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Track Listings
| 1. I Would Have Waited Forever |
| 2. Shock To The System |
| 3. Masquerade |
| 4. Lift Me Up |
| 5. Without Hope You Cannot Start The Day |
| 6. Saving My Heart |
| 7. Miracle Of Life |
| 8. Silent Talking |
| 9. The More We Live - Let Go |
| 10. Angkor Wat |
| 11. Dangerous |
| 12. Holding On |
| 13. Evensong |
| 14. Take The Water To The Mountain |
| 15. Give & Take |
Product Description
Monumental 1991 reunion of almost all key members over 23 years (except Peter Banks & Trevor Horn)
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album was recorded using the two different factions of Yes that were going around at the time, hence the tile Union. Some critics didn't like the fact that a lot of session musicians were used but I found that only added to the charm of the recording. One of the best tracks on the album are The More We Live- Let Go which was written by Chris Squire and Billy Sherwood, who was to later join the band on a more permanent basis. Other highlights are Silent Talking, which would have been even better if they had extended it a little, and I Would Have Waited Forever, with the fantastic vocal arrangements and finally Miracle Of Life, a progressive little number with very catchy tune. One other track, which stood out, was Dangerous, which does not sound like Yes and was a very refreshing tune to listen too. The band did release a single from the album Lift Me Up that sadly never made it in to the UK charts. There are a couple of what can only be described as weaker tracks, Saving My Heart and Holding On but apart from them the rest of the album is up to the usual high standard that Yes are famous for and the album is well worth adding to your music collection.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a nice come-together with the partcipation of as many as eight Yes members. In fact it was intended to be two separate albums by two different bands... but both of them realized they were not able to cope without Jon Anderson's unique lead vocal, so they compiledit into one single album, a »Union«!
The result is interesting and worthwile. It has a lot of the ABWH soul, influenced by the Rabin style. The inevitable hit »Lift Me Up« is the best example of this mixture. So is »Saving My Heart«, except that this one is not very good and would've been better off left out.
The highlight is the extremely beautiful »Silent Talking« which combines rock and ballad in a rhapsodian way that nearly makes you think of the good old Yes epics. Nearly.
A welcome release, a good piece of work - A Perfect Union.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Up until this album release "Yes" had never really made a bad record. At the time "Yes" were in two with the more american sound of Squire Rabin and White, and across the pond Anderson Wakeman Bruford and Howe. The two separate "Yes" camps both contributing material to produce one collective album. Great idea if you are the record company and maybe you can make twice the money yes? Wrong... No they didn't!
What you get with "Union" is no union. There is no single direction, no cohesive concept or continuity. Much of the music is of poor construction, many tracks sounding odd and out of place with one another and the production is absolutely pants!!! It just doesn't fit together properly and the men in suits have really got a lot to answer for here. There are a few good tracks, but it isn't good enough, not for a "Yes" album.
Not recommended...
What you get with "Union" is no union. There is no single direction, no cohesive concept or continuity. Much of the music is of poor construction, many tracks sounding odd and out of place with one another and the production is absolutely pants!!! It just doesn't fit together properly and the men in suits have really got a lot to answer for here. There are a few good tracks, but it isn't good enough, not for a "Yes" album.
Not recommended...
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union by yes
Some tracks are ok, but overall the album suffers from no clear direction, not a good or classic Yes album so save some money and just download the tracks that previous critics... Read more
Published 22 days ago by M.Burridge
This is simply one of the best albums ever.
I was very young when i have found this album is a shop. I just liked the picture (don't really know what it is ever since), and i asked my dad about this band. Read more
Published 9 months ago by B Bekesi
Theirs is an Utter Disgrace
Not only has this dire melange of an album (rightly) been publicly disowned by Yes-members Steve Howe, Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman, but to add insult to injury, it couldn't sound... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Bren Tierney
Maybe not the worst, but quite near...
One of the previous reviewers tagged Union as the worst Yes record ever. I don't really agree, as they managed to put together a true monstruosity as Open your Eyes not much later,... Read more
Published 18 months ago
the worst yes album ever?
This is the worst Yes album ever. I have not bought the cd since my very old tape copy got thrown out (along with most of my other old tapes). Read more
Published 20 months ago by tolkien fan
Leave well alone.
Please bear in mind that Rick Wakeman refers to this album as 'Onion' because it brings tears to his eyes every time he hears it. He also called it a disgraceful album. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2008 by Lee Vincent Crawford
Shock To The System!
Like 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' and 'Tormato', 'Union' is one of those Yes albums that promises much with lots of potential, but ends up delivering very little. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2007 by Stotty
Travel to the Center of the World
As probably you know, we got here two albums by two different bands: Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe and Rabin-Squire`s Yes. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2006 by Sergey Lenkov
A GREAT ALBUM BUT TO OVER PRODUCED !!!
I am a big Yes fan and have all there cd's and Vinyl at home. I brought this one the other day and have listed to it a few time's. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2004 by Marc Davis
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