Rated #1418 in the best albums of 1997. America - 21:0905. Yes ‎– Open Your Eyes Label: Eagle Records (2) ‎– EDL EAG 013-2, Eagle Records (2) ‎– EAGCD013, Eagle Records (2) ‎– GAS 0000013 EAG There's no such catharsis or rise in Open Your Eyes. Both tracks are perfect examples of artist and producer sparking off each other. The result was "Open Your Eyes", one of the best, and perhaps the most sophisticated of the Yes albums - a selection of catchy tunes and interesting themes. The tunes on "Open Your Eyes" lean more toward. I personally don't care for the modal style of songwriting which has permeated Yes music starting with the album "90125". Everytime I hear "you got a great imagination" it makes me cringe. You know your Yes very well and it shows. YES Open Your Eyes (Collector’s Edition CD, Gatefold Digipack) EarMUSIC/Edel [Release date 20.03.20] Two years earlier, the band had sucked some disruptive situations into their slipstream, frequently complicating the concept of the band, potentially losing them fans and traction. Siberian Khatru - 00:0002. 50+ videos Play all Mix - Discographies: Yes | 16 | Open Your Eyes (1997) YouTube Prog Review 586 - Open Your Eyes - Yes - Duration: 16:53. Every band who’ve worked with Fairbairn credit him him with being an integral part of their recording success. Check here to Subscribe to email notifications for new posts: Enter Code Really good review, but in my opinion you could use more description of the album itself. On “The Ladder” he crafts a slick yet spontaneous and deliciously soulful sound, one that often challenged the orthodoxy of the band’s traditional approach. This has an awesome bassline and some beautiful keyboard melodies. On Open Your Eyes, the return of Squire’s inimitable studio presence, having been missing earlier in the decade, is complete. In my opinion, "Open Your Eyes" is the best Yes album. The almost-overlapping releasing of 1997’s Keys to Ascension 2 and Open Your Eyes is a great example of squandered opportunity, management dysfunction and record-company indifference.. Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. Nice review Nag, I've still yet to check out any Yes other than Close to the Edge and Relayer though. Maybe that's part of the reason for this album's aggregate rating of two stars: Open Your Eyes might get more respect here if it had been released by some unknown band. Open Your Eyes. The blending of light touch ethnic instrumentation and choral forces with rock elements on ‘Lightning Strikes’ leans largely on the contribution of guest musician Randy Raine-Reusch, who scoured Egypt for the right stuff, at Fairbairn’s request. Although it easily deserves the dubious pleasure of being considered the lowest point in Yes' discography, there's nothing about it that warrants heated debate or analysis. Two years earlier, the band had sucked some disruptive situations into their slipstream, frequently complicating the concept of the band, potentially losing them fans and traction. Also, getting ever closer to 200 reviews it seems! In the fallout of trying to redefine themselves in a post-Rabin career, Yes have fired a blank. Wish we knew. Verified Purchase. Beyond Music (US rock label), Eagle Records (division of Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment; for use as release label only when no sub-label/imprint is specified): 8869745570249: 886974557029 Enter multi instrumentalist and singer, Billy (World Trade) Sherwood, who had already played with the band. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). ** Instant bargain bin fodder Darren Lock's Music Reviews 121 views Overall, Open Your Eyes is not nearly as bad as its rating here might suggest. It's not that I have a major problem with Anderson's vocals, It's just that that's the only reason I can think of as to why I've never got into this bad as much as say King Crimson or Jethro Tull. Rhythm Of Love - 09:4003. However, it is a disc, as much of the classics in the … Released 25 November 1997 on Beyond (catalog no. It doesn't sound like other Yes albums, and so for fans, it falls short of expectations (whether you are a classic Yes fan or a Rabin-era Yes fan). More about Josh: http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?s=%22Josh+Taerk%22, UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 ( BST, GMT+1) as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. Two of the key singles, reluctantly peeled from the whole, tell you all you need to know. 90125 was the Yes' terminus for me. So much of the Yes mythos revolves around ever-present internal conflict. Open your eyes You’ve got a great imagination Open your eyes Show it Show it. It certainly isn't … Genres: Progressive Rock, Pop Rock. BYCD 3074; CD). of shows: 149 (165 scheduled) It's safe to say that Tormato would have been way better instrumental. BUT it should've been twenty minutes shorter. Open Your Eyes would be the album that regresses the classic progressive rock group’s success back to square one – that is, if it wasn’t so uncharacteristic of Yes and prog in general to the point of utter alienation. Verified Purchase. Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2017. Open Your Eyes is not a great album, but at least on Prog Archives, it's clearly underrated. They spun off two singles. Great review as always Nag. Great review Nag, Exactly what I was expecting of you. So I strongly urge you to watch this movie first for maximum impact. Jon Anderson became interested and the music became a full-fledged Yes project. Read and write album reviews for Open Your Eyes - Yes on AllMusic never listened to this. Reviewers, If you can't find what you're looking for - or wish to refine your search to include only references to the key search term - try putting inverted commas around the search term e.g. **** Pretty damn fine However it's undeniable that when Yes started to get pop and unrecognizable, Jon got uninspired and unrecognizable as well. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1997 Surround Sound CD release of Open Your Eyes on Discogs. Edit; Jon slowly but surely started to get on my nerves with Tormato where he tried too hard to be the Yes man. Ultimately, the studio recordings from both Keys albums were overlooked. One, as a producer who is a lightning rod for great ideas, and two, as a studio technician who gives their music scope and scale, frequently to a degree that perhaps they had never conceived of. "Steve Lukather" or "Black Star Riders", For example if you enter Black Star Riders the results will include all instances of "Black" "Star" and "Riders", ***** Out of this world The Solution is five minutes of ideas stretched over more than 23 minutes, with long silences. The second single release, the emotionally intense, ferociously percussive title track has a cute, catchy chorus which somehow seems to fit, and has a contemporary, get-yourself-informed message. 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'Open Your Eyes' is the original and best version, and would have impressed me even more if the surprises in the plot hadn't been ruined for me by the remake. 3.0 out of 5 stars 3 stars--Technically well executed but only fair songwriting. Nowhere as prominent or striking as the band's classic '70s outings, here keyboardist Rick Wakeman is absent and replaced by keyboardist/guitarist Billy Sherwood, who lines up with eminent guitarist and longtime member Steve Howe. On Open Your Eyes, the return of Squire's inimitable studio presence, having been missing earlier in the decade, is complete. Chris Squire and Billy Sherwood had been working on a project together. So Yes. Also a skilled and talented songwriter, Sherwood successfully shopped his material to the band members and a new album was quickly assembled. Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2001. This show was first broadcast 20 December 2020 and includes Pete’s best of the year selections, Featured Albums w/c 7 December 2020 (Mon-Fri), 09:00-12:00 The Best of 2020 Open Your Eyes, an Album by Yes. ... Open Your Eyes Tour; World tour by Yes: Location: United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia: Associated album: Open Your Eyes: Start date: 17 October 1997: End date: 14 October 1998: Legs: 5: No. document.getElementById("crcc_hp_label").style.display="none"; Enter your email address to receive news/podcast updates via RSS. In my opinion, "Open Your Eyes" is the best Yes album since "Drama". Open Your Eyes suffers from the fact that it is a Yes album. even Yes' good albums sort of irk me, not my favourite "classic" prog band. Open Your Eyes sorely misses this softness. Many Yes fans really dislike this album. Radio: show highlights. ***1/2, YES Open Your Eyes (Collector’s Edition CD, Gatefold Digipack). Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2017. The English progressive rock band Yes has toured for five decades. I recently bought Open Your Eyes only out of mild curiosity in the wake of Chris Squire's death, and Yes being inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I need to listen to some more Yes, I'll be sure to avoid this though. I recently bought Open Your Eyes only out of mild curiosity in the wake of Chris Squire's death, and Yes being inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. HP Long time ago I've downloaded couple of songs from their more recent works including this one, and it absolutely convinced me to give up once for all. However I am yet to fully explore the rest of the band's discography, so far I've only heard Close To the Edge and The Yes Album, what album would you recommend I check out next? yo Nag, awesome review as always bro. ***1/2. I personally don't care for the modal style of songwriting. This is a definitive highlight on the album and indeed should have recognition in the 90s Yes … It was Yes first “full” studio album after the twin projects Keys to Ascension and Keys to Ascension 2, which were both live and studio albums. Review was a good read. Bristling with vocal and instrumental ideas, the dynamic power and restraint of the ironically titled ‘New State Of Mind’ is something to behold. Open Your Eyes is the worst-rated Yes studio album on the music review site Rate Your Music. How much was producer, Bruce Fairbairn responsible for the the band’s return to creative form on 1999′s “The Ladder”? Synopsis A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured. 3.0 out of 5 stars 3 stars--Technically well executed but only fair songwriting. I've never got into this band as much as I thought I would either. If you think about it as an album made by the people in Yes, or you don't know it is a Yes album at all, then it fares a lot better. The tunes on "Open Your Eyes" lean more toward the classic British tradition. It's an enjoyable listen every once in a while, and is refreshing to hear this different take on Yes music. I believe it… It’s time to face reality I’ve received it… Things aren’t what they used to be I believe it… What I see in you, you see in me. A very well-made Spanish psychological thriller with a surprisingly well-thought out ending, Open Your Eyes works effectively as both a thriller and, for the first hour or so, a romance. ‘Homeworld’, a gutsy rock song, with a memorable melody and poppy hook, adorned by the usual bells and whistles, has a real world urbanity of tone, and lacks the artificiality of much of the band’s more recent output at that point. Treading hard upon the heels of Keys to Ascension and Keys to Ascension 2, Open Your Eyes was the old Yes Mark 2 aggregate minus Rick Wakeman, Billy Sherwood slipping in, formerly a sessioneer but now on keyboards, second guitar, and vocals. since "Drama". Click the appropriate icons at the top of the page. Open Your Eyes suffers from the fact that it is a Yes album. *** OK, approach with caution unless you are a fan of the band or genre Both of these landmark Yes albums will be reissued by the EarMUSIC Classics label later this month in Deluxe Digipak editions. Share the post "Album review: YES – The Ladder, Open Your Eyes", YES The Ladder (Collector’s Edition CD, Gatefold Digipack). Die Babyblauen Seiten sind die deutschsprachige Progressive Rock Enzyklopädie der Mailingliste progrock-dt: tausende Rezensionen von Prog-Platten, alt wie neu, und viele weitere Infos rund um Progressive Rock. If you think about it as an album made by the people in Yes, or you don't know it is a Yes album at all, then it fares a lot better. Open Your Eyes is the seventeenth studio album by progressive rock band Yes, released in 1997. Pos. Within the first sentence or two of reviews is a comparison between this and other Yes albums. It’s an enjoyable listen every once in a while, and is … which has permeated Yes music starting with the album "90125". Heart Of The Sunrise - 31:1306. Not well-received among diehard Yes fans, Open Your Eyes was originally released in 1997, and reissued here, in LP format, in 2012. Release Date: 1997 | Tracklist. 01. I think Anderson's vocals are the reason for me too. This is followed by OPen Your Eyes, a wonderful trtack with some vocals from Squire and Anderson trading off, you have to love that. You got something special planned I take it? pos from me, keep it going bro! Though they weren’t doing particularly fabulous in the … “The Ladder” is the first of two more reissues on the EarMUSIC Classics’ imprint. An hour-plus of indistinct songwriting blown up with faux-prog orchestrations have resulted in a … classically good review Nag They knew him well. I considered doing the Keys of Ascension albums, but they are more live than studio and I want to wrap this up. Review Summary: For the second time during the 90's, Yes fail to live up to their promises. 14:00-16:00  The Best of 2020, The Best of 2020 as selected by the GRTR! good review, nice to see you back at it It doesn't sound like other Yes albums, and so for fans, it falls short of expectations (whether you are a classic Yes fan or a Rabin-era Yes fan). Overall, Open Your Eyes is not nearly as bad as its rating here might suggest. Open Your Eyes is Yes's THRAK-- a densely produced, (perhaps artificially) aggressive, semi-"alternative" 90s "comeback" album.As anyone who's heard much of their music knows knows, King Crimson's music is just a bit more aggressive/weird than Yes's music is. Considering that his path through the nineties was littered with hugely successful albums by Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Van Halen and others, it’s a bit of a no-brainer. Open your eyes and discover You’re not the only one In disguise * Ugly, just ugly. It troubled the USA’s Billboard Top Forty and got the band back into focus with Progrock fans. Wish I knew Wish I knew Wish I knew Wish I knew. Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound OffBy far Yes's worst album. 12:00-13:00 The Best of 2020 I have nothing wrong to say about Jon's angelic vocals, on the contrary; it's a big part of the classic era Yes sound, and he was the man, it makes no doubt in my mind. announce Best of 2020 Popular Poll winners, Feature: Albums that time forgot … NATIVE CAIN – The Primitive Soul, Feature: Albums that time forgot…EUROPE – Secret Society, Feature: Albums that time forgot…JAMES LABRIE – Elements Of Persuasion, Feature: Albums that time forgot…DON DOKKEN – Up From The Ashes, Feature: Albums that time forgot … CODE OF SILENCE – Dark Skies Over Babylon, Feature: Albums that time forgot … BLACKTHORNE – Afterlife, Get Ready to ROCK! Open Your Eyes - 16:0104. Yet some perennial Yes sounds and approaches have remained all the way through and Open Your Eyes features those very stamps. 2.0. poor. 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