GOING FOR THE ONE

Yes

Symphonic Prog

4.06 | 2414 ratings

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

Well, first of all: this is not a bad or annoying album, as some people think it is. Of course that it's not a Yes' classic album, but it's really good. Let's see each song:

Turn Of The Century: It is a calm and melodic song, with a great acoustic guitar from Mr. Howe. We clearly see that it is a composition mainly by Jon Anderson. It isn't as good as classics such as Mood For a Day, but it's a special song. I'd give it 3,65 stars.

Parallels: Clearly a Squire song. It is constructed mainly by an organ riff, which is played all along the song. For me, a normal Rock song, with Progressive touches. It has good guitar and organ solos. A cool song, but nothing special. 3,65 stars also.

Wonderous Stories: the most beautiful song on the album. I think every rock album should have a song like this one: melodic, harmonic, calm, soft. 4,6 stars to it.

Going For The One: The title-track... the first time I heard it, I hated. But after listening to it many times, now I really see how this song is good, very melodic. I love when Jon shouts the title with his high-pitched voice, 'Goooiiing for the oooone'. Yes, a great song. 4,65 stars.

Awaken: Jon said "I loved listening to 'Awaken', at last we had created a Masterwork". I agree in a way: it's absolutely not the best Yes' epic, but it's a very good song, the best on this album. This track contains great piano, organ and synthesizer works by Master Wakeman, rhythmic drums by White, great guitar and bass parts by Steve and Chris and Jon's voice, with the effects, creates an amazing atmosphere, different from any Yes song till then. 5 stars to it.

So, 4 stars to this good album !

claugroi | 4/5 | 2009-3-2

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).

Share this YES review

Social review comments () BETA

Review related links

Send comments to claugroi
Report this review (#204882)
Buy YES music online with PA partners
Show all YES MP3/Stream
Go to YES page for videos, full discography with ratings, reviews and much more
Go to Going for the One page for more details, where to buy and ratings/reviews
Search the Forum for YES related discussions