Victor (album)
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Victor
Studio album by Alex Lifeson
Released	January 9, 1996
Recorded	Oct 1994-July 1995
Length	50:24
Label	Atlantic Records (Outside Canada) / Anthem Records (Within Canada)
Producer	Alex Lifeson
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Victor is a solo album by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson which was released January 9, 1996 on Atlantic Records outside of Canada and Anthem Records within Canada. The album was recorded at Lerxst Sound (Lifeson's home studio) between October 1994 and July 1995.

The album reached #99 on the Billboard 200 in 1996.

Reportedly, a sequel titled Victor II was in the planning stages when Alex's fellow Rush bandmate, Neil Peart, went through his personal tragedies. The idea of the album was abandoned shortly after.

Track listing

1. "Don’t Care" (Alex Lifeson) – 4:04
2. "Promise" (Alex Lifeson/Bill Bell) – 5:44
3. "Start Today" (Alex Lifeson) – 3:48
4. "Mr. X" (Alex Lifeson) – 2:21
5. "At the End" (Alex Lifeson/Adrian Zivojinovich) – 6:07
6. "Sending Out a Warning" (Alex Lifeson/Bill Bell) – 4:11
7. "Shut Up Shuttin’ Up" (Charlene & Esther/Alex Lifeson/Bill Bell) – 4:02
8. "Strip and Go Naked" (Alex Lifeson/Bill Bell) – 3:57
9. "The Big Dance" (Alex Lifeson/Adrian Zivojinovich) – 4:14
10. "Victor" (W. H. Auden/Alex Lifeson) – 6:25
11. "I Am the Spirit" (Alex Lifeson/Bill Bell) – 5:31

"Victor" is based on the poem of the same name by W. H. Auden.

Personnel

• Alex Lifeson - Spoken vocals on tracks 5 and 10, bass, guitar, keyboards, mandola
• Les Claypool - bass on track 9
• Bill Bell - guitar
• Dalbello - Lead vocal on track 3
• Edwin - Lead vocal on tracks 1, 2, 6, 9, 11
• Blake Manning - drums
• Peter Cardinali - bass
• Colleen Allen - horn
• Adrian Zivojinovich - programming

Lifeson's wife Charlene is one of the two women talking on track 7; he starts yelling at them near its end.

Singles