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When this album was first released in 1989 one newspaper pundit termed it as one "whose sublimed redundancy makes the work of the Wombles appear profound in comparison".Well I have nothing against Mike Batt and his furry pals but this album sure knocks spots off Orinocco and co.

Yes were in a legal mess at the time and so Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe were not able to use the name Yes. Instead they hit upon the catchy 'Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe' and toured playing lots of old Yes numbers to a very high standard augmented by the well known bassist Tony Levin inmore… place of 'Fishy' Chris Squire. They also recorded this album and seamlessly slotted in many of the tracks from it to the set; so much like clsssic Yes tracks they sound.

The opening track 'Themes' sets the scene for what is to come very well with its extended instrumental breaks and nonsensical lyrics. 'Fist of Fire' follows and it's a much shorter piece with strident keyboard playing from Uncle Rick. Next up is a ten minute version of the single 'Brother of mine' which is one of those tunes which you cannot get out of your head once you've listened to it. Some nice keyboard playing again from Rick who really does seem to come out well into the mix throughout the early tracks. 'Birthright' follows and it's a somewhat slow burner of a protest song. Track five is the albums highpoint for me. An absolutely beautiful song called 'The Meeting' which is really just a duet between Andersons vocals and Wakemans keyboards. Simply fantastic - the song was even revived for the 2004 Yes tour. The next two tracks 'Quartet' and 'Teakbois' are for me the albums low points. Both doodle somewhat with 'Quartet' name checking a number of old Yes songs in the lyrics. Neither were played live which bears out the fact that they were probably not the bands favourites either. The final two tracks exit in style with the agressive 'Order of the Universe' seaging into the melancholy final track 'Let's pretend' (co-written by Vangelis).

So there you have it, 59 minutes of largely Classic Yes by any other name.

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Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989) Retail CD

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