TORMATO

Yes

Symphonic Prog

3.01 | 1792 ratings

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All you really need to assess from this album is in the opening song, Future Times. After the bright start it runs out of steam by the second verse. Likewise, in the concluding song, On The Silent Wings Of Freedom, it begins with a great bass line from Chris Squire, then comes to a grinding halt by the end of the song. In the middle of all this carnage is a mixture of good and bad. Don't Kill The Whale, is vintage Yes with good lyrics and some solid guitar playing from Steve Howe. Circus Of Heaven has potential and would have made an interesting track on a Jon Anderson solo album. The rest of the songs on Tormato are forgettable.

I've read that Rick Wakeman cans this album. He should take a major responsibility in how it sounds. His synths are totally uninspiring and have no connection with Steve Howe's guitar playing. In hindsight the management of Yes should have realized that the current lineup was unsustainable and made changes to it then. It happens to creative artists. They lose the synergies that come from pooling their resources. Their creative differences need not to have been allowed to progress to the early recording sessions of the Drama album before the band realized it was no longer feasible to work together. Maybe it was the friendships between the band members that worked against their creative interests.

iluvmarillion | 2/5 | 2020-6-7

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