Yes - Drama
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Free Music Review: No Jon but still great !
Hit: 5 Stars
It's YES ! Not their best but not their worst!
Yes rules so....get it! :- }
Free Music Review: Yes Drama
Hit: 5 Stars
Yes Drama is an excellent album I owned the cassette in the 80's loved it then & still love it now.I was very pleased to see that Amazon had this on cd your service on this order was fantastic as well thankyouFree Music Review: Truth in Advertising
Hit: 5 Stars
From the rubble left with the departure of Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman came this vastly underrated, energetic album that was released in August 1980.
The drama endured by the band before enlisting Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes (The Buggles, who scored an international hit with the single, Video Killed the Radio Star) was tremendous and to the point where band members would have individual limo rides to take them to and from concert appearances, with most substantial conversations relegated to stage banter.
But the punch added by the new duo - especially heard on Machine Messiah, Into the Lens and Run Through the Light - powers the band artistically, with Tempus Fugit simply an incredible piece of music.
The bonus tracks provide a fuller picture of the avenues the band was exploring and the potential if given a chance to blossom through additional releases. Though the album reached #2 on the U.K. charts, it stalled at #18 in the United States, with "in-the-round" North American tour dates performed mostly before half-filled arenas, or worse. It became a one-off project when Horn left the group.
The album remains a quiet classic from a time period when many fans quickly dismissed the personnel change. That should not be the case today.
Free Music Review: Drama - If You Have Written This Album Off Due To No Jon Anderson You Need To Give It A Chance
Hit: 5 Stars
A lot of Yes fans won't even give this album a chance due to the fact that vocalist Jon Anderson is not on it. In my opinion this is a big mistake. Anderson and keyboardist Rick Wakeman both departed the band after the "Tormato" album and tour (Wakeman for the second time). The rest of the band, drummer Alan White, guitarist Steve Howe, and bassist Chris Squire decided to continue and added vocalist Trevor Horn and keys player Geoff Downs to the lineup. Horn and Downs had been formerly known The Buggles, a new wave group that had a big hit with the song "Video Killed The Radio Star". When I first heard that these two guys had been picked to join Yes my first thought was "you've got to be kidding me", but amazingly this lineup put out some really killer music. "Drama" is unlike any Yes album before or since, but it stands on it's own as a great mix of progressive rock, AOR, and 80's style new wave. Chris Squire and Alan White really step up to the plate on this one like they had something to prove. Squire is all over the album playing his bass like a man possessed, sharing in many of the lead vocals, and involved in much of the songwriting. Alan White is all over the drum kit playing with a much heavier rock style than on previous discs. Even Steve How adapts his guitar style to fit this new sounding approach, and it works like a charm. Horn does not sound like Jon Anderson on vocals, but he has a similar high pitched voice that really harmonizes with Chris Squire's similar vox in a nice way. Geoff Downs is a great keyboard player (along with Steve Howe he would go on to form Asia after this album) and adds just enough of a new wave feel to Yes more prog oriented sound. Of the songs "Machine Messiah" and "Tempus Fugit" rank right up with the band's all time best. The other tracks are all solid as well. If you are a Yes fan and have never given "Drama" a chance you owe it to yourself to give it a shot. I think I like it even more today than when it came out 28 years ago (wow has it really been that long?)Free Music Review: Words fail me
Hit: 5 Stars
I can't describe how rocking... how great the musicianmanship is... how infinitely PROGRESSIVE (for pete's sake) this album is!!
Every Yes fan should own this. The playing is amazing, the songs have strong melodies.
I'm at a loss for words. Amazing.