TORMATO

Now, I wonder why is it so hard for prog reviewers to give a bad rating? OK, I am not a fan of YES and I particularly do not care a lot about their carrier after "Close to the Edge". But come on! This album is lost in space, trying to meet "Arriving UFO" in the "Circus of Heaven" on a "Silent Wing of Freedom"!!! The band obviously thought, in order to catch up with Punk/New Wave trend, it is enough to shorten the compositions! No way, guys: with such an awful high pitched and irritating sounds of Wakeman's keyboards, Howe's aimless guitar solos, Anderson's screaming and ridiculous sound effects similar to the kids toys, I would give you zero chance. "Madrigal" (nice Wakeman harpsichord) and "Don't Kill the Whale" (a socially engaged YES lyrics?!) saves from disaster, but overall - bad album.