A bit off topic, just wanted to ask if anyone likes Anagram (For Mongo) and Red Tide as much as I do? I was searching for old survivor posts and found both were ranked in lower half of Presto 
Red Tide is one of the best songs on Presto.
On another subject, I want to go back to Grace Under Pressure. I listened to it on the way home from work yesterday and tried to do so with the mindset of someone hearing it for the first time (as opposed to someone who first heard it as a teenager over 30 years ago and has heard it innumerable times since).
My overall impression was that the production overall was bad (relatively speaking). First of all, the drums are just sort of there. They just lie there and don't add a lot to most of the songs. I don't know if that was an intentional choice or what. Neil was still playing the same Tama drums that he used on Signals and similar to what he used on Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures. Even Neil's playing is mostly flaccid. There are few notable moments. The introduction of electronic drums changed things, but even the electronic drums are more in the forefront than the acoustic drums. The tom-tom fills that crack through the mix are nowhere to be found.
Second, the guitar sound as a whole is terrible. Its very treble-y and tinny sounding and hard on the ears. I think that's partially a result of production and partially a result of the types of things Alex chose to play. Lots of jangle-y chords and a LOT of pinch harmonics mixed in with overuse of whammy bar. It actually reminded me of Zakk Wylde and his obnoxiously excessive (or excessively obnoxious) penchant for overusing pinch harmonics. This was particularly evident on the songs where Geddy doesn't play the bass. The high end guitar and keyboards are not balanced out by the bass pedals. This is in sharp contrast to the prior few albums where there's something going on at all frequency levels and there's space for all of the instruments to breathe.
As for the individual songs:
Distant Early Warning: This is the first sign that this is not your older brother's Rush. Alex's ethereal guitars dominate, and Geddy's bass line is very straightforward, lacking in the syncopation that made his earlier playing so interesting. The groove of the choruses and the first part of the middle breakdown are strong, but then Alex plays that descending, high-pitched, pinched line and the ears start to hurt again. The song closes strong. The thing I started to notice here is that Geddy's bass tone (with the Steinberger) is not as bad as a I remember. In fact, I felt that way throughout the album. I still think it's the worst bass he ever used live.
Afterimage: Forget "Where's the Beef!" WHERE'S THE BASS?! I think someone wrote earlier in this thread that a song in which Geddy doesn't play bass is a waste of talent. I agree. The ear fatigue started in earnest with this song, and, while the lyrics are poignant, there's not much redeeming about this song.
Red Sector A: I always hated this song, and it's worse than Afterimage. More of the same, including a missed opportunity for a great tom fill before the "I clutch the wire fence" line. There are some recent live versions of this song that are NOTICEABLY better because the guitar has balls and Neil uses more acoustic drums.
The Enemy Within: NOW we've got something. Alex's guitar is still too jangle-y, but this is a strong song, with a great bass line. It's a bit reminiscent to Vital Signs but with a more driving rhythm. Good ending to side 1.
The Body Electric: What the F**K is this??!! Unfortunately, I had a hard time giving this song a fair shake because I had the phenomenally silly music video playing in my mind. But this song is just plain bad. I started to wonder why Alex was utterly eschewing the guitar solo on this album.
Kid Gloves: This is a bit of an odd duck. With this song, we finally get some space for the three instruments to breathe, and it's a very guitar friendly song, but the guitar is still noticeably lacking in balls. The 5/4 rhythm of the verses that resolves into a 4/4 version of the same riff is another good touch (somewhat reminiscent of what DT did 15 years later on Beyond This Life). We get something vaguely resembling a guitar solo, but it's more of that jangle-y chordal stuff and painful pinch harmonic whammy bar stuff. Overall, this is better than everything so far except for The Enemy Within.
Red Lenses: What the F**K is this -- Take Two??!! Did my iPod accidentally shuffle over to a "cool" jazz album (which I don't own any of)? In all honesty, this isn't as horrible a song as I remember, but it's so drastically different from anything on any Rush album to this point that it was such a jarring shock to my ears. If this song were re-worked a little, it would work real well in the upcoming sequel to The Incredibles. Except for that middle section. That's just all kinds of awful (although we finally have some decent playing from Neil). I feel like I'm glad there's only one song to go.
Between the Wheels: The heavy, blasting keyboard intro isn't strong, but there's an interesting feel to this one, and Geddy sounds a bit more like Geddy than he has up to this point. This song could have taken a very bad turn with the chorus, but it thankfully really starts to kick ass with the pre-chorus and chorus. Nice driving rhythm and a very strong vocal line. And, as a bonus, we FINALLY get something of a normal guitar solo. This is easily one of the two best songs on the album, and it would have been better if they had done something more with the ending.
To sum it all up, I hate you Peter Henderson. At the time, I felt like the split with Terry Brown was not a good thing, and nothing has changed that view. In hindsight, I really wished Rush had worked with Broon again, but alas.... Most noticeably lacking from this album were drums and guitars with balls. Ranking the songs is fairly easy (although I think this is different from how I've ranked them in the past:
1a. Between the Wheels
1b. The Enemy Within
3. Kid Gloves
4. Distant Early Warning
5. Red Sector A
6. Afterimage
7. Red Lenses
8. The Body Electric
Poll