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Todd 
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I love the album personally, never occurred to me that it wasn't any good whether from production or writing. Probably hearkens back to my formative years when for me Yes could do no wrong!
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Nomadic
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As it should be.  I love the Mu Tron. I don't love the weird, deep chorus effect he got with the harmonizer, but it's not terrible. I like Tormato. It was one of my earliest Yes albums as I started digging in to their catalog around 1979. It was always in the cutout bins, so I got it cheap. So there's some nostalgia there. It resonates with me more than Oceans, Relayer, or GFTO. Definitely some "Hmm..." moments, but Future Times, Silent Wings, and DKTW are worth the price of admission for me.
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A Crimson Mellotron
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Posted: November 05 2020 at 13:27 |
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Not terrible but not so good either. I would still take 'Tormato' over anything Yes put out in the 80s and 90s (excluding, of course, the amazing 'Drama' and 'Keystudio' because the tracks were written in the 90s)
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Steve Wyzard
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Posted: November 05 2020 at 12:46 |
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It's not a bad album, it's just not a great album.
It's worth a listen every now and again, and fits comfortably into the Yes mythology, but I'd much rather play Going for the One or Drama.
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richardh
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Posted: September 11 2020 at 00:29 |
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It depends how much of a fan you are of drumming. White is having a whale of a time (see what I did there
 ) and it might be my favourite album for his playing. On The Silent Wings of Freedom is only any good because of the bass drum work and recalls that other famous link up track Ann Of Cleeves from Rick's Six Wives album. Just wonderfull. But also the way Alan hits the snare with so much on venom on Arriving UFO and rides the snare brilliantly on Future Times. Release Release is also superb. Admittedly Howe is mostly pointless on this album and Rick is in and out. Squire is okay though and Anderson is off on his usual cosmic travels. Its a messy album but it's not bad at all.
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Posted: September 10 2020 at 23:57 |
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I found that many of the songs from Tormato were much improved in concert!
I rather hated "Don't Kill the Whale" when I first heard it on the LP, but the live performance has great energy. Has anyone else had this experience? Here, dig it! Edited by cstack3 - September 11 2020 at 00:00 |
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Posted: September 10 2020 at 22:36 |
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Me too! I’d like to add “DKTW |
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Spacegod87
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Posted: September 10 2020 at 22:06 |
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I agree. Arriving UFO is just so incredibly odd, and interesting to listen to. Like or hate the song, people have to at least admit that it is unique and doesn't really sound like anything else. I personally think that's a good thing, but I know others will disagree. So fair enough, but I still get a kick out of listening to it. It's a song you never get bored of.
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Levitating downwards,
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: September 10 2020 at 06:37 |
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I have a sealed copy of it right here on my shelf! Snagged in over a month ago and actually forgot I had it. Thanks for the reminder; I'll play it today!
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Posted: September 10 2020 at 06:13 |
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actually, I prefer the flipside as opposed to the A-side, where only Whales is OK, but the songwriting was already quite poor on GFTO (stooooopid title again) if you take Awaken out. As for the artwork, it's probably of one Hypgnosis' worst ideas and concept ever.
more than ther poor songwriting, the production of those two albums (GFTO as well) is pretty annoying, especially in ther high-end spectrum. Jon's voice is often painful to the eardum, and Howe's guitar parts and tones are really grating my feathers the wrong way. |
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Posted: September 10 2020 at 02:53 |
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Arriving UFO is meh but Madrigal is one of the best 70s Yes songs IMHO.
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Ghost Whistler
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Posted: September 10 2020 at 02:42 |
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Posted: September 10 2020 at 02:38 |
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I never took to this album. There's some awful, and truly substandard music on it, certainly compared to its predecessor and successor.
I took the Circus of Heaven to be a joke track, no? |
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Cristi
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Posted: September 09 2020 at 23:42 |
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it's time?! for what? I've never understood people appreciating Arriving UFO, Madrigal and Circus of Heaven. For me these are the worst songs Yes did in the 70s.
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Posted: September 09 2020 at 19:56 |
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I like it too. Arriving UFO was ahead of it's time.
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Posted: September 09 2020 at 19:51 |
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I like it.
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Posted: September 09 2020 at 15:22 |
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I played tormato for the first time in years this morning whilst running on the treadmill. It is a perfectly fine album, not as good as its predecessor GFTO but it has a fine song in silent wings of freedom. Arriving UFO, madrigal and release, release are good too. I feel this album gets slated because of the final 30 seconds or so to circus of heaven.
So it's not CTTTE but it does get a bum rap for reasons I find difficult to understand. |
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Ghost Whistler
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Posted: September 09 2020 at 15:16 |
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I enjoy it a lot. But it suffers in comparison
I think they stuggled to find an identity
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Posted: September 09 2020 at 12:03 |
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I’ve always had a deep fondness for Tormato, and it is a shame that this was the last album from that particular lineup for many a year.
Unlike a lot of others, I rather love Circus of Heaven, and the Future Times opening suite still gives me a thrill of pleasure to listen to 41 years after the event.
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Cristi
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Posted: September 09 2020 at 11:40 |
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I do not understand why you post Yes videos, do you think people don't know 70s Yes? Can you please slow down with the videos, especially obvious, famous bands like Yes.
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