PRESTO
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PRESTO
Presto is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush. It was released on November 21, 1989 by Anthem Records and is their first album released internationally by Atlantic Records following the group's departure from Mercury. ... Presto marks another change in Rush's sound with the guitar taking a more dominant role in the writing and a reduction in synthesizers and a return towards more guitar driven arrangements. -wikipedia
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Classic Rock Review
Presto is still a fresh and excellent listen a quarter century after its release.
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Rolling Stone
1990 - With Presto, Rush makes a stab at greatness that rivals its one landmark LP, 1981’s Moving Pictures.
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Odyssey
2017 - Rush's Presto puts an end to the synth sound Rush had on it's previous few albums and brings back a more straight forward hard rock sound.
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Cygnus-X1
A lyrical masterpiece. Excellent production values. Jazzy and Groovy Rush.
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All Music
And though this isn't an album you necessarily need to run from, a brisk walk to their work from the '70s is advisable.
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Smart Bass Guitar
2014 - Each song sounds like a completed, controlled, safe idea. Hooks are certainly present and the catchy songs are certainly there. But they just feel…wiser.
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Classic Rock Revisited
I like an album that is deep enough to change strengths over the years and remain relevant even as we grow older. Presto does this.
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Vintage Rosk
Presto marks a true step forward for the trio during a period of their career where anything could have happened. ... But going backto 1989, It’s a rush to hear this Rush one more time.
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
I hear some good songwriting on here, but there's just not that much, and there's not a lot to make up the deficit. Fans will definitely want this, but I don't know about the rest of us.
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Mark's Record Reviews
However, too much of this songwriting is still stuck in the gear of Predictable. Decently evocative arpeggiated verses give way to 'heard this in a bajillion Phil Collins songs already' adult pop chord changes.
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Saint Louis University
It has a wonderful softness about it that makes it unique in the Rush catalog, and these songs do hold up over the years. Hearing "The Pass" live this summer confirms it.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
The overall aesthetic is still relatively clean, and the songs are meticulous to a fault, but their power-trio roots can be spotted underneath the sheen.
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Don Ignacio
Nonetheless, Presto still isn't a very good album. It shows Rush in a terrible rut.
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Amino
If you hate the band’s synth-oriented releases from the 1980s, then you may see ‘Presto’ as a return to form, but for me, this is an average album.
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Pop Culture Beast
2014 - this version of “Presto” stands as the definitive release that any diehard RUSH fan would want to own
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Hokey Blog!
But on its own, Presto is an album that, if not in the upper-tier of Rush releases, still holds a few worthwhile tracks that echo many of the traits that made earlier Rush so pleasurable, while remaining true to the band’s ethos of never looking back, always moving to evolve.
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Drews Reviews
2014 - Presto may not boast a handful of radio friendly songs, or any really for that matter, but every track is a solid rock performance and nothing disappoints.
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