FISH OUT OF WATER

Chris Squire's Fish Out of Water, recorded in the Yes downtime between Relayer and Going For the One, takes Squire's incredible and highly individual bass skills and sets them against fine compositions and tasteful orchestral arrangements. With new pal Patrick Moraz and old buddy Bill Briuford lending a hand, Squire succeeds in creating perhaps the most Yes-like of the various solo albums band members knocked out in the break - Silently Falling is, in particular, an absolute classic, the sort of thing which at once measures up to anything Yes did and possesses a very Yes-like magic but at the same time, thanks to the different personnel and instrumentation and approach, doesn't sound like a mere attempt at producing "Yes by other means". A neglected classic.