Label: Beyond Records (US), 63985-78046-2
Style: Art Rock, Symphonic Rock, Progressive Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 60:22
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 443 Mb
Oh...
Yes,Yes,Yes again and again!!! Long live for this band! The name of the
next album is Magnification,but the magnification begin from here,again
and again!It is very pleasant for someone simple person like me when
see that five big persons (or six) repair their mistake! And Yes made it
perfectly! After the absolute failure Talk and the problems with the
sound tuning and some other circumstances in Open Your Eyes Yes are here
again! The Ladder is the first album with crystal and synchronic sound
and mystical perfection in songwriting since Drama and the first in
typical classic Yes sound since Going for the One.I exclude
Union,because it is different and its beauty shine in other way!I think
that a returning to the top is harder than reaching it for first time.
And that's the importance of The Ladder and the greatness of Yes. There
are many band,but there aren't others like Yes. The Ladder contains one
of the most famous and one of the best Yes' songs - Homeworld (The
Ladder). All of the other songs are very good,without anything weak. The
Ladder is album that makes you happy,satisfied and pleased from life.It
turns you free and positive. Appropriate for everyday use and for all
moods.A must recording for every little progressive rock fan!
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1848) Review by poslednijat_colobar. October 6, 2008. ****
The
appeal of THE LADDER wore off rather easily, much faster than I had
anticipated. It's as if I bought THE LADDER and subsequently walked
right under another one. We have two nine minute things here, and they
may lead one to believe that Yes may have returned to their old style
back in the early 70's. The sound produced here is far from classic Yes
with the two longer songs being teases to prog fans, much like the epic
on TALK.
I'll admit that ''Homeworld'' is the best epic here, one
that could faintly harken back to Yes of old even with that
over-produced 90's Yes sound. ''New Languages'' isn't horrible, but
plagued with cringeworthy AOR choruses and ideas that sound ''borrowed''
from THE YES ALBUM. Pop music pretty much dominates the rest of the
material; the reggae-esque ''The Messenger'' is the best here although
also noticeable is the short ''Can I?'' with its world music thingys.
Parts of ''Lightning Strikes'' sound laughable, and the whole song
sounds like a kids tune in 7/8 time (which would scare the kids more
than anything). Everything else need not be mentioned.
If the poppier
Yes doesn't offend you, then this album should not be difficult to
digest as it gets a little proggy in spots. Those looking for a more
classic Yes should skip ahead to MAGNIFICATION or get a classic Yes
album; THE LADDER is not classic Yes.
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1848) Review by Sinusoid. January 16, 2009. **
01. Homeworld (The Ladder) (09:34)
02. It Will Be A Good Day (The River) (04:53)
03. Lightning Strikes (04:35)
04. Can I? (01:32)
05. Face to Face (05:03)
06. If Only You Knew (05:43)
07. To Be Alive (Hep Yadda) (05:07)
08. Finally (06:01)
09. The Messenger (05:13)
10. New Language (09:19)
11. Nine Voices (Longwalker) (03:20)
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