Nous Sommes De Lager
― calstars, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 14:11 (four years ago) link
Was this album ever really critically panned? The only real slagging I can think of off the top of my head was a one-star review from... cdnow? sonicnet? one of those allmusic guide precursors whose archives are completely lost to the ages. Other than that I don’t really remember it being received any worse critically than, say, Drama or Tormato.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide of '92 gave it one star, IIRC, and it appears in the Guterman/O'Donnell Worst Rock 'n' Roll Records of All Time book (those guys particularly have it out for prog, saying of Genesis that they were better than most prog bands "i.e., they were boring only 90% of the time").
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
yeah it was definitely the punching bag du jour of people who don't even like prog in the first place. I think it's fairly well liked these days though it's still seen as being totally ridiculous and the moment where Yes stopped being the Best Band in the World. the criticism for Tormato feels a bit different - nobody was really expecting a great record out of a prog band in 1978. in fact its Going For the One that was the outlier in that regard.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
this album rules and everyone who hates it sucks
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, August 7, 2019 8:32 AM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
she's still right
― ivy., Saturday, 6 January 2024 16:06 (three months ago) link
This is easily a top 50 of all time for me and by far my favorite Yes album
― Slim is an Alien, Saturday, 6 January 2024 18:16 (three months ago) link
I like the 2003 mix of this (with the two minutes or so of tweedling at the beginning, before the vocals come in). That two minutes is CRUCIAL!
That two minutes is CRUCIAL!
Originally omitted from the LP at Ahmet Ertegun's request, as if a little bit of atmospheric guitar and wind sounds would be the final straw for the Yes audience. With that intro intact, there is a mirror image of the last seconds of the album; though there's something to be said for the drama of the LP version, starting right with the vocal.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 8 January 2024 21:24 (three months ago) link
I heard the dramatic start-from-zero version first, but I still like the 2003 version better.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Monday, 8 January 2024 22:55 (three months ago) link