Editing Retrospective II

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Retrospective II
| type       = compilation
| artist     = [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
| cover      = Rush_Retrospective_II.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 3, 1997
| recorded   = 1980–1987
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Progressive rock]], [[hard rock]]
| length     = 76:42
| label      = [[Anthem Records|Anthem]] (Canada)<br /> [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| producer   = Rush, Peter Henderson, [[Peter Collins (record producer)|Peter Collins]]
| prev_title = [[Retrospective I]]
| prev_year  = 1997
| next_title = [[Different Stages (Rush album)|Different Stages]]
| next_year  = 1998
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]] 
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/album/retrospective-vol-2-1981-1987-mw0000021864 link]
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|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      = ''[[MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|section=Rush|isbn=1-57859-061-2|page=965}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rush/albumguide link]
| rev5 = ''[[Colin Larkin|The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music]]''
| rev5Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|author=[[Colin Larkin|Larkin, Colin]]|year=2003|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music|ISBN=1852279699|publisher=[[Virgin Publishing]]|section=Rush|pp=414–415}}</ref>
}}

'''''Retrospective II: 1981 to 1987''''' is a compilation [[album]] by [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[rock music|rock]] band [[Rush (band)|Rush]], released in 1997 (see [[1997 in music]]). The album features songs from the second decade of the band.

This compilation album is now disc two of the 2006 Rush compilation album ''[[Gold (Rush album)|Gold]]''.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| extra_column    = Original release
| title1   = [[The Big Money]]
| extra1   = ''[[Power Windows (album)|Power Windows]]'' (1985)
| length1  = 5:35
| title2   = [[Red Barchetta]]
| extra2   = ''[[Moving Pictures (Rush album)|Moving Pictures]]'' (1981)
| length2  = 6:09
| title3   = [[Subdivisions (song)|Subdivisions]]
| extra3   = ''[[Signals (Rush album)|Signals]]'' (1982)
| length3  = 5:33
| title4   = [[Time Stand Still (song)|Time Stand Still]]
| extra4   = ''[[Hold Your Fire]]'' (1987)
| length4  = 5:09
| title5   = [[Mystic Rhythms]]
| extra5   = ''Power Windows''
| length5  = 5:54
| title6   = [[The Analog Kid]]
| note6    = Complete Version
| extra6   = ''Signals''
| length6  = 4:48
| title7   = Distant Early Warning
| extra7   = ''[[Grace Under Pressure (Rush album)|Grace Under Pressure]]'' (1984)
| length7  = 4:57
| title8   = [[Marathon (Rush song)|Marathon]]
| extra8   = ''Power Windows''
| length8  = 6:10
| title9   = The Body Electric
| extra9   = ''Grace Under Pressure''
| length9  = 5:00
| title10  = [[Mission (song)|Mission]]
| extra10  = ''Hold Your Fire''
| length10 = 5:16
| title11  = [[Limelight (Rush song)|Limelight]]
| extra11  = ''Moving Pictures''
| length11 = 4:20
| title12  = [[Red Sector A]]
| extra12  = ''Grace Under Pressure''
| length12 = 5:08
| title13  = [[New World Man]]
| extra13  = ''Signals''
| length13 = 3:42
| title14  = [[Tom Sawyer (song)|Tom Sawyer]]
| extra14  = ''Moving Pictures''
| length14 = 4:33
| title15  = [[Force Ten (song)|Force Ten]]
| extra15  = ''Hold Your Fire''
| length15 = 4:31
|total_length = 1:16:42
}}

== Personnel ==
*[[Geddy Lee]]    – bass guitars, synthesizers, vocals
*[[Alex Lifeson]] – electric and acoustic guitars, synthesizers
*[[Neil Peart]]   – drums, percussion, electronic percussion, lyricist

== See also ==
* [[Retrospective I]]
* [[Gold (Rush album)|Gold]]
* [[Retrospective III: 1989–2008]]

==References==
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