set of sleeve notes by journalist and Yes biographer Chris Welch. In 2006, Talk was released as part of the Yes album compilation box set Essentially Yes (2006) on Eagle Records. Reception Talk received a mostly negative response from critics. Rolling Stone rated it two stars out of five. Critic J. D. Considine reviewed the album in Musician with "Shut up." Rabin spoke of his review: "I laughed at first ... But then I thought a review like that doesn't do anybody any good. We all get negative reviews of albums, and if the criticism is negative, and if it's constructive criticism, often it's something you can feed off". Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a C- and criticised "the annoying castrati vocals, the bombastic arena-rock flourishes, the cloying New Age sentiments" and "the sterile classicism". In a retrospective review, Steven McDonald of AllMusic rated Talk three stars out of five, and praised the "new attitude powering the band, and a few surprises hidden away in the songs". According to him, "this album is fun and extremely well done" and it "has some really nifty songs that stick in the mind, from the opening 'The Calling' to the closing 16-minute 'Endless Dream. Tour Talk was supported with the 77-date tour of North and South America and Japan, between 18 June and 11 October 1994. It featured American musician Billy Sherwood on additional guitars, keyboards, and bass on certain dates. Sherwood would later become a full-time member of Yes from 1997 to 2000, and from 2015 to the present. Rabin supervised the development of Concertsonics, a quadraphonic sound system that allowed people seated in selected seats to hear the concert's soundboard mix with headphones and personal radio by tuning into a specific FM frequency. Rabin was pleased with the band's performances, describing the tour as his "most satisfying" with the band. The tour included a performance of "Walls" on Late Show with David Letterman on 20 June 1994. According to Rabin, host David Letterman "was driving one day and 'The Calling' ... came on the radio. He stopped the car and apparently called his producer to get the album". After the tour, Rabin and Kaye left the band. Track listing Taken from the sleeve notes: Personnel Taken from the sleeve notes. Yes Jon Anderson – vocals Trevor Rabin – guitars, keyboards, vocals, programming Chris Squire – bass guitar, vocals