Rush discography

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This is the discography of the Canadian rock band Rush.

Contents

[edit] Albums

All chart positions are U.S. Billboard 200 unless otherwise stated.

[edit] Main albums

Album cover Album information
Rush
  • Released: March 1974
  • Chart Position: #105 (US)
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • Worldwide sales:
  • Singles: "Finding My Way", "In the Mood"
Fly By Night
  • Released: February 1975
  • Chart Position: #148 (US)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,600,000 +
  • Singles: "Fly by Night", "Making Memories"
Caress Of Steel
2112
All the World's a Stage
  • Released: September 1976
  • Chart Position: #40 (US), #7 (Canada), 25 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,900,000 +
  • Singles: "Fly by Night (Live)"
A Farewell To Kings
  • Released: September 1977
  • Chart Position: #33 (US), #2 (Canada), #22 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,600,000 +
  • Singles: "Closer to the Heart", "Cinderella Man"
Hemispheres
  • Released: October 1978
  • Chart Position: #47 (US), #4 (Canada), #14 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,100,000 +
  • Singles: "The Trees", "Circumstances"
Permanent Waves
  • Released: January 1980
  • Chart Position: #4 (US), #1 (Canada), #3 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 2,300,000 +
  • Singles: "The Spirit of Radio", "Entre Nous"
Moving Pictures
  • Released: January 1981
  • Chart Position: #3 (US), #1 (Canada), #5 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: 4x Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 6,100,000 +
  • Singles: "Tom Sawyer", "Limelight", "Vital Signs"
Exit...Stage Left
Signals
Grace Under Pressure
  • Released: April 1984
  • Chart Position: #10 (US), #1 (Canada), #5 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 2,100,000 +
  • Singles: "Distant Early Warning", "The Body Electric", "Red Sector A", "Afterimage"
Power Windows
  • Released: October 1985
  • Chart Position: #10 (US), #2 (Canada), #9 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,800,000 +
  • Singles: "The Big Money", "Territories", "Mystic Rhythms", "Manhattan Project", "Marathon"
Hold Your Fire
  • Released: September 1987
  • Chart Position: #13 (US), #9 (Canada), #10 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,700,000 +
  • Singles: "Time Stand Still", "Prime Mover", "Lock and Key"
A Show of Hands
  • Released: January 1988
  • Chart Position: #21 (US), #14 (Canada), #12 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: N/A
  • Singles: "Mission (Live)", "Marathon (Live)"
Presto
  • Released: November 1989
  • Chart Position: #16 (US), #11 (Canada), #27 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: 1,880,000 +
  • Singles: "Show Don't Tell", "The Pass", "Presto"
Roll The Bones
  • Released: September 1991
  • Chart Position: #3 (US), #1 (Canada), #10 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 2,000,000 +
  • Singles: "Dreamline", "Roll the Bones", "Ghost of a Chance", "Bravado"
Counterparts
  • Released: October 1993
  • Chart Position: #2 (US), #1 (Canada), #14 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,800,000 +
  • Singles: "Stick It Out", "Nobody's Hero", "Cold Fire", "Animate"
Test For Echo
  • Released: September 1996
  • Chart Position: #5 (US), #1 (Canada), #13 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: 3,500,000 +
  • Singles: "Test for Echo", "Half the World", "Driven", "Virtuality", "Resist"
Different Stages
  • Released: November 1998
  • Chart Position: #35 (US), #17 (Canada)
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: N/A
  • Singles: "The Spirit of Radio (Live)"
Vapor Trails
  • Released: May 2002
  • Chart Position: #6 (US), #3 (Canada)
  • RIAA Certification: None
  • Worldwide sales: 1,600,000 +
  • Note:
  • Singles: "Secret Touch", "One Little Victory", "Sweet Miracle"
Rush in Rio
  • Released: October 2003
  • Chart Position: #33 (US)
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: 1,617,000 +
  • Note:
  • Singles: "Resist (Acoustic/Live)"
Feedback
  • Released: June 2004
  • Chart Position: #19 (US), #5 (Canada)
  • RIAA Certification: None
  • Worldwide sales: N/A
  • Singles: "Summertime Blues"
Snakes & Arrows
  • Released: May 2007
  • Chart Position:
  • RIAA Certification:
  • Worldwide sales:
  • Note:
  • Singles: "Far Cry"

[edit] Compilations

Album cover Album information
Archives
  • Released: April 1978
  • Chart Position: #121 (US)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 3,350,000 +
  • Note: Repackaged version of Rush, Fly By Night, and Caress Of Steel.
Chronicles
  • Released: September 1990
  • Chart Position: #51 (US), #5 (Canada), #42 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 4,200,000 +
  • Note: Greatest Hits compilation
Retrospective I
  • Released: May 1997
  • Chart Position: Did Not Chart
  • RIAA Certification: None
  • Worldwide sales: 154,000
  • Note: Greatest Hits compilation
Retrospective II
  • Released: June 1997
  • Chart Position: Did Not Chart
  • RIAA Certification: None
  • Worldwide sales: 114,000
  • Note: Greatest Hits compilation
The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987
  • Released: February 2003
  • Chart Position: #62 (US), #17 (Canada)
  • RIAA Certification: None
  • Worldwide sales: 334,000
  • Note: Greatest Hits compilation
Gold
  • Released: April 2006
  • Chart Position: Did Not Chart
  • RIAA Certification: None
  • Worldwide sales: 87,000
  • Note: Greatest Hits compilation

[edit] Singles

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Year Song Chart positions Album
US Hot 100 US Mainstream Rock
1973 Not Fade Away - - Not Fade Away (single)
1974 Finding My Way - - Rush
1974 In the Mood - - Rush
1975 Fly By Night - - Fly By Night
1975 Making Memories - - Fly By Night
1976 The Necromancer: Return of the Prince - - Caress of Steel
1976 Lakeside Park - - Caress of Steel
1977 The Twilight Zone - - 2112
1977 2112: Overture/The Temples of Syrinx - #1 2112
1977 A Passage to Bangkok - - 2112
1977 Fly by Night (Live) - - All The World's a Stage
1977 Closer to the Heart #76 - A Farewell to Kings
1978 Cinderella Man - - A Farewell to Kings
1978 The Trees - - Hemispheres
1979 Circumstances - - Hemispheres
1980 The Spirit of Radio #51 #1 Permanent Waves
1980 Freewill - - Permanent Waves
1980 Entre Nous - - Permanent Waves
1981 Limelight #55 #4 Moving Pictures
1981 Tom Sawyer #44 #1 Moving Pictures
1981 Vital Signs - - Moving Pictures
1982 Tom Sawyer (Live) - - Exit...Stage Left
1982 Closer to the Heart (Live) #69 #7 Exit...Stage Left
1982 New World Man #21 #1 Signals
1982 Subdivisions #3 #3 Signals
1983 The Analog Kid - #19 Signals
1983 The Weapon (Part II of "Fear") - - Signals
1983 Countdown - - Signals
1984 Distant Early Warning - #1 Grace Under Pressure
1984 The Body Electric - - Grace Under Pressure
1984 Red Sector A - - Grace Under Pressure
1984 Afterimage - - Grace Under Pressure
1985 The Big Money #45 #1 Power Windows
1985 Territories - #30 Power Windows
1986 Mystic Rhythms - #21 Power Windows
1986 Manhattan Project - #10 Power Windows
1986 Marathon - - Power Windows
1987 Time Stand Still - #3 Hold Your Fire
1987 Force Ten - #3 Hold Your Fire
1988 Lock and Key - #16 Hold Your Fire
1989 Mission (Live) - #33 A Show of Hands
1989 Show Don't Tell #1 Presto
1990 The Pass - #5 Presto
1990 Superconductor - #37 Presto
1991 Dreamline - #1 Roll the Bones
1992 Roll the Bones - #1 Roll the Bones
1992 Face Up - #3 Roll the Bones
1992 Heresy - #24 Roll the Bones
1993 Stick It Out #1 Counterparts
1994 Nobody's Hero - #3 Counterparts
1994 Cold Fire - #3 Counterparts
1994 Animate - #35 Counterparts
1994 Double Agent - - Counterparts
1996 Test for Echo - #1 Test for Echo
1996 Half the World - #5 Test for Echo
1997 Driven - #3 Test for Echo
1997 Virtuality - #16 Test for Echo
1997 Resist - - Test for Echo
1998 The Spirit of Radio (Live) - #27 Different Stages
2002 Secret Touch - #25 Vapor Trails
2002 One Little Victory - #10 Vapor Trails
2002 Sweet Miracle - - Vapor Trails
2003 Resist (Acoustic/Live) - - Rush in Rio
2004 Summertime Blues - #30 Feedback
2007 Far Cry - #29 Snakes & Arrows

[edit] Promos

Date of Release Title
Roll the Bones Radio Special
Hemispheres Radio Show
Live in St. Louis
Moving Pictures Special
The Rush Special
Signals Radio Special
Grace Under Pressure Interview
Hemispheres Banded Promo
Rush'n'Roulette
Instore Play Special
Everything Your Listeners Ever Wanted to Hear by Rush... But You Were Afraid to Play

[edit] Videos

Date of Release Title Label U.S. Chart Position RIAA Certification
1981 Exit...Stage Left Polygram G
1984 Grace Under Pressure Tour Polygram
1985 Through the Camera Eye Polygram
1989 A Show of Hands Polygram P
1990 Chronicles Polygram P
October 1997 Neil Peart - A Work In Progress Warner Bros.
October 2003 Rush in Rio Rounder M (5)
November 2005 R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour Rounder M (3)
December 2005 Neil Peart - Anatomy of A Drum Solo Hudson Music
June 2006 Rush Replay X3 Mercury 1

[edit] Grey market

Date of Release Title Label Type
1981 Rush Through Time Polygram Compilation
1984 Anthology Polygram Compilation
January 1992 The Story of Kings Baktabak Interview
October 1995 The Rush Interviews Volume 2 Baktabak Interview

[edit] Solo efforts

All chart positions are U.S. Billboard 200 unless otherwise stated.
Date of Release Title Label Type Chart Position RIAA Certification
January 1996 Alex Lifeson - Victor Atlantic Studio 99
November 2000 Geddy Lee - My Favourite Headache Atlantic Studio 52
US Certification Criteria - Albums: G = 500,000 , P = 1 million, M=Multiplatinum. For example, M(2) = 2 million
Other formats have different criteria, see Certification Criteria

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rush at Resist