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| Released = September 3, 1991<br />August 31, 2004 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200408/ai_n8557208/ |title=Rush Remastered: Four Classic Collections Arrive in Stores Aug. 31st &#124; Market Wire |publisher=Find Articles |date= |accessdate=2012-03-07}}</ref> (Remastered CD)
| Released = September 3, 1991<br />August 31, 2004 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200408/ai_n8557208/ |title=Rush Remastered: Four Classic Collections Arrive in Stores Aug. 31st &#124; Market Wire |publisher=Find Articles |date= |accessdate=2012-03-07}}</ref> (Remastered CD)
| Recorded = [[Le Studio]], [[Morin-Heights, Quebec]] and McClear Place, [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| Recorded = [[Le Studio]], [[Morin-Heights, Quebec]] and McClear Place, [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| Genre = [[Hard rock, progressive rock, alternative rock]]
| Genre = [[Hard rock]], [[progressive rock]], [[alternative rock]]
| Length = 48:04
| Length = 48:04
| Label = [[Anthem Records|Anthem]] (Canada)<br />[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| Label = [[Anthem Records|Anthem]] (Canada)<br />[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]

Revision as of 00:08, 5 August 2014

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Entertainment Weekly(B)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

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,[5] and in 2011, once again remastered (by Kevin Gray) and re-released by Audio Fidelity as a gold CD.[6] In 2013, it was remastered and re-released yet again this time as part of the box set The Studio Albums 1989-2007.[7]

Style

"Dreamline" and "Roll the Bones" were popular radio staples of the early 90s, with the former reaching #1 on the Album Rock Tracks chart, while "Where's My Thing?" became the band's third instrumental and was their second song to be nominated for a Grammy, in 1991, losing to Eric Johnson's "Cliffs of Dover". Coincidentally, Johnson went on to provide support for the Roll the Bones tour in fall of 1991. The musical style of Roll the Bones paved the way for the "alternative" style of 1993’s Counterparts.

In the Roll the Bones tourbook of 1991-92, Neil Peart described both the mindset of the lyrics written for not only the title track, but also the album:

No matter what kind of song you choose to play, you’re betting your life on it, for good or ill, and what you believe is what you are... No one can ever be sure, in this best of all possible random universes. That's why the essence of these songs is: if there's a chance, you might as well take it. So what if some parts of life are a crap shoot? Get out there and shoot the crap. A random universe doesn't have to be futile; we can change the odds, load the dice, and roll again…. For anyone who hasn't seen Groucho Marx's game show You Bet Your Life, I mean that no one but Groucho knows the secret word, and one guess is as good as another... Anything can happen. That is called fate.[8]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Neil Peart; all music composed by Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee.

  1. "Dreamline" – 4:38
  2. "Bravado" – 4:35
  3. "Roll the Bones" – 5:30
  4. "Face Up" – 3:54
  5. "Where's My Thing? (Part IV, "Gangster of Boats" Trilogy)" – 3:49
  6. "The Big Wheel" – 5:13
  7. "Heresy" – 5:26
  8. "Ghost of a Chance" – 5:19
  9. "Neurotica" – 4:40
  10. "You Bet Your Life" – 5:00
"Dreamline"
"Dreamline" from Roll the Bones.
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Personnel

Charts

Year Chart Position
1991 Billboard 200 3[9]
UK Albums Chart 10[10]

Sales certifications

Country Organization Sales
U.S. RIAA Platinum (1,000,000)
Canada RIAA Platinum (100,000)

ROLL THE BONES TOUR Setlist:

  • Intro(A Show Of Hands)/Force Ten
  • Freewill / Distant Early Warning
  • Time Stand Still
  • Dreamline
  • Bravado
  • Roll The Bones
  • Show Don´t Tell
  • The Big Money
  • Ghost Of A Chance (added on 12/4/91 onward)
  • Subdvisions (abbreviated)(Dropped on 27/5/92 , after replaced by "Vital Signs" on 29/5/92 onward)
  • The Pass (Replaced by "The Analog Kid" on 29/5 onward)
  • Where´s My Thing
  • The Rhythm Method (drum solo)
  • Closer To The Heart (With a "Alex´s Speeding Up" rant ,after 27/5/92)
  • Xanadu (abbreviated)
  • Superconductor
  • Tom Sawyer

ENCORE:

  • The Spirit Of Radio
  • Old Medley:

2112(Overure) Finding My Way La Villa Strangiato (Abbreviated) Anthem Red Barchetta Spirit Of Radio (Reprise)

  • Cygnus X-1 (Teaser added early 12/4/91 onward)

Singles

Information
"Dreamline"
  • Released: 1991
  • Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart
  • Produced by: Rupert Hine and Rush
  • Chart positions: #1 US Mainstream Rock
"Roll the Bones"
  • Released: February 1992
  • Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart
  • Produced by: Rupert Hine and Rush
  • Chart positions: #9 US Mainstream Rock; #49 UK
"Ghost of a Chance"
  • Released: April 1992
  • Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart
  • Produced by: Rupert Hine and Rush
  • Chart positions: #2 US Mainstream Rock
"Bravado"
  • Released: 1992
  • Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart
  • Produced by: Rupert Hine and Rush
  • Chart positions: #13 US Mainstream Rock

References

  1. ^ "Rush Remastered: Four Classic Collections Arrive in Stores Aug. 31st | Market Wire". Find Articles. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  2. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Roll the Bones - Rush at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  3. ^ Eddy, Chuck (20 September 1991). "Roll the Bones Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 30 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Rush: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Rush remasters Vapor Trails, Presto, and other Atlantic studio releases - Blogcritics Music". Blogcritics.org. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  6. ^ "Rush :: Roll The Bones". audiofidelity. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  7. ^ "Rush The Studio Albums 1989-2007". hdtracks. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  8. ^ Rush Rush 1991-1992 Roll The Bones Tour Concert Tour Book, page 3, 1991.
  9. ^ "Roll the Bones chart position in the US". Billboard. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Rush chart positions in the UK". The Official Charts Company.
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