Comments for Yes, Tormato

On the whole is not at all a bad album but not even one of their best. It seems to me they're lacking a bit in enthusiasm and coherence in the songs, far from the feeling they put in previous works. It maybe suffers of the transition period at the end of the 70's, when the era of "pure" progressive rock was ending, and probably many big groups were taking decisions about which direction to give their music in the 80's. "Madrigal" is the more interesting song, based on the harpsichord playing by Rick Wakeman, and I also prefer "Future times-Rejoice". GL

INSPIRATION is what "YES" is all about, that's where their great unique rock and roll comes from. Like "Yes", my primary source of inspiration is the GREAT SPIRIT potentially inside all of us. Among my finest influences in reaching some of that spiritual potential have been the great rock & roll group "Yes", and the spiritually inspiring books written by "KEN CAREY". How do you rate inspiration? "Yes" & "Ken Carey" get 10's from my heart. -Ed McConnell

I think that this is great, & has always been underrated. The majority of the music is quite good although a bit different & perhaps more aggressive than they had been in the past. "Future Times/Rejoice", "Release/Release" (some type of a comment on Punk, I think), and "On The Silent Wings of Freedom" are all classic Yes as far as I am concerned.

This album is very good . I particularly like circus of heaven and release all, release all. For the first time we here Yes do a "love" song in Onward. But there is a discordance in the flow of the music on this album.

"Tormato" is an enjoyable album....not necessarily one of their best. Yes was able to transcend beyond some of their own personal squabblings to lay down some decent cuts on this album. "Future Times/Rejoice" is enjoyable in a sci-fi/fantasy sort of way (although Jon's repetitions are a bit annoying). "On The Silent Wings Of Freedom" is great to drive to at night. "Tormato" cannot live up to "Going For the One" but is in the same genre.

in my opinion, a turn for the better compared to Going for the One. Jon sounds revitalized when he''s singing about his random new-agey goofiness ("Madrigal", "Arriving UFO") or environmental issues ("Don''t Kill the Whale"). Chris in particular shines on this album, with his bass constantly in the forefront. Tormato also has Chris''s best songwriting in "Onward". It''s clear, though, that the band was being pulled in several directions (Jon with his new age stuff, and Steve with his straight-ahead rock ideas).

High points are Madrigal, Release.Release, & On the Silent Wings of Freedom

It seems like Yes tried too hard on this album. It was a followup to "Going For The One", and in trying to match that, they just threw stuff into this album that was clashy in style. "Circus In Heaven" (which I saw in concert), "Don't Kill The Whale", and maybe, "Onward" I feel were the saving graces for this album. I share the opinion of some others who say that Yes didn't seem to know which way to go after "Going For The One". And I kind of backed away from Yes a little after this album - I was ... yes-ed out.