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Title: Yes returns to form
Review: The Ladder is a fine example of an album that most pundits thought couldn't be made: an album by a 30-year-old band that has sounds as fresh as the latest upstarts. Yes proves with this release that they "aren't quite dead yet" and in fact have a lot to offer to their loyal fans as well as new listeners. The songs range from "classic Yes" style pieces like Homeworld and New Language to the pop ballad If Only You Knew, which actually sounds like it belongs on a Celine Dion record (where it would probably sell a million copies). Lightning Strikes has a bouncy, almost danceable rhythm, and Nine Voices has the famous Yes harmonies used to their best effect. The Ladder will satisfy a lot of music lovers out there who might have said to themselves, "Is that band of geezers still around?" The answer is a resounding, "Yes!"
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