Rush discography

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 has 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.

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. Rush also ranks 79th in US album sales with 25 million units. Although total worldwide album sales are not calculated by any single entity, as of 2004 several industry sources estimated Rush’s total worldwide album sales at over 40 million units.

One of Rush’s more recent releases is the Permanent Waves: 40th Anniversary box set. Released on May 29, 2020, it contains three LPs and two CDs. This release includes a newly remastered CD and LP of the original Permanent Waves album by Abbey Road Studios, and an additional CD and two LPs of various, mostly unheard live soundboard recordings of songs played during the Permanent Waves World Tour 1980. These live recordings are selected from the performances at the Manchester Apollo in Manchester, England (June 17, 1980), the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England (June 4–8, 1980), and Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri (February 13, 1980). Also included are several bonus items such as a replica of the official Permanent Waves World Tour 1980 program, a replica of the rare 1980 UK tour program titled “The Words & Pictures Volume II”, and more.

The Permanent Waves box set was preceded by similar 40th Anniversary releases of 2112 on December 16, 2016, A Farewell to Kings on December 1, 2017, and Hemispheres on November 16, 2018.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications (sales thresholds)
		CAN	FIN	GER	IRE	NLD	NOR	POL	SWE	UK	US
Rush	Released: March 1, 1974 Label: Moon Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track	86	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	105	MC: Gold RIAA: Gold
Fly by Night	Released: February 15, 1975 Label: Mercury Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	113	MC: Platinum RIAA: Platinum
Caress of Steel	Released: September 24, 1975 Label: Mercury Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	148	MC: Gold RIAA: Gold
2112	Released: March – April 1, 1976 Label: Mercury Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	33	—	61	MC: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold RIAA: 3× Platinum
A Farewell to Kings	Released: September 1, 1977 Label: Mercury Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	41	22	33	MC: Platinum BPI: Gold RIAA: Platinum
Hemispheres	Released: October 29, 1978 Label: Mercury Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	47	MC: Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: Platinum
Permanent Waves	Released: January 14, 1980 Label: Mercury Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track	3	—	—	—	38	21	—	26	3	4	MC: Platinum BPI: Gold RIAA: Platinum
Moving Pictures	Released: February 12, 1981 Label: Mercury Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track	1	—	—	—	19	34	—	32	3	3	MC: 4× Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: 4× Platinum
Signals	Released: September 9, 1982 Label: Mercury Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track	1	—	—	—	31	33	—	19	3	10	MC: Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: Platinum
Grace Under Pressure	Released: April 12, 1984 Label: Mercury Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track (record club release)	4	14	43	—	27	—	—	18	5	10	MC: Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: Platinum
Power Windows	Released: October 29, 1985 Label: Mercury Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track (record club release)	2	17	—	—	44	—	—	26	9	10	MC: Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: Platinum
Hold Your Fire	Released: September 8, 1987 Label: Mercury Format: CD, CS, LP	9	9	34	—	40	—	—	21	10	13	MC: Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: Gold
Presto	Released: November 21, 1989 Label: Atlantic Format: CD, CS, LP	7	22	60	—	70	—	—	—	27	16	MC: Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: Gold
Roll the Bones	Released: September 3, 1991 Label: Atlantic Format: CD, CS, LP	11	9	35	—	38	—	—	31	10	3	MC: Platinum RIAA: Platinum
Counterparts	Released: October 19, 1993 Label: Atlantic Format: CD, CS, LP	6	18	88	—	56	—	—	45	14	2	MC: Platinum RIAA: Gold
Test for Echo	Released: September 10, 1996 Label: Atlantic Format: CD, CS, LP	3	9	45	—	53	—	—	26	25	5	MC: Gold RIAA: Gold
Vapor Trails	Released: May 14, 2002 Label: Atlantic Format: CD, CS, LP	3	11	20	—	47	—	—	18	38	6	MC: Gold
Snakes & Arrows	Released: May 1, 2007 Label: Atlantic Format: CD, LP	3	4	29	80	16	13	41	6	13	3	MC: Gold
Clockwork Angels	Released: June 12, 2012 Label: Roadrunner Format: CD, LP	1	4	11	71	11	4	9	8	21	2	MC: Gold
“—” denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications (sales thresholds)
		CAN	FIN	GER	IRE	NLD	NOR	POL	SWE	UK	US
All the World’s a Stage	Released: September 29, 1976 Label: Anthem Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40	MC: Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: Platinum
Exit…Stage Left	Released: October 29, 1981 Label: Anthem Format: CD, CS, LP, 8-track	7	—	—	—	19	28	—	—	6	10	MC: Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: Platinum
A Show of Hands	Released: January 9, 1989 Label: Anthem Format: CD, CS, LP	—	9	35	—	38	—	—	28	12	21	MC: Platinum RIAA: Gold
Different Stages	Released: November 10, 1998 Label: Anthem Format: CD, CS	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	121	35	MC: Platinum RIAA: Gold
Rush in Rio	Released: October 21, 2003 Label: Anthem Format: CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	139	33	MC: Gold RIAA: Gold
R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour	Released: November 22, 2005 Label: Anthem Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Grace Under Pressure Tour	Released: June 13, 2006 Label: Anthem Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Snakes & Arrows Live	Released: April 15, 2008 Label: Anthem Format: CD	8	—	63	—	36	—	—	42	70	18
Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland	Released: November 8, 2011 Label: Roadrunner Format: CD, LP	59	—	58	—	—	—	—	—	70	54
Clockwork Angels Tour	Released: November 19, 2013 Label: Roadrunner Format: CD, LP	75	—	82	—	87	—	—	—	65	33
R40 Live	Released: November 20, 2015 Label: Anthem Format: CD	30	—	49	—	54	—	—	—	47	24
“—” denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications (sales thresholds)
		CAN	UK	US
Rush Through Time	Released: 1979 Label: Mercury Format: LP	—	—	—
Chronicles	Released: September 4, 1990 Label: Anthem Format: CD, CS, LP	38	42	51	MC: 2× Platinum RIAA: 2× Platinum
Retrospective I	Released: May 6, 1997 Label: Anthem Format: CD, CS	—	—	—
Retrospective II	Released: June 3, 1997 Label: Anthem Format: CD, CS	—	—	—
The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987	Released: February 11, 2003 Label: Anthem Format: CD	17	167	45	BPI: Silver RIAA: Gold
Gold	Released: April 25, 2006 Label: Anthem Format: CD	—	—	—
Retrospective III: 1989–2008	Released: March 3, 2009 Label: Anthem Format: CD	—	160	47
Working Men	Released: November 17, 2009 Label: Anthem Format: CD	—	—	—
Time Stand Still: The Collection	Released: March 30, 2010 Label: Universal Format: CD	—	—	—
Icon	Released: August 31, 2010 Label: Universal Format: CD	—	—	—
Icon 2	Released: July 29, 2011 Label: Island Format: CD	—	—	—
“—” denotes releases that did not chart.

Box sets

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications (sales thresholds)
		CAN	UK	US
Archives	Released: April 1978 Label: Anthem Format: CS, LP, 8-track	50	—	121	RIAA: Platinum
Sector 1	Released: November 21, 2011 Label: Anthem Format: CD, DVD	—	—	—
Sector 2	Released: November 21, 2011 Label: Anthem Format: CD, DVD	—	—	—
Sector 3	Released: November 21, 2011 Label: Anthem Format: CD, DVD	—	—	—
The Studio Albums 1989–2007	Released: September 30, 2013 Label: Anthem Format: CD	—	168	—
Rush: ReDISCovered	Released: April 29, 2014 Label: Anthem Format: LP	—	—	—
2112: 40th Anniversary	Released: December 16, 2016 Label: Anthem Format: CD, DVD, LP	—	—	—
A Farewell to Kings: 40th Anniversary	Released: December 1, 2017 Label: Anthem Format: CD, BD, LP	—	—	—
Hemispheres: 40th Anniversary	Released: November 16, 2018 Label: Anthem Format: CD, BD, LP	—	—	—
Permanent Waves: 40th Anniversary	Released: May 29, 2020 Label: Anthem Format: CD, LP	—	—	—

Extended plays and singles

EP

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		CAN	UK	US
Feedback	Released: June 29, 2004 Label: Atlantic Format: CD, LP	5	68	19
Cygnus X-1	Released: April 22, 2017 Label: Universal Music Enterprises Format: LP	—	—	—

Main singles

Year	Song	Chart positions				Album
		CAN	US	US Main	UK
1973	“Not Fade Away” – “You Can’t Fight It”	88				Non-album single
1974	“Finding My Way” – “Need Some Love”	—	—			Rush
	“In the Mood” – “What You’re Doing”	31	88
1975	“Fly by Night” – “Anthem”	45	—			Fly by Night
	“Return of the Prince” – “I Think I’m Going Bald”	—				Caress of Steel
	“Lakeside Park” – “Bastille Day”	—	—
1976	“The Twilight Zone” – “Lessons”	—	—			2112
	“Fly by Night / In the Mood” (live medley) – “Something for Nothing” (live)	—	88			All the World’s a Stage
1977	“Making Memories” – “The Temples of Syrinx”	—	—			Fly by Night
	“Closer to the Heart” – “Madrigal”	45	76		36	A Farewell to Kings
1978	“Cinderella Man” – “A Farewell to Kings”	—
	“Circumstances” – “The Trees”	—	—			Hemispheres
1980	“The Spirit of Radio” – “Circumstances”	22	51		13	Permanent Waves
	“Entre Nous” – “Different Strings”	94	110
1981	“Limelight” – “YYZ”	18	55	4		Moving Pictures
	“Tom Sawyer” – “Witch Hunt”	24	44	8
	“Vital Signs” – “A Passage to Bangkok”			—	41
	“Tom Sawyer” (live) – “A Passage to Bangkok” (live)			42	25	Exit…Stage Left
	“Closer to the Heart” (live) – “Freewill” (live)	—	69	21	76
1982	“New World Man” – “Vital Signs” (live)	1	21	1	42	Signals
	“Subdivisions” – “Countdown”	36	105	5	53
1983	“Countdown” – “New World Man”			—	36
1984	“Distant Early Warning” – “Between the Wheels”	—		3		Grace Under Pressure
	“The Body Electric” – “Between the Wheels”	86 —	105 —	23 39	56 —
	“Red Sector A” – “Red Lenses”	—		21
	“Afterimage”  – “The Body Electric”			—
1985	“The Big Money” – “Red Sector A” (live)	52	45	4	46	Power Windows
1986	“Mystic Rhythms” – “Emotion Detector”	—	—	21
1987	“Time Stand Still”  – “High Water”	52	—	3	42	Hold Your Fire
1988	“Prime Mover” – “Tai Shan”			—	43
1989	“Closer to the Heart” (live) – “Witch Hunt” (live)	—		—		A Show of Hands
	“Show Don’t Tell” – “Red Tide”	—		1		Presto
1990	“The Pass” – “Presto”	—		15
1991	“Roll the Bones” – “Show Don’t Tell”	—		9	49	Roll the Bones
1992	“Ghost of a Chance” – “Dreamline”		—	2	—
1994	“Nobody’s Hero” – “Stick It Out”		—	9		Counterparts
2010	“Caravan” – “BU2B”	44 50	— —	38 —	184 —	Clockwork Angels
2013	“The Garden”		—	—	—
“—” denotes singles that did not chart; “blank” denotes singles that were not released in that country.

Notes:

• A^ – b/w “Best I Can” (NL)
• B^ – “Temples of Syrinx” was the A-side in US
• C^ – “The Trees” was the A-side in US and NL
• D^ – b/w “The Trees” (UK); b/w “Different Strings” (ESP and JPN)
• E^ – UK double A-side
• F^ – b/w “Red Barchetta” (live) (UK)
• G^ – Released in Japan only
• H^ – The 1987 UK single release of ‘Time Stand Still’ was credited to ‘Rush featuring Aimee Mann’.
• I^ – b/w “Force Ten” (UK and EU)
• J^ – b/w “The Analog Kid” (UK)
• K^ – b/w “Territories” (UK)
• L^ – b/w “The Trees” (live) (UK)
• M^ – b/w “Bastille Day” and “Temples of Syrinx” (UK)
• N^ – b/w “Limelight” (ESP)

Sources: Discogs

Promotional singles and other charted songs

 

Year	Song	Chart positions	Album
		US Main
1981	“A Passage to Bangkok” (live) – “Freewill” (live)		Exit…Stage Left
1982	“The Analog Kid” (airplay)	19	Signals
1983	“The Weapon” – “Digital Man”
1985	“Marathon”		Power Windows
	“Territories” (airplay)	30
	“Manhattan Project” (airplay)	10
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”	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”	2
	“Double Agent”
1994	“Animate”	35
1996	“Test for Echo”	1	Test for Echo
	“Half the World”	6
1997	“Driven”	20
	“Virtuality”
1998	“The Spirit of Radio” (live) – “2112” (live)	27	Different Stages
	“Closer to the Heart” (live)
2002	“One Little Victory” – “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

Videos

Video albums

Year	Title	Chart positions						Certifications
		US	SWE	FIN	SWI	NLD	UK
1982	Exit…Stage Left Released: February 13, 1982 Label: Anthem Format: Betamax, CED, DVD, LD, VHS	—	—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold
1985	Through the Camera Eye Released: July 17, 1985 Label: Anthem Format: Betamax, LD, VHS	16	—	—	—	—	—
1986	Grace Under Pressure Tour Released: March 28, 1986 Label: Anthem Format: Betamax, DVD, LD, VHS	9	—	—	—	—	—
1989	A Show of Hands Released: February 21, 1989 Label: Anthem Format: DVD, LD, VHS	2	—	—	—	—	—	MC: Platinum RIAA: Platinum
1990	Chronicles Released: October 23, 1990 Label: Anthem Format: DVD, LD, VHS	13	—	2	—	—	23	MC: Gold RIAA: Platinum
2003	Rush in Rio Released: October 21, 2003 Label: Anthem Format: DVD	1	8	5	—	19	3	MC: Diamond BPI: Platinum RIAA: 7× Platinum
2005	R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour Released: November 22, 2005 Label: Anthem Format: BD, DVD	2	3	3	—	24	2	MC: 8× Platinum BPI: Gold RIAA: 5× Platinum
2006	Rush Replay X3 Released: June 13, 2006 Label: Anthem Format: DVD	1	8	3	—	10	2	MC: 5× Platinum
2008	Snakes & Arrows Live Released: November 24, 2008 Label: Anthem Format: BD, DVD	1	5	3	—	3	5	MC: 5× Platinum RIAA: 2× Platinum
2011	Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland Released: November 8, 2011 Label: Anthem Format: BD, DVD	1	1	3	—	10	2	RIAA: 2× Platinum
2013	Clockwork Angels Tour Released: November 19, 2013 Label: Anthem Format: BD, DVD	1	3	2	8	8	2	MC: 3× Platinum RIAA: Platinum
2014	R40 (6 Blu-Ray / 10 DVD Box Set) Released: November 11, 2014 Label: Anthem Format: BD, DVD	2	—	—	—	—	—
2015	R40 Live Released: November 20, 2015 Label: Anthem Format: BD, DVD	2	5	2	—	4	—
“—” denotes releases that did not chart.

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”	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”	Clockwork Angels
	“The Wreckers”
2020	“The Spirit of Radio”	Permanent Waves