EagleMoon Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 It sounds very 80s to me which is one reason that I don't care for it. A lot of songs in basic 4/4. There are also the staccato shimmery rhythm guitar parts like Chain Lightening, i.e. The Police, and Red Tide i.e.The Go-Go's. Presto sounds much more dated than their other albums. Counterparts has its 80's moments i.e. (The Enemy Within) but it's further back in the decade. Presto and The Pass sound more timeless. The Enemy Within is on Counterparts? Sorry about that, I was on my phone. Obviously I meant Grace Under Pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Good question! Firmly an early 90's album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 it's an album. Done. Mick It's really an album that exists in it's own time....kind of like Permanent WavesExcept Permanent Waves doesn't suck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driven_to_xanadu Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I consider it a 90's album although I'm not sure why it really matters. Whether you call it a 80's or 90's album it is still one of their weakest *Waits for Presto lovers to say it is the best rush album ever* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 I consider it a 90's album although I'm not sure why it really matters. Whether you call it a 80's or 90's album it is still one of their weakest *Waits for Presto lovers to say it is the best rush album ever* It's the third best Rush album ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 If you don't like Presto you're not a true Rush fan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 If you don't like Presto you're not a true Rush fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driven_to_xanadu Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I like Show Don't Tell, The Pass and Presto. The rest I'll leave for other people to worship 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I have said it before and I say it again.... Permanent Waves is a 80s album, because it was released 1980!!! and Presto is also a 80s album, because it was released 1989!!! The 90s start at 1990! And it doesn't matter that they did not play the songs from Presto live until 1990! If it do, does that mean that La Villa Strangiato is a song from 2011, since it was played live on Time Machine Tour? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 I have said it before and I say it again.... Permanent Waves is a 80s album, because it was released 1980!!! and Presto is also a 80s album, because it was released 1989!!! The 90s start at 1990! And it doesn't matter that they did not play the songs from Presto live until 1990! If it do, does that mean that La Villa Strangiato is a song from 2011, since it was played live on Time Machine Tour? You're right Zumbi. I'm changing my vote :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I have said it before and I say it again.... Permanent Waves is a 80s album, because it was released 1980!!! and Presto is also a 80s album, because it was released 1989!!! The 90s start at 1990! And it doesn't matter that they did not play the songs from Presto live until 1990! If it do, does that mean that La Villa Strangiato is a song from 2011, since it was played live on Time Machine Tour? You're right Zumbi. I'm changing my vote :) Ofcourse I'm right! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I have said it before and I say it again.... Permanent Waves is a 80s album, because it was released 1980!!! and Presto is also a 80s album, because it was released 1989!!! The 90s start at 1990! And it doesn't matter that they did not play the songs from Presto live until 1990! If it do, does that mean that La Villa Strangiato is a song from 2011, since it was played live on Time Machine Tour? You're right Zumbi. I'm changing my vote :) Ofcourse I'm right! ;) But not one single note was recorded in the eighties. Is Blade Runner: The Final Cut a 00's film because it came out then? Or is it simply an 80's movie given the final dusting it needed? Phillip Seymour Hoffman must have died in 2015 because his last film, Mockingjay part two comes out next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingAllTheTime Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I voted 90s mostly because I associate it with my undergrad years, which were in the early 1990s. As for the good and bad of the album. At the time, I was completely confused by it. It seemed so different than anything they had ever done (including the synth era). Save for a couple of songs, I really wasn't feeling it back then. Over time, though, I have grown to appreciate and even love Presto (except for Superconductor.... my vote for their worst song ever.... EVER.... Steely Dan is the house band in hell and Foreigner opens for them, but Superconductor is playing on the elevator down). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I voted 90s mostly because I associate it with my undergrad years, which were in the early 1990s. As for the good and bad of the album. At the time, I was completely confused by it. It seemed so different than anything they had ever done (including the synth era). Save for a couple of songs, I really wasn't feeling it back then. Over time, though, I have grown to appreciate and even love Presto (except for Superconductor.... my vote for their worst song ever.... EVER.... Steely Dan is the house band in hell and Foreigner opens for them, but Superconductor is playing on the elevator down).Love this sentence and the way you "put' it but I disagree about the Steely Dan part. They may just be a studio band which I am not a fan of but their music was part of the soundtrack of my teen years. Foreigner was impossible to avoid in those years as well but I have less appreciation for their music than Steely Dan by far. Rush has at least a handful of songs that could be playing on the elevator on the way down and Superconductor would be one for sure. I am quite sure the ride would be a long one and there would be time for a few more.... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 I have said it before and I say it again.... Permanent Waves is a 80s album, because it was released 1980!!! and Presto is also a 80s album, because it was released 1989!!! The 90s start at 1990! And it doesn't matter that they did not play the songs from Presto live until 1990! If it do, does that mean that La Villa Strangiato is a song from 2011, since it was played live on Time Machine Tour? You're right Zumbi. I'm changing my vote :) Ofcourse I'm right! ;) But not one single note was recorded in the eighties. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I have said it before and I say it again.... Permanent Waves is a 80s album, because it was released 1980!!! and Presto is also a 80s album, because it was released 1989!!! The 90s start at 1990! And it doesn't matter that they did not play the songs from Presto live until 1990! If it do, does that mean that La Villa Strangiato is a song from 2011, since it was played live on Time Machine Tour? You're right Zumbi. I'm changing my vote :) Ofcourse I'm right! ;) But not one single note was recorded in the eighties. What?Given that none were recorded in the nineties, either, sounds like wishful thinking. Maybe it's all a bad dream. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I have said it before and I say it again.... Permanent Waves is a 80s album, because it was released 1980!!! and Presto is also a 80s album, because it was released 1989!!! The 90s start at 1990! And it doesn't matter that they did not play the songs from Presto live until 1990! If it do, does that mean that La Villa Strangiato is a song from 2011, since it was played live on Time Machine Tour? You're right Zumbi. I'm changing my vote :) Ofcourse I'm right! ;) But not one single note was recorded in the eighties. What? I meant nineties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 '80s. It was written, recorded, and released in the '80s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg2112 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Definitely classifying Presto as 90s.... conscious move away from the 80s synth, and as has been said, same production as the other Rupert album RTB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 These threads annoy me. It isn't that far removed from the style of MP and Signals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 (edited) These threads annoy me. It isn't that far removed from the style of MP and Signals. What does that have to do if one considers it an 80s or 90s album? Roll the Bones isn't that far removed from Presto so should RTB be considered an 80's album too? Actually I'm very surprised how many 90's votes Presto is getting since it's obviously an 80's album because it was like released in the 80's ;) Edited December 14, 2014 by savagegrace26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 '80s. It was written, recorded, and released in the '80s. This makes so much sense that I had to like it. Simply and eloquently stated too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 These threads annoy me. It isn't that far removed from the style of MP and Signals. What does that have to do if one considers it an 80s or 90s album? Roll the Bones isn't that far removed from Presto so should RTB be considered an 80's album too? Actually I'm very surprised how many 90's votes Presto is getting since it's obviously an 80's album because it was like released in the 80's ;) I was making the comparison because many make out like Presto sounds like nothing else from that decade. And I honestly hear little in common with RTB, aside from a couple of tracks (Big Wheel and Roll The Bones). Not keen on RTB at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 These threads annoy me. It isn't that far removed from the style of MP and Signals. What does that have to do if one considers it an 80s or 90s album? Roll the Bones isn't that far removed from Presto so should RTB be considered an 80's album too? Actually I'm very surprised how many 90's votes Presto is getting since it's obviously an 80's album because it was like released in the 80's ;) And I honestly hear little in common with RTB, aside from a couple of tracks (Big Wheel and Roll The Bones). Not keen on RTB at all. Both albums are pretty poppy and have a similar "thin" sound to them (same producer). Similar songwriting styles too although Presto has MUCH better songwriting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 These threads annoy me. It isn't that far removed from the style of MP and Signals. What does that have to do if one considers it an 80s or 90s album? Roll the Bones isn't that far removed from Presto so should RTB be considered an 80's album too? Actually I'm very surprised how many 90's votes Presto is getting since it's obviously an 80's album because it was like released in the 80's ;) And I honestly hear little in common with RTB, aside from a couple of tracks (Big Wheel and Roll The Bones). Not keen on RTB at all. Both albums are pretty poppy and have a similar "thin" sound to them (same producer). Similar songwriting styles too although Presto has MUCH better songwriting.Agreed, and I don't even like Presto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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