Album: Counterparts
Year Released: 1993
Lineup:
- Geddy Lee – bass, vocals, synthesizer
- Neil Peart – drums, cymbals, electronic percussion
- Alex Lifeson – electric and acoustic guitars
Overall Thoughts:
In some ways, Counterparts is a throwback album. There isn't a theme that runs through the songs in Counterparts like in many of their previous albums. It's not a progressive album, or one that is heavily based in synthesizers or pop sound. In many ways, it reminds me of their first two albums- a rock album, first and foremost.
It's a scattershot album. There are some excellent songs ("Nobody's Hero" is the standout for me), but other songs that fall flat ("Double Agent"). There are far more songs about women and relationships ("Cold Fire", "Alien Shore") than is typical for a Rush album.
Rupert Hines was the producer for their previous two albums- but with Counterparts, Peter Collins returned. Correlation is not causation, but Hines produced two of my favorite albums, while Collins' track record is not as potent.
Counterparts is not a bad album. But it is an uneven letdown after a pair of powerhouses.
Ranking of Rush Albums (adding as more albums are reviewed):
- Presto
- Moving Pictures
- Roll the Bones
- 2112
- Permanent Waves
- Fly By Night
- Rush
- A Farewell to Kings
- Hemispheres
- Hold Your Fire
- Power Windows
- Counterparts
- Signals
- Caress of Steel
- Grace Under Pressure
Top 10 Rush Songs (adding as more albums are reviewed):
- "The Pass", Presto
- "Tom Sawyer", Moving Pictures
- "Working Man", Rush
- "Closer to the Heart", A Farewell to Kings
- "La Villa Strangiato", Hemispheres
- "Freewill", Permanent Waves
- "Bravado", Roll the Bones
- "2112", 2112
- "Fly By Night", Fly By Night
- "Show Don't Tell", Presto
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