YES

(UNITED KINGDOM)

MAGNIFICATION

(2001)
LABEL:

EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT

GENRE:

PROGRESSIVE ROCK

TAGS:
Old School
"Marriage between melodic progressive rock and symphonic orchestra, "Magnification" confirms the return of Yes on the front of the progressive scene."
BATRIC (26.02.2004)  
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In 2001, Yes releases what will remain for many the album of the resurrection. Rick Wakeman has not yet come back to confirm the return of this mythical band that never gets old but with "Magnification", Yes clearly announces its intention not to fall into oblivion.

While many could have wanted a return to the great hours of "Close To The Edge" or "Tales From Topographic Oceans", Yes arrives where one did not necessarily expect it, more precisely in the field of the marriage between melodic progressive rock and symphonic orchestra. The risk was great to fall back into some easy recipes that could have given the "90125" of the 80's or to give free rein to a pompous and pretentious work, but Yes comes out of it perfectly, with all the talent that we know.

Thus, the experimentations are clearly abandoned and "Magnification" is an album which will seduce from the first approach, even if each listening brings its batch of discoveries so much the whole is filled with subtleties, essentially on the level of the rhythmic constructions of the pieces. The dissonances are practically non-existent and replaced by a subtle collaboration between classical music and rock, and even sometimes attempts in the purest tradition of film music such as the end of 'Dreamtime' or the beginning of 'Give Love Each Day'.

Above all, this album marks the return of the extremely inspired Yes, capable of genius and able to transform what could have been only a banal pop piece into a progressive reference. Thus, the work done behind melodies that we could qualify as easy transforms 'Magnification', 'Don't Go' or 'We Agree' into masterpieces. Finally, the only presence of 'In The Presence Of', typical of what Yes knows how to do best, is enough to justify the listening of this album.

With "Magnification", Yes confirms its great shape. Many fans thought that all that was missing was a return of Rick Wakeman behind the keyboards to allow this band to reinvent itself. It is done and all hopes are now allowed.
- Official website

TRACK LISTING:
01. Magnification - 07:15
02. Spirit Of Survival - 06:02
03. Don't Go - 04:27
04. Give Love Each Day - 07:44
05. Can You Imagine - 02:58
06. We Agree - 06:30
07. Soft As A Dove - 02:18
08. Dreamtime - 10:45
09. In The Presence Of - 10:24
10. Time Is Time - 02:09

LINEUP:
Alan White: Chant / Claviers / Batterie
Chris Squire: Chant / Basse
Jon Anderson: Chant / Percussions
Steve Howe: Chant / Guitares
   
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