Symphonic Music Of Yes

Performer: Bill Bruford
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Full performer name: London Philharmonic Orchestra/Yes. Personnel includes: David Palmer (conductor, arranger, synthesizer, piano, vocoder, Hammond organ); Jon Anderson, The London Community Gospel Choir (vocals); Steve Howe (guitar, background vocals, mandolin, dobro); Tim Harries (bass); Bill Bruford (drums); Gary Masters (programming); The London Philharmonic, The English Chamber Orchestra. Producers: Alan Parsons, Steve Howe, David Palmer. Engineers: Alan Parsons, Mark Flannery, Ian Anderson. Recorded at Konk Studios, London, England from July 12 to August 9, 1993. All songs written or co-written by Jon Anderson and Steve Howe except "I've Seen All Good People" (Chris Squire). Personnel: Bill Bruford (drums); Jon Anderson, London Community Gospel Choir (vocals); Steve Howe (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, slide guitar, Spanish guitar, dobro, mandolin, background vocals); Dave McLaren, Colin Harrison, Brian Porter, Julian Trafford, Susan Briscoe, Nicola Hurton, Jennifer Nickson, Katherine Loynes, Geoffrey Ilman, Robert St. John Wright , Clare Thompson, Streatfeild, Dermot Crehan, Margaret Cowen, Joe Maher, Leonard Graves Phillips, Jos�-Luis Garcia, John Kitchen (violin); David Godsell, Stephen Broom, Norbert Blum, Josephine Saint Leon, David Greenlees, Anthony Byrne (viola); John Lowdell, Ernest Greaves, Santiago Carvalho, Dietrich Bethge, Ronald Calder, Lionel Handy, Francis Bucknall, Robert Truman (cello); Jaime Mart�n, Jonathan Snowden (flute); Peter Maunder, Robert Hill (clarinet); Ian Hardwick, David Theodore (oboe); Dominic Weir, Philip Tarlton, Dominic Wir (bassoon); Stanley Woods, Denis Curlett, Stuart Brooks (trumpet); Peter Harvey, Colin Busby, Derek James (trombone); Kevin Morgan (tuba); Gareth Mollison, Frank Rycroft, Andrew Clark, Richard Bissill, Frank Ryecroft (horns); David Palmer (piano, synthesizer, vocoder); Russell Jordan (timpani); Jeremy Cornes, Keith Millar, Gary Kettel (percussion); Keith West (background vocals). Audio Mixers: David Palmer ; Stan Lubieres; Mark Flannery; Steve Howe. Recording information: CTS Studios, London, England (07/12/1993-08/09/1993); Kore Studios, London, England (07/12/1993-08/09/1993). Photographer: Mike Smallcombe. Unknown Contributor Roles: Streatfeild; Joe Maher; Andrew Taylor. Arranger: David Palmer . With Alan Parsons in the booth and the London Philharmonic Orchestra backing your band, what could go wrong? A lot, as it turns out. This album was roundly panned upon its release, and time has not proven the critics wrong. The band and the orchestral arrangements take no chances, and that's precisely the problem: if you lived in a Roger Dean landscape, this would be the music playing in the elevators. There are a few bright spots in the passable renditions of "Mood for a Day" and "Heart of the Sunrise," and an interesting reworking of "Soon." But the rest of the album really is just appalling. It's too bad that these twee renditions of the hits has probably put Yes off such projects; if they'd only had the guts to take on a dissonant interpretation of something like "Tales From Topographic Oceans," they may have had something to show for it. ~ Paul Collins

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