TORMATO

Okay here comes the low point, and altough its not as bad as some whuld want to make you blive it is by Yes epic standards bad. The sound especialy Ricks keyboards are as many have pointed out simply chessy. Well lets talk about the songs i like. Don't Kill The Whale a very good pop prog song very chatchy and strong melody and playing and for this song wakemans chessiness keyboards actauly works and fit in very good somehow sounds like a real hit song. Madrigal also a pretty good litle song with the best palying by Rick on the album, Circus of Heaven have embaresing lyrics yes but the song itself i actualy like, Onward might be the best thing on here a very good ballad and the ending mini epic On The Silent Wings of Freedom is okay but not realy up too thiere past standrards. I have seen some people complain about Jon's singing sometimes and i never agreed but on this album i actualy see what they mean on songs like Future Times/Rejoice and Release, Release it sound like hes trying way to hard and yust sounds stupid and anoying. I got the 2004 remaster and to be honest most of the bonus tracks are pretty bad and dont help the album to get a higher rating in anyway the exception being the wonderfull and way to short Countryside one of the best songs on the album toghter with Onward. the rest of the bonus songs i culd live without. In the end i somehow like this album a bit and was almsot thinking of giving it 3 stars but i gues that whuld be overating it since theres to mcuh bad songs and chessiness goin on, so i whent with 2 stars. Collectors/fans only. I can see how some fans that dig the more pop side of Yes whuld liek this album tough. I dont got anything agains good pop but i prefer the Tales era of Yes very much over this.