Lost/Forgotten Album #55

Since some tracks from the new Yes album will be posted in NMC shortly, I decided to grab another Yes album from my collection, something that is a bit lost. And forgotten.

And as this is my last Lost/Forgotten post*, it' comes with a few extras, which I'll get to later.

"Talk" was released in 1994 and would be the last album featuring Trevor Rabin and Tony Kaye. It also had the lowest chart peak of any Yes album since 1972, as well as the shortest chart run.**

"Big Generator", the previous Yes album, was a bit darker than the monster selling "90125". Maybe that's why it sold less? Dunno, but still like the album.

This album is much lighter than "Big Generator", but there is a bit of darkness in it as well. Could be that 1994 wasn't a good year for bands like Yes, because I don't remember any hype or airplay for this album at all. Maybe I wasn't listening to the radio and reading music publications at that time either.

Either way, I stumbled across this album a few years later and picked it up on cassette. I had never heard of it, but it was cheap so I gave it a chance and found that I really liked it. Might be sacrilegious to say, but I like this album a bit better than "90125".

One of my favorite tracks, "Walls", was co-written by some guy named Roger Hodgson who was in some band that was pretty big in the 70's & 80's. It's one of my favorite tracks on the album because it's so uplifting***.

Goodbye****.

Talk

1. The Calling
2. I Am Waiting
3. Real Love
4. State Of Play
5. Walls
6. Where Will You Be
7. Endless Dream
   A) Silent Spring
   B) Talk
   C) Endless Dream
8. The Calling (Special Version)

Availability: You can get the original version for around $6, or you can spring for the remastered version featuring a bonus track (which is what we have here: extra #1!) for around $18.

MSoTW: Extra #2! Thanks to Niels, there are two (2) mystery tracks this week. The first if from Niels, the second is from my warped collection. Still waiting on the mystery artist from last week though....

*For July

**Thanks All Music!

***Not that I'm wimping out or anything

****Roadtrip!

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Permalink Reply by Jon on July 27, 2011 at 5:08pm

Alt Rock?

Umm...does the name of the band start with "S"?

Permalink Reply by Niels (Mod) on July 28, 2011 at 3:13am

Not Leningrad Cowboys?????????????????? They are fininsh, aren't they?

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Permalink Reply by Niels (Mod) on July 28, 2011 at 3:15am

No, the name of the band does not start with "S".

Permalink Reply by Niels (Mod) on July 28, 2011 at 3:31pm

I guess, it's time for a little more help (the FIRST MSoTW-track, RJhog):

The band's name starts with "The".

The frontman's initials are WC. A very important figure in that band.

Permalink Reply by Jon on July 28, 2011 at 5:05pm

Yes, they are Finnish (SECOND MSoTW track, Rjhog)

Permalink Reply by Jon on July 28, 2011 at 5:07pm

Oh man...not The Flaming Lips?

Permalink Reply by RJhog (Admin) on July 28, 2011 at 6:07pm

I didn't know Winston Churchill was in a band...

Permalink Reply by Niels (Mod) on July 29, 2011 at 2:54am

It is INDEED The Flaming Lips, Jon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have you got the superpowers now, or was I helping out a LITTLE too much??!!

I only know 3 finninsh bands: Leningrad Cowboys, Hanoi Rocks and Lordi, and I guess, it's not one of those?!!!!!

Permalink Reply by RJhog (Admin) on July 26, 2011 at 3:28pm

Okay, back to the LAOTW. I'm not much of a Yes fan, but I'm always willing to listen and offer myself up for conversion. This album will not convert me. Having said that, it's not all that bad. It was very "listenable" except for track 6. The best song to me was Walls, but I really liked the guitar work on I Am Waiting. Here are my individual song ratings:

1. The Calling 8/10
2. I Am Waiting 6/10
3. Real Love 5/10
4. State Of Play 6/10
5. Walls 8/10
6. Where Will You Be 4/10
7. Endless Dream 5/10
   A) Silent Spring
   B) Talk
   C) Endless Dream

I didn't rate the bonus track. My overall rating for the album is 6 out of 10 stars (60%)