TORMATO

I think this one's badly underrated. Sure, the songs are shorter and aren't as epic but it must be incredibly hard to come out with Close to the Edge and Relayer every time. It's definately harder to get into though. It was one of the first albums of Yes I owned and I ignored it for so long. I fell in love with it in time, though. The quality of songs is excellent still and everyone that made Yes great is there. Jon's voice, Wakeman's drunkenly gerat keyboards, Squire's in your fass bass, Howe's great guitar work that is featured even more on this album, and Alan (what can you say about alan, he's a great replacement for Bruford and is irreplacible himself). My two favorite songs are ironically the shortest ones here. "Don't Kill the Whale" is catchy with brilliant solos from Howe and Wakeman and "Madrigal" is a beautiful followup. Jon's voice is as good as ever, not need mention Wakeman's magnificent keys. "On the Silent Wings of Freedom" is another song that sticks out. Alan and Chris are on fire on this one and really drive it throughout most of it. Final analysis: Great, but not as good as previous outings. It's hard to hit a homerun every time, this was more like an RBI double or triple.