THE QUEST

And such is the plight of a once mighty prog band reduced to its fading lifespan.

So let's get this statement out of the way:

YES in its prime were GODZ in every musical sense.

However even GODZ have an expiration date and YES has obviously exceeded it.

Personally after 2011's "Fly From Here" which was a decent if not outstanding album,

YES jumped the shark past the point of no return and truly where the band should've

Flown off back to wherever they emerged and called it a career well served.

Didn't happen. Chris(t) Squire - R.I.P. - obviously wanted the band to continue

And that means we are treated to substandard material for eternity!

THE QUEST is the official 22nd album under the YES moniker

But without Squire, is it really YES? This is the question at hand, ladies and gents

Squire has been replaced by Billy Sherwood as bassist but unfortunately

All i can think about is his collaborations such as with William Shatner

And then all i can do is cringe and guffaw and then cringe some more

Sure Steve Howe is back as well as is Alan White but is it good enough?

Well the best i can say is that it's not as bad as i imagined.

While THE QUEST provides an adequate slab of traditional symphonic prog,

It's just too by the books for a 2021 release although purists will rejoice

Jon Davison does an adequate job as an Anderson vocal stand-in but NO, NO, NO!

All sounded promising with the early release of the opening track "The Ice Bridge"

But after the opening highlight it all goes south. "Dare To Know" starts to sound like

One of those new age Jon Anderson albums. Not bad but certainly not YES either.

It continues to degenerate into nursing home prog. Ugh. Our heroes are flaccid. :(

A viagra moment occurs on "Leave Well Alone" kicks up the funk but if this is the best

A classic band like YES can conjure up on an album then perhaps celibacy is an option

Honestly it just gets worse and worse. Why? WHY? WWWHHHYYYYYYY????!!!!!!

I seriously don't understand why a band of GOD status in the prog world wants to

Tarnish its overall impact on history with such dross. DO NOT GET IT!!! NOT!!!!!

Cool to see a Roger Dean cover but visuals don't equal good music in the least

It's mind boggling how much effort went into this with such diminishing returns

An excuse for a tour or just a tepid bland album for the sake of releasing a new product?

I know not and really don't care but as a rabid YES fan (first album to "Magnification")

I am utterly bored and embarrassed by the last two albums. WHYYYYYYYYYY???!!!!

I honestly don't understand why a great band like YES would continue in this manner :/

Oh well, like it or not, here we are. YES has inverted me and now i can only say NO

That's right, not even MAYBE but NO! NO! NO! Me no likey! Completists only

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