YES
“It’s good to…”. The great overlooked 90s prog album is pulled out of the dustbin of history, dusted down and revealed as the gem it truly is.
Words: Daryl Easlea
Illustration: Pete Fowler
Edited by Dave Everley prog.reviews@futurenet.com
For a band as accustomed to turbulence as Yes, the 1990s seemed especially unstable. If the 70s were their crowning progressive years and the 80s an MTV-assisted commercial triumph, the 90s looked confusing and clouded –not made any easier by 1991’s illfated Union, which brought together the various disparate factions of the band with less-than-stellar results.
Lost in the middle of it all was their 14th album, 1994’s Talk, a record that’s been perpetually overlooked, thanks in part to its alluringly light touch. Thirty years on, this reissue –released as four-CD box set, two-LP white vinyl edition and basic single CD editions –goes a long way to elevating it to its rightful place in the Yes canon.