Dreamline

1991 single by Rush

"Dreamline"

Single by Rush

from the album Roll the Bones

Released

September 1991

Recorded

1991

Genre

Hard rock

Length

4:38

Label

Anthem (Canada)
Atlantic

Songwriter(s)

Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart

Producer(s)

Rupert Hine, Rush

Rush singles chronology

"The Pass"
(1990)

"Dreamline"
(1991)

"Roll the Bones"
(1992)

"Dreamline" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush. It was released as a single and on their 1991 album Roll the Bones. The song peaked at number one on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,^[1] and was a staple for live performances by Rush, having been performed on every tour from the inaugural Roll the Bones Tour until the 2010 and 2011 Time Machine Tour, when it was dropped. It was performed during the subsequent Clockwork Angels Tour, where it was accompanied by the Clockwork Angels string ensemble and a video with a dedication to Neil Armstrong. It was dropped again on the 2015 R40 Tour. In live performances, the bridge was extended to incorporate a solo by Alex Lifeson.

Bassist and singer Geddy Lee said: "I love the spirit of 'Dreamline' and the way Neil captures that feeling of wanderlust and invulnerability that comes in a particular trying time in your life."^[2]

Reception

Martin Popoff said that the song is "strafed by a crouching-then-striking verse and clouds-breaking chorus. It is a track that proved to be strong enough to open the Different Stages live album seven years later and then stay tenaciously in the set for the Vapor Trails tour."^[3]

AllMusic writer Eduardo Rivadavia called the song "gutsy" and also said that "Dreamline" is one of their best songs from the '90s.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Dreamline"	Peart	Rush	4:38

Personnel

Geddy Lee - synthesizer, bass, vocals
Alex Lifeson - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
Neil Peart - drums, lyrics

References

^ "Rush".
^ "Dreamline". 11 February 2011.
^ "Dreamline". 11 February 2011.
^ "Roll the Bones - Rush | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".

Rush

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

1970s	"In the Mood" "Fly by Night" "Lakeside Park" "The Twilight Zone" "Closer to the Heart" "Circumstances" "The Trees"
1980s	"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"
1990s–2010s	"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" "Spindrift" "Caravan" "Headlong Flight"