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Tormato [Expanded & Remastered] (Us Release) [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered]

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Far and away the longest lasting and the most successful of the '70s progressive rock groups, Yes proved to be one of the lingering success stories from that musical genre. The band, founded in 1968, overcame a generational shift in its audience and the departure of its most visible members at key points in its history to reach the end of the century as the definitive progressive rock band. Where… Read more in Amazon's Yes Store

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  • Audio CD (23 Feb 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Rhino
  • ASIN: B00009Z574
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,684 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Future Times/Rejoice
2. Don't Kill The Whale
3. Madrigal
4. "Release, Release"
5. Arriving UFO
6. Circus Of Heaven
7. Onward
8. On The Silent Wings Of Freedom
9. Abilene
10. Money
11. Picasso
12. Some Are Born
13. You Can Be Saved
14. High
15. Days
16. Countryside
17. Everybody's Song
18. Onward

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Yes singer Jon Anderson has a voice so high it makes Minnie Mouse seem the epitome of machismo and the band's fascination with pompous and dull intergalactic fantasy make it a prime target for a Fast Show parody. But there's no arguing with the players' proficiency. Bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, keyboardist Rick Wakeman, and drummer Alan White are all tops in their game. Tormato is far from the best Yes album, but the indisputable power of "Release, Release" where the band goofingly state "Rock is the medium of our generation" is worth the price of admission alone. Besides, just figuring out what exactly they mean with song titles such as "Arriving UFO" and "Don't Kill the Whale" is probably almost as cool as staring at the Hipgnosis-designed cover. A period piece without question. --Rob O'Connor

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Digitally remastered in 2004, with 9 rare BONUS tracks! Light 1978 album, which would be the final to feature Rick Wakeman until his return in 1991. Includes "Don't Kill The Whale".

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By Dr. D. B. Sillars VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
After a string of classic progressive rock releases, stretching from “The Yes Album” to “Going for the One”, “Tormato” was seen at the time as highly disappointing. There were no long form epics here, just short tight rock songs and simple ballads, with Yes struggling to counter the on-going onslaught from Punk. The title of the album may be trite and the cover justified the pummelling by tomatoes reproduced therein. But on reflection musically there is much to enjoy here. The band are actually in good form, in particular Chris Squires “bug-bug” harmonised bass propels proceedings along at a cracking pace. This bass sound is used extensively and is particularly effective on the closing “On the Silent Wings of Freedom” which is classic Yes. Squire’s bass opens up the track, taking lead with Howe’s guitar and Wakeman’s synths shimmering in and out of the mix pushing things on till Andersons opening vocal. “Release Release” is another rousing, driving rock number in the style of the title track from “Going for the One”. The single “Don’t Kill the Whale” has a wonderful whale-song polymoog solo from Wakeman and “Arriving UFO” again has layers of Wakemans carnivalesque keyboards throughout, with Howe’s distorted guitar giving an edge to the song. It’s all good fun. Squire’s “Onward” is beautiful and even “Circus of Heaven” which I found so twee at the time is now quite charming.

This is another great remastered and expanded release from Rhino. The sound is clear and crisp, some good liner notes and the extra tracks are actually worth inclusion too. In particular, “Picasso”, the joyous “Some are Born”, the beautiful harmonies of Anderson and Squire on “You Can Be Saved” and Anderson’s unaccompanied “Days” are worth repeated listening. So all in all, “Tormato” is worth re-evaluating. After this album, things got very confusing indeed!

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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For Rob Frampton to call Tormato "the nadir of their career" - ahead of Union or Open Your Eyes - is, frankly, nonsense. True it isn't their best work by any stretch of the imagination, but given the circumstances surrounding the recording that really isn't so surprising.

There is some good stuff on here: Future Times/Rejoice, Madrigal, On The Silent Wings and, yes, Don't Kill The Whale, which isn't "cringe-inducing" but carries an important message which is just as relevant today as it was in 1978.

I've given this an extra star due to the bonus material which is a Yes collector's dream. Well worth a purchase at under a tenner for the Yes-familiar, but if you're considering introducing yourself to this wonderful band, I would suggest starting with The Yes Album or Fragile.

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By Paul Ferguson VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
Am I the only guy who actually enjoys this album? Sure the songs are shorter, and they don't all develop into anything, and there's lots of cheesyness... But hey, I love some of the experiments on show here. "Arriving UFO" took several dozen listens before I finally started to enjoy it, but tracks like "Future Times/Rejoice" and "On the Silent Wings of Freedom" are pretty much as good as anything Yes ever did from then onward. Speaking of which "Onward" is a lovely little number in the vein of "Wonderous Stories" from Going for the One, "Circus of Heaven" is pleasant (and one of the more interesting Anderson vocal pieces), "Madrigal" is a not bad Wakeman/Anderson duet...

One sting in the tail with this album seems to be best exemplified by Rick Wakeman's truly nails-on-blackboard solo on "Don't Kill the Whale": there are a lot of unneccesary cheesy hooks and knobs inserted for no real musical reason. Take "Release, Release" for another example; one of the most energetic Yes tracks (excluding examples from Drama)... Often when I listen to it, I seems to be nothing more than a cacophony with it's 1950s guitar loops and Anderson's unusually annoying and unrelenting vocals. Other times it's a refreshingly lighthearted version of Yes, something that you don't normally associate with the band.

Wow, I seem to be giving mixed messages... That's because that's exactly what this album gives to me.

If I'm in a bad mood, Tormato grates my brain into a mush. However, albeit in small doses, there is some first class material here. I would definetly recommend it to Yes fans, but not to anyone else really. So while some of the songs on Tormato are excellent, as a Yes album it's not quite a classic to rival their previous six releases.

Oh and come on... Open Your Eyes must surely be the Yes stinker by a long margin? Or as a fellow reviewer also suggested, Union? By comparison, Tormato is a masterpiece...

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Forget the extra tracks !
I loved this album when it first came out, and the opportunity to get a 'remastered' version with extra tracks at such a knock down price was too tempting to be ignored. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Phil L.
Underrated
Like many other reviewers, I am surprised that this album was panned so much. I think it is an excellent riposte to Johnny Rotten and all the other punk non-sophisticates, and so... Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. F. Earl
THESE DAYS, IT'S NEARLY A CLASSIC
After the creative downhill spiral that came on the heels of 90125, we should be grateful for Tormato. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Carlo Matthews
Plenty of content!
This remastered edition has loads of added tracks which makes it great value, but the production leaves a lot to be desired. Read more
Published 13 months ago by J. Clark
Hidden track no-one has mentioned
Most of the previous reviewers have summed up pretty well this album. I won't go into much detail myself other than to say I hated this on release in 1978. Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2009 by Rain Man
When you've reached the top..
...the only way is down.

I can't remember being so disappointed by an album as this one. Yes happen to be my favourite band after making brilliant albums like "Close to... Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2009 by Mr. M. Holmes
YES, FOREVER!
It was so good to re-listen to this CD, now remastered...It now strikes me as a weird melange of sounds (after "Relayer" and "Tales..." opera primas... Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2009 by Alicia Kon
My favourite Yes album
I loved this album when it first came out, and still love it today. Earlier Yes was very well structured, carefully thought out. Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2008 by Leslie Firbank
Unfinished?
Things were bad for Yes during the making of Tormato, and the problems eventually led to Anderson and Wakeman leaving the band. Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2008 by K. O'Leary
Fantastic
When I first got this album on vinyl the sound was rather wooly. But the CD release has really brought it to life. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2008 by TJB
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