Yes - 90125
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Free Music Review: Yes - Enter Trevor Rabin
Hit: 5 Stars
After the "Drama" album and tour the Yes camp pretty much split up and it looked like the band was done. Trevor Horn went on to be one of the most successful producers in rock, and would produce, but not participate in the "90125" album. Geoff Downs and Steve Howe went on to have great success with Asia. This basically left Chris Squire and Alan White as the odd men out. Enter a very talented young guitarist / vocalist from South Africa by the name of Trevor Rabin. Rabin had done several solo albums and had also had moderate success with the band Rabbit. Squire, White, and Rabin began working together eventually bringing in original Yes keyboard player Tony Kaye calling themselves Cinema. Cinema came close to putting an album together, but before that happened former Yes vocalist Jon Anderson came into the picture and suddenly a new version of Yes was born. "90125" would be another major change in direction for the band with a much more commercial less progressive rock sound. Rabin had the ability to write very catchy tunes and "90125" became the first and only Yes album to produce a #1 single in "Owner Of A Lonely Heart". The album also produced two other top 40 hits with "Hold On' and "Leave It", and most of the rest of the tracks received AOR airplay. The album turned off some older Yes fans, but also gained the band a whole new following. For myself I always liked the album and thought that Trevor Rabin brought them some new blood and gave the guitar sound a lean towards metal at times which gave the band some balls. Every song on this album is good, and the band do throw a bone to their progressive past with the instrumental "Cinema" and the album closer "Hearts". The Yes of the 80's was a lot different from the Yes of the 70's, but I love both versions of the band.Free Music Review: Outstanding
Hit: 5 Stars
YES 90125 has always been a favorite of mine. I really enjoy the bonus tracks too.Free Music Review: Yes in the eighties
Hit: 5 Stars
Yes' 1983 record '90125' brought the group their first #1 hit with 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' and also brought the return of original keyboardist Tony Kaye, who left the group in late 1971 after the release of 1971's 'The Yes Album.'
Jon Anderson returns to Yes after leaving in late 1979 before the recording sessions for 'Drama' started when he replaced by Trevor Horn of the Buggles. Chris and Alan are also back as well, but Steve Howe would not return to Yes. Instead, he joined John Wetton, Carl Palmer and former Yes member Geoff Downes (keyboards: 1980) in the supergroup Asia.
Replacing Howe was the South African Trevor Rabin, who also sang backing vocals and sang lead vocals on several numbers.
And the result? 1983's '90125,' which to this day, still gets panned by '70s Yes fans. I must say, as a die-hard, this is nowhere near my all-time favorite Yes album, but it's Yes, and for that reason, it's five stars.
And the music is great. 'Leave It' is classic; 'Cinema' is a cool instrumental featuring sweet keyboard lines from Kaye; and who could forget the minor classic rock radio staple 'It Can Happen'? They all appear on the record that brought Yes their first and only #1 hit.
'Owner Of A Lonely Heart' is obviously the highlight here. The keyboards are amazing, and Jon's vocals are in top shape, even at age 39. Listen closely to Chris' bass lines and chances are you'll be impressed. After all, he is one of the best bassists of all-time.
Overall, if you're a strict '70s Yes fan, you are not going to like '90125' very much. It's experimental, but it brought them success as well. But if you're a strict '80s-'90s Yes fan or a Yes fan in general, you'll love '90125,' or like it, anyway.
Highly recommended for any Yes fan that wants to experiment. It is very different from, say, 'Close to the Edge.' But it's still very good stuff.
ENJOY!!!
Free Music Review: An 80's Classic; A Yes Masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
As one of the legendary bands that helped to establish progressive rock during the early 70's, the varied exchanges and exit and re-entry of most of the band members at one time or another caused Yes to have as many gray periods as they've had successful ones. The second coming of Yes happened nearly 25 years ago with the release of 90125. What always made Yes so unique was their deeply spiritual outlook and how they could create the idea of God and mystic teachings in just about everything they wrote about. Musically, their craft was not lost, and while 90125 has some noticable sonic differences that were hip during the 1980's, the guitars and brilliantly composed arrangements are as fresh as ever. 25 years later, I can sit down and listen to these songs and still enjoy them. But the band also deserve recognition for never sacrificing their style during an era now considered by many to be a sort of decline in how the quality of most of the music from that time was produced. 90125 continues the evolution of Yes. Like 1971's Fragile and 1972's Close To The Edge, and just about everything in between, Yes never lost sight of their passion nor their ability to make cutting edge progressive rock. They brought the 70's into the 80's, resulting in further proof how their songs and style are as magical and timeless as ever. Free Music Review: Great CD with incredible sound!
Hit: 5 Stars
Some Yes fans dislike the fact that some of the songs on this album have a more "pop" quality than classic 70s Yes, but the high quality and superb musicianship that characterize Yes at their best are very much evident here. I've never heard a more upbeat and inspiring song than "Hold On," and the instrumental piece "Cinema" is gorgeous. Overall a great Yes album.