After bashing this album a lot in my last post when I covered Side 1, I realized that I actually like this album. I mean even when things are bad, Yes is still better and more talented than 99% of the people out there. Also, it was the 80's and the music is still fun and full of energy.
1) Love Will Find a Way - Trevor Rabin originally wrote the song for singer Stevie Nicks to perform. However, drummer Alan White encouraged Rabin to let Yes record the song instead, which they did.
It was released as the first single, reaching number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1987. It also topped the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart, holding onto the number one spot for three weeks.
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Side 2
It was released as the first single, reaching number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1987. It also topped the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart, holding onto the number one spot for three weeks.
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2) Final Eyes - Another one of those interpersonal relationship songs that the new Yes seems to sing a lot of more often. The lyrics are good, but the chorus seems to go nowhere (a lot like most of my relationships).
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3) I'm Running - I was always confused as to why this song started off so... so... Mexican? Errr, Hispanic? Once you get past that it's a warning about nuclear war (I think) and how we need to think of our children's lives and future. It also has some of the coolest lyrics on the album:
A simple peace just can't be found
Waste another day
Blasting all their lives away
I've heard the thunder underground
Tunneling away at the very soul of man
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4) Holy Lamb (Song for the Harmonic Convergence) - So we go from the uncertainty of nuclear war to the positiveness of love. There is no way Yes will end an album on a negative note. At the beginning I feel like the melodies are forced but it redeems itself towards the end.
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Aftermath
Even though they were enjoying some success on the charts as they never had (or have since), there were factions in the band that didn't like the direction the new music was going. Jon Anderson decided to leave Yes again and the rest of the band was right back where it was before 90125.
Anderson, however, continued on. This is the culmination of things that led to ABWH.
Bonus
I found this hilarious:
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