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Originally posted by Ghost Whistler Ghost Whistler wrote:

It's that someone didn't tell Chris that using Bootsy's mutron/wah wah bass effect was completely over the top. Honestly, almost every track is completely overpowered by his playing. :D


As it should be. LOL I love the Mu Tron. I don't love the weird, deep chorus effect he got with the harmonizer, but it's not terrible. 

I like Tormato. It was one of my earliest Yes albums as I started digging in to their catalog around 1979. It was always in the cutout bins, so I got it cheap. So there's some nostalgia there. It resonates with me more than Oceans, Relayer, or GFTO. Definitely some "Hmm..." moments, but Future Times, Silent Wings, and DKTW are worth the price of admission for me.
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I love the album personally, never occurred to me that it wasn't any good whether from production or writing. Probably hearkens back to my formative years when for me Yes could do no wrong!
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Decent album with a few really good songs. But that album cover! Where was Roger Dean? On vacation?
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Decent album with a few really good songs. But that album cover! Where was Roger Dean? On vacation?

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I'm not sure which one is worse Tormato or Going for the one. At least Tormato doesn't have a dude's butt on it. Wink
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I like it too. Arriving UFO was ahead of it's time. 

it's time?! for what? LOL
I've never understood people appreciating Arriving UFO, Madrigal and Circus of Heaven. For me these are the worst songs Yes did in the 70s. Confused
Even Silent Wings of Freedom is underworked. Very unpleasant time for the band in the recording studio and it shows. Sometimes tension can produce great albums. Not in this case.
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Originally posted by Spacegod87 Spacegod87 wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I like it too. Arriving UFO was ahead of it's time

I agree. Arriving UFO is just so incredibly odd, and interesting to listen to. 
Like or hate the song, people have to at least admit that it is unique and doesn't really sound like anything else. I personally think that's a good thing, but I know others will disagree. 

So fair enough, but I still get a kick out of listening to it. It's a song you  never get bored of.

what really impresses me about that track is the attempt by White to bore a hole in his snare drum. I love it. White is on fire on that album. Snare and bass drum work is the best I've ever heard. He also carried that onto Drama which was a much tighter and better album. Tormato has it's moments but its just all over the place ideas wise and that in itself creates a bad impression.
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Very first album i had from yes ON THE SILENT WINGS OF FREEDOM best song overall one fantastic album.Agateway album for me into the world of yes. [:*:]
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In "On The Silent Wings Of Freedom" Rick's keyboard should be the most craziest, my love.
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I just have a soft spot for this album. It's so quirky. Their take on punk is suitably ridiculous. Onward is nice and sweet. Arriving UFO makes Karen Carpenter seem reasonable.
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Originally posted by Ghost Whistler Ghost Whistler wrote:

I just have a soft spot for this album. It's so quirky. Their take on punk is suitably ridiculous. Onward is nice and sweet. Arriving UFO makes Karen Carpenter seem reasonable.

Punk? The only thing that's kind of punk on it is "release release" which to me is actually more like Yes's take on regular rock n roll. I don't really hear much punk in it. 
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I really quite like Tormato. I like the cover art, too. Going For The One has far worse cover art (and music, too, but I realise not many will agree with me there....)

My personal top five would be:

1. Tales
2. Relayer
3. Drama
4. Close
5. Tormato

So, there you go. We all like different things.
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Yeah the cover for Gft1 is rubbish.

That album has Yes at their best and worst. Not a fan of the title track.

Tormato is just a fun listen. 
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

It depends how much of a fan you are of drumming. White is having a whale of a time (see what I did there Smile) and it might be my favourite album for his playing. On The Silent Wings of Freedom is only any good because of the bass drum work and recalls that other famous link up track Ann Of Cleeves from Rick's Six Wives album. Just wonderfull. But also the way Alan hits the snare with so much on venom on Arriving UFO and rides the snare brilliantly on Future Times. Release Release is also superb. 
Admittedly Howe is mostly pointless on this album and Rick is in and out. Squire is okay though and Anderson is off on his usual cosmic travels. Its a messy album but it's not bad at all. 
 



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I must say, Howe isn't mostly pointless at all. His presence is central to every track. 
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^ he's playing in the spaces a lot , certainly not central though.
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Not necessarily a bad thing, Howe is a bit over the top at time.
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It's among my least favourites from the band. I guess if they were able to do greater stuff after this one, there may yet be hope for them to do something good after Heaven and Earth.
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I'm due to add Tormato to my YouTube album playlists tomorrow, so maybe I'll gain a new appreciation for the album if I can find some good videos to go with the songs. Then again, maybe I won't. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm due to add Tormato to my YouTube album playlists tomorrow, so maybe I'll gain a new appreciation for the album if I can find some good videos to go with the songs. Then again, maybe I won't. Smile
 



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