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If you like YES you'll like this. It has about three great tracks on it. The rest is not bad. This isn't a must-have record like Close to the Edge but definitely worth a listen.
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The only track from this album I ever heard--Brother of Mine--turns out to be the only good one on the album. Everything else is awful, despite the intriguing titles of the songs. Great musicians making bad music- too bad.
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If not for the absence of Chris Squire on bass, this would in fact be a YES album, and one of their very finest, instead of being the one and only ABWH album. By 1989 there were enough veteran YES members to make two completely independent groups, and that's precisely what happened. ABWH was followed up by an actual YES album entitled UNION, containing both entire bands, and which showcased nearly their entire legacy of virtuosos. The live performances of this "union" were beyond breathtaking. But the material they produced was not nearly as coherent as ABWH had previously produced. These four had not made any recordings together since CLOSE TO THE EDGE. However, unlike those early YES albums, ABWH demonstrates exceptionally high fidelity recording and engineering, as well as a level of technical precision in group musicianship that was always attempted yet quite never achieved in those early years. Although not called a YES album, ABWH remains as one of the great benchmark albums in the history of the band's evolution. If there is anything less than praiseworthy to be mentioned, it would be that in spite of all the fresh new ideas swirling around him from the other members, Rick Wakeman occasionally falls back on some of his old worn out licks. They do work well enough in the isolated context of this album, but are a mildly disappointing when heard is the greater context of his career.Read full review
To say in just one word to describe this album would be "grandiose". Every single off this album has it's very own signature quality sound. The reunion of the most well known band members of "Yes", is apparent with their own unique styles coming through in traditonal "Yes" style. Instead of the title of "Anderson,Bruford,Wakeman,& Howe", the title should have been "Amazing Grace", in honor of a timeless song itself. Not everyone can "get along" with this type of progressive rock. But this album in my opinon is a classic album by any standards.
I'd like to rate this higher but I miss Chris Squire's bass. 4/5ths of the True Yes is better than nothing though and while I've owned An Evening of Yes Music for years I've never had this on CD (only...cassette). So this purchase is a necessity and I am pleased with it. Best part of this is just hearing Bill Bruford on drums. [yeah, I one of "those" Yes fans].
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