Rhino has unveiled a new vinyl box set collecting RUSH’s four studio albums from 1989 through 1996, arriving this Friday (November 1st).
The 6-LP set houses Presto (1989), Roll the Bones (1991), Counterparts (1993), and Test for Echo (1996) — all of which have been out of print on vinyl since they were last reissued in 2015. Counterparts and Test for Echo are spread across two LPs and three sides each (the 2015 reissues had an etching on Side D, though it’s undetermined if that’s the case for the box set LPs).
These would be the final four albums Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart recorded for Atlantic Records prior to going on hiatus in 1997. Each record features original artwork, plus a print featuring reimagined cover art, and comes housed in a slipcase featuring new artwork by the band’s longtime art director Hugh Syme.
RUSH signed with Atlantic prior to the release of Presto, which peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard album charts in 1989. The band enjoyed more success with its follow-up Roll the Bones in 1991, hitting No. 3 on the album chart. 1993’s Counterparts — a fan favorite and late-career highlight — would become one of RUSH’s highest charting albums, peaking at No. 2, while Test for Echo hit No. 5 in 1996 on the heels of the title track, a No. 1 hit on the Mainstream Rock Track chart.
As for the current state of RUSH, we previously reported that surviving members Lee and Lifeson had been regularly jamming RUSH songs together, though Lifeson insisted there was no intentions of reuniting the band. Since the passing of RUSH drummer Neil Peart in 2020, the pair have only given occasional live performances, though they did appear onstage together at a Gordon Lightfoot tribute gig earlier this year.
You can pre-order RUSH’s The Albums: 1989-1996 via Rhino. Check out a product mockup and the full tracklist below.
The Albums: 1989-1996 Artwork:
The Albums: 1989-1996 Tracklist:
Presto:
Side A
01. Show Don’t Tell
02. Chain Lightning
03. The Pass
04. War Paint
05. Scars
Side B
01. Superconductor
02. Anagram (For Mongo)
03. Red Tide
04. Hand Over Fist
05. Available Light
Roll the Bones:
Side A
01. Dreamline
02. Bravado
03. Roll the Bones
04. Face Up
05. Where’s My Thing? (Part IV, Gangster of Boats Trilogy) (Instrumental)
Side B
01. The Big Wheel
02. Heresy
03. Ghost of a Chance
04. Neurotica
05. You Bet Your Life
Counterparts:
Side A
01. Animate
02. Stick It Out
03. Cut to the Chase
04. Nobody’s Hero
Side B
01. Between Sun and Moon
02. Alien Shore
03. The Speed of Love
Side C
01. Double Agent
02. Leave That Thing Alone (Instrumental)
03. Cold Fire
04. Everyday Glory
Test for Echo:
Side A
01. Test for Echo
02. Driven
03. Half the World
04. The Color of Right
Side B
01. Time and Motion
02. Totem
03. Dog Years
Side C
01. Virtuality
02. Resist
03. Limbo (Instrumental)
04. Carve Away the Stone