BIG GENERATOR

Ahh, the album you're meant to hate if you're a Yes fan. But to be honest I'd rather have this than any of the later 'classic' lineup stuff such as the Keys mess or albums like Magnification. I find there's a great energy to the tracks and it's easily my favourite of the three Yes-west studio albums. It's like a shiny metallic version of my favourite band. My favourite review of this album was on the BBCs teletext service - 'they just make a great noise!' I couldn't put it better.

Yes I love the good epics (CTTE, Awaken etc.) but I also love this brash techno-pop Yes. You gotta have a bit of variety. I think that for the time Trevor only did the band good and I'd love to hear him work with them again ('though I can't see that happening).

My only complaint is that the sound can seem a bit thin on the original CD release. A nice beefy remaster would be great.