Reception
Hold Your Fire was a commercial disappointment in comparison to other Rush albums. It stalled at No. 13 in the Billboard 200 album chart, the first time a Rush studio album failed to reach the Top 10 since 1978's Hemispheres. Although Hold Your Fire was certified gold in the United States shortly after its release, it failed to reach platinum status according to the RIAA, becoming the first Rush studio album to do so since 1975's Caress of Steel.
In a 2009 interview with Blender, Geddy Lee expressed regret in including the song "Tai Shan" on the album, calling it an "error." "We should have known better," he said.
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“Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion.... Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.”
—Rémy De Gourmont (1858–1915)
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