Rush discography

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Rush discography
Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and Neil Peart of Rush30th Anniversary tour photo, 2004
Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and Neil Peart of Rush
30th Anniversary tour photo, 2004
Releases
↙Studio albums 19
↙Live albums 8
↙Compilation albums 6
↙Extended plays 1
↙Singles 76
↙Video albums 9

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] Studio

Album information
Rush
  • Released: March 1974
  • Chart Position: #105 (US)
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: N/A
  • Singles: "Finding My Way", "In the Mood"
Fly by Night
  • Released: February 1975
  • Chart Position: #148 (US)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,800,000 +
  • Singles: "Fly by Night", "Making Memories"
Caress of Steel
2112
A Farewell to Kings
  • Released: September 1977
  • Chart Position: #33 (US), #2 (Canada), #22 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,700,000 +
  • Singles: "Closer to the Heart", "Cinderella Man"
Hemispheres
  • Released: October 1978
  • Chart Position: #47 (US), #4 (Canada), #14 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,900,000 +
  • 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", "Freewill", "Entre Nous"
Moving Pictures
  • Released: January 1981
  • Chart Position: #3 (US), #1 (Canada), #3 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: 4x Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 6,700,000 +
  • Singles: "Tom Sawyer", "Limelight", "Vital Signs"
Signals
Grace Under Pressure
Power Windows
  • Released: October 1985
  • Chart Position: #10 (US), #2 (Canada), #9 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,300,000 +
  • 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: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: 1,300,000 +
  • Singles: "Time Stand Still", "Force Ten", "Prime Mover", "Lock and Key"
Presto
  • Released: November 1989
  • Chart Position: #16 (US), #11 (Canada), #27 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: 1,100,000 +
  • Singles: "Show Don't Tell", "The Pass", "Superconductor",|-
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", "Where's My Thing?", "Ghost of a Chance", "Bravado"
Counterparts
  • Released: October 1993
  • Chart Position: #2 (US), #1 (Canada), #14 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,300,000 +
  • Singles: "Stick It Out", "Nobody's Hero", "Cold Fire", "Animate", "Double Agent"
Test for Echo
  • Released: September 1996
  • Chart Position: #5 (US), #1 (Canada), #25 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: 1,000,000 +
  • Singles: "Test for Echo", "Half the World", "Driven", "Virtuality", "Resist"
Vapor Trails
  • Released: May 2002
  • Chart Position: #6 (US), #3 (Canada). #38 (UK)
  • US Sales: 350,000
  • Worldwide sales: N/A
  • Note:
  • Singles: "Secret Touch", "One Little Victory", "Sweet Miracle"
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:#3 (US), #3 (Canada), #13 (UK)
  • US Sales: 250,000 (source:Billboard) [1]
  • Worldwide sales:
  • Note:
  • Singles: "Far Cry","Spindrift", "The Larger Bowl"

[edit] Live

Album information
All the World's a Stage
  • Released: September 1976
  • Chart Position: #40 (US), #7 (Canada),
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,700,000 +
  • Singles: "Fly by Night" (live)
Exit...Stage Left
  • Released: October 1981
  • Chart Position: #10 (US), #4 (Canada), #6 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,900,000 +
  • Singles: "Tom Sawyer" (live), "Closer to the Heart" (live)
A Show of Hands
  • Released: January 1989
  • Chart Position: #21 (US), #14 (Canada), #12 (UK)
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: N/A
  • Singles: "Mission" (live), "Marathon" (live)
Different Stages
Rush in Rio
  • Released: October 2003
  • Chart Position: #33 (US)
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: 1,600,000 +
  • Note:
  • Singles: "Resist" (live acoustic version)
R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour
  • Released: November 2005
  • Chart Position:
  • RIAA Certification:
  • Worldwide sales:
  • Note:
  • Singles:
Grace Under Pressure Tour
  • Released: June 2006
  • Chart Position:
  • RIAA Certification:
  • Worldwide sales:
  • Note:
  • Singles:
Snakes & Arrows Live
  • Release: April 15, 2008
  • Chart Position:
  • RIAA Certification:
  • Worldwide sales:
  • Note:
  • Singles: "Workin' Them Angels" (live)

[edit] Compilations

Album information
Archives
  • Released: April 1978
  • Chart Position: #121 (US)
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
  • Worldwide sales: 1,300,000 +
  • 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: 4,300,000 +
  • 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: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: N/A
  • 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 MNSTR UK Singles
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" - - - 2112
1977 "A Passage to Bangkok" - - - 2112
1977 "Fly by Night (Live)" - - - All The World's a Stage
1977 "Closer to the Heart" 76 - 36 A Farewell to Kings
1978 "Cinderella Man" - - - A Farewell to Kings
1978 "The Trees - - - Hemispheres
1979 "Circumstances" - - - Hemispheres
1980 "The Spirit of Radio" 51 - 13 Permanent Waves
1980 "Freewill" - - - Permanent Waves
1980 "Entre Nous" - - - Permanent Waves
1981 "Limelight" 55 4 - Moving Pictures
1981 "Tom Sawyer" 44 8 25 Moving Pictures
1981 "Vital Signs" - - - Moving Pictures
1982 "Tom Sawyer (Live)" - 42 - Exit...Stage Left
1982 "Closer to the Heart (Live)" 69 21 - Exit...Stage Left
1982 "New World Man" 21 1 - Signals
1982 "Subdivisions" - 8 - Signals
1983 "The Analog Kid" - 19 - Signals
1983 "The Weapon (Part II of "Fear")" - - - Signals
1983 "Countdown" - - 36 Signals
1984 "Distant Early Warning" - 3 - Grace Under Pressure
1984 "The Body Electric" - 23 - Grace Under Pressure
1984 "Red Sector A" - 21 - Grace Under Pressure
1984 "Afterimage" - - - Grace Under Pressure
1984 "The Big Money" 45 4 - 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 "Prime Mover" - - - 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 "Marathon (Live)" - 6 - A Show of Hands
1989 "Show Don't Tell" - 1 - Presto
1990 "The Pass" - 15 - Presto
1990 "Superconductor" - 37 - Presto
1991 "Dreamline" - 1 - Roll the Bones
1992 "Roll the Bones" - 9 - Roll the Bones
1992 "Face Up" - - - Roll the Bones
1992 "Heresy" - - - Roll the Bones
1992 "Bravado" - 13 - Roll the Bones
1992 "Ghost of a Chance" - 2 - Roll the Bones
1993 "Stick It Out" - 1 - Counterparts
1994 "Nobody's Hero" - 9 - Counterparts
1994 "Cold Fire" - 2 - Counterparts
1994 "Animate" - 35 - Counterparts
1994 "Double Agent" - - - Counterparts
1996 "Don't Care" - - - Alex Lifeson - Victor
1996 "I Am the Spirit" - - - Alex Lifeson - Victor
1996 "Promise" - - - Alex Lifeson - Victor
1996 "Test for Echo" - 1 - Test for Echo
1996 "Half the World" - 6 - Test for Echo
1997 "Driven" - 20 - Test for Echo
1997 "Virtuality" - - - Test for Echo
1997 "Resist" - - - Test for Echo
1998 "The Spirit of Radio (Live)" - 27 - Different Stages
1998 "Closer to the Heart (Live)" - - - Different Stages
2000 "My Favourite Headache" - - - Geddy Lee - My Favourite Headache
2000 "Grace to Grace" - 28 - Geddy Lee - My Favourite Headache
2002 "Secret Touch" - 25 - Vapor Trails
2002 "One Little Victory" - 10 - Vapor Trails
2002 "Sweet Miracle" - - - Vapor Trails
2003 "Resist (Live Acoustic Version)" - - - Rush in Rio
2004 "Summertime Blues" - 30 - Feedback
2007 "Far Cry" - 21 - Snakes & Arrows
2007 "Spindrift" - - - Snakes & Arrows
2007 "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" - 16 - Snakes & Arrows
2008 "Workin' Them Angels" - 30 - Snakes & Arrows Live

[edit] Music Videos

1975 "Anthem" (from Don Kirshner's Rock Concert) Fly By Night
1975 "Fly By Night" (from Don Kirshner's Rock Concert) Fly By Night
1975 "Best I Can" (from Don Kirshner's Rock Concert) Fly By Night
1977 "Closer to the Heart" A Farewell to Kings
1977 "A Farewell to Kings" A Farewell to Kings
1977 "Xanadu" A Farewell to Kings
1978 "The Trees" Hemispheres
1978 "La Villa Strangiato" Hemispheres
1981 "Limelight" Moving Pictures
1981 "Tom Sawyer" Moving Pictures
1981 "Vital Signs" Moving Pictures
1982 "Subdivisions" Signals
1983 "Countdown" Signals
1984 "Distant Early Warning" Grace Under Pressure
1984 "Afterimage" Grace Under Pressure
1984 "The Body Electric" Grace Under Pressure
1984 "The Enemy Within" Grace Under Pressure
1985 "The Big Money" Power Windows
1986 "Mystic Rhythms" Power Windows
1987 "Time Stand Still" Hold Your Fire
1988 "Lock and Key" Hold Your Fire
1989 "Show Don't Tell" Presto
1990 "The Pass" Presto
1990 "Superconductor" Presto
1992 "Roll the Bones" Roll the Bones
1993 "Stick It Out" Counterparts
1994 "Nobody's Hero" Counterparts
1996 "Half the World" Test for Echo
1997 "Driven" Test for Echo
2007 "Far Cry" Snakes & Arrows

[edit] Promos

Date of Release Title Label Type Format
January 1977 Everything Your Listeners Ever Wanted to Hear by Rush... But You Were Afraid to Play (not released officially) Compilation album/Studio album LP
Hemispheres Radio Show LP
Live in St. Louis Live album LP
Moving Pictures Special LP
The Rush Special LP
Signals Radio Special LP
Grace Under Pressure Interview LP
Hemispheres Banded Promo LP
In Store Play Special LP
1990 Rush - Profiled! Atlantic Interview CD
1991 Roll the Bones Radio Special Anthem Studio album / Interview CD
January 1992 The Story of Kings Baktabak Interview CD
October 1995 The Rush Interviews Volume 2 Baktabak Interview CD
2002 Profiled Anthem/Atlantic Interview CD

[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 (4)
December 2005 Neil Peart - Anatomy of A Drum Solo Hudson Music
June 2006 Rush Replay X3 Mercury 1

[edit] Bootlegs

Date of Release Title Label Type
1974 The Fifth Order of Angels ? Live Album
1975 The Age of Wonders ? Live Album
1981 Rush Through Time Polygram Compilation
1984 Anthology Polygram Compilation
1984 Experience to Extremes ? Live Album
1990 That's Entertainment! ? Live Album
1992 Rush'n'Roulette Silver Rarities Live album
1994 Critical Mass ? Live album

[edit] Solo albums

All chart positions are U.S. Billboard 200 unless otherwise stated.
Album information
Alex Lifeson - Victor
  • Released: January 1996
  • Chart Position: #99 (US)
  • RIAA Certification:
  • Worldwide sales:
  • Singles: "Don't Care", "Promise", "I Am the Spirit"
Geddy Lee - My Favourite Headache
  • Released: November 2000
  • Chart Position: #52 (US)
  • RIAA Certification:
  • Worldwide sales:
  • Singles: "My Favourite Headache," "Grace to Grace"
US Certification Criteria - Albums: G = 500,000 , P = 1 million, M=Multiplatinum. For example, M(2) = 2 million
Other formats have different criteria, see RIAA Certification Criteria

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rushisaband
  2. ^ Rush at Resist
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