TORMATO

This is one of my favorite YES albums and also a forgotten one. I admit that it sounds like no other YES albums, but it's still very good. Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman do an excellent job here, and show that this line-up marks the YES golden age.

My favorite songs are: FUTURE TIMES / REJOICE, excellent beginning; MADRIGAL, oh Madrigal, one of the most beautiful songs from YES, where Rick's harpsichord combined with Steve's spanish guitar sounds great; RELEASE, RELEASE, the best of all, very strong sound, I wish to listen to it live in a concert; ONWARD, beautiful; ON THE SILENT WINGS OF FREEDOM, strong too, and very good finish to this excellent album.

ARRIVING UFO and CIRCUS OF HEAVEN are rare, but still good musically, and DON'T KILL THE WHALE is good, but commercial.