ANDERSON BRUFORD WAKEMAN HOWE

This album started the next confusing phase of Yes after their Trevor Rabin driven 1980's career. Compositions look back to their earlier days, but they are not as artistic as their heyday recordings. Roger Dean covers underline this orientation, and some songs are a bit longer than basic 4-5 minute rants they did few years before this. The overall feeling is uplifting and happy. If you are a die-hard YES fan and like over joyful light symphonic progressive rock, this album is for you. I liked more their live album documenting the tour which they did when this record was released, as they play there their older and better compositions along with the new material. Also as a nice anecdote, Tony Levin replaced Chris Squire on this album, maintaining the bass player standards on the highest scale.