Counterparts (album)
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| Studio album by Rush | |||||
| Released | October 19, 1993 | ||||
| Recorded | April - June 1993 at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec & McClear Place, Toronto | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock, rock | ||||
| Length | 54:17 | ||||
| Label | Anthem (Canada) Atlantic |
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| Producer | Peter Collins and Rush | ||||
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Counterparts is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music).
Lyrically, Counterparts continues the trend of dark and emotional themes; it takes on difficult subjects such as homosexuality and crime, yet it keeps a general concept of ambition, sadness, and love on songs like "Nobody's Hero", "Speed of Love", and even "Cold Fire". "Leave That Thing Alone" earned a Grammy nomination for "Best Instrumental". The song "Stick It Out" is one of the band's "heaviest" works in quite some time, and the video was featured on an episode of Beavis and Butt-Head where Beavis said "The guitar is pretty cool" (after mocking the 1980 Rush track "The Spirit of Radio") only for Butt-Head to reply "Yeah, if you are a wuss". Other highlights include "Animate" and "Double Agent". Although debatable, many Rush fans agree that Counterparts features some alternative rock elements. The song "Nobody's Hero" (about Ellis, a gay friend of drummer Neil Peart from his London days, and a girl who was murdered in his hometown of St. Catharines, Ontario), alienated many Rush fans. However, Peart himself claims he never thought the song would be controversial before someone pointed it out to him.
Counterparts became Rush's highest charting album in the US peaking at #2 on The Billboard 200 (only for Pearl Jam's Vs. to prevent it from hitting #1 in the US). The album went Platinum according to Atlantic Records although the RIAA has it listed at Gold.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and Neil Peart except where noted.
- "Animate" – 6:05
- "Stick It Out" – 4:30
- "Cut to the Chase" – 4:49
- "Nobody's Hero" – 4:54
- "Between Sun and Moon" (Lifeson, Lee, Peart, Pye Dubois) – 4:37
- "Alien Shore" – 5:45
- "The Speed of Love" – 5:03
- "Double Agent" – 4:51
- "Leave That Thing Alone" (Lifeson, Lee) – 4:06
- "Cold Fire" – 4:27
- "Everyday Glory" – 5:10
[edit] Personnel
- Geddy Lee – Bass guitars, Vocals, Synthesizer
- Alex Lifeson – Electric & Acoustic guitars
- Neil Peart – Drums and percussion
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- Michael Kamen – Strings arrangements and conducting ("Nobody's Hero")
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
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| 1993 | The Billboard 200 | 2 |
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"Stick It Out"
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"Nobody's Hero"
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"Cold Fire"
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"Animate"
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"Double Agent"
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