 | Rush Presto
3.2
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| Ranking: #50 for 1989 | |
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| 3.0 good | Deadwing2112 | April 5th 20 |
The ingredients were here for a return to form Rush comeback with the exception of a leader at the helm capable of producing a rock album without the 80s elements. As a consequence, the promise fizzled away with Presto as synthesizers continue to dominate over Alex Lifeson's guitar work and unnecessary Geddy Lee overdubs. This could have been something far better had a producer insisted upon 70s analog rock warmth instead of stereotypical 80s cold synth. Presto is indeed thin and might as well go poof altogether.
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| 3.0 good | DoggerDog39 | January 8th 13 |
This album sits in the middle of the road for me. "Show Don't Tell" debuts Geddy's use of a five-string bass and philosophically offers up a lot to think about lyrically, "Chain Lightning" has some great rock moments, and "The Pass" has a very memorable message coupled in a great melody. The second side of the album just doesn't do it for me, though. In fact, "Superconductor" is one of those songs that gets jammed into my head and requires a lot of effort to expunge.
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| 3.5 great | AlbumReviewMan | March 26th 12 |
Presto is the 13th studio by Rush, released in 1989. Rush - Presto is the follow up from their previous studio album, Hold Your Fire, and also a follow up from their previous live album, A Show of Hands, which I thought Hold Your Fire was a very good album, as A Show of Hands was a classic live album. I love it a lot. coming into this record, Rush returns to their hard rock roots, as none of the songs off this record start with synth intros as the leading instrument on their albums such as Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire. this album, has some keyboards on it but it's not the leading instrument in the songs off this record. Rush - Presto, has a showcase of signature Rush songs, in which some of the songs are usually in Rush's sets for tours, songs such as Show Don't Tell, The Pass and Presto. the producer of this album is Rupert Hine, which also produced their follow up from this album, Roll the Bones, which was released in 1991. Presto was a great record, I enjoyed hearing this record. it has some of my favorite Rush songs of all time: Show Don't Tell, The Pass, Red Tide and Available Light. I'd rate this album a 3.5/5. I'd say this album would be like Rush, 2112, Permanent Waves, and Moving Pictures.
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| 4.5 superb | 6Dark6Cell6 | February 23rd 11 |
This just goes to show you how Rush can nail a specific sound so profoundly different from the album preceeding it.
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| 3.5 great | Staker | November 24th 10 |
I'm always surprised that people don't like this more. The tracks are all very good, many of them are excellent. You could say it was too transitional, but that's half the interest.
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| 4.0 excellent | Brabiz | May 12th 22 |
I think this album is consistently ?very good? but it?s definitely front loaded with some truly amazing tracks, making it less engaging as it goes on. That?s really my only complaint, as a whole this album is fantastic. It just needs some extra time to grow for the last half.
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| 1.5 very poor | GamamJ | October 31st 20 |
Unfortunately, not their worst album. Soundoff too short, huh?
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| 3.0 good | EcoChocolatacchi | May 7th 15 |
The feel good guilty pleasure rush album. Songs like War Paint make one happy in a bizarre way.
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| 3.0 good | Mythodea | November 21st 14 |
Utterly disappointed. Thought this was going to be better than their previous Hold Your Fire.
Instead, the band creates a bland, ''happy go lucky'' lp, with little to offer. The only songs I
found tolerable were Scars and Available Light, maybe even The Pass. These three, with the help of
some tremendous bass lines, save this album from falling into mediocrity.
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| 3.5 great | agent502 | March 22nd 12 |
Basically a second Power Windows. They just act a lot more like monkeys than before.
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| 0.0 | mandan | March 5th 12 |
Not really a classic, Presto nevertheless is decent enough to sit in any fan's collection.
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| 3.0 good | LokitheTrickster | December 13th 11 |
Some of the songs were pretty good. Anagram (for Mongo) was very interesting if you notice the wordplay and The Pass was beautiful and sad.
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| 3.5 great | CrazyFool84 | November 30th 08 |
Perhaps often cast in a negative light due to being one of Rush's weaker 80's offerings, Presto has the distinctive mark where the band began to phase out their heavy synth approach. Despite containing "filler", I find these songs are still pretty consistent, and possessing the band's favourite song (The Pass) adds a bit of personal feel to the record. Presto also sees the band using conventional piano in a few tracks, which fits their sound well.
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| 3.0 good | sba4life | July 22nd 08 |
great fucking record...........................................................................................
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