℗ 2015 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
| Released | October 29, 1981 |
| Duration | 44m 48s |
| Record Label | Mercury Records |
| Genre | Rock |
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1.1
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The Big Money
Rush |
5:39 | |||
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1.2
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Grand Designs
Rush |
5:07 | |||
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1.3
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Manhattan Project
Rush |
5:09 | |||
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1.4
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Marathon
Rush |
6:13 | |||
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1.5
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Territories
Rush |
6:21 | |||
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1.6
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Middletown Dreams
Rush |
5:16 | |||
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1.7
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Emotion Detector
Rush |
5:12 | |||
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1.8
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Mystic Rhythms
Rush |
5:51 |
Billboard 200 - #10, 1985
"... Power Windows may well be the missing link between Yes and the Sex Pistols."
- Rolling Stone
"... the best Rush album in years ... by scaling down the complexity of their approach, the band has returned to the roots of its sound and the source of its strength."
- Guitar World
Released in 1985, Power Windows launched an era of new sonic directions for Rush as the band embraced an extensive use of synthesizers. Neil Peart’s lyrics focus primarily on various manifestations of power: Manhattan Project explores the origins and consequences of the US military’s development of the atomic bomb, while Territories is a statement on nationalism around the world. This is the 2015 remastered version of the album.
"We definitely wanted this record to rock. That's really where we're most comfortable after all the talk about technology. We love to rock and there are still a lot of heavy rock influences in us. At the same time we wanted to utilize a lot of the technology that's out there."
- Geddy Lee
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Mercury Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.07 -2.06 to 0.00 | -18.33 -19.36 to -17.24 | -15.19 -16.20 to -14.10 | 12 11 to 13 | |
| 1 | The Big Money | 0.00 | -17.24 | -14.1 | 11 |
| 2 | Grand Designs | -0.85 | -18.83 | -15.3 | 13 |
| 3 | Manhattan Project | -0.72 | -18.09 | -14.6 | 12 |
| 4 | Marathon | 0.00 | -17.58 | -14.4 | 12 |
| 5 | Territories | -1.31 | -18.45 | -15.6 | 12 |
| 6 | Middletown Dreams | -2.06 | -18.65 | -15.9 | 11 |
| 7 | Emotion Detector | -1.55 | -18.47 | -15.4 | 12 |
| 8 | Mystic Rhythms | -2.05 | -19.36 | -16.2 | 12 |