DRAMA

Jon-less Yes!!! Oh no!!! But DRAMA works! Despite being very much of its time, this album is strong throughout, and Chris Squire contributes some of his best-ever work to a Yes LP. Trevor Horn's Anderson impersonation is good without being overly-obvious, fellow Buggle Geoff Downes may not be a Wakeman, but he's certainly very good; Mr White's drums are, as always, exemplary; and the great Mr Howe is on top form. Amazing that, in 1980, Yes were still producing lengthy songs like MACHINE MESSIAH and INTO THE LENS, but good as well. An unusual mixture of the commercial and the eccentric, and tragically-underrated.