During the tour's stop in New York City, the band agreed to start work on a new studio album, rather than prepare a second live album from several recordings they made during the tour, partly because the ideas being developed at sound checks were sufficiently interesting to them to put on tape. In June 1980, the band ended their ten-month tour of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom in support of their seventh studio album, Permanent Waves (1980). Rush auditioned some of the songs on a tour before recording the album (September 11 to October 1, 1980), and supported the album on tour from February to July 1981.
" Limelight", " Tom Sawyer" and " Vital Signs" were released as singles across 1981, and the instrumental " YYZ" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. It remains Rush's highest-selling album in the United States, with 5 million copies sold. Moving Pictures received a positive reception from current and retrospective music critics and became an instant commercial success, reaching number one in Canada and number 3 in both the United States and the United Kingdom. They continued to write songs with a more radio-friendly format, featuring tighter song structures and songs of shorter length compared with their earlier albums. After touring to support their previous album, Permanent Waves (1980), the band started to write and record new material in August 1980 with co-producer Terry Brown. Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by Canadian progressive rock band Rush, released on Februthrough Anthem Records.
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