Yes - Relayer
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Free Music Review: Yes is Hard To Cut and Paste!
Hit: 5 Stars
When I was about fifteen years old, my friend gave me a tape with a bunch of music he liked on it, that his old college roommate made for him. One of the songs on the tape was "Sound Chaser", but there was no documentation of this. I was blown away by the beauty and virtuosity of this song. It took years for me to finally realise that it was Yes I had been listening to. Thus began my transformation into a Yes fanatic. Relayer is my second favorite record (second to Close To The Edge) in the world.
When this new repackaging came out, I was appalled to see that Atlantic had actually tried to cut up these epics into singles. That didn't work for Close To The Edge, and it doesn't really work here. However, it was quite gracious of Rhino to include all this bonus material on the reissues. So I am now, of course, collecting all of them just for the bonus tracks. Thank you, Atlantic and Rhino, for satisfying a lot of Yes freaks like me.
Free Music Review: probably the best yes album
Hit: 5 Stars
As you leaf through yes's catalog, you see a few things, such as strange abstract drawings and albums that have an average of 4 songs. Yes is not the band for a person who doesn't like complex music,especially this album and tales from topographic oceans. The fact is, however, Yes is a brilliant band. They built up their credibility with easier but equally great albums such as The Yes Album and Fragile. Then they dived in head first experimenting with the excellent Close To The Edge. Then, they made the controversial TFTO. Relayer is basically all of the great elements of TFTO made into a record, with a whole lot of jazz influence and of course Yes from the past. The 22 minute Gates Of Delirium is just such a brilliant piece, and Sound Chaser and To Be Over follow suit. Of course, I'd say start with The Yes Album and build yourself up, but this along with Close To The Edge are the band's best two records. Absolutely essential.Free Music Review: The perfect Yes album
Hit: 5 Stars
Relayer doesn't get the attention it has always deserved. It is their crowning achievement, and I think that many dismiss it because there was no Wakeman. This recording is not only just fine without him, I think it is better.
Here you have an epic 20-minute track (like something from Tales) along with 2 moderate-length tracks. Each track is absolutely excellent - creative, soul-stirring, passionate music that Yes is famous for, but unlike any of their other albums, there is not one weak track here. Not even a weak moment. This record was Yes telling the world to stuff it after getting so much (undeserved) grief over Tales.
As for Moraz, his jazz stylings work better with rock music than classical stylings ever will. Why he left Yes, or was asked to, I'll never understand. This was their last really great recording, and he definitely made a serious contribution to its success.
Free Music Review: The most underrated album by Yes
Hit: 5 Stars
Relayer is a fabulous album. Rick Wakeman was replaced on keyboards by Patrick Moraz, but the band didn't miss a beat IMO. I rank this album as the 3rd best in the Yes catalog (behind "The Yes Album" and "Close to the Edge", and just ahead of "Going for the One"). "The Gates of Delirium" is another classic 20+ minute Yes piece, and "Sound Chaser" rocks heavy (some GREAT guitar work by Steve Howe on this tune). But, the song which elevates this CD ever so slightly above the aforementioned "Going for the One" is the final song, "To be Over". This 9+ minute gem is the one of the most underrated great Yes songs. The artwork by Roger Dean is incredible. You will be pleasantly surprised by this CD.Free Music Review: Jeffrey W. Richman
Hit: 5 Stars
I noticed he would've given a Bartok Concerto 5 stars "were it not for one flaw - the haunting woodwind theme in the second movement of Concerto #1 is too soft."A word of advice, Mr. Richman.
Go out, drink, get laid, do something man. You don't want to be an uptight cheapskate the rest of your life, do you?
THIS IS MY ALL TIME-FAVE, AS FAR AS YES ALBUMS GO. I think that Gates Of Delirium is one of the finest ever penned by Yes, and I even enjoy the keyboard work of the GREAT PATRICK MORAZ, since it all went to his head after this album.
Sound Chaser, yes, is wierd. I think it's after your 50th listen that this track becomes absolute greatness. Every time I play Relayer, I program my CD player to play tracks 2 - 1 - and 3.