Lets talk about our hopes for the new album

[Somis Sound]

I watched YES at Glastonbury and Lugano the other night. I really hope this new album makes me feel any of the warmth, magic, and awe that watching those 2 live gigs did. I had no problem with Drama or FFH and Gift of Love with Benoit. There is just something in the current 3 voices that's just not close to the sound of Squire and Anderson/Horn/Rabin/or David. I just now don't care for mostly the singing. Watching those 2 concerts with JA and CS singing really blew me away in comparison. It's just a whole other level. It's what Yes truly is. I do admit JD sings great live with a powerful voice, I'm just not so sure about The Quest. I did like 3 or 4 on H&E, but JD was singing with Chris there... Hoping this new one is great ! I'm sure there will be some great musicianship on it for sure. I'm stoked for all you Questers...

[rabin105]

No. If you know how to sneaky VPN , like dbar, you can hear it now.

Sigh my guess is we will get YouTube till next week when preorders can happen

[Gilly Goodness]

Is it available on iTunes where you are

No. If you know how to sneaky VPN , like dbar, you can hear it now.

[rabin105]

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-actually on CFTS Steve's guitar is weirdly treated. Very psych rock.
-again Geoff takes abackseat apart from a little solo at end. He is a support player. Providin' mood
-no band instrumental so far.

Is it available on iTunes where you are

[Gilly Goodness]

- More energy
- Louder bass
- More dynamic drums
- More Sherwood vocals
- Better overall dynamics
- Longer tracks that are longer for a good reason(no meandering!)
- A less sterile guitar sound(go back to analog Steve!)
- More keyboard wizardry from Downes(more outside the box synth use)
- A full band instrumental(okay I'm pushing it )

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-actually on CFTS Steve's guitar is weirdly treated. Very psych rock.
-again Geoff takes abackseat apart from a little solo at end. He is a support player. Providin' mood
-no band instrumental so far.

[TerryTT]

my hope is for slightly more energy, louder bass, more Sherwood vocals and harmonies, strong dynamics between tender and beautiful ballads to soaring experimental soloing.

Overall I really enjoyed the Quest. If this album is as good or better, I will be very pleased.

- More energy
- Louder bass
- More dynamic drums
- More Sherwood vocals
- Better overall dynamics
- Longer tracks that are longer for a good reason(no meandering!)
- A less sterile guitar sound(go back to analog Steve!)
- More keyboard wizardry from Downes(more outside the box synth use)
- A full band instrumental(okay I'm pushing it )

[soundchaser09]

my hope is for slightly more energy, louder bass, more Sherwood vocals and harmonies, strong dynamics between tender and beautiful ballads to soaring experimental soloing.

Overall I really enjoyed the Quest. If this album is as good or better, I will be very pleased.

[Enlighten]

Drama is a fantastic album. And probably the last one that I completely loved.

Now that’s truth right there.

[patrickq]

My hope for this album is that it becomes my 15th favorite Yes album. Not joking; I’d be cool with 15th.

[Gilly Goodness]

DEAN : stunning red desert painting
HOWE: glistening jazzy guitar
DAVISON: more heartfelt meaningful lyrics
DOWNES: more piano ala ALI
SCHELLEN: more uptempo drumming
SHERWOOD: more backing vox

WHITE: farewell and good luck
HORN: Back as producer
WAKEMAN: Oliver. Next in line for keys
GOTTLIEB BROS: more enthusiasm
FRUMIOUS B: less enthusiasm


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Well hopefully most of the above will be realised. Longer songs. Longer stretches of insane instrumental passages with absolute earworm choruses.

Happy to still have Howe producin'. Obviously runs a tight, happy ship. Same engineer. Same orchestra.
Lovely titles. As he said in the Prog Mag interview. All the songs conceptually run down the same corridor.

Even Frumee Bee is cautiously optimistic.

As for the Gottlieb Bros. Presume they are in charge of producin' the art book you get with the double vinyl.


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New YES Album: MIRROR TO THE SKY

PS Gotta say also I hope the Nebra Sky Disc gets a mention somewhere in the songs.

[downbyariver]

Heeeheee. We Yesfans are like Seals. We'll clap our fins together if thrown some "eagles" or "mountains" or "eyes like a child". 😁

When they brought Jon Anderson back into the fold in the final weeks of preparing 90125, one of his additions (or perhaps only addition) to "Owner of a Lonely Heart" was the part about the eagle. Trevor Horn and Trevor Rabin hated it so much that they, on their very last night editing the album, added a gunfire sound effect at the end of that segment of the song, essentially shooting the eagle.

So, on the studio version, the line is "Watch it now. The eagle in the sky. How he dancin' one and only- [gunshot sound]".

Since a lot of popular music in the 80s included semi-random sound effects with a brief duration inserted into the music (Owner itself had a lot of them)- this particular addition went basically went unnoticed until Trevor Horn mentioned adding it in a YouTube video. Once you know it's there, you can't miss it.

[Gilly Goodness]

Hey, there were in and around an ocean. Glaciers came out of the sky and they stood there. What more could you ask for?

Heeeheee. We Yesfans are like Seals. We'll clap our fins together if thrown some "eagles" or "mountains" or "eyes like a child". 😁

[downbyariver]

The Ice Bridge was the one track that was to make the album work, but disappointed. Should have been more of a Roundabout.

Hey, they were in and around an ocean. Glaciers came out of the sky and they stood there. What more could you ask for?

[Sam I Am]

Out of curiosity what was the last yes album you loved or at the very least really liked

Fly from Here?
Magnification?
going for the one?

If this is a poll - the last one I really liked - the one that seemed like a complete Yes album for lack of a better description was Going for the One.

Which as we know is a very, very long time ago. Sadly.

[madbear]

Out of curiosity what was the last yes album you loved or at the very least really liked

Fly from Here?
Magnification?
going for the one?

Drama is a fantastic album. And probably the last one that I completely loved.
The Ladder and Talk are both good, but not great