Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!pawl!kudla From: kudla@pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll Subject: Re: Yes's _Drama_ Album Message-ID: Date: 20 Jan 90 08:51:16 GMT References: <1850@rex.cs.tulane.edu> <2866@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 27 In <2866@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US> jtl@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Joe Lynn) writes: -> with Anderson and Wakeman. (If you've never heard _Tormato_, -> consider yourself one of the lucky few.) Jeez, why does every yes fan I've never met deplore Tormato? It was the third album I ever bought by them (fourth actually, but I had lost my copy of 90125 by then). It was their first album *ever* to go Platinum, beating Fragile and Close to the Edge by three years and 90125 by 5. It marked their return to short, concise, rock songs with a few exceptions. It was very heavy and dark sounding, and the cover fit it perfectly. It makes ideal music for driving on overcast days. It has the classic Don't Kill the Whale and Silent Wings of Freedom. On the downside, it doesn't have any drawn-out masterworks like Awaken, but it feels so *live*.... In short, it's not my favorite album but I'd rather listen to it than "Yes" or "Big Generator", and is the closest Yes ever got to the synth-heavy ABWH sound (though I think the latter is way overproduced). It's a damn shame that it and Olias aren't on CD. -- Robert Jude Kudla "Famous? I'm not famous. People come up to me after a show and say 'Hey, Steve!'" -Jon Anderson