of the group performing on YouTube and was impressed with his ability to sing in a style similar to Anderson. Yes toured worldwide from November 2008 to December 2010, during which they agreed to start work on a new studio album, the band's first since Magnification (2001). Yes started on the album in March 2010 during their stay in Phoenix, Arizona, during which ideas of songs from Howe, Squire, and Wakeman were selected to develop further with the intention of Howe and Wakeman as co-producers with Wakeman as recording engineer. Wakeman recalled a period of "lovely integration" between the three of them during this time, although Squire wanted greater involvement in the production and David was unsure if the decision for the band self-produce was right. Wakeman then suggested that Yes contact producer and former Yes frontman Trevor Horn, who had replaced a departing Anderson in 1980 and sung on Drama (1980) with Geoff Downes, his partner in The Buggles, on keyboards, to bring more validity to the album. Horn accepted the invitation, and the group initially planned to work with Horn only on "We Can Fly", a song that originated from a demo titled "We Can Fly from Here" that Horn and Downes had recorded prior to their arrival in Yes. The song was performed live during the Drama tour in 1980, and the band rehearsed it for a short while with session drummer Paul Robinson. When Yes disbanded in 1981, Horn and Downes recorded a second demo of "We Can Fly from Here", this time as a two-part song that was released on a reissue of The Buggles's second album Adventures in Modern Recording (1981). Before David put down his vocal tracks, Horn recorded vocals himself for him to use as a guide, so David could "sing it exactly the same way". Recording The first recording sessions took place in October and November 2010 at SARM West Coast Studios in Los Angeles, and lasted around six weeks with Horn present for two. Horn left for a month to work on other commitments, during which the band worked on "We Can Fly", "Into the Storm", "Hour of Need", and "The Man You Always Wanted Me to Be", plus songs that Wakeman had been involved with, namely "Gift of Love" (a Squire/Wakeman co-write, related to "The Game" on Heaven & Earth), "To the Moment", and "Words on a Page". Wakeman