Counterparts (Rush album)

Counterparts
Counterparts
Studio album by Rush
Released	October 19, 1993
Recorded	April–June 1993
Studio	Le Studio; (Morin-Heights, Quebec); McClear Pathé; (Toronto, Ontario)
Genre	Hard rock; progressive rock; alternative rock;
Length	54:24
Label	Anthem
Producer	Peter Collins; Rush;
Rush chronology
Singles from Counterparts
	"Stick It Out"; Released: October 1993; "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]

^ Sunday Soundtrack: Nick Leonardi, RUSH – Counterparts, prog-sphere.com, 7 May 2017
^ LeBlanc, Larry (1993-10-30). "Rushing Back To The Limelight" (PDF). Billboard: 10 – via World Radio History.
^ Howell, Peter (October 19, 1993). "Gold Is The Color Of Rush's Metal". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 5, 2023 – via World Radio History.
^ "Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts". Billboard. 16 October 1993. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
^ "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.
^ "Abbey Road - Engineers - Sean Magee". Archived from the original on 2020-12-14. Retrieved 2020-12-14.

[1] Sunday Soundtrack: Nick Leonardi, RUSH – Counterparts, prog-sphere.com, 7 May 2017

[LeBlanc-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.

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