BIG GENERATOR

Like with 90125, it ain't Yes, but it's still brilliant. Yes have so much energy on this album, and although it's not prog, it's still some of the best pop/rock stuff around. It still has a few splashes of prog here and there, but on the whole, it's pop, but what pop it is. Complex, energetic, catchy - it's got the lot. Fans of Yes' earlier work most certainly won't be impressed, but as a fan of bands like Asia, and on the whole as a fan of the 80s sound, I love this album. It's head and shoulders above the rest of the 80s pop around, and indeed, the pop that's still around today. You may complain that it's not prog, it's not rock, and it sure as hell isn't Yes, but pop doesn't get any better than this. 5 stars, but not a 'masterpiece of progressive music', as a masterpiece of pop.