]" (Lee/Lifeson/Peart/[[Pye Dubois]]) – 5:48 # "[[One Little Victory]]" – 5:26 # "[[A Passage to Bangkok]]" – 3:57 # "[[YYZ (instrumental)|YYZ]]" (Instrumental; Lee/Peart) – 5:17
==DVD track listing==
===Disc 1 (Live in Rotterdam)=== # "[[Limelight (Rush song)|Limelight]]" – 4:47 # "Digital Man" – 6:56 # "[[Entre Nous (Rush song)|Entre Nous]]" – 5:18 # "[[Mission (song)|Mission]]" – 5:39 # "[[Freewill (song)|Freewill]]" – 6:01 # "[[The Main Monkey Business]]" (From ''Snakes & Arrows'') – 6:06 # "[[The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)|The Larger Bowl]]" (From ''Snakes & Arrows'') – 4:21 # "[[Secret Touch]]" – 7:45 # "[[Circumstances (song)|Circumstances]]" – 3:46 # "[[Between the Wheels]]" – 6:01 # "[[Dreamline]]" – 5:15
====Extras==== *Harry Satchel in ''What's That Smell?'' (Used as video intro for the second set in the 2008 tour leg) *2007 Tour Outtakes *''What's That Smell?'' Outtakes *"Far Cry" (Alternate cut featuring rear screen footage) *"The Way the Wind Blows" (Alternate cut featuring rear screen footage) *"[[Red Sector A]]" (recorded live during the [[R30: 30th Anniversary Tour]]) – 5:18
===Disc two=== '''Video intro:''' ''The Plane of Dharma'' (Used before second set during 2007 tour leg) # "[[Far Cry (Rush song)|Far Cry]]" (From ''Snakes & Arrows'') – 5:20 # "Workin' Them Angels" (From ''Snakes & Arrows'') – 4:48 # "Armor and Sword" (From ''Snakes & Arrows'') – 6:57 # "Spindrift" (From ''Snakes & Arrows'') – 5:46 # "The Way the Wind Blows" (From ''Snakes & Arrows'') – 6:24 # "[[Subdivisions (song)|Subdivisions]]" – 5:43 # "[[Natural Science (song)|Natural Science]]" – 8:34 # "[[Witch Hunt (song)|Witch Hunt]]" – 4:49 # "[[Malignant Narcissism (instrumental)|Malignant Narcissism]]" (From ''Snakes & Arrows'') – "[[Rush Instrumentals#Neil Peart.27s drum solos|De Slagwerker (Drum Solo)]]" – 10:41 # "[[Hope (instrumental)|Hope]]" (From ''Snakes & Arrows'') – 2:21 # "[[Distant Early Warning (song)|Distant Early Warning]]" – 4:53 # "[[The Spirit of Radio]]" – 5:03 # "[[Tom Sawyer (song)|Tom Sawyer]]" – 5:48 # "[[One Little Victory]]" – 5:26 # "[[A Passage to Bangkok]]" – 3:57 # "[[YYZ (instrumental)|YYZ]]" – 5:17
===Disc three (Bonus material)===
====Oh, Atlanta (The Authorized Bootlegs)==== #"[[Ghost of a Chance (Rush song)|Ghost of a Chance]]" – 5:50 #"[[Red Barchetta]]" – 7:25 #"[[The Trees (Rush song)|The Trees]]" – 5:57 #"[[2112 (song)|2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx]]" – 7:00
==Personnel== * [[Geddy Lee]] – bass, synthesizers, vocals * [[Alex Lifeson]] – electric and acoustic guitars, bass pedal synth * [[Neil Peart]] – drums, percussion
==Charts== ;Audio {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col"| Chart (2008) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|8|artist=Rush|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 3, 2020}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|36|artist=Rush|album=Snakes & Arrows Live|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 3, 2020}} |- {{album chart|Germany|63|id=85920|artist=Rush|album=Snakes & Arrows Live|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 3, 2020}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|42|artist=Rush|album=Snakes & Arrows Live|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 3, 2020}} |- {{album chart|UK2|70|date=20080420|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 3, 2020}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|18|artist=Rush|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 3, 2020}} |- {{album chart|BillboardHardRock|5|artist=Rush|rowheader=true|access-date=29 November 2021}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Rush|rowheader=true|access-date=29 November 2021}} |- {{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|12|artist=Rush|rowheader=true|access-date=29 November 2021}} |}
== Certifications == ;DVD {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Rush|title=Snakes & Arrows Live|type=video|award=Platinum|number=5|relyear=2008|certyear=2009}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Rush|title=Snakes & Arrows|type=video|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2008|certyear=2010}} {{certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://rush.com/ Official Rush website] * {{Discogs master|type=album|295646|name=Snakes & Arrows Live}}
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