DRAMA

I am compelled to write this review becase it suprised me so much when it came out sans Jon Anderson. It seemed to me the band was doomed an this was truly the beginning of the end. I loyally paid my hard earned seven dollars and twenty nine cents almost secure in the knowlege that it was going to turn out to be a dud like so many prog albums were in the late seventies and early eieghties. Horn and Downs had produced the disasterous Tormato which had truly began to convince me that Yes was a sinking ship. As everyone will know Downs and Horn were the musical components of the one hit wonder band The Buggles. However, Roger Dean was back in full form with his excellent cover art which seemed to alievieate some of my worries and soothe my doubts. When I threw this record on to the turntable I saw light. I heard Yes tighter and crisper than ever. Chris Squire was at the top of his game on bass . Listen to his underlying riff on Does It Really Happen and compare it to the almost identical riff on Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears! One of the more powerful Yes albums. The playing is fast and precise. Put the two previous albums Toromato & Going For The One out of your mind while you listen to this work of art. I am not afraid to give this album five stars because it demonstrates how a band can bounce back with a controversial new lineup after two previous weak efforts.