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Rush - Presto [Remastered] (CD 2004)

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Track Listing
1. Show Don't Tell
2. Chain Lightning
3. Pass
4. War Paint
5. Scars
6. Presto
7. Superconductor
8. Anagram (For Mongo)
9. Red Tide
10. Hand Over Fist
11. Available Light

Details
Number of CDs:	1
Producer:	Rupert Hine, Rush
Recording Type:	Studio
Distributor:	Cinram Logistics
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	DDD

Album Notes
Rush: Geddy Lee (vocals, keyboards, bass); Alex Lifeson (acoustic & electric guitars); Neil Peart (drums, percussion).Additional personnel: Rupert Hine (keyboards, background vocals).Personnel: Geddy Lee (vocals, synthesizer, bass guitar); Alex Lifeson (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Neil Peart (drums, electronic percussion).Recording information: 08/1989.PRESTO was the first Rush album to be co-produced by the band and Rupert Hine (Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks, Howard Jones). Thus, it should come as no surprise that PRESTO is very melodic and one of Rush's most commercial efforts. But the playing is still top notch, and the group creates a very open and straightforward sound--due to cutting back on keyboards and synthesized sounds (which were prominent on the majority of their recordings from the '80s)."Show Don't Tell" opens the album on a (lyrical) cautionary note, and contains slight elements of funk-rock throughout (the first time Rush had experimented with this genre on record). The melancholic "The Pass" deals with the controversial subject of teen suicide, while the rocker "Superconductor" encompasses the ups and downs of being a celebrity. Not all of the band's experiments work--"Scars" is the only point on the album where synth sounds take away from the song, while other tracks are a bit too "clean" sounding when compared to past Rush classics. Still, PRESTO showed that Rush was open to trying new ideas in a decade where rock bands were expected to stick to the basics.

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3 Stars - Good
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Hey! Presto

Review created: 05/03/08

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In Presto Rush made an album with real soul in it- not soul music soul- but read the lyrics of Neil Peart and there's a tremendous humanism about the scenarios he imagines for these songs. Plus wit and excellent musical arrangements.

Much maligned through their career as prog metal monsters, Rush made a real transition in the 80s, bringing in reggae influences, danceable beats and a self deprecating sense of humour. This album marked for me the peak of this period. "The Pass", "Presto", and "Available Light" are the stand out tracks for me.

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