Rush - The Studio Albums 1989-2007 (2013) [7 CD Box Set] Re-up

This 7-disc boxed set RUSH: THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1989-2007, features every studio album Rush recorded for Atlantic Records. The collection includes the Gold & Platinum albums Presto (1989), Roll The Bones (1991), Counterparts (1993), and Test For Echo (1996), as well as their covers EP Feedback (2004) and the Billboard Top 5 album Snakes & Arrows (2007). THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1989-2007 features each album presented in a wallet sleeve that faithfully reproduces the original artwork (except for VAPOR TRAILS Remixed, which features a reinterpreted version of the original cover).








Presto is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1989. It was recorded at Le Studio in Morin Heights and at McClear Place in Toronto. Presto was Rush's first album with their new international label Atlantic Records, which the band signed to in early 1989 after deciding not to renew its contract with Mercury/PolyGram Records.

The band had intended to co-produced the album with Peter Collins, who had produced the previous two studio albums, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire; however, he reluctantly declined the offer for personal reasons. Instead, Rupert Hine, who had been approached for Grace Under Pressure, produced the album.

All singles released from the album ("Show Don't Tell", "The Pass" and "Superconductor") charted, with "Show Don't Tell" hitting #1 on the Album Rock Tracks chart. The album itself charted at #16 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and sales of Presto earned the band a gold record (sales in excess of 500,000 copies) in the US, and Platinum in Canada.

Track Listing

01. Show Don't Tell (5:01)
02. Chain Lightning (4:33)
03. The Pass (4:50)
04. War Paint (5:24)
05. Scars (4:07)
06. Presto (5:46)
07. Superconductor (4:47)
08. Anagram (For Mongo) (3:59)
09. Red Tide (4:30)
10. Hand Over Fist (4:11)
11. Available Light (5:03)

Produced by Rush & Rupert Hine

The Band

• Geddy Lee - bass guitar, synthesizers, vocals
• Alex Lifeson - electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
• Neil Peart - drums, percussion

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• Rupert Hine - additional keyboards, backing vocals
• Jason Sniderman - additional keyboards






Roll The Bones is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1991. It was recorded at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec and McClear Place in Toronto, Ontario with Rupert Hine returning as producer. The album won the 1992 Juno Award for best album cover design. Roll the Bones became Rush's first US Top 5 album since 1981's Moving Pictures peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200. It also achieved an RIAA certification of platinum, the latest Rush album to date to do so. The album was remastered and re-released in 2004 as part of the Atlantic Records "Rush Remasters" series, and in 2011, once again remastered (by Kevin Gray) and re-released by Audio Fidelity as a gold CD. In 2013, it was released by HDTracks as a 24-bit/96kHz download as part of the collection The Studio Albums 1989-2007.

Track Listing

01. Dreamline (4:37)
02. Bravado (4:35)
03. Roll The Bones (5:30)
04. Face Up (3:54)
05. Where's My Thing? (Part IV, 'Gangster Of Boats' Trilogy) (3:50)
06. The Big Wheel (5:13)
07. Heresy (5:25)
08. Ghost Of A Chance (5:19)
09. Neurotica (4:40)
10. You Bet Your Life (4:59)

Produced by Rupert Hine and Rush

The Band

• Geddy Lee - synthesizers, bass guitar, lead vocals
• Alex Lifeson - electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
• Neil Peart - drums

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• Joe Berndt - digital effects
• Rupert Hine - keyboards, vocals






Counterparts is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1993. It became the band's highest charting album in the US, peaking at #2 on the Billboard 200 (only behind Pearl Jam's Vs.). Atlantic Records has claimed that the album went platinum, although the RIAA has it listed as gold.

The lyrics of Counterparts continue the trends of Roll the Bones with dark and emotional themes being the primary focus. Some songs are "heavy" sounding tracks like "Animate" and "Stick it Out", which topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks for four weeks in late 1993, becoming the band's fifth single to do so. "Leave That Thing Alone" earned a Grammy nomination for "Best Instrumental".

Track Listing

01. Animate (6:03)
02. Stick It Out (4:30)
03. Cut To The Chase (4:48)
04. Nobody's Hero (4:55)
05. Between Sun & Moon (4:37)
06. Alien Shore (5:47)
07. The Speed Of Love (5:02)
08. Double Agent (4:52)
09. Leave That Thing Alone (4:05)
10. Cold Fire (4:27)
11. Everyday Glory (5:11)

Produced by Peter Collins & Rush

The Band

• Geddy Lee - bass guitar, vocals, synthesizer
• Alex Lifeson - electric and acoustic guitars
• Neil Peart - drums, percussion

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• Michael Kamen - string arrangements and conducting on "Nobody's Hero"
• John Webster - additional keyboards






Test For Echo is the sixteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1996. It marks the final Rush work prior to the events in Neil Peart's life that put the band on hiatus for several years. He recorded a majority of his drum tracks for the album using traditional grip, after receiving drum lessons from jazz instructor Freddie Gruber.

The cover denotes an inukshuk, native to the band's home country of Canada. Created by the Inuit, an inuksuk is a stone figure in the shape of a human used to mark a food cache, hunting ground or a place where someone lost their life.

The title track reached #1 on the mainstream rock chart. "Driven" became a bass showcase for Geddy Lee during live performances, while "Resist" was rearranged as an acoustic song on the Vapor Trails and R30 tours.

Track Listing

01. Test For Echo (5:56)
02. Driven (4:27)
03. Half The World (3:42)
04. The Color Of Right (4:48)
05. Time And Motion (5:01)
06. Totem (4:58)
07. Dog Years (4:55)
08. Virtuality (5:43)
09. Resist (4:23)
10. Limbo (5:29)
11. Carve Away The Stone (4:07)

Produced by Peter Collins & Rush

The Band

• Geddy Lee - bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Alex Lifeson - acoustic and electric guitars, mandola
• Neil Peart - drums, percussion, hammered dulcimer






Vapor Trails (Remixed) is a hard rock album by the Canadian rock band Rush and produced by David Bottrill as a remixed version of Rush's 2002 album Vapor Trails. The remixed version entered at #35 on the Billboard 200 chart. The remixed album was released by Atlantic Records and Rhino Entertainment on September 27, 2013 for the iTunes library. The album's playlist is identical to that of Vapor Trails, but the songs have remixed audio to eliminate the compression that affected the original album. Both the band and the fans were unhappy with the way the original album's overall sonic production wound up. Due to the fans' insistence, and the positive response from the remixes of "One Little Victory" and "Earthshine" featured on Retrospective III, Rush and Bottrill remixed the entire album. Vapor Trails Remixed will also be included in the box-set of Atlantic Studio Albums.

Track Listing

01. One Little Victory (5:08)
02. Ceiling Unlimited (5:28)
03. Ghost Rider (5:40)
04. Peaceable Kingdom (5:23)
05. The Stars Look Down (4:28)
06. How It Is (4:05)
07. Vapor Trail (4:57)
08. Secret Touch (6:34)
09. Earthshine (5:38)
10. Sweet Miracle (3:40)
11. Nocturne (4:49)
12. Freeze (Part IV Of 'Fear') (6:21)
13. Out Of The Cradle (5:04)

Produced by Rush and Paul Northfield & David Bottrill (remixer)

The Band

• Geddy Lee - bass guitar, vocals
• Alex Lifeson - electric and acoustic guitars, mandola
• Neil Peart - drums, percussion






Feedback is a studio cover album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 2004. The album features eight covers of songs that were influential for the band members during the 1960s. The album marked the 30th anniversary of the release of Rush's debut album though the current lineup of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart was established just following the first album's release. The tour in support of the Feedback album was called the R30: 30th Anniversary Tour. Their cover of Summertime Blues was also used as an official theme song for WWE's Summerslam PPV event in 2004.

Track Listing

01. Summertime Blues (3:51)
02. Heart Full Of Soul (2:52)
03. For What It's Worth (3:30)
04. The Seeker (3:25)
05. Mr. Soul (3:49)
06. Seven And Seven Is (2:52)
07. Shapes Of Things (3:15)
08. Crossroads (3:29)

Produced by David Leonard and Rush

The Band

• Geddy Lee - lead vocals, bass
• Alex Lifeson - guitar
• Neil Peart - drums, percussion

Notes

AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek called the tracklist "amazing" and said "None of these tunes are done with an ounce of camp. What the listener encounters is a Rush that has never ever been heard before."






Snakes & Arrows is a 2007 studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush. It was their eighteenth full-length studio album and their first studio outing since 2004's Feedback. It was also their first complete studio album since Vapor Trails in 2002. The album was recorded in five weeks between November and December 2006 at Allaire Studios in New York’s Catskill Mountains and mixed and mastered at Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles, California. Snakes & Arrows was released on CD on May 1, 2007, as a double LP album on June 19 (limited to 5,000 copies), as well as the new MVI (Music Video Interactive) format (limited to 25,000 copies) on June 26. Snakes & Arrows debuted at #3 on the The Billboard 200 chart where it remained for 14 weeks. It was certified gold in Canada in September 2007. The track "Malignant Narcissism" was nominated for a Grammy Award under the category Best Rock Instrumental Performance. The album was named as one of Classic Rock‘s 10 essential progressive rock albums of the decade.

Track Listing

01. Far Cry (5:19)
02. Armor And Sword (6:35)
03. Workin. Them Agents (4:46)
04. The Larger Bowl (4:08)
05. Spindrift (5:21)
06. The Main Monkey Business (6:01)
07. The Way The Wind Blows (6:28)
08. Hope (2:02)
09. Faithless (5:31)
10. Bravest Face (5:10)
11. Good News First (4:52)
12. Malignant Narcissism (2:17)
13. We Hold On (4:12)

Produced by Nick Raskulinecz and Rush

The Band

• Geddy Lee - vocals, bass, mellotron, bass pedal
• Alex Lifeson - electric guitars, acoustic guitars, twelve-string guitars, mandolin, bouzouki
• Neil Peart - drums, percussion



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