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Jul 13, 2011Fly From Here is not a disaster. It has too much enthusiasm for itself to sink like some of Yes' more embarrassing transitional albums.
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Jul 13, 2011It may not be entirely fair to measure Fly From Here against the Anderson metric, but when the Anderson-aping results merely tread water, it's impossible not to.
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MojoAug 26, 2011In the end, caution and Horn's glossy production smother the early Yes's spirit of oddball experiment. [Sept. 2011, p. 98]
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UncutAug 18, 2011The first half's schmaltzy flight-themed concept and the cliche-stewn acoustic second half mean that take-off, to labour an already laboured concept, proves indefinitely delayed. [Sep 2011, p.105]
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Aug 1, 2011Unfortunately, the band gets drowned out by weak vocals and synth goop – Steve Howe takes only a few disappointingly brief guitar solos, beyond his acoustic "Solitaire."
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Jul 14, 2011Fly from Here has a go at reproducing the vintage era.
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Jul 13, 2011Fly From Here attempts to offer, amongst all this, an image of Yes that isn't hampered by the past, with five tracks smuggled onto the end of the record but having no narrative relation to the 'epic' that sells it.
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Positive: 7 out of 10
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Mixed: 2 out of 10
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Negative: 1 out of 10
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