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Title: Not their best, but still essential for the serious yes fan
Review: This may sound strange to you, but I bought this album about 15 years ago, listened to it a few times, found it inaccessible, and set it aside. Just recently, I decided to give it another chance. I commute 40 minutes to work and figured I could listen on the way, and back.This is not an album that comes easily, but after listening to it about 5 or so times, it is starting to come together, and I do like it. I don't think it is quite the work of art of "close to the edge" or "relayer". At times it just seems to be thrown together--as if the band was in a garage somewhere and just improvised. The sound quality also doesn't seem as clear and crisp as on some of their other works.I agree with the other reviewers that this should not be your first YES purchase, but if you get hooked into them, as I have, you will find some juicy tidbits here.
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