STARCASTLE

Starcastle's claim to fame is for creating the best Yes songs not created by Yes. Deny all you want, but this band played Yes music. From the Jon Anderson-like vocals (Terry Luttrell sounds exactly like Anderson on To The Fire Wind), the early Yes styled harmonies, the "dah dah dah" breaks, the Squire styled bass lines, to the Tony-Kaye-caliber-keyboardist- trying-to-play-like-Wakeman synths and organs, this band was the best Yes imitator I've ever heard.

But they do it well. Lady Of The Lake is a great song. It even has a break where they imitate ELP instead of Yes for a short time. In fact, all the songs on this album are pretty good. If the band wasn't trying so hard to be Yes, I would probably rate this 4 stars. But they lose a point once again for originality.