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Presto (album)

Presto
Rush Presto.jpg
Studio album by Rush
Released November 21, 1989
August 31, 2004 (remastered CD)
Recorded 1989 at Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec and McClear Place in Toronto, Ontario
Genre Hard rock, progressive rock
Length 52:11
Label Anthem (Canada)
Atlantic
Producer Rush, Rupert Hine
Rush chronology
A Show of Hands
(1989)		 Presto
(1989)		 Roll the Bones
(1991)
Singles from Presto
  1. "Show Don't Tell"
    Released: 1989
  2. "The Pass"
    Released: 1990
  3. "Superconductor"
    Released: 1990
  4. "Presto"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars

Presto is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1989. It was recorded at Le Studio in Morin Heights and at McClear Place in Toronto. Presto was Rush's first album with their new international label Atlantic Records, which the band signed to in early 1989 after deciding not to renew its contract with Mercury/PolyGram Records.

The band had intended to co-produce the album with Peter Collins, who had produced the previous two studio albums, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire; however, he reluctantly declined the offer for personal reasons. Instead, Rupert Hine, who had been approached for Grace Under Pressure, produced the album.

All singles released from the album ("Show Don't Tell", "The Pass" and "Superconductor") charted, with "Show Don't Tell" hitting #1 on the Album Rock Tracks chart. The album itself charted at #16 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and sales of Presto earned the band a gold record (sales in excess of 500,000 copies) in the US, and Platinum in Canada. The album has been remastered and reissued twice: once in 2004 as a continuation of "The Rush Remasters" series and again in 2013 as a part of the box set The Studio Albums 1989–2007.

Presto is generally held by fans to have marked the beginning of a transition period, moving away from a sound dominated by synthesizers and toward more traditional rock instrumentation and pop songwriting. In an interview in Canadian Musician, Geddy Lee explained:


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