Customer Ratings & Reviews

Have been listening to Rush ever since Permanent Waves. Have been a huge fan ever since.

Most remastered albums are blown-out horrors. Not so, "Presto." Fans have long lamented the weak sound of the original album, especially since "Presto" contains some of Rush's best music. This remaster does justice to the album, gives it the depth and punch it's always deserved, without blowing out the music. Usually I go out of my way to purchase original releases of old albums and avoid remasters like bad neighborhoods, but this version of "Presto" is the exception to the rule. This is a purchase no Rush fan will regret.

Rush's Presto appeared in 1989 and represents the end of their "middle" period of development, characterized by an new emphasis on melodic inventiveness with keyboards and effects used heavily at times. It did, however, produce some very good music. Though clearly still a rock album, Presto at times has a somewhat jazzy, funk sound to it, evident immediately on the record's opening track Show Don't Tell, which sounds better in this remastering than on the original. Similar results occurred on the Roll The Bones album, which was also produced by Rupert Hine.

Loved this album from the time it was released. Was a personal favorite in my collection. Definitely recommended.