GOING FOR THE ONE

A bit on the commercial side, but many redeeming features. The return of Rick Wakeman forced Yes to stick to their signature sound. The keyboards stand out enough to be the lead in most of the tracks. Chris Squire leads the basic rythems, which allowed Steve Howe to work around the structure of each track. This album is one of their most under rated efforts. The lyrics on this album were very concise and to the point, which is a bit unusual for Yes who's legacy was to write more to the abstract side. For any Yes fan this is a must album to have, because it shows both sides of their format. I would consider this a cross over album for Yes. As history has proven, this band has endured many line up changes, but still remained as a major force in the Prog rock music.