10/06/2021

Soon ~ Yes, from the album Relayer

"Relayer" is the last classic Yes album. After this was released, the band went on hiatus and the individual members all worked on solo projects. In 1977, they reformed with Rick Wakeman back in the fold, but never again would they capture that greatness of the early 70's. They had run their course, as had progressive rock in general. "Relayer" itself is quite a strange album in the Yes discography. For one, it's the only Yes album to feature Patrick Moraz on keyboards. He replaced Wakeman who left in frustration after "Tales From Topographic Oceans" but would never participate in any subsequent Yes releases. Moraz was about as proggy as they came, as evidenced by his solo debut album which came out shortly after "Relayer". So he was able to fill in for Wakeman pretty nicely and brought along his own style. They tried to get away from “Tales From Topographic Oceans” for this one and went back to the structure of “Close To The Edge”, a single track on the front and the back split evenly between two songs. The music itself is probably the most complex the band ever recorded. It's their most jazz fusion oriented and is generally more hectic than anything they had done previously. It makes this a bad place to enter the world of Yes but an interesting one for some longtime fans. In particular, for those who are Steve Howe fans, you get to hear some of his absolutely wildest guitar work as he seemed to be using a new approach that he wouldn't continue with on subsequent albums.

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