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Rush discography

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.

1 Albums
2 Singles
3 Music Videos
4 Promos
5 Videos
6 Bootlegs
7 Solo albums
8 External links
9 References

Albums

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

Studio

Album information^[1]
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: Singles: "Fly by Night", "Making Memories"
Caress of Steel Released: September 1975 Chart Position: #113 (US) RIAA Certification: Gold Worldwide sales: Singles: "The Necromancer: Return of the Prince", "Lakeside Park"
2112 Released: April 1976 Chart Position: #61 (US), #1 (Canada) RIAA Certification: 3x Multi-Platinum Worldwide sales: Singles: "The Twilight Zone", "2112: Overture/The Temples of Syrinx", "A Passage to Bangkok"
A Farewell to Kings Released: September 1977 Chart Position: #33 (US), #2 (Canada), #22 (UK) RIAA Certification: Platinum Worldwide sales: Singles: "Closer to the Heart", "Cinderella Man"
Hemispheres Released: October 1978 Chart Position: #47 (US), #4 (Canada), #14 (UK) RIAA Certification: Platinum Worldwide sales: Singles: "The Trees", "Circumstances"
Permanent Waves Released: January 1980 Chart Position: #4 (US), #1 (Canada), #3 (UK) RIAA Certification: Platinum Worldwide sales: Singles: "The Spirit of Radio", "Freewill", "Entre Nous"
Moving Pictures Released: January 1981 Chart Position: #3 (US), #1 (Canada), #3 (UK) RIAA Certification: 4x Multi-Platinum Worldwide sales: Singles: "Tom Sawyer", "Limelight", "Vital Signs"
Signals Released: September 1982 Chart Position: #10 (US), #3 (Canada), #3 (UK) RIAA Certification: Platinum Worldwide sales: Singles: "New World Man", "Subdivisions", "The Analog Kid", "The Weapon (Part II of "Fear")", "Countdown"
Grace Under Pressure Released: April 1984 Chart Position: #10 (US), #1 (Canada), #5 (UK) RIAA Certification: Platinum Worldwide sales: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Gold Worldwide sales: 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: Singles: "Test for Echo", "Half the World", "Driven", "Virtuality", "Resist"
Vapor Trails Released: May 2002 Chart Position: #6 (US), #3 (Canada). #38 (UK) RIAA Certification: Worldwide sales: Note: Singles: "Secret Touch", "One Little Victory", "Sweet Miracle"
*Feedback* Released: June 2004 Chart Position: #19 (US), #5 (Canada) RIAA Certification: Worldwide sales: Singles: "Summertime Blues"
Snakes & Arrows Released: May 2007 Chart Position:#3 (US), #3 (Canada), #13 (UK) RIAA Certification: Worldwide sales: Note: Singles: "Far Cry","Spindrift", "The Larger Bowl"

Live

Album information^[1]
All the World's a Stage Released: September 1976 Chart Position: #40 (US), #7 (Canada), RIAA Certification: Worldwide sales: Singles: "Fly by Night" (live)
Exit...Stage Left Released: October 1981 Chart Position: #10 (US), #4 (Canada), #6 (UK) RIAA Certification: Platinum Worldwide sales: 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: Singles: "Mission" (live), "Marathon" (live)
Different Stages Released: November 1998 Chart Position: #35 (US), #17 (Canada) RIAA Certification: Gold Worldwide sales: Singles: "The Spirit of Radio" (live), "Closer to the Heart" (live)
Rush in Rio Released: October 2003 Chart Position: #33 (US) RIAA Certification: Gold Worldwide sales: 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)

Compilations

Album information^[1]
Archives Released: April 1978 Chart Position: #121 (US) RIAA Certification: Platinum Worldwide sales: 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 Multi-Platinum Worldwide sales: Note: Greatest Hits compilation
Retrospective I Released: May 1997 Chart Position: Did Not Chart RIAA Certification: Worldwide sales: Note: Greatest Hits compilation
Retrospective II Released: June 1997 Chart Position: Did Not Chart RIAA Certification: Worldwide sales: 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: Note: Greatest Hits compilation
Gold Released: April 2006 Chart Position: Did Not Chart RIAA Certification: Worldwide sales: Note: Greatest Hits compilation

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions			Album
Year	Song	US Hot 100	US MNSTR	UK Singles	Album
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	-	Moving Pictures
1981	"Vital Signs"	-	-	41	Moving Pictures
1982	"Tom Sawyer (Live)"	-	42	25	Exit...Stage Left
1982	"Closer to the Heart (Live)"	69	21	-	Exit...Stage Left
1982	"New World Man"	21	1	42	Signals
1982	"Subdivisions"	-	8	53	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	56	Grace Under Pressure
1984	"Red Sector A"	-	21	-	Grace Under Pressure
1984	"Afterimage"	-	-	-	Grace Under Pressure
1985	"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	41	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	49	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

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	"Circumstances"	Hemispheres
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

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
1981	Rush Through Time (Polygram promo album, unauthorized by the band)		Promo compilation, previously released studio songs.	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

Videos

Date of Release	Title	Label	U.S. Chart Position	RIAA Certification^[2]
1981	Exit...Stage Left	Polygram		Gold
1984	Grace Under Pressure Tour	Polygram
1985	Through the Camera Eye	Polygram
1989	A Show of Hands	Polygram		Platinum
1990	Chronicles	Polygram		Platinum
October 1997	Neil Peart - A Work In Progress	Warner Bros.
October 2003	Rush in Rio	Rounder		5x Multi-Platinum
November 2005	R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour	Rounder		4x Multi-Platinum
December 2005	Neil Peart - Anatomy of A Drum Solo	Hudson Music
June 2006	Rush Replay X3	Mercury	1

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

Solo albums