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DRAMA

Yes

 

Symphonic Prog

3.78 | 1967 ratings

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Uruk_hai
4 stars Review #52

Jon ANDERSON and Rick WAKEMAN left YES so the band got these two new musicians that were the group THE BUGGLES, well-known for their song "Video killed the radio star" (a song that I'd rather listen to in THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA's version), so this new line-up created "Drama" and to be honest, even when I do not like THE BUGGLES what they did with YES was really good.

This album has a very RELAYER-TORMATO essence: great songs that go from soft passages to intense hard- rocky instrumental sections. In "Does it really happen?" Alan WHITE played something that I think was a xylophone and for a couple of seconds that gave the song a resemblance to PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG. The guitar section in "Into the Lens" is very aggressive: it reminds me a lot of IQ (even when this album is older than IQ's debut album). "Machine Messiah" and "Tempus fugit" are also very strong and original compositions.

In sum, this album is very intense and experimental, highly recommended.

SONG RATING: Machine messiah, 4 White car, 3 Does it really happen? 4 Into the lens, 4 Run through the light, 4 Tempus fugit, 5

AVERAGE: 4

PERCENTAGE: 80

ALBUM RATING: 4 stars

Uruk_hai | 4/5 |

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