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yes marathon #5
today we have Close To The Edge (1972)
so, this album is just one of the best ive ever listened to from start to finish, no second feels like its wasted and no note seems unnecessary, the album has a perfect mix, one of the best ive ever seen, and the instruments work in a perfect harmony weaving into virtuosic melodies that hipnotise me on every listen. since this album has really a lot of things put into it im going to talk about every track in particular including their ... read more
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yes marathon #12
today we have Big Generator (1987)
this album was really underwhelming and a big step down compared to 90125, it just feels like they copy and pasted 90125 but just forgot that they could make pop rock with and nice hint of progressive stuff in it and instead doubled into the pop side and tried to recreate the success they had 4 years earlier with 90125.
as for the lineup it remained the same as 90125 with the sole exception of Trevor Horn not performing on the album and just ... read more
yes marathon #11
today we have 90125 (1983)
this album is very diffrent from regular yes and it marks a new era of the band switching from a prog rock band to a pop rock band, this album also changed the whole lineup of the previous album, Drama, since most of the Drama members dont play on this album, instead the lineup consists of: Jon Anderson on lead vocals, Chris Squire on bass and backing vocals, Alan White on drums, Trevor Rabin on guitar, Tony Kaye on organ and keyboards who ... read more
yes marathon #10
today we have Drama (1980)
this is a good comeback to the shitfest that is Tormato even though Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman quit before the recording of this album and were replaced by some blokes named Trevor Horn who did vocals and Geoffrey Downes who did organ and keyboards.
the album opens with what is probably the best song on the album, "Machine Messiah", and this song is very unique in the fact that its extremely heavy for yes standards, especcialy at the ... read more
random review cause im bored
today we have Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso (1972)
what an album, really, everything about this is amazing from the opener to the closer, it gets better with every moment and has highs ive seen in not many albums, its a classic of the italian progressive rock movement and it has reason to be.
this album has incredible work all around, the guitar riffs on every track are just incredible, with a tone that cuts right through the mix, the piano solos that resemble ... read more
yes marathon #9
today we have Tormato (1978)
honestly this album is very mid, coming from Going For The One you would expect that they would continue with something like that, instead no, they decided to create an incredibly stripped down and simple sound that doesnt hold up and this ends in the album bieng a constant outwaking battle within the band members, like seriously they made "Arriving UFO" and said "yeah this is good enough, put it on the album" like come ... read more
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shoutout to @frogofprog, he makes fantastic reviews and he also kinda made me want to start reviewing
i tend to give atleast 2 listens before rating an album, but it really depends on the album sometimes a i need a lot of listens, like a real lot
listen to bruford!! i mean it
shoutout to @frogofprog, he makes fantastic reviews and he also kinda made me want to start reviewing
i tend to give atleast 2 listens before rating an album, but it really depends on the album sometimes a i need a lot of listens, like a real lot
listen to bruford!! i mean it
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