Counterparts (Rush album)

Counterparts
Studio album by
Rush
ReleasedOctober 19, 1993 (1993-10-19)
RecordedApril–June 1993
StudioLe Studio
(Morin-Heights, Quebec)
McClear Pathé
(Toronto, Ontario)
Genre
Length54:24
LabelAnthem
Producer
Rush chronology
Roll the Bones
(1991) 		Counterparts
(1993) 		Test for Echo
(1996)
Singles from Counterparts
  1. "Stick It Out"
    Released: October 1993
  2. "Nobody's Hero"
    Released: April 1994

Counterparts is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released October 19, 1993, on Anthem Records.[2][3] After the band finished touring its previous album Roll the Bones (1991) in mid-1992, the members took a break before starting work on a follow-up.

Counterparts reached No. 2 in the United States, one of the band's two highest-charting albums in the country, and No. 6 in Canada.[4] The first single, "Stick It Out", was No. 1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for four weeks. In 1994, the instrumental "Leave That Thing Alone" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Counterparts was remastered in 2004[5] and reissued in 2013 as part of The Studio Albums 1989–2007 box set. In 2015 it was reissued after being remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios following a direct approach by Rush to remaster their entire back catalogue.[6]

  1. ^ Sunday Soundtrack: Nick Leonardi, RUSH – Counterparts, prog-sphere.com, 7 May 2017
  2. ^ LeBlanc, Larry (1993-10-30). "Rushing Back To The Limelight" (PDF). Billboard: 10 – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ Howell, Peter (October 19, 1993). "Gold Is The Color Of Rush's Metal". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 5, 2023 – via World Radio History.
  4. ^ "Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts". Billboard. 16 October 1993. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Rush Remastered: Four Classic Collections Arrive in Stores Aug. 31st | Market Wire". Marketwire. August 2004. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Abbey Road - Engineers - Sean Magee". Archived from the original on 2020-12-14. Retrieved 2020-12-14.