Rush discography explained

Artist:Rush
Studio:19
Live:11
Singles:38
Video:13
Music Videos:34
Ep:2
Compilation:11
1Option Name:Box sets
1Option:12

Rush was a Canadian progressive rock band originally formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. For the overwhelming majority of its existence, the band consisted of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. The band achieved this definitive form when Neil Peart replaced original drummer, John Rutsey, in July 1974.

The band released its eponymous debut album in March 1974. Since then, they have achieved 24 gold records and 14 platinum (3 multi-platinum) records. According to the RIAA, Rush's sales statistics also place them third behind the Beatles and the Rolling Stones for the most consecutive gold or platinum albums by a rock band.[1] As of 2022, Rush ranks 84th in US album sales with 26 million units and industry sources estimate their total worldwide album sales at over 40 million.[2]

One of Rush's more recent releases is the Signals: 40th Anniversary box set, released on April 28, 2023.[3] The Signals box set was preceded by similar 40th Anniversary releases of 2112 on December 16, 2016,[4] A Farewell to Kings on December 1, 2017,[5] Hemispheres on November 16, 2018,[6] Permanent Waves on May 29, 2020,[7] and Moving Pictures on April 15, 2022.[8]

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
CAN
[9]
FIN
[10] [11]
GER
[12]
IRE
[13]
NLD
[14]
NOR
[15]
POL
[16]
SWE
[17]
UK
[18] [19]
US
[20]
Rush 86105
Fly by Night
  • Released: February 14, 1975
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track
9113
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Platinum
Caress of Steel
  • Released: September 24, 1975
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track
60148
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
2112
  • Released: March 1976
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track
53361
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold[23]
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
A Farewell to Kings
  • Released: August 29, 1977
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track
11412233
  • MC: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold[24]
  • RIAA: Platinum
Hemispheres
  • Released: October 24, 1978
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track
141447
  • MC: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver[25]
  • RIAA: Platinum
Permanent Waves
  • Released: January 14, 1980
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track
338212634
  • MC: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold[26]
  • RIAA: Platinum
Moving Pictures
  • Released: February 12, 1981
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track
12219343233
  • MC: 4× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold[27]
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum
Signals
  • Released: September 9, 1982
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track
188313319310
  • MC: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver[28]
  • RIAA: Platinum
Grace Under Pressure
  • Released: April 12, 1984
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track (record club release)
414432718510
  • MC: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver[29]
  • RIAA: Platinum
Power Windows
  • Released: October 11, 1985
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track (record club release)
2174426910
  • MC: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver[30]
  • RIAA: Platinum
Hold Your Fire
  • Released: September 8, 1987
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
993440211013
  • MC: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver[31]
  • RIAA: Gold
Presto
  • Released: November 17, 1989
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
72260702716
  • MC: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver[32]
  • RIAA: Gold
Roll the Bones
  • Released: September 3, 1991
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
119353831103
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Platinum
Counterparts
  • Released: October 19, 1993
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
618885645142
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
Test for Echo
  • Released: September 10, 1996
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
39455326255
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
Vapor Trails
  • Released: May 14, 2002
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
311204718386
  • MC: Gold
Snakes & Arrows
  • Released: May 1, 2007
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, LP
3429801613416133
  • MC: Gold
Clockwork Angels
  • Released: June 12, 2012
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, LP
14117111498212
  • MC: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[33] [34]
FIN
GER
[35]
IRE
NLD
[36]
NOR
SWE
UK
US
All the World's a Stage
  • Released: September 29, 1976
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track
640
  • MC: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver[37]
  • RIAA: Platinum
Exit...Stage Left
  • Released: October 29, 1981
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track
71928610
  • MC: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver[38]
  • RIAA: Platinum
A Show of Hands
  • Released: January 9, 1989
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
3393538281221
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
Different Stages
  • Released: November 10, 1998
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, CS
1212135
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
Rush in Rio
  • Released: October 21, 2003
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, LP
13933
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
  • Released: November 22, 2005
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD
Snakes & Arrows Live
  • Released: April 15, 2008
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD
86336427018
Grace Under Pressure Tour
  • Released: August 11, 2009
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD
  • Released: November 8, 2011
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, LP
59587054
Clockwork Angels Tour
  • Released: November 19, 2013
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, LP
7582876533
R40 Live
  • Released: November 20, 2015
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD
3049544724
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
[39]
Peak chart positionsCertifications
CAN
[40]
UK
[41]
US
Rush Through Time
  • Released: May 1979
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: LP
Chronicles
  • Released: September 4, 1990
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
38 42 51
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
Retrospective I
  • Released: May 6, 1997
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, CS
Retrospective II
  • Released: June 3, 1997
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, CS
  • Released: February 11, 2003
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD
17 16745
  • BPI: Gold[42]
  • RIAA: Gold
Gold
  • Released: April 25, 2006
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD
  • Released: March 3, 2009
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD
16047
Working Men
  • Released: November 17, 2009
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD
Time Stand Still: The Collection
  • Released: March 30, 2010
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
Icon
  • Released: August 31, 2010
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD, LP
Icon 2
  • Released: July 29, 2011
  • Label: Island
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Videos

Video albums

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[48] |-|1982|! style="text-align:left;"| Exit...Stage Left

| — || — || — || — || — || —|

|-|1985|! style="text-align:left;"| Through the Camera Eye

| 16 || — || — || — || —|| —||-|1986|! style="text-align:left;"| Grace Under Pressure Tour

| 9 || — || — || — || —|| —||-|1989|! style="text-align:left;"| A Show of Hands

| 2 || — || — || — || —|| —|

|-| 1990|! style="text-align:left;"| Chronicles

| 13 || — || 2 || — || —|| 23|

|-| 2003|! style="text-align:left;"| Rush in Rio

| 1 || 8 || 5
|| — || 19 || 3|

|-| 2005|! style="text-align:left;"| R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour

| 2 || 3 || 3
|| — || 24 || 2|

|-| 2006|! style="text-align:left;"| Rush Replay X3

| 1 || 8 || 3
|| — || 10 || 2|

|-| 2008|! style="text-align:left;"| Snakes & Arrows Live

| 1 || 5 || 3
|| — || 3 || 5|

|-| 2011|! style="text-align:left;"|

| 1 || 1 || 3
|| — || 10 || 2|

|-| 2013|! style="text-align:left;"| Clockwork Angels Tour

| 1 || 3 || 2
|| 8 || 8 || 2|

|-| 2014|! style="text-align:left;"| R40 (6 Blu-Ray / 10 DVD Box Set)[53]

| 2 || — || — || — || — || —||-| 2015|! style="text-align:left;"| R40 Live

| 2 || 5 || 2
|| — || 4 || —||-| colspan="11" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart.|}* RIAA: Gold

Music videos

YearTitleAlbum
1975"Fly by Night"Fly by Night
"Anthem"
1977"Closer to the Heart"A Farewell to Kings
"A Farewell to Kings"
"Xanadu"
1978"Circumstances"Hemispheres
"The Trees"
"La Villa Strangiato"
1981"Limelight"Moving Pictures
"Tom Sawyer"
"Vital Signs"
1982"Subdivisions"Signals
1983"Countdown"
1984"Distant Early Warning"Grace Under Pressure
"Afterimage"
"The Body Electric"
"The Enemy Within"
1985"The Big Money"Power Windows
1986"Mystic Rhythms"
1987"Time Stand Still" (with Aimee Mann)Hold Your Fire
1988"Lock and Key"
1989"Show Don't Tell"Presto
1990"The Pass"
"Superconductor"
1992"Roll the Bones"Roll the Bones
1993"Stick It Out"Counterparts
1994"Nobody's Hero"
1996"Half the World"Test for Echo
1997 "Driven"
2007"Far Cry"Snakes & Arrows
"Malignant Narcissism"
2012"Headlong Flight" (Lyric Video)Clockwork Angels
"The Wreckers" (Lyric Video)
2020"The Spirit of Radio"Permanent Waves
2022"YYZ"Moving Pictures

Extended plays and singles

EP

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
CAN
[54]
UK
[55] [56]
US
Feedback
  • Released: June 29, 2004
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, LP
56819
Cygnus X-1
(limited-edition EP)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Retail singles

YearSongChart positionsAlbum
CAN
[57] [58]
US
[59] [60]
US Main
[61]
UK
[62]
1973"Not Fade Away"
88Non-album single
1974"Finding My Way"
Rush
"In the Mood"
31
1975"Fly by Night"
45Fly by Night
"Return of the Prince"
Caress of Steel
"Lakeside Park"
1976"The Twilight Zone"
2112
"Fly by Night / In the Mood"
88All the World's a Stage
1977"Making Memories"
- "The Temples of Syrinx"
Fly by Night
"Closer to the Heart"
447636A Farewell to Kings
1978"Cinderella Man"
"Circumstances"
- "The Trees"
Hemispheres
1980"The Spirit of Radio"
225113Permanent Waves
"Entre Nous"
94110
1981"Limelight"
18554Moving Pictures
"Vital Signs"
41
"Tom Sawyer"
24448
"Tom Sawyer"
4225Exit...Stage Left
"Closer to the Heart"
692176
1982"New World Man"
121142Signals
"Subdivisions"
36105553
1983"Countdown"
- "New World Man"
36
1984"Distant Early Warning"
3Grace Under Pressure
"The Body Electric"
86
105
23
39
56
"Red Sector A"
21
"Afterimage"
1985"The Big Money"
5245446Power Windows
1986"Mystic Rhythms"
21
1987"Time Stand Still"
52342Hold Your Fire
1988"Prime Mover"
43
1989"Closer to the Heart"
A Show of Hands
"Show Don't Tell"
1Presto
1990"The Pass"
15
1992"Roll the Bones"
25949Roll the Bones
"Ghost of a Chance"
2
1994"Nobody's Hero"
9Counterparts
2010"Caravan"
44
50
102
119
38
184
Clockwork Angels
2013"The Garden"
"—" denotes singles that did not chart; "blank" denotes singles that were not released in that country.
Notes:

Sources: Discogs[63]

Promotional singles and other charted songs

[64] [63]

YearSongChart positionsAlbum
US Main
1981"A Passage to Bangkok"
Exit...Stage Left
1982"The Analog Kid" 19Signals
1983"The Weapon"
1985"Territories" 30Power Windows
"Manhattan Project" 10
1986"Marathon"
1987"Force Ten"3Hold Your Fire
"Lock and Key"16
1988"Marathon" 6A Show of Hands
1989"Mission" 33
1990"Presto" 14Presto
"Superconductor"37
1991"Dreamline"1Roll the Bones
"Where's My Thing?"
1992"Bravado"13
1993"Stick It Out"1Counterparts
"Cold Fire" 2
"Double Agent"
1994"Animate" 35
1996"Test for Echo"1Test for Echo
"Half the World"6
1997"Driven"20
"Virtuality"
1998"The Spirit of Radio"
27Different Stages
"Closer to the Heart"
2002"One Little Victory"
10Vapor Trails
"Secret Touch"25
"Sweet Miracle"
2003"Resist" Rush In Rio
2004"Summertime Blues"30Feedback
2007"Far Cry"22Snakes & Arrows
"Spindrift"
"Workin' Them Angels"
"The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)"
2012"Headlong Flight"23Clockwork Angels
"The Wreckers"38
"The Anarchist"
2015"Roll the Bones" R40 Live

Box sets

TitleAlbum details
Peak chart positionsCertifications

[65]
CAN
UKUS
Archives
  • Released: March 16, 1978[66]
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CS, LP, 8-track
121
  • RIAA: Platinum
Sector 1
  • Released: November 21, 2011
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, DVD
Sector 2
  • Released: November 21, 2011
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, DVD
Sector 3
  • Released: November 21, 2011
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, DVD
The Studio Albums 1989–2007
  • Released: September 30, 2013
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD
Rush: ReDISCovered
  • Released: April 29, 2014
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: LP
2112: 40th Anniversary
  • Released: December 16, 2016
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, DVD, LP
89
A Farewell to Kings: 40th Anniversary
  • Released: December 1, 2017
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, BD, LP
Hemispheres: 40th Anniversary
  • Released: November 16, 2018
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, BD, LP
Permanent Waves: 40th Anniversary
  • Released: May 29, 2020
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, LP
Moving Pictures: 40th Anniversary
  • Released: April 15, 2022
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, BD, LP
Signals: 40th Anniversary
  • Released: April 28, 2023
  • Label: Anthem
  • Format: CD, BD, LP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Titus . Christa . Steady as they go: how Rush stays at the top of its game . Billboard . November 6, 2010 . 122 . 39 . 46 . 0006-2510.
  2. Web site: RIAA – Top Selling Artists . March 21, 2022 . . December 9, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131209120422/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists . live.
  3. News: Signals 40th Anniversary Release . March 3, 2023 . Rush.com. March 7, 2023.
  4. News: 2112 40th . November 4, 2016 . Rush.com. November 4, 2016.
  5. News: A Farewell to Kings 40th Anniversary Release . October 19, 2017 . Rush.com. October 19, 2017.
  6. News: Hemispheres 40th Anniversary . October 5, 2018 . Rush.com. October 5, 2018.
  7. News: Permanent Waves 40th Anniversary . March 26, 2020 . Rush.com. March 26, 2020.
  8. News: Moving Pictures 40th Anniversary Release . February 11, 2022 . Rush.com. February 11, 2022.
  9. Peak positions for Rush's Studio albums on Canadian Albums Chart:
  10. Web site: fi . Rush discography . Finnish charts . June 27, 2012.
  11. Book: Pennanen, Timo . 2006 . Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . 1st . Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava . Helsinki . 978-951-1-21053-5.
  12. Peak positions for Rush's Studio albums on German Albums Chart:
  13. Web site: Irish Album Chart . irish-charts.com . April 28, 2011.
  14. Web site: nl . Rush discography . Dutch charts . April 28, 2011.
  15. Web site: Rush discography . Norwegian charts . November 8, 2008.
  16. Web site: Rush discography . Polish Album charts . November 8, 2008.
  17. Web site: Rush discography . Swedish charts . April 28, 2011.
  18. Web site: UK Albums chart . Official Charts . August 5, 2018.
  19. Web site: Chart Log UK 1994–2008: The Rabble Army – RZA (scroll down to Rush – alphabetical order) . zobbel.de . April 30, 2011.
  20. Chart History. Billboard. January 22, 2020.
  21. Web site: Gold/Platinum: Rush. Music Canada. December 17, 2020.
  22. Web site: Gold & Platinum: Rush. Recording Industry Association of America. December 17, 2020.
  23. Web site: Rush: 2112 - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  24. Web site: Rush: A Farewell to Kings - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  25. Web site: Rush: Hemispheres - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  26. Web site: Rush: Permanent Waves - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  27. Web site: Rush: Moving Pictures - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  28. Web site: Rush: Signals - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  29. Web site: Rush: Grace Under Pressure - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  30. Web site: Rush: Power Windows - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  31. Web site: Rush: Hold Your Fire - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  32. Web site: Rush: Presto - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  33. Chart History. Billboard. December 7, 2018.
  34. Peak positions for Rush's Live albums on Canadian Albums Chart:
  35. Peak positions for Rush's Live albums on German Albums Chart:
  36. Web site: de . Rush discography . Austrian charts . November 8, 2008.
  37. Web site: Rush: The Spirit Of Radio - Greatest Hits - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  38. Web site: Rush: All The World's A Stage - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  39. Web site: RIAA Gold and Platinum Advanced Search for albums by Rush . Riaa.com . October 25, 2022.
  40. Peak positions for Rush's Compilation albums on Canadian Albums Chart:
  41. Web site: Chart Log UK 2009 – Special Single-File Version – Chart Coverage and Record Sales 2009 (scroll down to Rush – alphabetical order) . zobbel.de . April 30, 2011.
  42. Web site: Rush: Exit Stage Left - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  43. Peak positions for Rush's Video Albums on United States DVD Albums Chart:
  44. Peak positions for Rush's Video Albums on Swedish DVD Albums Chart:
  45. Peak positions for Rush's Video Albums on Finish DVD Albums Chart:
  46. Web site: SCHWEIZER HITPARADE – MUSIK-DVD TOP 10. www.hitparade.ch. February 2, 2014. de.
  47. Peak positions for Rush's singles on Dutch Singles Chart:
  48. Peak positions for Rush's Video albums on UK Official Music Video Chart:
  49. Web site: RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for videos by Rush. RIAA. March 2, 2011.
  50. Web site: Gold/Platinum. MusicCanada. February 7, 2017.
  51. Web site: Rush: Rush in Rio - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  52. Web site: Rush: R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour - Award Tracker . . October 14, 2023.
  53. Web site: R40 – 40TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTORS BOXSET TO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 11. rush.com. April 19, 2018.
  54. Peak positions for Rush's Compilation albums on Canadian Albums Chart:
  55. Web site: Official Charts Company . . November 8, 2008.
  56. Web site: Chart Log UK 1994–2008: The Rabble Army – RZA (scroll down to Rush – alphabetical order) . zobbel.de . April 30, 2011.
  57. Peak positions for Rush's singles on Canadian Singles Chart:
  58. Chart History. Billboard. December 7, 2018.
  59. Chart History. Billboard. December 7, 2018.
  60. Book: Lee . Geddy . Geddy Lee . My Effin' Life . 1st . HarperCollins . 2023 . 198 . 978-0-06-315941-9.
  61. Chart History. Billboard. December 7, 2018.
  62. Web site: Rush – Singles. Official Charts Company. January 22, 2020.
  63. Web site: Rush singles. Discogs.
  64. Web site: Billboard charts.
  65. Certifications for Rush's Box Sets:
  66. Web site: RIAA - Gold & Platinum (More Details). .