Tracks:
Animate
Stick It Out
Cut to the Chase
Nobody's Hero
Between Sun & Moon
Alien Shore
The Speed of Love
Double Agent
Leave That Thing Alone
Cold Fire
Everyday Glory
Stick It Out (Remastered LP Version)
Cut To The Chase (Remastered LP Version)
Nobody's Hero (Remastered LP Version)
Between Sun & Moon (Remastered LP Version)
Alien Shore (Remastered LP Version)
The Speed Of Love (Remastered LP Version)
Double Agent (Remastered LP Version)
Leave That Thing Alone (Remastered LP Version)
Cold Fire (Remastered LP Version)
Everyday Glory (Remastered LP Version)

Performer Notes:

• Rush: Geddy Lee (vocals, bass, synthesizer); Alex Lifeson (acoustic & electric guitars); Neil Peart (drums, electronic percussion).
• Additional personnel: Michael Kamen (conductor); John Webster (keyboards).
• Principally recorded at McClear Pathe, Toronto, Canada from April to June 1993.
• "Leave That Thing Alone" was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
• Rush: Geddy Lee (vocals, synthesizer, bass guitar); Alex Lifeson (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Neil Peart (drums, cymbals, electronic percussion).
• Reuniting with POWER WINDOWS/HOLD YOUR FIRE producer Peter Collins, Rush released their fifteenth studio album (and nineteenth overall). During its recording, guitarist Alex Lifeson wanted the album to be more hard rock-oriented, while bassist Geddy Lee was content with their recent excursions in melodic pop. Lifeson must have won the battle, because COUNTERPARTS is a harder-rocking affair than Rush's previous several albums. It's also the strongest and most consistent set of songs the band had composed in a while, with a grittier feel (an element sorely missed by fans of the band's 1970s work).
• COUNTERPARTS contains at least one track that deals with a topical issue (as in 1989's anti-suicide "The Pass," etc.)--"Nobody's Hero" is Rush's analysis of the AIDS situation. But not all of the tracks were conceived as lyrical epics; the opening "Animate" and "Stick It Out" delight in the strength of the band's re-discovered hard rock chops. And while the sheer force of "Cut To the Chase" serves as the track's catalyst, the band's pop sensibilities come back into play on the album's closer, "Everyday Glory." COUNTERPARTS is Rush's greatest work of the '90s.

Professional Reviews: Entertainment Weekly (10/29/93, p.74) - " TERPARTS is [Rush's] leanest, tightest effort in ages..." - Rating: B-

Q (12/93, p.122) - 3 Stars - Good - "...There's enough virtually great stuff [on COUNTERPARTS] to turn that sneer into a low whistle of praise..."

Producer: Peter Collins, Rush

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 31 August, 2004

Label: Atlantic

Dimensions: 14.1 x 1.1 x 12.3 centimeters (0.06 kg)