Yes - The Ladder
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Artist: YesEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2004-11-16
Music Label: Eagle Records
Soundtracks:
- Homeworld (The Ladder)
- It Will Be a Good Day (The River)
- Lightning Strikes
- Can I?
- Face to Face
- If Only You Knew
- To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)
- Finally
- The Messenger
- New Language
- Nine Voices (Longwalker)
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Free Music Review: Yes - I Have Never Understood The Mixed Reviews For This One. Underated For Sure.
Hit: 5 Stars
After the disappointment of the previous album "Open Your Eyes" from two year prior, Yes came back creatively in a big way with 1999's "The Ladder". This was basically the same lineup as "Open Your Eyes" with keys man Igor Khoroshev becoming an official member this time around. Although the personnel are the same I think this one blows "Open Your Eyes" away. "The Ladder" is a very nice return to form for Yes and features a nice mix of progressive rock and more commercial shorter oriented material. It seems to get very mixed reviews from Yes fans and I am not sure why. Listening to this again I really like every track on it. There is enough progressive rock to be found for the hard core fan, but there is also a heavy mix of other styles. The band touch on reggae, pop, straight ahead rock, blues, just about everything. The cool thing about it is that it all works. The opening track "Homeworld (The Ladder) was written for the soundtrack of a video game and is a really cool science fiction related song clocking in at almost 10 minutes. The other long one on the album "New Language" is another winner. The single "Lightning Strikes" is a great irresistible rocker that I find hard to believe did not get more radio airplay than it did. "To be Alive" is a cool little song. "Finally" sees vocalist Jon Anderson practically screaming out the vocals which you would not think works, but it does. "The Message" is the band's reggae tribute to Bob Marley. I am sure this track makes a lot of Yes fans cringe, but again I think it is kind of cool. The final track "Nine Voices (Longwalker)" kind of reminds me of "Holy Lamb" from the "Big Generator" album. It is just a short little Jon Anderson ditty, but the perfect way to end the album. I know a lot of Yes fans don't share my enthusiasm for this disc, but for me "The Ladder" is the band's best overall album of the last 20 year. Why do I like this so much better than "Open Your Eyes"? I honestly can't say, but even though they have basically the same lineup the albums are as different as night and day to my ears. This album came and went fairly quickly and may have flew other a lot of Yes fans radar. If you don't have this one I would definitely recommend it.
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