TORMATO

Totally underrated album!

"Tormato" was published in 1978 and, for some reason that I really don't understand, this album hasn't earned high popularity among the fans of YES and Progressive Rock in general; I'm not saying this album is on the same level as "Fragile" or "Close to the Edge", but this is neither a total waste.

Personally, this was the first YES album in which Alan WHITE could convince me as a decent replacement of Bill BRUFORD. All WAKEMAN, HOWE, and SQUIRE made great works with their instruments. The album is a great explosion of different sounds and rhythms.

"Future times/rejoice", "Don't kill the whale", "Release, release", "Arriving UFO" are songs with very powerful instrumentation, very in the same vein as "Relayer" but the short lengths made them more precise and direct. "Circus of heaven" is a beautiful soft ballad, very in the mood of songs from their first albums as "Yesterday and today" or "Sweetness" but with the undeniable touch of WAKEMAN.

Probably this album was conceived with the idea of making more hits oriented to pop music, but the the progressive style remains strongly in the record.

SONG RATING: Future times/Rejoice, 4 Don't kill the whale, 4 Madrigal, 3 Release, release, 3 Arriving UFO, 5 Circus of heaven, 5 Onward, 3 On the silent wings of freedom, 4

AVERAGE: 3.88

PERCENTAGE: 77.50

ALBUM RATING: 4 stars

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