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    Posted: March 30 2005 at 17:05

I recently bought the remastered and expanded version of Yes' 1980 album. I was taken aback as to how good the songs were and how dynamic the music sounded. The CD also includes some tracks from an abandoned 1979 album with Jon Anderson and Rick Wa

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Points: 21342 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2005 at 17:07
Drama has it's gems( Machine Messiah and Tempus Fugit), otherwise it's okay at best.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2005 at 17:07
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I recently bought the remastered and expanded version of Yes' 1980 album. I was taken aback as to how good the songs were and how dynamic the music sounded. The CD also includes some tracks from an abandoned 1979 album with Jon And

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Points: 5964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2005 at 19:04
It's hardly a classic but nor is it "dreadful" as Karn so bluntly and inaccurately put it. There are good moments and not-so-good ones, but the whole project is marred by the lack of one and a half core members of Yes (Wakeman has proved to be at least
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Points: 3300 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2005 at 19:18

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Points: 5502 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2005 at 22:13

As the title suggests it's a drama.

two or three good moments don't make an album.
But maybe I'm just biased, because without Jon there is no Yes IMO.
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Points: 637 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2005 at 22:42
i love yes, and agree that drama has some moments. but it just sounds to eities! it just doeasnt fit with yes, they shouldt have called it yes either.
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Points: 830 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2005 at 23:09
I miss Jon, and I'm not a fan of that "new" guy's voice, but I can overlook that for the excellent songs!

Sure it's not technically yes, but I say it's an excellent album nonetheless.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2005 at 23:38
Drama is an excellent album. Where Tormato fell a bit short was that they had become a bit bored in the sound ' Silent Wings of Freedom' being a good example ( still good though). Drama basically said ' stuff you' to the critics and Chris Squire leading th
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I was hesitant to buy Drama, but I was quite suprised by it. I enjoy it a lot as much as any other Yes album. Machine Messiah is phenomenal, Man in a White Car is great its is own weird little way, Does it Really Happen? is great, as is Into the Le

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Drama a classic? In my book = DEFINITELY. A true curveball from a band that was assumed to be on its last legs. "Machine Messiah," "Does It Really Happen?" and "Tempus Fugit"...outstanding. And Squire's bass playing on this is tops! How can a
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When you think what the band were up against at the time, Drama is quite an achievement. With Wakemen and Anderson gone, they had their work cut out. Steve Howe has said in interviews how brutal and uncompromising British audiences were. At concerts the

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Drama really happens. Probably the hardest edged Yes album. I wouldn`t call it  a classic but  it was a very bright and refresshing album after "Tomato". I had started to give up on the band but it only took me one listen to Drama appreciate i
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If you want a good laugh check out the Buggles album 'The age of plastic'
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I like DRAMA very much, possibly, the last great album that YES have created
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Points: 1125 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2005 at 18:03
Originally posted by tuxon tuxon wrote:

As the title suggests it's a drama.

two or three good moments don't make an album.
But maybe I'm just biased, because without Jon there is no Yes IMO.

On the whole Drama is more than a decent album.The worst th
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Points: 7374 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2005 at 19:02
Being the huge Yes fan I am, I don't think Drama is as bad as some make it out to be. Sure, it's not their best, by far, but it sure as heck beats that 80s crap they did. I feel it's the truly last enjoyable (or somewhat enjoyable) Yes studio album until 2
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Points: 21 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2005 at 19:14

In my mind the four greatest Yes albums ever are: The Yes Album, Relayer, Drama, and Talk.

These albums show each Yes era at its peak.

And yes, I do like Close to the Edge, but I think Relayer trumps it
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Points: 1383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2005 at 19:24

Based on this thread, I just ordered a "like new" CD of Drama from Ebay. I am really psyched to check it out.

It's one of the few Yes albums I haven't heard. Up til now, I just couldn't imagine listening to Yes without Anderson, but I'm going to

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Points: 236 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2005 at 19:59

I think Drama is best heard when forgetting that they called themselves "Yes."  Sure, it has some of the Yes sound, but without Jon, its doesn't have the magic the other albums have.  Just imagine its by another band (call the band "Cinema") a

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