NOT SO FRAGILE AFTER ALL

As Yes achieve their quickest turnaround between studio album projects for more than half a century, Prog holds up a mirror to the soul of the seemingly unstoppable progressive giants as they consider their immediate – and long-term – future with Mirror To The Sky.

Paul Ging

When a band have lasted as long as Yes, there are many entry points for fans. While some saw them at The Marquee and Blaises in 1968, picking up the debut album shortly afterwards, the rest of us have later jumping-on points: maybe Steve Howe’s debut with their crucial relaunch platter, The Yes Album; or Tales From Topographic Oceans, when Yes became a permanent byword for the prog genre. Perhaps one of the comeback albums: 1977’s Going For The One, a UK charttopper at the height of the media’s obsession with punk, or maybe 1983’s stunningly successful 90125. But 1980’s Drama surely brought in more than average. The surprising recruitment policy of Buggles synth duo Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes put the band’s name on the radar of much younger…

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