DRAMA

As everyone else says, "This is probably one of Yes's most underrated albums." The addition of New Waver's THE BUGGLES's Geoffrey Downes and Trevor Horn gives the band a transfusion of new life (as well as a pre-written song in "Into the Lens"). The vocal harmonies have never been better. Steve Howe has never been better. The band's power and pace is present from the album's opening measures of "Machine Messiah". Yes, songs like "Man in a White Car," "Run Through the Light," and the New Wave-y, straightforward "Does It Really Happen?" are oddities for Yes, but they are experiments that prove offsetting for the other heavier songs. Plus, they are previews of the ASIA to come. "Machine Messiah" (9/10), the awesome "Tempus Fugit" (9/10) and "Into the Lens" (9/10) are Yes classics--songs for the ages.

4 stars. Still Yes and still excellent addition to any prog lovers music collection.