TORMATO

This quite weird album by YES begins their transition phase from the 70's to the 80's. The sounds are very clean and treble oriented, and the compositions vary from a commercial style to more experimental tracks. I listened through this without prejudices, as I had heard only "Yesterdays" and "Close To The Edge" by the band before I listened to this album first. "Don't Kill The Whale" is the nature's preservation themed hit song, and a quite pleasant one. "Release, Release" is a fun, fast rocker, only some added sounds of cheering crowd felt a bit unnecessary to me. Other good tracks are medieval like "Madrigal", opener "Future Times/Rejoice" and the jazzy "On The Silent Wings of Freedom". Not an essential album, but I recommend anybody to listen at it, as the music is quite unique, though not great if compared to the classic material of this band.