TALK

Yes

Symphonic Prog

3.08 | 1165 ratings

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The two parallel Yes bands pretend to join forces and turn out a fractured, overproduced stinker in Union, but that was rushed, so the followup must be better. Right?

Wrong.

Deathly dull in a way that no Yes album has the right to be (if nothing else, they should entertainingly, heart-stoppingly awful), sonically sterile and featureless.

It's an album you put on, wince at once or twice ("The Calling", "Walls"), then completely forget until it stops playing.

I'm not saying that catchiness is a desired feature in music, but having heard the 17+ minutes of Endless Dream (ah, how well the adjective suits it) approximately 40-50 times in my life, I cannot recall single thing about it. That's not a good sign, however you slice it.

The one good thing that can be said about Talk is that it lost Yes 95% of its fan base in one fell swoop, which left far fewer people to even notice the release of their greatest embarrassment Open Your Eyes.

Teaflax | 1/5 | 2006-5-25

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