Roll the Bones

For the song, see Roll the Bones (song).

Roll the Bones
Studio album by
Rush
ReleasedSeptember 3, 1991 (1991-09-03)
RecordedFebruary–May 1991
Studio
Genre
Length48:04
LabelAnthem
Producer
Rush chronology
Chronicles
(1990) 		Roll the Bones
(1991) 		Counterparts
(1993)
Singles from Roll the Bones
  1. "Dreamline"
    Released: September 1991
  2. "Roll the Bones"
    Released: February 1992[5]
  3. "Ghost of a Chance"
    Released: April 1992[6]

Roll the Bones is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released September 3, 1991, on Anthem Records.[7][8] The band began working on the album after a brief creative hiatus following the tour promoting their previous release, Presto (1989).

Roll the Bones was a return to commercial success for the band, reaching No. 3 in the United States, No. 10 in the UK, and No. 11 in Canada. The album won a Juno Award for Best Album Design at the 1992 Juno Awards. In August 2001, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling one million copies in the US. It was remastered in 2004[9] and again in 2013 as part of The Studio Albums 1989–2007 box set.[10] 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.[11]

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  7. ^ LeBlanc, Larry (August 31, 1991). "New Releases Offer Northern Exposure" (PDF). Billboard. p. 66 – via World Radio History.
  8. ^ Flick, Larry (September 7, 1991). "Guns N' Roses, Garth Brooks Pre-orders Boom As Biz Eyes Star-Studded September" (PDF). Billboard. p. 73 – via World Radio History.
  9. ^ "Rush remasters Vapor Trails, Presto, and other Atlantic studio releases – Blogcritics Music". Blogcritics.org. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
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  11. ^ "Abbey Road - Engineers - Sean Magee". Abbey Road Studios. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.