GOING FOR THE ONE

Not a bad record, nor a very good one....a solid 3.25. Nothing to add about the record that hasn't been mentioned before, but I would like to ring in just to mention that at the moment this album is rated higher than TFTO. Honestly, I'm not a big fan of TFTO, but that record is so much more interesting, so much more well-played, so much more Yessy than this. The whole first side, to me, is a bust....some compare Side 1 to The Yes Album simply 'cause of it's more song oriented. Hogwash! Yes was aiming at accessability and ended up sounding like Toto....if Jon wasn't the vocalist I wouldn't have recognized the band as Yes. Of course, this is often a good thing (take Drama for instance...an album I play much more than this), but in this case it just misses. There are interesting bits here and there but nothing that would resound for long.....at least TFTO had Bruford! The second side more than make up for things but, even then, the sound of '73 seems lost forever....just a rehash of old hash.