SKEETER
04-12-2004, 01:45 AM
I think YES have finally found the Holy Grail of their sound on this CD.
Having been a YES fan since 1972, I have heard all the changes they went through, and I think old age has enhanced rather than detracted from their creativity. Seriously, I think if Walt Disney were alive today, and just now making Fantasia, he would choose Magnification for the music. It is a great conglomeration of all the best things about Yes over the years. They finally are consistantly doing music that is catchy without being merely "ear candy". Magnification sounds very much like the epitome of YES, it sounds like FRAGILE, it sounds like TORMATO, and it sounds like the Trevor Rabin era. It has all the appeal of the best of YES, without all the drivel of the endless Dave Brubeck like signituremelody-less meanderings of some of their more experimental stuff, but still retains the creativity of them. This is a great album to turn down low during dinner, to have on in headphones while doing something tedious, or cranking up on a surround sound system turned up to 11. I seriosly hope they continue with this approach to music. ALSO Magnification is not over produced, and the drums sound like a real drummer, and it does not sound quantized (for you engineers out there) It sounds like a real live band playing. It sounds like people doing music, not machines. The melodies and counter melodies in it are astounding, it sounds as if these guys are still studying music.
Having been a YES fan since 1972, I have heard all the changes they went through, and I think old age has enhanced rather than detracted from their creativity. Seriously, I think if Walt Disney were alive today, and just now making Fantasia, he would choose Magnification for the music. It is a great conglomeration of all the best things about Yes over the years. They finally are consistantly doing music that is catchy without being merely "ear candy". Magnification sounds very much like the epitome of YES, it sounds like FRAGILE, it sounds like TORMATO, and it sounds like the Trevor Rabin era. It has all the appeal of the best of YES, without all the drivel of the endless Dave Brubeck like signituremelody-less meanderings of some of their more experimental stuff, but still retains the creativity of them. This is a great album to turn down low during dinner, to have on in headphones while doing something tedious, or cranking up on a surround sound system turned up to 11. I seriosly hope they continue with this approach to music. ALSO Magnification is not over produced, and the drums sound like a real drummer, and it does not sound quantized (for you engineers out there) It sounds like a real live band playing. It sounds like people doing music, not machines. The melodies and counter melodies in it are astounding, it sounds as if these guys are still studying music.