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The disjointed period, consists of the time when the members of Yes had essentially gone their own separate ways. At the time of the release of Drama, Yes consisted of: Chris Squire, Steve Howe & Alan White, in addition to the two former members of "The Buggles": Geoff Downes & Trevor Horn. Both Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman left after the Tormato tour. Steve Howe & Geoff Downes would leave Yes after the release of Drama, and along with Carl Palmer and John Wetton created the "art rock/pop" supergroup Asia. Meanwhile, Chris Squire & Alan White would later rejoin with Jon Anderson, Tony Kaye, Trevor Rabin and producer-Trevor Horn in order to release one of Yes' most successful, albeit "pop-oriented albums"-90125
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Without Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman, Yes, now
consisting of Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn, in addition to: Alan
White, Chris Squire and Steve Howe released an album that represented a darker side of Yes! Anchored by such songs as:
Machine Messiah, White Car and Tempus Fugit, this album is not representative of Yes' best work. For that see Tales From Topographic Oceans, or Close To The Edge.
With Jon Anderson back, Yes releases an album which would be indicative of their 1980's work! The best songs on
this album are: "Leave It" and "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"(which happened to be a hit single). Lamentably, gone are the epic works of bygone
days!
Big Generator, the follow up to 90125 was not as great as it's predecessor! The best songs are: "Shoot High: Aim Low," "Holy Lamb," "I'm Running"
and "Love Will Find A Way!" The rest does not have enough variety, unfortunately!
A major improvement over Big Generator,Yes reforms as "Anderson,Bruford,Wakeman and Howe,"
without Chris Squire or Alan White. This album contains several
great songs, specifically, the suite:"Brother Of Mine"(which recalls that most excellent album:Tales) and
represents Yes' best suite in the 1980's! Additionally, the songs: "Quartet," "Teakbois" and "Birthright" are also outstanding! The other songs are derivative of earlier work!
Above graphic created by Roger Dean.
YES REDEEMS ITSELF
Great cover artwork by Roger Dean and an outstanding collection of Yes songs! Definitely, the best Yes album of the disjointed period! Every
song sounds magnificent, especially: "Brother Of Mine" and "Birthright," "Close To The Edge" and "Roundabout!"
A disjointed album which unites the work of the two separate Yes groups! Many songs are excellent, many songs are
filler! "Angkor Wat" is very interesting, so are: "I Would Have Waited Forever," "Masquerade," "Shock To The System," "Miracle Of Life," "The More We Live-Let Go." "Lift Me Up" is superb!
A major disappointment! The Peter Max cover artwork should have been a dead giveaway! The best songs are: "The Calling" and "Walls"; the rest is too derivative of itself!
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