Counterparts (Remastered)

This album grew on me. It’s so different. Grunge was everywhere, it felt like this release was lost. It’s got some incredibly moving, emotional songs throughout. Same as Presto, I caught 3 shows including a solid performance at The Cow Palace. Cold Fire has always been a favorite. It’s buried as the 2nd to last song… love the confidence to put it where bands usually put a filler song. At minimum, Cold Fire is a must.

Hard rock, low synths, and therapy for my main man and hero Neil. Love this. Listen front to back

Fantastic all the way through.

I had a tough time when this first arrived. It was so different. Many years later I have rediscovered and its one of my favs now. Animate leads off and just drives hard. Those strings just drip passion and urgency. Songs are all so diverse but all work together and each so well put together. Drums nice and punchy. Guitar is thick, chunky and oily - so good. Bass is thumping, rock steady and a little funky. A grand slam!

I love some of this album and hate some of it. Songs I hate...Nobody's Hero, Cold Fire, Everyday Glory. And I don't care for the vocal melody for the verses of Stick It Out, even though I love the guitar riff. Songs I love...Between Sun and Moon, Double Agent and Leave that Thing Alone. And I have a soft spot for Speed Of Love. This is the first Rush album where I don't love all of Peart's lyrics. I think he sounds too scientific, especially on the first line of Alien Shore, " You and I, we are strangers by one chromosome." It's nice to hear Rush rocking out again and cutting back on the keyboards and synthesizers. But I think there are more duds here than usual on a Rush album. Still, it's worth having for it's great moments, which there are quite a few of.

It's Rush... Nothing else needs to be said.... Front row in Front of Geddy for R40 in Detroit😊All I have to say is wow!!!!!

After Rush's efforts on "Presto" and "Roll the Bones", the band were able to accomplish returning to a guitar driven style, but the production was thinning out. In 1993, Rush reunited with producer Peter Collins and brought in engineer Kevin Shirley, who helped the band find their newer, thicker sound that made them sound like a real rock band again. "Animate" has an amazing drive that drummer Neil Peart considers one of their best. "Nobody's Hero" discusses diversity amongst various relationships between people, which Geddy Lee conveys in such a sincere manner. Alex Lifeson generates a heavy riff with "Stick It Out". With a new found sound and style that is helping Rush to survive in the 1990's, what could or would they possibly do next? With Rush, they always seem to find things they can change up.

What more can I say? Out of the post synthesizer era of Rush's catalogue, this is by far the hardest rocker beside Vapor Trails. The album is a gem from start to finish. This found a permanent home in my CD player in the car for months on end in 93'. Worth the Benjamins

I am a die- hard fan of Rush and I throughly enjoy this album, as much as ones such as Hemispheres and Farewell to Kings! This is from their 90s era albums and you can tell, but the music arrangement is fantastic and the songwriting and the here is some of the most profound I have ever heard from Rush- and that's a tall order. This purchase is a no brainier is you are a Rush fan at all.

If I have one complaint it is that this album came out when Grung/Alternative was in shifting into high gear. It was kind of overshadowed by those bands back then. If this came out in the mid to late 80s it would have been legendary.