FISH OUT OF WATER

A very interesting album, with great moments in the vein of YES and a certain personal imprinting by Chris SQUIRE too: such an excellent orchestral arrangement, along with the typical YES-like vocals. Well the last track "Safe - Canon Song" - is excellent and very close to the best YES stuff, but also the rest is worth checking out!! First of all the song "Hold Out Your Hand" already contains a powerful bass playing, supported by a good church-like organ. Besides the presence of some remarkable musicians such as Bruford, Moraz, Mel Collins, then also Jimmi Hastings on flute (listen to his stunning flute solo in the song "You By My Side") makes this album by Chris SQUIRE as essential number, being worth, as much as the best solo projects by other members from YES (sometimes by improving such style). Otherwise rightly the track "Silently falling", a 10 minute epic track, demonstrates such ability of performing a well structured progressive song in the vein of YES, by adding anyway a different mood, derived from his own music experience (a SQUIRE trademark) and without asking Jon ANDERSON & C. for giving a better shape to his solo project, except on some Bruford and Moraz sessions!!