Drama vs 90125 - Progressive Rock Music Forum

As much as I love Drama my vote goes to 90125. Yes needs Anderson on vocals in my opinion, and 90125 was more of a 'progression' from what had gone before. I think it stands out as a high point in 80's rock music, with it's fresh bright production and fantastic mix of heavy rock, with electronic sampling and strong melodies.

It may have signaled the creative downfall of Yes for many die hards, but I rate it among their best.

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For me it is not a temptation to vote for 90125, but a fact.

Drama ---one has god Howe and the other Van Rabin---just another rock guitarist.

Drama!

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All I can say is that I bought a CD copy of Drama and am not interested in 90210. I was when it first came out but I don't need it in my collection. Non essential material.

Edited by Slartibartfast - April 01 2011 at 20:17

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Phideaux wrote:

While I agree there is something about Anderson that really consolidates "Yes", the same can be true for the sound of Squire's bass and Howe's wacky style of playing. Sure, Time and A Word are great albums by Anderson, Squire, etc. but they don't really COOK with the Yes sound that would come with Howe and whatever god's Offord aligned with by the time of Yes Album. However, the sound of Yes, for me, was as much the tough bass/drum/guitar nucleus with Anderson and zany keyboards overlaid.

So, while I dearly love both albums - Drama as a recent aquisition and 90125 as something that I lived through at the time -- I'm going with Drama. Even without Anderson, that clean/reverb free tight sound is evident. The songs are very absorbing, although a little bit Yes-lite, but at least they are like Yes. 90125 is a FANTASTIC new creation of rock music for the 80s. Very much the future, very much chrome like the cover. The fact that Anderson is singing is like he's been exhumed from death a million years later and through the wonders of cybernetics fashioned into a robot to appear in this new slick music. But, as much as I loved it and was all about that version of Yes at the time, in retrospect, it's not really Yes music to me. Drama wins (on many levels and as much because I also loved the Buggles in the 80s!)

Well said!

For me, Drama is the preferred of the two, but I cannot really say it is the better. It is certainly unique in the Yes canon, and not just because of Anderson's absence. So much of it sounds different - Squire, White, and especially Howe move in different directions. And yet, somehow, it captures the spirit of Yes. 90125 showed us a leaner version of Yes, but as noted on The Word Is Live collection, it boasts three original members of the band, something that had not happened in 15 years. And again, somehow, it captures the spirit of Yes.

By the way, Drama was the second time I saw Yes live. It was strange with J.A., but the combination of Horn and Squire's harmonies emulated his vocal sound. That show really rocked. Imagine Machine Messiah live, amped up, and THUNDERING. Tempus Fugit kicked, too. I wish I saw 90125 live, but alas, I was far from civilization during those years.

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I actually lik Rabin's playing better than Howe's although Howe sounded better on Drama than on the previous 3 albums.

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you can easily live without 90125 and when you sometimes here something of it it don't bother you.
can't say this about drama ... one of bands worst records ...

Poll Question: Yes with Trevor Horn as singer or producer?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Drama	45	[71.43%]
90125	18	[28.57%]
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