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Rush started to deviate from their 1980s style with the albums Presto and Roll the Bones.

Produced by record engineer and musician Rupert Hine, these two albums saw Rush shedding much of their keyboard-saturated sound.

Beginning with Presto ( 1989 ), the band opted for arrangements that were notably more guitar-centric than the previous two studio albums.

Although synthesizers were still used in many songs, the instrument was no longer featured as the centrepiece of Rush's compositions.

Continuing this trend, Roll the Bones ( 1991 ) extended the use of the standard three-instrument approach with even less focus on synthesizers than its predecessor.

While musically these albums do not deviate significantly from a general pop-rock sound, Rush incorporated traces of other musical styles.

" Roll the Bones ", for instance, exhibits funk and hip hop elements, and the instrumental track " Where's My Thing?

" features several jazz components.

This return to three-piece instrumentation helped pave the way for future albums in the mid-90s, which would adopt a more straightforward rock formula.