Name: Counterparts (Remastered)
Brand: Atlantic
SKU: 316391
Price: 12.69 USD
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Counterparts (Remastered)

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Album: Counterparts (Remastered)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Animate	More Info...
2)	Stick It Out	More Info...
3)	Cut to the Chase	More Info...
4)	Nobody's Hero	More Info...
5)	Between Sun & Moon	More Info...
6)	Alien Shore	More Info...
7)	The Speed of Love	More Info...
8)	Double Agent	More Info...
9)	Leave That Thing Alone	More Info...
10)	Cold Fire	More Info...
11)	Everyday Glory	More Info...
2)	Stick It Out (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:04
3)	Cut To The Chase (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:04
4)	Nobody's Hero (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:05
5)	Between Sun & Moon (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:04
6)	Alien Shore (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:05
7)	The Speed Of Love (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:05
8)	Double Agent (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:05
9)	Leave That Thing Alone (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:04
10)	Cold Fire (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:04
11)	Everyday Glory (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:05

Album: Counterparts (Remastered)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Animate	More Info...
2)	Stick It Out	More Info...
3)	Cut to the Chase	More Info...
4)	Nobody's Hero	More Info...
5)	Between Sun & Moon	More Info...
6)	Alien Shore	More Info...
7)	The Speed of Love	More Info...
8)	Double Agent	More Info...
9)	Leave That Thing Alone	More Info...
10)	Cold Fire	More Info...
11)	Everyday Glory	More Info...
2)	Stick It Out (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:04
3)	Cut To The Chase (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:04
4)	Nobody's Hero (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:05
5)	Between Sun & Moon (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:04
6)	Alien Shore (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:05
7)	The Speed Of Love (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:05
8)	Double Agent (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:05
9)	Leave That Thing Alone (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:04
10)	Cold Fire (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:04
11)	Everyday Glory (Remastered LP Version)	More Info...	0:05

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) - "...COUNTERPARTS 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..."