HEAVEN & EARTH

Sometimes before I buy/download a new album, I listen to some samples. Never even thought that I should have done so with 'Heaven and Earth': I had been looking forward to this for so long and it was from one of my favourite bands.If i had listened to this- and it saddens me to say this- I would not have bought it. Yes music takes me somewhere else but this latest album left me cold. I kept on waiting for the next track to get going, but it never happened. This is 'prog lite' or 'soft prog' and not a patch on 'Fly from Here' The sound and production made me think as I listened 'well, I know that Steve has left ASIA, I didn't know that he had left YES as well....' It pains me to have to be sarcastic about a great band. I listened to 'Heaven and Earth' yesterday morning.....last evening I had to listen to a show from the 35th Anniversary tour just to remind me how wonderful this band really are.