DRAMA

Well it's the first time I post a review, but this is also a special album to review. First of all I must explain that i have all yes albums up to the Ladder (most of them on vinyl, as I am 50 years old) and I once travelled from Greece to Bulgaria to see my at that time most favourite band, so that makes my a Yes fan i suppose.

Now what makes this album so special? The fact that it is the album that ages better with time than any other they have made.

Don't get me wrong, I don't say that it is their best, but it is the one that stands the best way the test of time. It is in the same time classic, rock, modern and vintage. Nowadays, 36 years after listening to Yes, it is the album that I can listen to easier than any other album they ever made. And i enjoy all versions of Yes.

When it comes to the singer, even though it was Anderson's singing that was the first thing that attracted me to Yes (lies it was actually the album covers) today i find Horn's signing easier to listen to because it's more ... down to earth, and in general Drama is the most down to earth classic album they have made.

Actually I wish Horn would have shared lead vocals with Rabin and Squire in the three Rabin-era albums the same way Chicago were doing with their 3 main singers till the album Hot Streets in 1978. I believe that would have made Yes-West or Cinema or whatever they called it, a different and more exciting band. Didn't Deep Purple continue to be a great band when Coverdale and Hughes replaced the classic but monotonous vocals of Gillan?

And then would come Union and after that Anderson could join again the "classic" version of the band.

Just think about it, would that not be something? And Horn might even not have to tour with Yes if he was too busy with producing as Rabin and Squire could do his parts live..

Anyway that's what i would have liked to have happened, just felt like sharing my opinion with you guys.

Drama rating: 8.5/10