Victor (Alex Lifeson album)

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{{Infobox album
| name = Victor
| type = studio
| artist = [[Alex Lifeson]] (as Victor)
| cover = Alex Lifeson Victor AC.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 9, 1996 <ref>{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = Driven - Rush in the 90s | edition = 1st | publisher = ECW press | year = 2021 | pages = 129 | isbn = 978-1-77041-537-9}}</ref>
| recorded = October 1994 – July 1995
| studio = Lerxst Sound
| genre = [[Hard rock]], [[alternative metal]]
| length = 50:24
| label =
* [[Anthem Records]] (Canada)
* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] (outside Canada)
| producer = Alex Lifeson
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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r233222|first=Bret|last=Adams}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin C. Strong|The Essential Rock Discography]]''
| rev2Score = 3/10<ref name="Strong">{{cite book |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |title=The Essential Rock Discography |edition=8th |year=2006 |publisher=Open City Books |isbn=1-84195-860-3 |page=938–939 |chapter=Rush }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev3Score = {{rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|section=Rush|isbn=1-57859-061-2|page=965}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''Victor''''' is the debut solo album by [[Rush (band)|Rush]] guitarist [[Alex Lifeson]] under the pseudonym "Victor", released in January 1996 on [[Anthem Records]]. The album was recorded at Lerxst Sound (Lifeson's home studio) from October 1994 through July 1995.

The album reached number 99 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in 1996 and received a 1997 [[Juno Award]] nomination for Best New Group.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing|
| title1 = Don't Care
| writer1 = Alex Lifeson
| length1 = 4:04
| title2 = Promise
| writer2 = Lifeson, Bill Bell
| length2 = 5:44
| title3 = Start Today
| writer3 = Lifeson
| length3 = 3:48
| title4 = Mr. X
| note4 = Instrumental
| writer4 = Lifeson
| length4 = 2:21
| title5 = At the End
| writer5 = Lifeson, Adrian Zivojinovich
| length5 = 6:07
| title6 = Sending Out a Warning
| writer6 = Lifeson, Bell
| length6 = 4:11
| title7 = Shut Up Shuttin' Up
| writer7 = Lifeson, Bell, Charlene, Esther
| length7 = 4:02
| title8 = Strip and Go Naked
| note8 = Instrumental
| writer8 = Lifeson, Bell
| length8 = 3:57
| title9 = The Big Dance
| writer9 = Lifeson, Zivojinovich
| length9 = 4:14
| title10 = Victor
| writer10 = Lifeson, [[W. H. Auden]]
| length10 = 6:25
| title11 = I Am the Spirit
| writer11 = Lifeson, Bell
| length11 = 5:31
}}

===Notes===
"Victor" is based on the poem by W. H. Auden.

==Personnel==
* [[Alex Lifeson]] – spoken vocals (5, 7, 10), guitars, keyboards, bass, mandola, programming, production
* [[Les Claypool]] – bass (9)
* [[Peter Cardinali]] – bass (4, 7, 10)
* Bill Bell – backing vocals (5), rhythm guitar (2, 6-8, 11)
* Adrian Zivojinovich - programming (5, 9)
* [[Dalbello]] – lead vocals (3)
* [[Edwin (musician)|Edwin]] – lead vocals (1, 2, 6, 9, 11), backing vocals (5)
* [[Blake Manning]] – drums (1-7, 9, 11)
* [[Colleen Allen]] – horn

Lifeson's wife Charlene is one of the two women in the track 7 dialogue; the other woman is simply listed as "Esther".

==Singles==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Information
|-
|align="left"|'''"Don't Care"'''
*Released: 1995
*Written by: Alex Lifeson
*Produced by: [[Alex Lifeson]]
*Chart positions:
|-
|align="left"|'''"[[I Am the Spirit]]"'''
*Released:
*Written by: Alex Lifeson and Bill Bell
*Produced by: [[Alex Lifeson]]
*Chart positions:
|-
|align="left"|'''"[[Promise (Alex Lifeson song)|Promise]]"'''
*Released: December 4, 1995
*Written by: Alex Lifeson and Bill Bell
*Produced by: [[Alex Lifeson]]
*Chart positions:
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite book|title=Billboard|date=1995-12-02|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NA0EAAAAMBAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NA0EAAAAMBAJ/page/n17 18]|access-date=2015-11-09}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/main/VIClyrics.htm|title=Alex Lifeson's "Victor" linernotes and lyrics from Power Windows|author=Eric Hansen|publisher=2112.net|access-date=2015-11-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702083720/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/main/VIClyrics.htm|archive-date=2014-07-02}}
*{{cite web|url=http://metal-archives.com/|title=Home - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|publisher=metal-archives.com|access-date=2015-11-09}}
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