Presto (album)
Encyclopedia

Personnel

  • Geddy Lee
    Geddy Lee
    Gary Lee Weinrib, OC, better known as Geddy Lee , is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush...

      - bass guitar, synthesizers, vocals
  • Alex Lifeson
    Alex Lifeson
    Aleksandar Živojinović, OC, better known by his stage name Alex Lifeson, is a second generation Serbian-Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist of the Canadian rock band Rush. In the summer of 1968, Lifeson founded the band that would become Rush with friend, drummer John Rutsey...

     - electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
  • Neil Peart
    Neil Peart
    Neil Ellwood Peart , OC, is a Canadian musician and author. He is the drummer for the rock band Rush.Peart grew up in Port Dalhousie, Ontario . During adolescence, he floated from regional band to regional band in pursuit of a career as a full-time drummer...

      - drums, percussion
  • Rupert Hine
    Rupert Hine
    Rupert Neville Hine is an English musician, songwriter and prolific record producer, having produced albums for artists including Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Rush, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, and ...

      - additional keyboards, production
  • Stephen W Tayler
    Stephen W Tayler
    Stephen Tayler is a mixing and recording engineer, music producer, composer and sound designer who has contributed this collection of talents to hundreds of world-class albums for artists including Kate Bush, Suzanne Vega, Peter Gabriel, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, Howard Jones, Stevie Nicks, Rush,...

     - recording and mixing

Sales certifications

Country Organization Sales
U.S. RIAA Gold (500,000)
Canada RIAA Platinum (100,000)

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1990 The Billboard 200 16

Singles

Information
"Show Don't Tell
Show Don't Tell (song)
"Show Don't Tell" is a single by the progressive Canadian rock band Rush and is the first song on the album Presto. The song charted at number 1 on the U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart...

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  • Released: 1989
  • Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart
  • Produced by: Rupert Hine
    Rupert Hine
    Rupert Neville Hine is an English musician, songwriter and prolific record producer, having produced albums for artists including Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Rush, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, and ...

     and Rush
  • Chart positions: #1 US Mainstream Rock
"The Pass
The Pass (song)
"The Pass" is a song by the band Rush from their 1989 album Presto. The lyrics by drummer Neil Peart address youth suicide and the tendency to romanticize it. The single was a number five hit on the U.S...

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  • Released: 1990
  • Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart
  • Produced by: Rupert Hine
    Rupert Hine
    Rupert Neville Hine is an English musician, songwriter and prolific record producer, having produced albums for artists including Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Rush, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, and ...

     and Rush
  • Chart positions: #15 US Mainstream Rock
  • "Superconductor"
  • Released: 1990
  • Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart
  • Produced by: Rupert Hine
    Rupert Hine
    Rupert Neville Hine is an English musician, songwriter and prolific record producer, having produced albums for artists including Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Rush, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, and ...

    and Rush
  • Chart positions: #37 US Mainstream Rock
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