My Favourite Headache

My Favourite Headache

Studio album by Geddy Lee
Released	November 14, 2000
Recorded	The Peasant's Tent and Reaction Studios, Toronto, East and West and The Factory Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Studio X, Seattle, Washington, Spring to Summer 2000, Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario
Genre	Progressive rock, alternative rock, hard rock
Length	48:06
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Geddy Lee, Ben Mink, David Leonard

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

My Favourite Headache (also published as My Favorite Headache) is the first (and so far only) solo album by Geddy Lee of the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 2000. Both the title track and "Grace to Grace" received play on mainstream rock radio, and the album itself peaked at No. 52 on the Billboard 200.^[2] The release has a Metacritic score of 58.^[3]

Track listing

All lyrics by Geddy Lee, all music by Lee and Ben Mink

"My Favourite Headache" – 4:45
"The Present Tense" – 3:25
"Window to the World" – 3:02
"Working at Perfekt" – 5:00
"Runaway Train" – 4:30
"The Angels' Share" – 4:33
"Moving to Bohemia" – 4:25
"Home on the Strange" – 3:46
"Slipping" – 5:06
"Still" – 4:30
"Grace to Grace" – 4:59

Personnel

Musicians

Geddy Lee - bass guitar, vocals, guitar, piano, programming, percussion, string arrangements, producer, engineer
Ben Mink - guitars, violins and violas, programming, string arrangements, producer, engineer
Matt Cameron - drums
Jeremy Taggart - drums on "Home on the Strange"
John Friesen - cellos on "Working at Perfekt"
Ed Wilson - additional programming
Chris Stringer - additional percussion
Waylon Wall - steel guitar on "Window to the World"
Pappy Rosen - backing vocals on "Slipping"

Production

David Leonard - producer, engineer, mixing at Metalworks Studios
Adam Kasper, Dennis Tougas - engineers
Sam Hofstedt, Sheldon Zaharko, Chris Stringer, Tom Heron, Jeff Elliot, Joel Kazmi, Ian Bodzasi - assistant engineers
Howie Weinberg - mastering at Masterdisk, New York

Singles

Information
"My Favourite Headache" Released: 2000 Written by: Geddy Lee & Ben Mink Produced by: Geddy Lee, Ben Mink & David Leonard Chart positions:
"Grace to Grace" Released: 2000 Written by: Geddy Lee & Ben Mink Produced by: Geddy Lee, Ben Mink & David Leonard Chart positions:
"Home on the Strange" Released: 2001 Written by: Geddy Lee & Ben Mink Produced by: Geddy Lee, Ben Mink & David Leonard Chart positions:

References

↑ Prato, Greg. "Geddy Lee - My Favorite Headache review". AllMusic. Rovi. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
↑ "My Favorite Headache Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
↑ "Reviews for My Favorite Headache". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-11-29.

Rush

Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson Neil Peart John Rutsey Jeff Jones

Studio albums	Rush Fly by Night Caress of Steel 2112 A Farewell to Kings Hemispheres Permanent Waves Moving Pictures Signals Grace Under Pressure Power Windows Hold Your Fire Presto Roll the Bones Counterparts Test for Echo Vapor Trails Feedback Snakes & Arrows Clockwork Angels

Live albums	All the World's a Stage Exit...Stage Left A Show of Hands Different Stages Rush in Rio R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour Snakes & Arrows Live Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland Clockwork Angels Tour R40 Live

Singles	"Not Fade Away" "Finding My Way" "In the Mood" "Fly by Night" "The Necromancer" "Lakeside Park" "The Twilight Zone" "2112" "A Passage to Bangkok" "Closer to the Heart" "Cinderella Man" "The Trees" "Circumstances" "The Spirit of Radio" "Freewill" "Entre Nous" "Limelight" "Tom Sawyer" "Vital Signs" "New World Man" "Subdivisions" "Countdown" "Distant Early Warning" "Red Sector A" "Afterimage" "The Big Money" "Manhattan Project" "Mystic Rhythms" "Marathon" "Time Stand Still" "Mission" "Show Don't Tell" "The Pass" "Dreamline" "Roll the Bones" "Heresy" "Ghost of a Chance" "Stick It Out" "Nobody's Hero" "Cold Fire" "Test for Echo" "Half the World" "Driven" "Virtuality" "One Little Victory" "Secret Touch" "Summertime Blues" "Far Cry" "Spindrift" "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" "Caravan" "Headlong Flight" "The Wreckers"

Live videos	Exit...Stage Left Grace Under Pressure Tour A Show of Hands Rush in Rio R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour Rush Replay X 3 Snakes & Arrows Live Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland Clockwork Angels Tour Rush R40

Album compilations	Archives Rush Through Time Chronicles Retrospective I Retrospective II The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 Gold Retrospective III: 1989–2008 Working Men

Video compilations	Through the Camera Eye Chronicles

Tours	Rush Tour Fly By Night Tour Caress of Steel Tour 2112 Tour All the World's a Stage Tour A Farewell to Kings Tour Hemispheres Tour Permanent Waves Tour Moving Pictures Tour Exit...Stage Left Tour Signals Tour Grace Under Pressure Tour Power Windows Tour Hold Your Fire Tour Presto Tour Roll the Bones Tour Counterparts Tour Test for Echo Tour Vapor Trails Tour R30: 30th Anniversary Tour Snakes & Arrows Tour Time Machine Tour Clockwork Angels Tour R40 Live Tour

Related articles	Discography Songs Awards History Instrumentals Equipment Victor My Favourite Headache A Work in Progress Anatomy of a Drum Solo Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road "Fear" series "Cygnus X-1" Hugh Syme Rush ABC: Live from Cleveland’s Agora Ballroom 1974 Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage Working Man – A Tribute to Rush

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