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People tend to hate this recording but there's really no reason. Sure there's no Jon Anderson but it has some very memorable tracks: Tempus Fugit, Does it Really Happen, Run Through the Ligh and Machine Messiah are great songs and are my favorites and they make up most of the album! I don't care for White Car but some people really like it and Into the Lens is fairly bad but every album has a track or two that aren't any good. It would be a horrable intro to Yes but if you already know and love the band this is a must have. The album has that great 90125 era 80's pop feel but at the same time it's not just crappy 80's pop rock, the album has plenty of prog elements. It's no competition to the better Yes stuff (CTTE, Relayer, Going for the One, Yes Album and even TFTO) but it's better than some of Yes' lesser recordings and every Yes fan should pick this album up. It's definatly in the "wroth listening to" pile of Yes albums and it's a great listen when you want to listen to some Yes that's not so prog and has a groove and you don't care for 90125. Overall I'd recommend that you pick up this album and expand your Yes collection but stay away if you're new to Yes.