90125 reviews

[Mr. Holland]

Lets act "Journalists". Put your review of this album in here......

[Jacaranda]

The original release or the recent remastered version?

[Jackaranda]

On a scale of 1-10, I give it about an 8.5. It's a very good album, and it still holds up today. The 2nd best of the Rabin era, behind Talk, which, for me, is about as perfect an album as anyone can make.

[ANTIOCH]

'90125' saw the rebirth of YES and gave the band their 1st (and only) #1 hit.
Although not as progressive musically as their previous releases, it was fresh and exciting, and it had enough of the band's signature elements to appease the older fans; while bringing in a whole new audience. On a scale of 1-10, I give it a 9.
A very strong project from these veteran prog/rockers !

[Mr. Holland]

The original release or the recent remastered version?

Well, I was kinda thinking the original. BTW, when I find the time I will post my own review. That's what the meaning was of all those review threads, not just rating it, but writing a full review, like say music magazines do.....so who dares? ;)

[Mr. Holland]

Just when everybody in- and outside the music business thought that Yes were a relic from the past, a musical memory, they hit back with this album and by golly, did they hit back hard! It became their best selling album ever and still is up till this day and it gave them there only no. 1 hitsingle.

Is it progressive or more mainstream? Both. The music is more mainstream then their previous albums, but that has also got to do with the fact that AOR rock was big in those days. If an artist would make an album like this now, with all the hip-hop and dance music going on, it wouldn't be mainstream at all. From a Yes point of view this album was certainly progressive, because to me progressive is also trying and doing things that you've never done before and Yes had never done an album like this before, so therefore it was certainly progressive to.

Owner of a Lonely Heart opens the album and is a great rock song. It always gets me dancing and singing and allthough by many fans it is gathered to simple there is a lot of detail in this song and they got every detail right.

Hold on is a song with a great pumping rhythm and great vocal harmonies and which also displays Trevor Rabin being a great guitarist.

It Can Happen is a song that if released today would still be "modern". So it was quit ahead of it's time back then. This track is one of my favorites of this album.

Changes, well the title says it all. The intro is great and then we go into a more simple rhythm structure, but the chorus is very catchy and the switching of lead vocals between Trevor and Jon works very well on this song.

Cinema is a nice little instrumental witch just in a short time displays again the talents of the musicians playing on it.

Leave it is probably the song out of the entire Yes catalogue with the best vocal harmonies on it, period. The voices of Jon, Trevor and Chris melt together and fit together so well. Great track!

Our song is in my opinion the weakest song on this album. Especially nowadays it sounds very outdated. It's not bad, but then again it doesn't stand out on any point to.

City of Love is again a great rocker and I think Jon shines on this track and proves that his voice doesn't only suit emotional, melodic stuff, but also suits a heavy rock song.

Hearts is the perfect closer to the album. This song has become one of Yes's classics, at least to my ears. One of the best songs done during the so called Rabin era.

All in all, 90125 is a very good album indeed and most probably saved Yes from a to soon death. It presented a new and fresh Yes sound that for the larger part has been very well preserved up till this day!