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Find sources: "Through the Camera Eye" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2012) 1985 video by Rush Through the Camera Eye Video by Rush Released July 17, 1985 (Betamax, VHS, Laserdisc) Recorded 1981–1984 Genre Progressive rock Length 42:34 Rush chronology Through the Camera Eye (1985) Chronicles (1990) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1] ***Through the Camera Eye*** is a [videocassette](/source/Videocassette)/[laserdisc](/source/Laserdisc) release by the [Canadian](/source/Canadian) band [Rush](/source/Rush_(band)). It was released in 1985 by PolyGram Records.[2] It contains promotional videos issued for the band's albums *[Moving Pictures](/source/Moving_Pictures_(Rush_album))* (1981), *[Signals](/source/Signals_(Rush_album))* (1982) and *[Grace Under Pressure](/source/Grace_Under_Pressure_(Rush_album))* (1984). Absent from the collection were the videos for "[Limelight](/source/Limelight_(Rush_song))" and the album version of "[Tom Sawyer](/source/Tom_Sawyer_(song))", both filmed at [Le Studio](/source/Le_Studio) (the same locale as the "[Vital Signs](/source/Vital_Signs_(Rush_song))" video). The live version of "Tom Sawyer" comes from the concert video *[Exit... Stage Left](/source/Exit...Stage_Left_(video))* (1982). No DVD re-issue was released. The concept of "The Camera Eye" is a literary device used by the author John Dos Passos in his [*U.S.A.* trilogy](/source/U.S.A._(trilogy)). ## Track listing 1. "[Distant Early Warning](/source/Distant_Early_Warning_(song))" - 5:31 1. "[Vital Signs](/source/Vital_Signs_(Rush_song))" - 4:42 1. "[The Body Electric](/source/Grace_Under_Pressure_(Rush_album))" - 5:08 1. "[Afterimage](/source/Grace_Under_Pressure_(Rush_album))" - 5:11 1. "[Subdivisions](/source/Subdivisions_(song))" - 5:37 1. "[Tom Sawyer](/source/Tom_Sawyer_(song))" - 4:43[A] 1. "[The Enemy Within](/source/Grace_Under_Pressure_(Rush_album))" - 4:22 1. "[Countdown](/source/Countdown_(Rush_song))" - 5:56 1. "[YYZ](/source/YYZ_(Rush_song)) (Credits) - 1:24 ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Live version from the *Exit...Stage Left* video ## Personnel - [Geddy Lee](/source/Geddy_Lee) - [Rickenbacker](/source/Rickenbacker), [Fender Jazz](/source/Fender_Jazz), [Steinberger](/source/Steinberger) [Bass](/source/Bass_guitar), [Minimoog](/source/Minimoog) [Synthesizer](/source/Synthesizer) and [Moog Taurus](/source/Moog_Taurus) Bass Pedals [Oberheim OB-X](/source/Oberheim_OB-X), [Oberheim OB-Xa](/source/Oberheim_OB-Xa), [Oberheim DSX](/source/Oberheim_DSX), [Roland JP-8](/source/Roland_Jupiter-8). - [Neil Peart](/source/Neil_Peart) - [Electric](/source/Electric) and [Acoustic](/source/Acoustic_music) [Drums](/source/Drums) and [Percussion](/source/Percussion) - [Alex Lifeson](/source/Alex_Lifeson) - [Fender Stratocaster](/source/Fender_Stratocaster), [Gibson Les Paul](/source/Gibson_Les_Paul), [Gibson ES-355](/source/Gibson_ES-355) [Electric Guitars](/source/Electric_Guitars) and [Moog Taurus](/source/Moog_Taurus) Bass Pedals ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Through the Camera Eye](https://www.allmusic.com/album/r87339) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Billboard May 25, 1985, page 27 v t e Rush Alex Lifeson Geddy Lee Jeff Jones John Rutsey Neil Peart Studio albums Rush (1974) Fly by Night (1975) Caress of Steel (1975) 2112 (1976) A Farewell to Kings (1977) Hemispheres (1978) Permanent Waves (1980) Moving Pictures (1981) Signals (1982) Grace Under Pressure (1984) Power Windows (1985) Hold Your Fire (1987) Presto (1989) Roll the Bones (1991) Counterparts (1993) Test for Echo (1996) Vapor Trails (2002) Snakes & Arrows (2007) Clockwork Angels (2012) Live albums All the World's a Stage (1976) Exit... Stage Left (1981) A Show of Hands (1989) Different Stages (1998) Rush in Rio (2003) R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (2005) Snakes & Arrows Live (2008) Grace Under Pressure Tour (2009) Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland (2011) Clockwork Angels Tour (2013) R40 Live (2015) Live videos Exit... Stage Left (1982) Grace Under Pressure Tour (1986) A Show of Hands (1989) Rush in Rio (2003) R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (2005) Rush Replay X 3 (2006) Snakes & Arrows Live (2008) Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland (2011) Clockwork Angels Tour (2013) R40 Live (2015) Compilations Rush Through Time (1979) Chronicles (1990) Retrospective I (1997) Retrospective II (1997) The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 (2003) Gold (2006) Retrospective III: 1989–2008 (2009) Working Men (2009) Video compilations Through the Camera Eye (1985) Chronicles (1990) Box sets The Studio Albums 1989–2007 (2013) Extended plays Feedback (2004) Cygnus X-1 (2017) Singles "In the Mood" "Fly by Night" "Lakeside Park" "The Twilight Zone" "Making Memories" "Closer to the Heart" "Circumstances" "The Trees" "The Spirit of Radio" "Entre Nous" "Limelight" "Tom Sawyer" "Vital Signs" "New World Man" "Subdivisions" "Countdown" "Red Sector A" "Afterimage" "The Big Money" "Mystic Rhythms" "Time Stand Still" "Show Don't Tell" "The Pass" "Dreamline" "Roll the Bones" "Ghost of a Chance" "Stick It Out" "Nobody's Hero" "Test for Echo" "Half the World" "Driven" "One Little Victory" "Secret Touch" "Summertime Blues" "Far Cry" "Caravan" "Headlong Flight" Other songs "Working Man" "Before" and "After" I. "Into the Darkness" "Didacts and Narpets" "2112" "A Passage to Bangkok" "Tears" "Xanadu" "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" (II. "Apollo Bringer of Wisdom" and III. "Dionysus Bringer of Love" IV. "Armageddon The Battle of Heart and Mind" VI. "The Sphere A Kind of Dream") "Freewill" "Red Barchetta" "YYZ" "Witch Hunt" "The Analog Kid" "Between the Wheels" "Marathon" "Manhattan Project" "Force Ten" "Mission" "Lock and Key" "Second Nature" "Heresy" "Animate" "Cold Fire" "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" Tours Hemispheres Tour (1978–1979) Moving Pictures Tour (1980–1981) Exit... Stage Left Tour (1981) Power Windows Tour (1985–1986) Hold Your Fire Tour (1987–1988) Presto Tour (1990) Roll the Bones Tour (1991–1992) Counterparts Tour (1994) Test for Echo Tour (1996–1997) Snakes & Arrows Tour (2007–2008) Time Machine Tour (2010–2011) Clockwork Angels Tour (2012–2013) R40 Live Tour (2015) Fifty Something Tour (2026–2027) Related articles Discography Songs Awards Instrumentals Victor My Favourite Headache A Work in Progress Anatomy of a Drum Solo Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road Hugh Syme Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage Working Man – A Tribute to Rush Category This article related to music videos is a stub. 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