Retrospective I: 1974–1980
Label: Mercury
Catalog No.: 314 534 909-2
Release date: May 6, 1997
Peak U.S. Billboard: n/a
U.S. RIAA certification: n/a
1. The Spirit of Radio; 2. The Trees; 3. Something for Nothing; 4. Freewill; 5. Xanadu; 6. Bastille Day; 7. By-Tor & the Snow Dog; 8. Anthem; 9. Closer to the Heart; 10. 2112 Overture; 11. The Temples of Syrinx; 12. La Villa Strangiato; 13. Fly by Night; 14. Finding My Way
Retrospective II: 1980–1987
Label: Mercury
Catalog #: 314 534 910-2
Release date: June 3, 1997
Peak U.S. Billboard: n/a
U.S. RIAA certification: n/a
1. The Big Money; 2. Red Barchetta; 3. Subdivisions; 4. Time Stand Still; 5. Mystic Rhythms; 6. The Analog Kid; 7. Distant Early Warning; 8. Marathon; 9. The Body Electric; 10. Mission; 11. Limelight; 12. Red Sector A; 13. New World Man; 14. Tom Sawyer; 15. Force Ten
The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987
Label: Mercury
Catalog No.: 440 063 335-2
Release date: February 11, 2003
Peak U.S. Billboard: No. 167
U.S. RIAA certification: Gold
1. Working Man; 2. Fly by Night; 3. 2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx; 4. Closer to the Heart; 5. The Trees; 6. The Spirit of Radio; 7. Freewill; 8. Limelight; 9. Tom Sawyer; 10. Red Barchetta; 11. New World Man; 12. Subdivisions; 13. Distant Early Warning; 14. The Big Money; 15. Force Ten; 16. Time Stand Still
Note: A limited edition of this compilation included “Mystic Rhythms” as a bonus track, plus DVD versions of “Closer to the Heart,” “Tom Sawyer,” “Subdivisions,” and “The Big Money.” Also included were the lyrics to each of the sixteen audio tracks.
Gold
Label: Mercury
Catalog No.: B0006322-02
Release date: April 25, 2006
Peak U.S. Billboard: n/a
U.S. RIAA certification: n/a
Note: Gold is essentially a repackage of Retrospective I and Retrospective II, swapping out “Something For Nothing” for “Working Man.”
Retrospective III: 1989–2008
Label: Atlantic
Catalog No.: 515813-2
Release date: March 3, 2009
Peak U.S. Billboard: No. 160
U.S. RIAA certification: n/a
1. One Little Victory (remix); 2. Dreamline; 3. Workin’ Them Angels; 4. Presto; 5. Bravado; 6. Driven; 7. The Pass; 8. Animate; 9. Roll the Bones; 10. Ghost of a Chance (live); 11. Nobody’s Hero; 12. Leave That Thing Alone; 13. Earthshine (remix); 14. Far Cry
A deluxe version was also issued, which included a DVD. Tracks are 1. Stick It Out; 2. Nobody’s Hero; 3. Half the World; 4. Driven; 5. Roll the Bones; 6. Show Don’t Tell; 7. The Pass; 8. Superconductor; 9. Far Cry; 10. Malignant Narcissism; 11. The Seeker (live); 12. Secret Touch; 13. Resist (live); plus a bonus interview and “Tom Sawyer” live.
Working Men
Label: Atlantic
Catalog No.: 7567895641
Release date: November 17, 2009
Peak U.S. Billboard: n/a
U.S. RIAA certification: n/a
1. Limelight; 2. The Spirit of Radio; 3. 2112; 4. Freewill; 5. Dreamline; 6. Far Cry; 7. Subdivisions; 8. One Little Victory; 9. Closer to the Heart; 10. Tom Sawyer; 11. Working Man; 12. YYZ
Note: Working Men was issued in CD and DVD formats and is essentially a compilation culled from Rush in Rio, R30, and Snakes & Arrows Live. Only “One Little Victory” is previously unreleased.
Selected Singles
Singles is perhaps the department where it most bears reminding that this is a U.S. discography. Having said that, we’re starting with a Canadian one! Frankly, the singles story for Rush is pretty dull, given the complete lack of non-LP (studio) tracks from the lads. So, yeah, the debut single—two non-LP tracks, but Canadian—is a major discography item, and then after that it gets pretty workmanlike.
A further note: For the vinyl era, I’ve included all commercial U.S. releases, but only select promos, as some of the promos are slight variations upon each other or slight variations on the official release (beginning with same catalog number). “PS” denotes picture sleeve. Once we get into the CD age, it switches over to promos exclusively, as the commercial CD single format in North America was rarely exploited (and not at all by Rush), versus, say, the U.K. and the EU with their slim-line EPs. I think it was still a useful exercise, however, because it demonstrates the tracks that were being pushed at radio. Again, I’ve excluded a few that seemed repetitious or in the slight variation category, as well as CDRs.
7-Inch Vinyl Singles
Not Fade Away/You Can’t Fight It (Moon, MN 001)
Finding My Way/Finding My Way (DJ 407) promo
Finding My Way (edit)/Need Some Love (73623)
In the Mood/In the Mood (DJ 417) promo
In the Mood/What You’re Doing (73647)
Fly by Night/Anthem (73681)
Lakeside Park/Bastille Day (73737)
The Twilight Zone/Lessons (73803)
Fly by Night—In The Mood (live)/Something for Nothing (live) (73873)
The Temples of Syrinx/Making Memories (73912)
Closer to the Heart/Madrigal (73958)
Fly by Night/Fly by Night (DJ 553) promo; promoting the Archives album
Fly by Night/Anthem (73990); promoting the Archives album
The Trees/The Trees (74051) promo
The Spirit of Radio/The Spirit of Radio (76044) promo
The Spirit of Radio/Circumstances (76044)
Entre Nous/Entre Nous (76060) promo
Entre Nous/Different Strings (76060)
Limelight/Limelight (76095 DJ) promo
Limelight/YYZ (76095)
Tom Sawyer/Tom Sawyer (76109) promo
Tom Sawyer/Witch Hunt (76109) PS
Closer to the Heart (live) /Closer to the Heart (76124 DJ) promo
Closer to the Heart (live)/Freewill (76124)
New World Man/New World Man (76179 DJ) promo; brown vinyl, PS
New World Man/New World Man (76179 DJ) promo; PS
New World Man/Vital Signs (live) (76179) PS
Subdivision/Subdivisions (76196) promo
Subdivisions/Countdown (76196)
Red Sector A/Red Sector A (PRO 319 7) promo; red vinyl
The Body Electric/Body Electric (880 050 7 DJ) promo
The Body Electric/Between the Wheels (880 050 7)
The Big Money/The Big Money (PRO 383 7 DJ) promo
The Big Money/Red Sector A (live) (884 191 7) PS
Mystic Rhythms/Emotion Detector (884 520 7)
Time Stand Still/Time Stand Still (888 891 7 DJ) promo
Time Stand Still/High Water (888 891 7) PS
Caravan/BU2B (527398-7) limited edition; white vinyl
12-Inch Vinyl Singles, EPs, LPs (all promo)
Mercury In-Store Play Special(MK-8) PS
Everything Your Listeners Ever Wanted to Hear by Rush … But You Were Afraid to Play (MK-32) PS
The Trees/Prelude, Circumstances (MK-75) PS
The Spirit of Radio/The Trees, Working Man (MK-125)
Entre Nous (edit) (MK-137) PS
Rush N’ Roulette (MK-185) PS
A Passage to Bangkok/Freewill (MK-188) PS
New World Man/Vital Signs (live) (MK-216) clear vinyl
Distant Early Warning/Between the Wheels (PRO 276-1)
The Body Electric (PRO 290-1)
Red Sector A (edit)/The Enemy Within (PRO 320-1) red vinyl
The Big Money (PRO 382-1)
Mystic Rhythms (PRO 400-1)
Force Ten (PRO 532-1)
Marathon (live) (PRO 689-1)
Cassette Singles
The Pass/Presto (4-87986)
Ghost of a Chance/Where’s My Thing?, interview (4-87498)
Nobody’s Hero/Stick It Out (4-87267)
CD Singles
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nbsp; Time Stand Still, Time Stand Still (edit) (CDP 05)
Show Don’t Tell (PR 3082 2)
Show Don’t Tell (edit), Show Don’t Tell (PR 3125 2)
The Pass (edit), The Pass (PR 316 2)
The Pass (PR 3175 2)
Profiled! (PRCD 3200-2) 55-minute interview
Superconductor (PRCD 3331)
Dreamline (PRCD 4120 2)
Where’s My Thing? (PRCD 4126 2)
Roll the Bones (PRCD 4260 2)
Ghost of a Chance (edit), Ghost of a Chance (PRCD 4458 2)
Bravado (PRCD 4580 2)
Stick It Out (PRCD 5314 2)
Nobody’s Hero (PRCD 5430 2)
Double Agent (PRCD 5431 2)
Nobody’s Hero (edit) (PRCD 5497 2)
Test for Echo (edit), Test for Echo (PRCD 6885 2)
Half the World (PRCD 6930 2)
Driven (PRCD 8009)
Virtuality (edit), Virtuality (PRCD 8139)
Spirit of Radio, 2112 (PRCD 8690)
Closer to the Heart (PRCD 8804)
One Little Victory (PRCD 300749-2)
Secret Touch (PRCD 300863)
One Little Victory, Earthshine (PRCD 300857)
Sweet Miracle (PRCD 300930)
Rush in Rio Sampler (PRCD 301227) digipak
Resist (acoustic) (P1ZOE 1279P)
Summertime Blues (PRCD 301512)
Tom Sawyer, R30 Overture, Working Man (011431082-9 PSI-01)
Far Cry (edit), Far Cry (PRCD 133692)
Spindrift (edit), Spindrift (PRCD 260476)
The Larger Bowl (PRCD 294844)
Workin’ Them Angels (edit), Workin’ Them Angels (live), Workin’ Them Angels (PRCD 454780)
Videography
Exit … Stage Left
Label: Polygram
Catalog No.: PMV 60285
Release date: 1981
U.S. RIAA certification: Gold
1. Limelight; 2. Tom Sawyer; 3. The Trees; 4. Xanadu; 5. Red Barchetta; 6. Freewill; 7. Closer to the Heart; 8. YYZ; 9. Medley: By-Tor & the Snow Dog, In the End, In the Mood, 2112
Note: Originally issued on Beta, VHS, and laserdisc by RCA/Columbia Home Videos. In 2006, the set was issued in DVD form as part of Replay X 3, followed by a stand-alone release in 2007. Recorded March 27, 1981, in Montreal. Almost entirely different performances from the Exit … Stage Left live album.
Through the Camera Eye
Label: Polygram
Catalog No.: PMV 60466
Release date: 1985
U.S. RIAA certification: n/a
1. Distant Early Warning; 2. Vital Signs; 3. The Body Electric; 4. Afterimage; 5. Subdivisions; 6. Tom Sawyer (live); 7. The Enemy Within; 8. Countdown
Note: This 44-minute video collection was originally issued on VHS and laserdisc (PMV PA-85-112) by RCA/Columbia Home Videos. In 2006, the set was issued in DVD form as part of Replay X 3, followed by a stand-alone release in 2007.
Grace Under Pressure Tour
Label: Polygram
Catalog No.: PMV 60607
Release date: 1986
U.S. RIAA certification: n/a
1. The Spirit of Radio; 2. The Enemy Within; 3. The Weapon; 4. Witch Hunt; 5. New World Man; 6. Distant Early Warning; 7. Red Sector A; 8. Closer to the Heart; 9. YYZ; 10. The Temples of Syrinx; 11. Tom Sawyer; 12. Vital Signs; 13. Finding My Way; 14. In the Mood; 15. Bonus: The Big Money (production video)
Note: This 69-minute video is culled from a concert at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, September 21, 1984. It was originally issued on VHS and laserdisc (CDV 080 103-1) by RCA/Columbia Home Videos. In 2006, the set was issued in DVD form as part of Replay X 3, followed by a stand-alone release in 2007. An audio version was also included in the Replay X 3 package and then issued as a stand-alone CD in 2009.
A Show of Hands
Label: Polygram
Catalog No.: PMV 041 760-3
Release date: 1989
U.S. RIAA certification: Platinum
1. The Big Money; 2. Marathon; 3. Turn the Page; 4. Prime Mover; 5. Manhattan Project; 6. Closer to the Heart; 7. Red Sector A; 8. Force Ten; 9. Mission; 10. Territories; 11. The Rhythm Method; 12. The Spirit of Radio; 13. Tom Sawyer; 14. 2112/La Villa Strangiato/In the Mood
Note: This ninety-minute video is culled from a concert at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, U.K. It was originally issued on VHS and laserdisc (PMV 082 575-1) by Polygram. In 2006, the set was issued in DVD form as part of Replay X 3, followed by a stand-alone release in 2007.
Chronicles
Label: Polygram
Catalog No.: PMV 082 765-3
Release date: 1990
U.S. RIAA certification: Platinum
1. Closer to the Heart; 2. The Trees; 3. Limelight; 4. Tom Sawyer (live); 5. Red Barchetta (live); 6. Subdivisions; 7. Distant Early Warning; 8. Red Sector A (live); 9. The Big Money; 10. Mystic Rhythms; 11. Time Stand Still; 12. Lock And Key
Note: Also issued on laserdisc (CDV 082 765-1) at the same time and on DVD (827659) in May 2001. Running time: 63 minutes. The DVD version includes two extra tracks: “The Enemy Within” and “Afterimage.” The laserdisc omits “Red Sector A.”
Rush in Rio
Label: Rounder
Catalog No.: 66825 1099 9
Release date: October 21, 2003
U.S. RIAA certification: 7 x Platinum
Track list is the same as CD issue except DVD omits “Between Sun & Moon” and “Vital Signs” while adding The Documentary: The Boys in Brazil, a film by Andrew MacNaughtan, MX Multiangle of “YYZ,” “O Baterista,” and “La Villa Strangiato” plus Easter Eggs (“By-Tor” movie and “Anthem”).
R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour
Label: Rounder
Catalog No.: 01143-1083-9
Release date: November 22, 2005
U.S. RIAA certification: 5 x Platinum
DVD1: 1. R30 Overture: Finding My Way/Anthem/Bastille Day/A Passage to Bangkok/Cygnus X-1/Hemisphere; 2. The Spirit of Radio; 3. Force Ten; 4. Animate; 5. Subdivisions; 6. Earthshine; 7. Red Barchetta; 8. Roll the Bones; 9. The Seeker; 10. Tom Sawyer; 11. Dreamline; 12. Between the Wheels; 13. Mystic Rhythms; 14. Der Trommler; 15. Resist; 16. Heart Full of Soul; 17. 2112/Xanadu/Working Man; 18. Summertime Blues; 19. Crossroads; 20. LimelightDVD2: Interviews 1. 1979: Hamilton, Ivor Wynne Stadium; 2. 1981: Le Studio, Quebec; 3. 1990: Artist of the Decade Interviews; 4. 1994: Juno Hall of Fame Induction; 5. 2002: Vapor Trails Tour Interview
The Anthem Vault: 6. Fly by Night; 7. Finding My Way (mpeg1 from Rock Concert); 8. In the Mood (mpeg1 from Rock Concert); 9. Circumstances; 10. La Villa Strangiato; 11. A Farewell to Kings; 12. Xanadu; 13. The Spirit of Radio; (soundcheck, 1979, Ivor Wynne Stadium); 14. Freewill (from Toronto Rocks, 2003) 15. Closer to the Heart (from Canada for Asia, 2005)
CD1, 2: Same track list as DVD1
Note: Issued four years later in Blu-ray (01143-1132-9).
Replay X 3
Label: Mercury
Catalog No.: B0006649-50
Release date: June 13, 2006
U.S. RIAA certification: 2 x Platinum
Replay X 3 is a repackage of the concert videos Exit … Stage Left, Grace Under Pressure Tour, and A Show of Hands, presented with a 5.1 surround sound remix. Also included is an audio version of the Grace Under Pressure set. A limited edition of Replay X 3 sold exclusively by Best Buy contained four bonus audio tracks, added to the Grace Under Pressure Tour audio CD: “Limelight,” “Closer to the Heart,” “The Spirit of Radio,” and “Tom Sawyer.”
Snakes & Arrows Live
Label: Rounder
Catalog No.: 01143-1124-9
Release date: November 24, 2008
U.S. RIAA certification: 5 x Platinum
Track list is the same as CD issue with additions. On DVD1: What’s That Smell, featuring Jerry Stiller; 2007 Tour Outtakes; What’s That Smell outtakes; Far Cry—Alternate Cut featuring Rear Screen Footage; The Way the Wind Blows—Alternate Cut featuring Rear
Screen Footage; Red Sector A from the R30 tour. On DVD3: Oh, Atlanta! The Authorized Bootlegs; Ghost of a Chance; Red Barchetta; The Trees; 2112/The Temples of Syrinx.
Working Men
Label: Rounder
Catalog No.: 01143-1135-9
Release date: November 17, 2009
U.S. RIAA certification: n/a
Note: Track list same as CD version.
Time Machine: Live in Cleveland 2011
Label: Roadrunner
Catalog No.: 01143-1156-9
Release date: November 8, 2011
U.S. RIAA certification: n/a
Track list is the same as CD version, but with the following bonus material: 1. Outtakes from History of Rush, Episodes 2 & 17; 2. Tom Sawyer, featuring the cast of History of Rush, Episode 17; 3. Need Some Love live from Laura Secord Secondary School; 4. Anthem live from Passaic, New Jersey.
Selected Solo Albums
Victor—Victor
Label: Atlantic
Catalog No.: 82852-2
Release date: January 9, 1996
Peak U.S. Billboard: No. 99
U.S. RIAA certification: n/a
Producer: Alex Lifeson
1. Don’t Care 4:04; 2. Promise 5:44; 3. Start Today 3:48; 4. Mr. X 2:21; 5. At the End 6:07; 6. Sending Out a Warning 4:11; 7. Shut Up Shuttin’ Up 4:02; 8. Strip and Go Naked 3:57; 9. The Big Dance 4:14; 10. Victor 6:25; 11. I Am the Spirit 5:31
Note: Alex Lifeson solo project. Also issued on cassette. This album also generated three CD promo singles.
Geddy Lee—My Favourite Headache
Label: Atlantic
Catalog No.: 83384-2
Release date: November 14, 2000
Peak U.S. Billboard: No. 52
U.S. RIAA certification: n/a
Producer: Geddy Lee, Ben Mink, David Leonard
1. My Favourite Headache 4:45; 2. The Present Tense 3:25; 3. Window to the World 3:02; 4. Working at Perfekt 5:00; 5. Runaway Train 4:30; 6. The Angels’ Share 4:33; 7. Moving to Bohemia 4:25; 8. Home on the Strange 3:46; 9. Slipping 5:06; 10. Still 4:30; 11. Grace to Grace 4:59
Note: Also issued on cassette. This album also generated three CD promo singles.
Miscellaneous
Feedback
Label: Atlantic
Catalog No.: 83728-2
Release date: June 29, 2004
Peak U.S. Billboard: No. 19
U.S. RIAA certification: n/a
Producer: David Leonard and Rush
1. Summertime Blues 3:52; 2. Heart Full of Soul 2:52; 3. For What It’s Worth 3:30; 4. The Seeker 3:27; 5. Mr. Soul 3:51; 6. Seven and Seven Is 2:53; 7. Shapes of Things 3:16; 8. Crossroads 3:27