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.
Rush discography | |
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Studio albums | 19 |
EPs | 2 |
Live albums | 11 |
Compilation albums | 11 |
Singles | 38 |
Video albums | 13 |
Music videos | 34 |
Box sets | 12 |
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 sold.[2]. Claims of a higher total of sales lack credible confirmation.
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
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||||
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CAN [9] |
FIN [10][11] |
GER [12] |
IRE [13] |
NLD [14] |
NOR [15] |
POL [16] |
SWE [17] |
UK [18][19] |
US [20] | ||||||
Rush | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 105 | |||||
Fly by Night |
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9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 113 | ||||
Caress of Steel |
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60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 148 | ||||
2112 |
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5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | 61 | ||||
A Farewell to Kings |
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11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | 22 | 33 | ||||
Hemispheres |
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14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 47 | ||||
Permanent Waves |
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3 | — | — | — | 38 | 21 | — | 26 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Moving Pictures |
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1 | — | 22 | — | 19 | 34 | — | 32 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Signals |
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1 | — | 88 | — | 31 | 33 | — | 19 | 3 | 10 | ||||
Grace Under Pressure |
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4 | 14 | 43 | — | 27 | — | — | 18 | 5 | 10 | ||||
Power Windows |
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2 | 17 | — | — | 44 | — | — | 26 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Hold Your Fire |
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9 | 9 | 34 | — | 40 | — | — | 21 | 10 | 13 | ||||
Presto |
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7 | 22 | 60 | — | 70 | — | — | — | 27 | 16 | ||||
Roll the Bones |
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11 | 9 | 35 | — | 38 | — | — | 31 | 10 | 3 | ||||
Counterparts |
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6 | 18 | 88 | — | 56 | — | — | 45 | 14 | 2 | ||||
Test for Echo |
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3 | 9 | 45 | — | 53 | — | — | 26 | 25 | 5 | ||||
Vapor Trails |
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3 | 11 | 20 | — | 47 | — | — | 18 | 38 | 6 |
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Snakes & Arrows |
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3 | 4 | 29 | 80 | 16 | 13 | 41 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
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Clockwork Angels |
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1 | 4 | 11 | 71 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 2 |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Live albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||||
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CAN [33][34] |
FIN [10][11] |
GER [35] |
IRE [13] |
NLD [36] |
NOR [15] |
SWE [17] |
UK [18][19] |
US [20] | |||||||
All the World's a Stage |
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6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | |||||
Exit...Stage Left |
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7 | — | — | — | 19 | 28 | — | 6 | 10 | |||||
A Show of Hands |
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33 | 9 | 35 | — | 38 | — | 28 | 12 | 21 | |||||
Different Stages |
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12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 121 | 35 | |||||
Rush in Rio |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 139 | 33 | |||||
R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Snakes & Arrows Live |
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8 | — | 63 | — | 36 | — | 42 | 70 | 18 | |||||
Grace Under Pressure Tour |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland |
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59 | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | 70 | 54 | |||||
Clockwork Angels Tour |
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75 | — | 82 | — | 87 | — | — | 65 | 33 | |||||
R40 Live |
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30 | — | 49 | — | 54 | — | — | 47 | 24 | |||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Compilation albums
Title | Album details [39] |
Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CAN [33][40] |
UK [18][19][41] |
US [20] | ||||||||
Rush Through Time |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Chronicles |
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38 | 42 | 51 | ||||||
Retrospective I |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Retrospective II |
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— | — | — | ||||||
The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 |
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17 | 167 | 45 | ||||||
Gold |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Retrospective III: 1989–2008 |
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— | 160 | 47 | ||||||
Working Men |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Time Stand Still: The Collection |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Icon |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Icon 2 |
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— | — | — | ||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Videos
Video albums
Year | Title | Chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [43] |
SWE [44] |
FIN [45] |
SWI [46] |
NLD [47] |
UK [48] | |||||
1982 | Exit...Stage Left | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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1985 | Through the Camera Eye
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16 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1986 | Grace Under Pressure Tour
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9 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1989 | A Show of Hands
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2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1990 | Chronicles
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13 | — | 2 | — | — | 23 | |||
2003 | Rush in Rio
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1 | 8 | 5 | — | 19 | 3 | |||
2005 | R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour
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2 | 3 | 3 | — | 24 | 2 | |||
2006 | Rush Replay X3
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1 | 8 | 3 | — | 10 | 2 |
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2008 | Snakes & Arrows Live
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1 | 5 | 3 | — | 3 | 5 | |||
2011 | Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland
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1 | 1 | 3 | — | 10 | 2 |
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2013 | Clockwork Angels Tour
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1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | |||
2014 | R40 (6 Blu-Ray / 10 DVD Box Set)[53]
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2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2015 | R40 Live
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2 | 5 | 2 | — | 4 | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
* RIAA: Gold[49]
Music videos
Year | Title | Album |
---|---|---|
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
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CAN [33][54] |
UK [55][19] |
US [20] | ||||||||
Feedback |
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5 | 68 | 19 | ||||||
Cygnus X-1 (limited-edition EP) |
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— | — | — | ||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Retail singles
Year | Song | Chart positions | Album | |||||||
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CAN [56][57] |
US [58][59] |
US Main [60] |
UK [61] | |||||||
1973 | "Not Fade Away" b/w "You Can't Fight It" |
88 | Non-album single | |||||||
1974 | "Finding My Way" b/w "Need Some Love" |
— | — | Rush | ||||||
"In the Mood" b/w "What You're Doing" |
31 | — | ||||||||
1975 | "Fly by Night" b/w "Anthem" [A] |
45 | — | Fly by Night | ||||||
"Return of the Prince" b/w "I Think I'm Going Bald" |
— | Caress of Steel | ||||||||
"Lakeside Park" b/w "Bastille Day" |
— | — | ||||||||
1976 | "The Twilight Zone" b/w "Lessons" |
— | — | 2112 | ||||||
"Fly by Night / In the Mood" (live medley) b/w "Something for Nothing" (live) |
— | 88 | All the World's a Stage | |||||||
1977 | "Making Memories" - "The Temples of Syrinx" [B] |
— | — | Fly by Night | ||||||
"Closer to the Heart" b/w "Madrigal" [C] |
44 | 76 | 36 | A Farewell to Kings | ||||||
1978 | "Cinderella Man" b/w "A Farewell to Kings" |
— | ||||||||
"Circumstances" - "The Trees" [D] |
— | — | Hemispheres | |||||||
1980 | "The Spirit of Radio" b/w "Circumstances" [E] |
22 | 51 | 13 | Permanent Waves | |||||
"Entre Nous" b/w "Different Strings" |
94 | 110 | ||||||||
1981 | "Limelight" b/w "YYZ" |
18 | 55 | 4 | Moving Pictures | |||||
"Vital Signs" b/w "A Passage to Bangkok" [F] |
— | 41 | ||||||||
"Tom Sawyer" b/w "Witch Hunt" |
24 | 44 | 8 | |||||||
"Tom Sawyer" (live) b/w "A Passage to Bangkok" (live) |
42 | 25 | Exit...Stage Left | |||||||
"Closer to the Heart" (live) b/w "Freewill" (live) [G] |
— | 69 | 21 | 76 | ||||||
1982 | "New World Man" b/w "Vital Signs" (live) |
1 | 21 | 1 | 42 | Signals | ||||
"Subdivisions" b/w "Countdown" [H] |
36 | 105 | 5 | 53 | ||||||
1983 | "Countdown" - "New World Man" [I] |
— | 36 | |||||||
1984 | "Distant Early Warning" b/w "Between the Wheels" |
— | 3 | Grace Under Pressure | ||||||
"The Body Electric" b/w "Between the Wheels" [J] |
86 — |
105 — |
23 39 |
56 — | ||||||
"Red Sector A" b/w "Red Lenses" |
— | 21 | ||||||||
"Afterimage" [K] b/w "The Body Electric" |
— | |||||||||
1985 | "The Big Money" b/w "Red Sector A" (live) [L] |
52 | 45 | 4 | 46 | Power Windows | ||||
1986 | "Mystic Rhythms" b/w "Emotion Detector" |
— | — | 21 | ||||||
1987 | "Time Stand Still" b/w "High Water" [M] |
52 | — | 3 | 42 | Hold Your Fire | ||||
1988 | "Prime Mover" b/w "Tai Shan" |
— | 43 | |||||||
1989 | "Closer to the Heart" (live) b/w "Witch Hunt" (live) |
— | — | A Show of Hands | ||||||
"Show Don't Tell" b/w "Red Tide" |
— | 1 | Presto | |||||||
1990 | "The Pass" b/w "Presto" |
— | 15 | |||||||
1992 | "Roll the Bones" b/w "Show Don't Tell" |
25 | 9 | 49 | Roll the Bones | |||||
"Ghost of a Chance" b/w "Dreamline" |
— | 2 | — | |||||||
1994 | "Nobody's Hero" b/w "Stick It Out" |
— | 9 | Counterparts | ||||||
2010 | "Caravan" b/w "BU2B" |
44 50 |
102 119 |
38 — |
184 — |
Clockwork Angels | ||||
2013 | "The Garden" b/w "The Garden" (live) [N] |
— | — | — | ||||||
"—" denotes singles that did not chart; "blank" denotes singles that were not released in that country. |
Notes:
Sources: Discogs[62][better source needed]
Promotional singles and other charted songs
Year | Song | Chart positions | Album |
---|---|---|---|
US Main [60] | |||
1981 | "A Passage to Bangkok" (live) b/w "Freewill" (live) |
Exit...Stage Left | |
1982 | "The Analog Kid" (airplay) | 19 | Signals |
1983 | "The Weapon" b/w "Digital Man" |
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1985 | "Territories" (airplay) | 30 | Power Windows |
"Manhattan Project" (airplay) | 10 | ||
1986 | "Marathon" | ||
1987 | "Force Ten" | 3 | Hold Your Fire |
"Lock and Key" | 16 | ||
1988 | "Marathon" (live) | 6 | A Show of Hands |
1989 | "Mission" (live) | 33 | |
1990 | "Presto" [airplay] | 14 | Presto |
"Superconductor" | 37 | ||
1991 | "Dreamline" | 1 | Roll the Bones |
"Where's My Thing?" | |||
1992 | "Bravado" | 13 | |
1993 | "Stick It Out" | 1 | Counterparts |
"Cold Fire" [airplay] | 2 | ||
"Double Agent" | |||
1994 | "Animate" [airplay] | 35 | |
1996 | "Test for Echo" | 1 | Test for Echo |
"Half the World" | 6 | ||
1997 | "Driven" | 20 | |
"Virtuality" | |||
1998 | "The Spirit of Radio" (live) b/w "2112" (live) |
27 | Different Stages |
"Closer to the Heart" (live) | |||
2002 | "One Little Victory" b/w "Earthshine" |
10 | Vapor Trails |
"Secret Touch" | 25 | ||
"Sweet Miracle" | |||
2003 | "Resist" (live) | Rush In Rio | |
2004 | "Summertime Blues" | 30 | Feedback |
2007 | "Far Cry" | 22 | Snakes & Arrows |
"Spindrift" | |||
"Workin' Them Angels" | |||
"The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" | |||
2012 | "Headlong Flight" | 23 | Clockwork Angels |
"The Wreckers" | 38 | ||
"The Anarchist" | |||
2015 | "Roll the Bones" (live) | R40 Live |
Box sets
Title | Album details [39] |
Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) [64] | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CAN [33] |
UK | US [20] | ||||||||
Archives |
|
— | — | 121 |
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Sector 1 |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Sector 2 |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Sector 3 |
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— | — | — | ||||||
The Studio Albums 1989–2007 |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Rush: ReDISCovered |
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— | — | — | ||||||
2112: 40th Anniversary |
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89 | — | — | ||||||
A Farewell to Kings: 40th Anniversary |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Hemispheres: 40th Anniversary |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Permanent Waves: 40th Anniversary |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Moving Pictures: 40th Anniversary |
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— | — | — | ||||||
Signals: 40th Anniversary |
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— | — | — | ||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
See also
References
External links
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