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Albums[]

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

Studio albums[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN
UK
US
1974 Rush
  • Released: March 1, 1974
  • Label: Mercury
86 105

CAN: Gold
US: Gold

1975 Fly by Night
  • Released: February 15, 1975
  • Label: Mercury
37 113 CAN: Platinum
US: Platinum
Caress of Steel
  • Released: September 1, 1975
  • Label: Mercury
48 148 CAN: Gold
US: Gold
1976 2112
  • Released: April 1, 1976
  • Label: Mercury
1 61 CAN: 2× Platinum
US: 3× Platinum
1977 A Farewell to Kings
  • Released: September 1, 1977
  • Label: Mercury
12 22 33 CAN: Platinum
UK: Gold
US: Platinum
1978 Hemispheres
  • Released: October 29, 1978
  • Label: Mercury
14 14 47 CAN: Platinum
UK: Silver
US: Platinum
1980 Permanent Waves
  • Released: January 1, 1980
  • Label: Mercury
3 3 4 CAN: Platinum
UK: Gold
US: Platinum
1981 Moving Pictures
  • Released: February 12, 1981
  • Label: Mercury
1 3 3 CAN: 4× Platinum
UK: Silver
US: 4× Platinum
1982 Signals
  • Released: September 9, 1982
  • Label: Mercury
1 3 11 CAN: Platinum
UK: Silver
US: Platinum
1984 Grace Under Pressure
  • Released: April 12, 1984
  • Label: Mercury
1 5 10 CAN: Platinum
UK: Silver
US: Platinum
1985 Power Windows
  • Released: October 29, 1985
  • Label: Mercury
2 9 10 CAN: Platinum
UK: Silver
US: Platinum
1987 Hold Your Fire
  • Released: September 8, 1987
  • Label: Mercury
9 10 13 CAN: Platinum
UK: Silver
US: Gold
1989 Presto
  • Released: November 21, 1989
  • Label: Atlantic
11 27 16 CAN: Platinum
UK: Silver
US: Gold
1991 Roll the Bones
  • Released: September 3, 1991
  • Label: Atlantic
1 10 3 CAN: Platinum
US: 2x Platinum
1993 Counterparts
  • Released: October 19, 1993
  • Label: Atlantic
1 14 2 CAN: Platinum
US: Gold
1996 Test for Echo
  • Released: September 10, 1996
  • Label: Atlantic
1 25 5 CAN: Gold
US: Gold
2002 Vapor Trails
  • Released: May 14, 2002
  • Label: Atlantic
3 6 CAN: Gold
2004 Feedback (EP)
  • Released: June 29, 2004
  • Label: Atlantic
19 CAN: Gold
2007 Snakes & Arrows
  • Released: May 1, 2007
  • Label: Atlantic
3 13 3 CAN: Gold
2012 Clockwork Angels
  • Released: June 12, 2012
  • Label: Atlantic
1 21 2
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN
UK
US
1976 All the World's a Stage
  • Released: September 29, 1976
  • Label: Mercury
6 40 CAN: Platinum
UK: Silver
US: Platinum
1981 Exit...Stage Left
  • Released: October 29, 1981
  • Label: Mercury
7 6 10 CAN: Platinum
UK: Silver
US: Platinum
1989 A Show of Hands
  • Released: January 10, 1989
  • Label: Mercury
21 CAN: Platinum
US: Gold
1998 Different Stages
  • Released: November 10, 1998
  • Label: Atlantic
12 35 CAN: Platinum
US: Gold
2003 Rush in Rio
  • Released: October 21, 2003
  • Label: Atlantic
33 CAN: Gold
US: Gold
2005 R30
  • Released: November 22, 2005
  • Label: Zoe Vision
2006 Grace Under Pressure: 1984 Tour
  • Released: June 13, 2006
  • Label: Mercury
2008 Snakes & Arrows Live
  • Released: April 15, 2008
  • Label: Atlantic
8 18
2011

Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland

  • Released: November 8, 2011
  • Label: Roadrunner
2011

Moving Pictures: Live 2011

  • Released: November 8, 2011
  • Label: Roadrunner
2015 R40 Live
  • Released: November 20, 2015
  • Label: Anthem/Zoe
30 47 24
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US CAN UK
1978 Rush Through Time (Germany)
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Mercury
  • European release
1978 Archives 121 US: Platinum
1990 Chronicles
  • Released: September 4, 1990
  • Label: (US) Mercury
    (Canada) Anthem
  • Greatest Hits compilation album
51 5 42 US: 2x Multi-Platinum
1997 Retrospective I: 1974 to 1980
  • Released: May 6, 1997
  • Label: (US) Mercury
    (Canada) Anthem
  • Greatest Hits compilation album (1974-1980)
1997 Retrospective II: 1981 to 1987
  • Released: June 3, 1997
  • Label: (US) Mercury
    (Canada) Anthem
  • Greatest Hits compilation album (1981-1987)
2003 The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987
  • Released: February 11, 2003
  • Mercury
  • Greatest Hits compilation album
62 17 US: Gold
2006 Gold
  • Released: April 25, 2006
  • Label: Mercury
  • Greatest Hits compilation album (1974-1987)
2009 Retrospective 3
  • Released: March 3, 2009
  • Label: (US) Atlantic
    (Canada) Anthem
  • Greatest Hits compilation album (1989-2008)
2009 Working Men
  • Released: November 17, 2009
  • Label: (US) Atlantic
    (Canada) Anthem
  • Greatest Live Hits compilation album
2010 Time Stand Still: The Collection (Europe)
  • Released: March 30, 2010
  • Label: Universal
  • Greatest Hits compilation album
2010

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  • Released: August 31, 2010
  • Label: Mercury
  • Greatest Hits compilation album
2011

Sector 1

2011

Sector 2

2011

Sector 3

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles[]

Year Song Chart positions Album
US US Main UK
1973 "Not Fade Away" Debut single
1974 "Finding My Way" Rush
"In the Mood"
1975 "Fly by Night" Fly by Night
"Making Memories"
1976 "The Necromancer: Return of the Prince" Caress of Steel
"Lakeside Park"
1977 "The Twilight Zone" 2112
"2112: Overture/The Temples of Syrinx"
"A Passage to Bangkok"
"Fly by Night/In the Mood (Live)" 88 All the World's a Stage
"Closer to the Heart" 76 36 A Farewell to Kings
1978 "Cinderella Man"
"The Trees 44 Hemispheres
1979 "Circumstances"
1980 "The Spirit of Radio" 51 13 Permanent Waves
"Freewill" 9 5
"Entre Nous"
1981 "Limelight" 55 4 Moving Pictures
"Tom Sawyer" 44 8 25
"Vital Signs" 41
1982 "Tom Sawyer (Live)" 25 Exit...Stage Left
"Closer to the Heart (Live)" 69 7
"New World Man" 21 1 42 Signals
"Subdivisions" 8 53
1983 "The Analog Kid" 19
"The Weapon"
"Countdown" 36
1984 "Distant Early Warning" 3 Grace Under Pressure
"The Body Electric" 23 56
"Red Sector A" 21
"Afterimage"
1985 "The Big Money" 45 4 Power Windows
"Territories" 30
1986 "Mystic Rhythms" 21
"Manhattan Project" 10
"Marathon"
1987 "Time Stand Still" 3 41 Hold Your Fire
"Prime Mover"
"Force Ten" 3
1988 "Lock and Key" 16
1989 "Mission" 33 A Show of Hands
"Marathon (Live)" 6
"Show Don't Tell" 1 Presto
1990 "The Pass" 15
"Superconductor" 37
1991 "Dreamline" 1 Roll the Bones
"Bravado" 13
1992 "Roll the Bones" 9 49
"Face Up"
"Heresy"
"Ghost of a Chance" 2
1993 "Stick It Out" 1 Counterparts
1994 "Nobody's Hero" 9
"Cold Fire" 2
"Animate" 35
"Double Agent"
1996 "Don't Care" Alex Lifeson - Victor
"I Am the Spirit"
"Promise"
"Test for Echo" 1 Test for Echo
"Half the World" 6
1997 "Driven" 20
"Virtuality"
"Resist"
1998 "The Spirit of Radio (Live)" 27 Different Stages
"Closer to the Heart (Live)"
2000 "My Favourite Headache" Geddy Lee - My Favourite Headache
"Grace to Grace" 28
2002 "Secret Touch" 25 Vapor Trails
"One Little Victory" 10
"Sweet Miracle"
2003 "Resist (Live Acoustic Version)" Rush in Rio
2004 "Summertime Blues" 30 Feedback
2007 "Far Cry" 22 Snakes & Arrows
"Spindrift"
"The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" 16
2008 "Workin' Them Angels" 30
2010 "Caravan" Clockwork Angels
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

The 1987 UK single release of "Time Stand Still" was creditted to 'Rush featuring Aimee Mann'

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 Compilation album/Studio album LP
Hemispheres Radio Show LP
Live in St. Louis Live album LP
Moving Pictures Special 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 Interviews - Vol 2 Baktabak Interview CD
2002 Profiled Anthem/Atlantic Interview CD

Solo albums[]

All chart positions are U.S. Billboard 200 unless otherwise stated.
Album information
Alex Lifeson - Victor
  • Released: January 9, 1996
  • Chart position: #99 (US)
  • RIAA Certification:
  • Worldwide sales:
  • Singles: "Don't Care", "Promise", "I Am the Spirit"
Geddy Lee - My Favourite Headache
  • Released: November 14, 2000
  • Chart position: #52 (US)
  • RIAA Certification:
  • Worldwide sales:
  • Singles: "My Favourite Headache", "Grace to Grace", "Home on the Strange"

References[]

Library and Archives Canada, RPM

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