I spent a good amount of my time listening to this album two years ago, mainly Survival. i don't know much about Yes' later years, except Owner of a Lonely Heart, though i really like the late sixties/early seventies stuff. but first and foremost, this cover is rad.
On this album is the Byrds song I See You and the Beatles song Every Little Thing, both becoming wild jazz/psychedelia showcases, questionably pioneering progressive rock. and i guess not even just that one song specifically, but the whole album incorporates jazz either obviously or more discreetly which is what the building blocks of prog rock are made of. i find it rather easy to get into this album; most of the songs have a feel-good tempo, the keyboards, guitar and bass are combined complexly and harmoniously (which aludes to the incorporation of jazz as well) and the vocal harmonies are arranged to compliment all of the instrumentations. John Anderson is actually quoted saying that a lot of the time he wasn't even really writing a story or anything, he was just writing words that sounded good with what the band was playing. and that's aright.
I haven't listened to this is a while, and it doesn't bring back such a strong reminiscent feeling of two years ago as other music does, but it definitely has some kind of quality that correlates with my life at the time. which is good enough. i don't want to be too weirded out all the time. it's a good mixture between something i don't really know that well and something i remember clearly.
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