Listening to Chris Squire: Fish Out Of Water, Part 2
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The first time listening to Chris Squire, Fish Out Of Water (Side 2) on vinyl.
Yet another incredible record. Thank you all so much!
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Jim, now you know why Chris Squire was the greatest bass player on this planet! Chris was an incredible performer. Imagine seeing him play live as many times that I did. Chris was so cool. He would take the time to talk after a show, or accept some cigars that you brought for him. Or enjoy your company in a motel room to catch a quick buzz. Pictures are worth a thousand words and I have them and will cherish them forever! Jim we told you awhile back that the YES journey can be very emotional. Fish Out Of Water is just a side note of that magical journey. I have shed plenty of YES tears through the years. It only proves that your human. These artists and their musicianship are like no other. YES is PHENOMENAL!!!😎
Jeff now you made me cry
@@lesblatnyak5947 Hope they are happy tears?😭😂😎
I love that I’m able to connect with so many people in such a personal way on this musical journey. I had no idea that would happen but it’s truly wonderful. Thanks so much Jeff. Your comments and support are appreciated. 😁
@@JimNewstead Jim this journey will continue as long as you keep spinning the albums! Looking forward to every minute. Thank you for taking this journey with us. You are becoming quite the fan. Your reactions are real and most enjoyable. 😎
@@jeffschielka7845 Jeff remember when Jim did CTTE reaction he was such a puppy with a new toy
How has lucky seven not been sampled like hundreds of times, surely it will be , that keyboard, bass, drums and amazing sax refrain. Only discovered this fairly recently, such a great album, just subscribed!
Wow Wow Jim! So cool to see you feel the emotional spirit that all of us Yes lovers have been experiencing for decades. But to see the genious of Squire from twenty feet, a religious experience it becomes. I've looked around at Yes concerts and seen many people crying, I was in good company. On to Tormato!!!
Well said Les!😭😂😎
Thanks Les. There’s plenty more Yes related content to come!!!
@@JimNewstead Well let's get started! Lol!😎
Lucky Sevens is my favorite track. Bruford on the drums, Chris on Bass and great sax player Mel Collins.
You're certainly not alone in your reactions to this. I'd still regard this as my "most listened to" album over my entire life! From first listen at the start of 1976 to end of 1980 it was usually on my sound system when going to sleep. In the '90's I undertook university music studies and had the chance to really dissect the work.....amazingly complex use of odd-meter time signatures.
all the solo albums from the relayer period are brilliant. I know you reacted to Olias and now fish, but the story of i, beginnings and ramshackled are also magnificent .
Fantastic music. Knew of this album, but had never heard it. Cheers and merry Christmas!
Jim he has a Christmas album Swiss Choir
Fox On The Run
Steve Hackett plays guitar on that one, it was the first of two collaborations they did.
Since you’ve done Fish Out of Water and Olias of Sunhillow, it stands to reason that you should do Rick Wakeman’s The Six Wives of Henry VIII and either The Steve Howe Album or Steve Howe Beginnings.
Great album! BRUFORD AND SQUIRE rocking in out in 7/8, Best rhythm duo ever.
I’m sure I have listened to this album hundreds of times, and it never gets old. I remember the exact record store where I bought my first copy in about 1982. It remains one of my favorite albums to this day. There is genuine grandeur in this music. The lyrics are beautiful. The bass playing is expressive, every note has character. Everything just works. I had the great pleasure to meet Chris Squire once. For a while he went on tour with The Syn, his pre-Yes group. They came and played a small club in Milwaukee, and Chris and Alan White, who was playing drums, hung out at a table after the show to sign autographs and sell merch. They both seemed to be very genuine and humble people.
Chris and Alan are great people.😎
Wonderful memories for you Mark. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼
A semi-obscure record is Alan White's only solo record called Ramshackled. It's pretty good and quite fun, not in the same league as Fish Out Of water, but everyone who hears it digs it. Bill Bruford's jazz band called Earthworks is great, I highly suggest their first few records even if you aren't into jazz. And of course Steve Howe's Time album is top notch. And Jon has so much amazing stuff it's hard to know where to start.
I’ve got Alan White’s and an early Bill Bruford one so lined up for the new year!
Jim …what an amazing reaction to Fish Out Of Water! It is a joy to hear Squire and Bruford together again after Bruford left Yes in 1972. I like to think of this album as a mix of Yes and King Crimson. Fish Out Of Water is up there with the very best I have ever heard. Thx so much for this!
...never underestimate the bass player...surely not this one. RIP Mr. Squire, you're still one of the greatest for me...
Despite being a huge Yes fan, for whatever reason I never got around to hearing this album until these videos of yours! Maybe I shouldn't have been, but I was quite surprised by how broad/lush/diverse the instrumentation was. Having grown up listening to 1970s electric Miles Davis albums on repeat, hearing a sudden jazzy soprano sax solo in a rock context with Lucky Seven sure got my ears to perk up with excitement! That Bruford/Squire drum and bass combo is also as unmistakably distinct as it is classic. Definitely an album I'm going to have to listen to multiple times to fully appreciate. Thanks for sharing this experience with us on UA-cam!
Welcome to the party
Strange you never heard it being a Yes fan. Lucky you to discover it now. As I said, this is maybe the best yes album (I'm joking)…
You will find it richly rewarding with repeated listens. 🙂
same here - been a yes fan for about 30 years, since I was about 10 years old....and I've never gotten around to hearing this album until now. Brilliant!
Side 1 this morning and Side 2 this evening - thanks, Jim, for the perfect bookends to my day! Bittersweet hearing/missing Chris but at least we still have his glorious playing. Decades later this album still stuns me. So glad you've now been introduced to it. Give some consideration to Moraz's solo album from 75 as well. I'm not saying it's on this level, but I think you'd appreciate the difference from his sound in Yes. Wonderful reaction, sir!♥️👍🏼😢
The best legacy is to leave something like that for the rest of time........always remembered.
Hi Jim, loved this album and hoped you'd get round to it. I find it too difficult to choose between this and Olias but IMHO Patrick Moraz's The Story of I just shades both Jon's and Chris's solo efforts from the mid 70s. Steve Howe's collaboration with Paul Suttine is worth the entry fee as is Moraz with Syrinx, rabbit hole is an understatement when it comes to Yes solos and collaborations and we've not mentioned Anderson and Vangellis yet. Fish out of water refers to his nickname when he shared a gaff with some of the band and their significant others for the amount of time he spent in the bath. He to me, was the driving force of Yes, he made the balls and Anderson fired them, he was essential to their sound and I can confirm through experience an absolute gent willing to spend time with fans in hotel bars, as was Alan White.
This perfectly captures Squire's personality: uniquely musically inventive and bombastically brilliant and also capable of the most subtle and gentle touches - like the lovely bass harmonics at the end.
As a boy, Chris was a chorister in a highly regarded London church choir, even performing in St. Paul's Cathedral. And the choirmaster he trained under, whom he credited with implanting his skills with vocal harmony and arrangement, was none other than Barry Rose who plays organ on this album. Another boy chorister who sang alongside him and later played in Squire's first band, The Syn, was Andrew Pryce Jackman who did the orchestral arrangements here. All in all, this is definitely his masterwork and the peak expression of his musical life.
Wow! Great insights there. Thank you!
The ultimate prog solo album and, frankly, one of the best prog albums period. I remember hearing it the first time in 1975 and thinking "Safe" was over...and then it came in bigger than anything I'd ever heard. I literally jumped out of my chair and cheered! Squire's crowning achievement. GOSH this is a great record!
We used to play Lucky Seven.. Always loved playing it.. I just love songs in 7
This is a unique bass driven masterpiece like no other & it is great to hear horns, strings & Bruford!! as well. Another thing it's so humble in its brilliant approach without ever showing off or of overindulgence. It consumes you in such an honest pure manner!!!!! I am so glad you felt as I did in my impressionable youth.
Chris would always say a great song will swing
My favourite of all the YES solo albums I've heard...to date...and, for me, just a sublime album. YES was always Howe/Anderson/Squire plus keyboards and drums (Not trying to downplay the roles of any of these, but they have been interchangeable!) Squire being the most...effective...bassist I've ever heard. This album is stunning in that it shows his musical abilities and allows him to express them. So unexpected, an album of surprising beauty and downright restrained funkiness. His "walking" bassline on "Safe" is simplicity itself, but allows the other instruments to shine through, and take their bows and make their impressions! Wonderful album!
Absolutely masterful. I love this album! Thanks for posting
I have this thought that Chris Squire was a bit of an influence on bassists from Geddy Lee to Peter Hook....What a player !!! This sounds a wonderful album....Nice one Mr Newstead and what a good suggestion from one of your many prog fans who suggested this.....
I have now bought a cd of this tonight.....10/10
More Tull, early Genesis, Yes (you've not covered), Ozrics, IQ, Spock's Beard, Rush etc.....So much good tuneage out there waiting to be discovered.....
There’s tons of music left to find!!! That’s great news for me and the channel!
Anyone in any doubt about Chris Squire and his talent needs to have this record. Nearly 50 years of excellence this album.
Hey Jim a heads up Squire has a documentary of making this album. It's at " Yes Source " on boob tube. I cry through the whole thing. Last time I saw Squire for the 36th time was shorty before he passed.
Not bad for a side project I must say.
Love that you got onto side two.. This is so good.. Bruford on drums showing how good he is.. So unique
I think Jim liked it🤣🤠💘.... I thought it was great too....Def worth me getting off my wish list into my collection.....
этот басс неподражаем.... мне 65 лет... и я слушаю это до сих пор....... великие музыканты......
I recall reading a (favorable) review of this album back when it was released. If someone were to write the score for the end of times, Chris Squire would be the one! Majestic and layered and moving. Loved it then and now. So glad you ventured to give it a listen, Jim!
It was considered the best of the flurry of Yes solo albums at the time.
I am now 65 .... Chris w/Yes, ELP, Genesis w/Gabriel, Rush, these were our Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy.
Moving ... yes, the courage to put it out there... Brilliance.
Thanks Jim... I guess it's time to subscribe.
Well thank you so much David! Happy to have you along for the ride!
The members of Yes nicknamed Squire "The Fish" because he hated to get out of the shower.
Thanks so much Clay. You sir are a legend. ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️👏👏👏
Also he was a Pisces and was fond of his drink.
Lucky Seven is a kind of Prog Noir almost like an old detective story... just the coolest riffs in a funky lowdown way .. but that bass tho. Psychic detective on the case in the house of musical mystery. and ... it's a dance track. You gotta move.
The Beatle's influence on the melodies, phrasing, arrangements, and intro/outro themes is so strong it sounds like they could have written a lot of it. They didn't, but they are in there somewhere, in spirit, at least. This album could never have come about without Sgt Pepper, and Yellow Submarine. Also the Bond Films soundtracks, and possibly The Avengers (the British TV spy show). The Last Track "Safe" really brings this out, and establishes Prog Rock as a new kind of classical music, forging its own genre. There are elements of pop, rock, classical, even ambient music melded.
On side one, I hear Beach Boys influence in some of the vocals.
I wanted to listen to the rest of this right away after hearing side one. Probably never would have checked it out if not for this, but definitely one of the most phenomenal, incredible from start to finish albums I recall hearing.
Cool! Glad I provided this service for you!
Jim for a nice Christmas gift you should listen to Run with the fox by Chris and Alan White! A beautiful Xmas song!
Immense album. Like you said, it sounds like Yes at times and that is because Chris was such a massive part of that sound. I have this on vinyl and listen to it regularly.
Wow that was quick! Side 2! Here we go!😎
That’s the way I feel today!
@@JimNewstead Awaken? I mean awesome? Lol!😎
Hi Jim, I’m so glad for you that you are discovering some hidden gems, Fish Out of Water being one of them. I became a Yes fan in 75 so I’ve been fortunate to have listened to this album when it was released. Brilliant album. I think Chris sometimes gets overlooked for his great vocals. I’ve been to many Yes shows over the years and I always tried to get seats on his side of the stage. Always a master player and performer on stage. Andrew Pryce Jackman, who was a band mate with Chris in the Sun, did the orchestration and conductor on this album. He also played keyboards where Patrick Moraz wasn’t playing.
I love this album, it is very moving those last bass swells at the end...
Chris Squire always knew where to place a note for maximum effect. He was not always flash but jeez he was exciting . Live a powerhouse. I was lucky to see him many times .
In 2012, before his passing to eternity in 2015, C. Squire had put out a last album coproduce with Steve Hackett call squackett witch sounds more like asia but is distinctivley also yes attributed.
There's an interesting video on YT titled Yes Solo 11/06 Chris Squire Commentary and Interviews on Inside Fish Out of Water where Chris is listening to the album and talking about each song and recording of the album. Good stuff if you'd like to check it out.
You might like to watch Chris Squire listening to this album on UA-cam not to long before he passed away. His reactions were just priceless and what he remembered from that time. Captivating.
One of my very most prized possessions is my vinyl copy of Fish Out Of Water which Chris signed for me in Sydney in 2003. That copy is no longer playable because the stylus has just about worn right through the vinyl. I had been looking for a CD of the album for years & came across a new copy in a 2nd hand record shop in Adelaide. Thank God you can't wear out a CD. Then a year or so ago I came across a 2CD set with a new mix of the album on one CD and on the 2nd is the original mix plus single mixes of Lucky Seven & Silently Falling, as well as Run with the Fox & Return of the Fox by Chris & Alan White. My life would be far less complete without this album.
Chris' nickname in the band was Fish, apparently because he used to commandeer the shower in the dressing room after shows in the early days of Yes. That's why his feature piece on Fragile is called The Fish.
That copy must be very special to you. Lucky you!
I never realised how "Safe (canon song)" was good. It's almost classical music i feel. The orchestral developpement is great, but i don't feel Bruford as good as he could be.
Community, tell me about this other band Squire was in. I think y'all said it was called The Syn? Was it a more jazzy oriented band? Are these side 2 tracks more similar to what The Syn put out?
Have the original LP when it came out. Have to pull it out again. Nothing like listening on vinyl! What a talent!!!
"Lucky Seven" could be next sound for The Alan Parson Project
I don't know if this has been brought up, as I have yet to watch all of it, but Chris put out another solo effort called "Chris Squire Swiss Choir". It was made in Switzerland with a boys choir (part of Chris's history). "Silent Night" is my favorite from that.
Chris was known as 'fish' because he spent so much time in the bath when he and 2 other members of YES shared a flat. Had the pleasure of an evening of Rick Wakeman at our local concert venue a couple of nights ago, Just Rick, a grand piano and a small keyboard rig. I said to my wife who was at the concert with me that it was no wonder the music of YES was so powerful and of a grand scale when you consider the talent of the musicians that made up the band, Rick, Jon Anderson, Steve Howe etc. and of course the master bass player, Chris Squire! Thanks Jim for bringing back memories, I purchased Fish Out Of Water when it was originally released, first time I've heard it in a long time. I do hope you continue your YES music journey.
Thanks so much for watching and enjoying the video! I’ve heard the story about the fish nickname a few times now. How funny!
His nickname was the "Fish" because of his "long stints in the bath." So yeah, the title is a pun on his nickname and that this was a solo album outside of Yes. There are so many great moments on this LP, but part of its charm are little things like Chris' vocal phrasings. For example, no producer today would ever let a singer phrase a line "Like a shiiip in a haaaa-aaarrr-bour." But it's things like that which give albums like this its memorable distinctiveness. This album is so good that people were asking Chris for YEARS "When are you going to make another solo album?" But IMO Fish Out of Water is the pretty much the musical equivalent of a mike drop. Conspiracy with Billy Sherwood has its moments, but doesn't come anywhere close to what Chris achieved here. RIP big guy.
Such a fine composition , Chris's bass in all its musical aspects really does come across on this solo masterpiece.
Incredible album! Always loved this one since I first heard it in 1981. I’m not sure if you ever heard them before but you should react to some VDGG (Van Der Graaf Generator) they are the most magnificent 70s prog band imo.
I don’t know them at all. I fear another deep dive coming up in the new year!
@@JimNewstead Lots of Van Der Graaf goodness to enjoy. I started with "Godbluff" but you could dip in anywhere, it's all excellent.
This is the new mix ,I think the original 1975 mix is much more interesting.
We love Chris!!!
What a great final to your 2021 reactions!
Btw, Lucky Seven is a prosaic title: according to Chris they had a kind of cleaner lady/girl who was going out for the night and Chris hoped she would get lucky.
That musical build and the trumpet on 13mins is excellent....❤️🔥An old friend played sax in a two tone influenced band that at one point were going places....they didn't quite make it but were very good the time i saw them live....yeah it's not that common these days....I'm sure a saxophone Renaissance (great band too if not heard!) in rock is due again ....
I feel better now that track two hit you in the same way. I thought I must be weird or something.
I'm so happy that you found this album brother! I'd like to make a suggestion of the jazz fusion artist Gino vannelli's album the gist of the Gemini it is superb the musicianship is bonkers
It is a wonderful album jim. I've listened to it loads throughout the years and always sound fresh and original. He did bring out a Christmas song called "Run with the fox" which is well worth a listen if you get the chance.
Try ¨Wings¨ from Michel Colombier.
tried to buy you a coffee but it just wouldn't work. another time
The song 'Safe (Canon Song)' is something to behold, a masterpiece! Chris was musical genius! R.I.P.
I'm curious, Jim, since I found this side to be quite jazz influenced. Based on your channel chat with your brother, do you think he would enjoy this? At least, side 2?
He might do, if he ever got the time!
"Lucky Seven" is one of my favorite songs. So sweet!
Yes we liked as much. Safe is an amazing piece of music. So much feelings in there. Thank you for sharing your emotions with us !
Chris Squire was nicknamed The Fish by the other members in Yes as he used to stay too long in the bath. Jon Anderson jokingly compared his relationship to Chris as Jon being Obi-Wan Kenobi and Chris being Darth Vader. Also Jon being short and Chris being tall.
Back in the late 70's I was an avid reader of Sounds & Melody Maker (I'd given up on NME). I read an interview with someone who was involved with the Jam - I think it was their publicist, but I remember that he said (something like) that the world needed a Bruce Foxton solo album, but it didn't need any more Chris Squire solo albums !
I like Bruce Foxton, but his publicist was full of crap.
I'm not sure it's possible to be a bigger fan of Chris Squire than I am. To me, YES was always the band Chris Squire formed to show off his truly unique talents, having found some other musicians who could see the wisdom of building their sound around his Industrial-Melodic bass inspirations. I absolutely loved the way he dominated their sound in YES' first decade, and sporadically (and impressively) in their second decade. Indeed, I must admit that I gradually lost my infatuation with YES' output over time as he seemed to accept a more traditional 'role' as the bass player in the band. YES w/out Chris "out front", was just a great progressive rock band, but without Chris' inspirations in the forefront of their group compositions, they just didn't quite ascend into the realm of _awe_ for me.
(I'm super looking forward to Jim's impressions of *I'm Running* on the *Big Generator* album, which was (IMO) YES' last truly fantastic musical creation, driven as it was from the outset by an inspired riff that came to him back in the days of the *Drama* album.)
That sounds intriguing! I’ve got Big Generator but obviously as yet not listened to it. Great to hear your thoughts and impression of Chris Squire.
@@JimNewstead Since you've been proceeding chronologically through YES' catalog, I think you should continue with that approach. Besides, the Tormato album has another Chris Squire gem, *On The Silent Wings of Freedom,* which definitely made the album worth buying. (Hearing it on the radio prompted me to go out & buy it right away...) And then after that, the *Drama* album had some really great Squire inspirations, headlined by *Tempus Fugit.* Just keep doing what you're doing, Jim. You give us YES fans a lot to look forward to... :)
OMG I LOVE the Drama album!!!! One of my favorites!
@@JimNewstead Big generator is easily one of the most underrated yes albums. Your diehard Yes snobs, as I call them, hate it. I personally love that album. But then I’m hard-pressed to find the Yes album I don’t like.
Yeah bro, that hits you the same way it does me. Great stuff. Happy holidays!
Happy Christmas Jason!
Sometimes youtube's algorithm actually gives me something of value! Honestly, reaction videos are both distressing and refreshing to me! I'm thrilled to see someone such as yourself so moved and impressed by music that seems have been with me forever! Yes is a band that I will listen to every week and Chris Squire is my absolute favorite bassist! I have the video on full blast at the moment and am relishing the textures! BTW, the saxophonist is a fellow you could follow a bit more and he would lead you to King Crimson (same as Bill Bruford!) and also to a band I highly recommend: Camel! Thanks for discovering and sharing Chris Squire and Fish Out of Water! Pure Gold!
Perfect! Thanks, always good to get some more direction to follow!!!! So glad that you enjoyed this. Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄🎅
Fish Out of Water is from the fact that Chris loved to take very very long showers much to the needling of the band.
Thus Chris was always late...to everything. 😎
And a Pieces
I look at it like this: "Fish' was Squire's nickname due to the fact that he was a Pisces and took long showers. "Out of Water" meant Solo (Away from the Band) album. Just my opinion, of course.
you hit the nail on the head...so intense
Just started watching and immediately noticed the lack of the album audio diminishing when you comment. Much better, in my opinion. Thank you for fixing whatever was causing that.
:edit:
Oops. Spoke too soon.
Ah, well...
Oops!
A Fantastic and Unique record! Loved the subtle use of the electric 12-string guitar, at the end of both "Silently Falling" and "Safe (the canon song)". Great reaction, too, Jim!
Just a suggestion for an album that sounds a lot like FOOW is Amarok (self titled , 2001). They are a Polish prog/jazz band and mostly instrumental with backing "vocalizations"
but they combine the symphonic instruments like strings and flute as well as more traditional melodic guitar solos.. you know I thought they were Brits the way they sound.
Ok, another musical adventure awaits!
Every time I dig this album out, I am always surprised and I feel renewed afterwards. I noticed that his approach to arrangements was all about building a slow crescendo upon one theme, so there is a sense of repetitive cycles but always with a wonderful dramatic climax. This album and Jon's 'Olias of Sunhillow' are the only two solo albums from YES members that closely rival any from the YES collection.
That last song, in particular, shows how integral Sir Squire was to the epic orchestral grandeur that was Yes at her best, and it was because Yes was a woman that she sang with such a high voice. King Crimson was the Yang male counterpart to Queen Yes, taking it up the Yin.
I had this at one time as an 8-track, I'm almost certain because I would listen to it, through only one speaker, mind, thus only half the music, in a noisy VW Beetle, identical to Abbey Road...and so I never got to hear how amazingly wondrous the music actually was...until today. And what a Christmas gift you have given to me! It all comes back to my mind's jukebox now, as I replay it in my head. RIP Chris!
Merry Christmas David 🎄🎅🎄
@@JimNewstead Merry Christmas!!
Maybe the best Yes solo album.
No Olias by a mile.
Shades of Steely Dan, like it like it
Great music. So this where Yes got its soul.
So glad you loved this. I also had a slight emotional moment on first listen..
3/4/24 Chris’s 76th birthday.
Listening to this side so emotional to the point of spiritual. I realize an interesting difference between him and Jon. Jon’s favorite song is Awaken. It swells and raises your soul to the skies. Then there’s Chris whose love shows through at the end of this side where you want to drop to your knees in silent humility. Both are inspiring in nearly opposite ways. That’s what made them such a perfect team. Miss Chris so much.❤️
In my opinion, THE greatest prog record ever. That's right, better than Dark Side, better than The White Album, better than CTTE. Better than all of them.
Lucky 7, is easily one of the most UNDER RATED compositions ever.
THe bass work is perfect, constantly changing.
Jim you should do a ‘best Jim reaction’ video as this one from Safe is wonderful when you finally put your hands on your head. It’s like it ‘sunk in’. And then when I can see you really feeling it towards the end. We would vote.
As much as I love the other members individual albums in this time, Chris’ work is just so beautiful
Broof should have got a co-writing credit for "Lucky Seven." It clearly has his stamp all over it.
A wordsmith you are not, but you are one cool dude. One genuine good guy (bloke?!). Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas to you and yours. Squire was an incredible musician and certainly the driving force of Yes. Where Anderson was the voice of Yes, Squire was the driver, harmonizer, and orchestrator. To me, he seldom played the bass as the bass is normally played. He used it as a lead instrument and made the bass a more interesting part of the music. Nice having Bruford on the drums, too!!
Thanks so much, and happy Christmas back at ya! 🎄🎅🍻
I'm now curious if you're going to give Steve Howe's 1975 album Beginnings a go. Sadly he's nowhere near to Jon or Chris in the vocal talents department (for many his singing makes the album un-listenable), but instrumentally Beginnings has some fine moments that also have that undeniable Yes DNA.
I most certainly will, I’ve got it ready to play at some point!
Unfortunately, Mr. Howe nearly destroyed his first album by some of the singing.
Which ending would you like to have for your last song, we have 3 grand symphonic options, and a very delicate and beautiful version? YES
absolutely.
I just heard this album for the first time tonight! Ive listened to it three times in the the last couple hours! Its soooooo good!
A genius was Chris Squire. Superior talent amongst his peers.
The emotional power of this album has stayed with me for decades. After losing the LP, I remember having to order it as a Japanese import CD from Sid's Records and Tapes in Coral Springs, Florida, in some run down mall that is now part of the local school district, if it's still there, that is. The final minute and fifteen seconds are the most beautiful music I've ever heard. I felt that way partly because I didn't know how he got the sound. Not too long ago, Miguelbass on UA-cam explained it in a video, and the explanation only made it more magical in my mind. He called his imitation of the sound, "Rickenbacker Kiss," or something like that.
That’s beautiful, man!
The best album I've ever heard. Also, this is the best Bruford I;ve ever heard, in total.
Chris Squire has def gone up my greatest base player/songwriter list....he's not quite up with Steve Harris but we are talking tiny taste margins....the start of this side is smooooooth as f***😎🎷....I agree it's refreshing to hear base as lead pretty much...not many go that direction to this level...
Blimey, there's a lot going on, on side B. Reminded me of Family (The band) a little bit. Thanks.
Fantastic music. Knew of this album, but had never heard it. Cheers and merry Christmas!