Counterparts is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1993 Lyrically, Counterparts continues the trend of dark and emotional themes; it takes on difficult subjects such as homosexuality and crime, yet it keeps a general concept of ambition, sadness, and love on songs like "Nobody's Hero", "Speed of Love", and even "Cold Fire". "Leave That Thing Alone" earned a Grammy nomination for "Best Instrumental". The song "Stick It Out" is one of the band's "heaviest" works in quite some time. The song also topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the U.S., only the second Rush Read more on Last.fm.
