90125

Yes

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 17, 1990)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 1983
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000002JK9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #549,501 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Owner of a Lonely Heart

2. Hold On

3. It Can Happen

4. Changes

5. Cinema [Live][Instrumental]

6. Leave It

7. Our Song

8. City of Love

9. Hearts

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

After breaking up at the dawn of the '80s, Yes made a surprise comeback with this 1983 effort. This album (named after its catalog number) featured a retooled band lineup, with guitarist Trevor Rabin and original keyboardist Tony Kaye joining longtime members Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, and Alan White. It also unveiled a newly streamlined sound, courtesy of British avant-pop producer Trevor Horn, who'd briefly replaced frontman Anderson on the pre-breakup album Drama. The new approach made these English prog-rock vets sound contemporary at the height of the MTV explosion, spawning memorably catchy hits like "Owner of a Lonely Heart," "Leave It," and "It Can Happen." --Scott Schinder

Product Description

s a second installment of Friday Music's extensive YES 180 Gram Audiophile Half-Speed Master Series, we bring you their most famous and hit-filled album 90125. Originally released in 1983, this incredible album marked the return of vocalist founder Jon Anderson and original keyboardist Tony Kaye, plus their new guitarist Trevor Rabin, along with the great Chris Squire and drummer champion Alan White. Includes the original album cover art elements, protective poly sleeve for the album cover, and the smash hits Owner Of A Lonely Heart Leave It & Changes, Impeccably half-speed remastered by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music studios and at Capitol with Ron McMaster. Mastered from the original Atlantic Vault Tapes. Track Listing: Side One: Owner Of A Lonely Heart Hold On It Can Happen Changes Side Two: Cinema Leave It Our Song City Of Love Hearts --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Very Best Yes Album from the Trevor Rabin Era, June 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: 90125 (Audio CD)

This beautiful album marked the auspicious entry of the phenomenal Trevor Rabin into Yes at a time when many people thought the group was gone forever. The outstanding quality and energy of this masterpiece distinguish it among the many other excellent offerings from this legendary group.

Although the first track, "Owner of a Lonely Heart", was the top-40 darling, each and every one of the nine tracks on this album is superlative, and I love them all. Taken as a whole, it is an amazing collection of fantastic songs, and no worthwhile rock collection should be without it.

Some older Yes fans decry this album as marking the "descent into the power-chord era", and to be sure, this is a far cry from the style of the group when Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman are aboard. Nonetheless, this is one of the tightest and best albums Yes has ever made. I don't give out "10's" lightly.

If you don't have this album, buy it.

18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Want My Yes-t.v., February 22, 2000

By	Jason Stein (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: 90125 (Audio CD)

If you're a long time Yes fan you probably like their earlier music. It was more progressive and less pop oriented. However, I think it's refreshing for a band known for long, classically progressive songs to reach a point in its career where it sells out a bit an shortens its song structure. 90125 would be that cd. Trevor Horn produced this album and the band added Trevor Rabin to replace Steve Howe (who really sold out and did Asia--which is another review all in itself). Both Trevors significantly altered the sound of Yes in interesting ways. Shorter songs with a more cohesive melodies. A pop album, sure. It's a good one though. While most of Yes's early work is exceptionally well played, it isn't very catchy or memorable. I DO like Yes's early work, but 90125 deserves its place. I like brevity and cohesiveness and 90125 is just 9 songs and 40 minutes in length. All the songs compliment one another. It does sound like it was made 17 years ago, but "Owner of a Lonely Heart" still sounds as if it was made today. Still, there are some great songs on this disc like "Hold On", "It Can Happen", "Changes" and "Leave It". Just check out the complex vocal harmonies, overdubs and studio techniques. I respect Yes at all stages of their career because there aren't many bands like them. Even their new cd "The Ladder" is very good considering this band has been around for 30 years. You can say they've sold out, sure, but their spirit is still alive through their music. They're not like Journey or Styx or The Moody Blues--all of whom have gone down hill musically with age. If you want early Yes then go for Fragile or Close to the Edge. If you want newer Yes go for 90125, Big Generator or The Ladder.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 Stars. Yes starts off the 80s well., January 31, 2004

By	M. B. Link "wildfirelink" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: 90125 (Audio CD)

90125(1983). Yes's eleventh studio album.

At the dawn of the 80s, Yes was ready to call it quits due to several line-up changes and the overall watering down of their progressive sound. The remaining three bandmembers teamed up with the Bugles and released Drama(1980). After the album flopped, the band decided to retire for a few years. However, vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Alan White, and keyboardist Tony Kaye were not happy just sitting idle, so they reformed, recruited producer/keyboardist Trevor Rabin, and started a side-project band called "Cinema" (For those who don't know, Trevor Rabin eventually became famous for his instrumental scores created for various modern movies). For some reason, the record company insisted that the band stick to their previous name "Yes", so the Cinema name was eventually scrapped. They may as well just use the name Yes. Afterall, it still comprised of 4/5 of the original bandmembers anyhow. So Yes was finally reformed and their first real 80s album, 90125 was released (named after the album's # in the Atlantic records catalogue). Here's a brief summary of 90125:

The album kicks off with the band's popular radio hit 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart', which I'm sure everybody has heard at one time or another. It was actually the very first Yes song I've ever heard, though I didn't really get into the band until I listened to Closer To The Edge(1973), to this date my favorite Yes album. Anyways, it continues on with other minor radio hits 'Hold On' and 'It Can Happen', which are both very catchy rockers. 'Changes' takes Yes back into more progressive territory of the past, complete with time changes and instrumentation of other cultures, though not nearly as lengthy as their 70s material. 'Cinema' is an uplifting instrumentation complete with soaring keyboard and guitar playing. 'Leave It' is probably the most commercial Yes song on the album, starting off with an acapella vocal effect and then changing into an 80s pop rocker. Following is the faster optimistic rocker 'Our Song', underrated but one of my favorites off the album. The slower anthemic track 'City Of Love' comes next, and rounding off 90125 is 'Hearts', sort of the album's 7-minute progressive epic.

So how will people like this album? It depends who you are really. The veteran hardcore Yes fans who only prefer 20-minute progressive epics probably will tell you to avoid 90125 because they believe this album to be "comercialized, sell-out 80s pop". Don't listen to their 1-star reviews because most of them are hardcore fans of former 70s prog/rock bands who cannot accept a little change in their favorite bands. People, that's why it's called PROGRESSIVE rock! They are supposed to implement a little progression as time goes by from album to album, though it's usually only good if a band also remembers their roots. Progression is supposed to keep the music fresh with new aspects, while holding on to what makes the band great. Yes fortunately demonstrates this quality well. I'll state my opinion from a neutral standpoint: if you can accept the fact that 90125 leaves the wildly progressive 70s era behind for more of a simple approach, then you will enjoy this album very much. The music is commercial in nature, but it hints at Yes's trademark progressive flair, and that's what makes these songs work. It did draw many new Yes fans in afterall. I give this 4.5 stars because although this is not one of the very best Yes albums (CTTE, Fragile, and GFTO are the best), it's still by far the best 80s Yes release. About the only bad thing I can say about the album is that the cover art isn't one of the incredible Roger Dean pictures that they usually use. Oh well. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Other albums which sound similar to 90125:
-'Asia' by Asia
-'Signals' by Rush
-'Worlds Apart' by Saga