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A1	The Spirit Of Radio	4:54
A2	Freewill	5:23
A3	Jacob's Ladder	7:50
B1	Entre Nous	4:37
B2	Different Strings Piano – Hugh Syme	3:50
Natural Science	9:27
B3-I	Tide Pools
B3-II	Hyperspace
B3-III	Permanent Waves

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Epic/Sony
• Manufactured By – Epic/Sony Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Cat Productions Ltd.

Credits

• Arranged By – Rush, Terry Brown
• Art Direction, Design, Graphics – Hugh Syme
• Artwork [Cover Concept] – Hugh Syme, Neil Peart
• Bass Guitar, Synthesizer [Oberheim Polyphonic, Ob-1, Mini-moog, Taurus Pedals], Vocals – Geddy Lee
• Drums, Timpani, Timbales, Bells [Orchestra, Tubular, Bell Tree], Wind Chimes, Triangle, Crotales – Neil Peart
• Electric Guitar [Six And Twelve String], Acoustic Guitar [Six And Twelve String], Synthesizer [Taurus Pedals] – Alex Lifeson
• Engineer [Mix Assistant] – Adam Moseley, Craig Milliner, Geddy Lee
• Engineer [Mix, Cameo Appearances By] – Steve S. Hort*
• Engineer [Mix] – Terry Brown
• Engineer [Recording, General Assistant] – Robbie Whelan
• Engineer [Recording] – Paul Northfield
• Executive-Producer – Moon Records
• Lyrics By – Lee* (tracks: B2), Peart* (tracks: A1 to B1, B3)
• Mastered By – Ray Staff
• Music By – Lifeson*, Lee*
• Other [Inspiration And Vocal Coaching By] – Daisy The Dog
• Photography By – Deborah Samuel, Fin Costello, Flip Schulke
• Producer – Rush, Terry Brown

Notes

Newspaper on front album cover originally was a copy of the infamous "Dewey defeats Truman" issue of the Chicago Tribune. After the Chicago Tribune objected to the inclusion, the cover was changed to read "Dewei defeats Truman".
The billboards in the distance were originally Coca-Cola adverts, but were changed to the names of the band members due to the objections of Coca-Cola.
The waving man on the front cover is Hugh Syme, who was the cover designer, and also played piano on 'Different Strings'.

Recorded at Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec, during September and October 1979.
Mixed at Trident Studios, Soho, London, in November 1979.
Mastered At Trident.

All lyrics © 1980 CORE Music Publishing (ASCAP) CAPAC, Canada.
©℗ 1980 Cat Productions Ltd.
Manufactured by Epic/Sony Inc.(Tokyo Japan)/"Epic"® CBS, Inc./ SONY ® Sony Corp. (kp)

Includes lyric/biography/photos sheet in Japanese.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A side): 25 3P-221A1
• Matrix / Runout (B side): 25 3P-221B1
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (Price): ¥2,500

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ANR-1-1021	Rush	Permanent Waves ‎(LP, Album)	Anthem Records	ANR-1-1021	Canada	1980
SRM-1-4001	Rush	Permanent Waves ‎(LP, Album)	Mercury	SRM-1-4001	US	1980
ANK-1021	Rush	Permanent Waves ‎(CD, Album)	Anthem Records	ANK-1021	Canada	1990
7142 720	Rush	Permanent Waves ‎(Cass, Album)	Mercury	7142 720	New Zealand	1980
822 548-2 M-1, 822 548-2	Rush	Permanent Waves ‎(CD, Album, Club, RE)	Mercury, Mercury	822 548-2 M-1, 822 548-2	US	Unknown

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