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Title: The liner notes are worthy of "Spinal Tap"-like legend
Review: It's been a long time since I've heard this piece of pretentious rubbish, but what I remember the most is laughing out loud at the ridiculous liner notes. Jon Anderson pontificates about finding the meaning of our existence in a hotel room in Tokyo, reading about Tantric yoga and the number 4 or something like that. Reading this crap reminded me of Spinal Tap, in that the whole thing seemed to be a parody of pretentious, prog rock excess, when in fact it was the real thing! As far as the music goes, I just remember Wakeman's pointless solos and Jon Anderson's PIERCING tenor. Ouch! A roomie in college used to play this CD a lot and I had to beg him to not play it anymore. He compromised and agreed only to play "The Yes Album" and "Fragile" when I was home, while I agreed not to play various non-prog selections in his presence. Anyway, I've gone on too long. I won't say YES is devoid of worth, but this album certainly is.
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