Yes - Talk (Full Album - 1994) - First Listen/Reaction

Yes - Talk (Full Album - 1994) - First Listen/Reaction
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[@patricknicolucci5073]

Todd, This cd was produced by Trevor Rabin, ground breaking technology of the day, all digital at 106 DB compared to standard cd at 90 db . I'm in pro audio I used this cd to test audio systems. Enjoy ! saw this tour in 94 in Quad, Great songs I like this album. I'm a huge YES fan since 1971 Roundabout. Endless Dream is another Yes masterpiece. I LOVE State of Play the chorus is old style YES IMHO. Todd future suggestions Keys to ascension II studio classic Yes line up and great songs, The Ladder another Great Yes album and the the final album with Jon and Chris Magnification.

[@jacekm22]

It's a pity that this very good album was not released as a 24 bits Hi Res file....

[@TheSuperRol]

I used to test audio systems to this album as well. Amazing production!

[@arthurmol6875]

Love this Album..

[@skroehr]

I've been a Yes fan since 71. I'm one of the rare first generation fans who have taken the full ride with them. In fact, I'm still in the ride, and eagerly anticipating Mirror To The Sky next month. Talk was one of the few Yes albums that was a "grower" for me If I hadn't have already been a committed fan, I might have let it go after the first listen. But somewhere around the third time through over the course of a couple months, it kind of unlocked itself to me. In fact, so much so, that it's easily in my top 10 of their 20 something albums. It ends up getting played a lot when I playing Yes and stacks up quite well for me against some albums by more classic members. I like it eons more than ABWH, Keysstydio, The Ladder, Union, Open Your Eyes, and even Tormato, but my initial reaction was lukewarm at best, so I feel you. I hope you'll find time to sin it again some time Cool show Thanks

[@lorendigiorgi]

Endless Dream is a masterpiece.

[@daneng3641]

When you praise the harmonies, don't forget Squire's in there as well. I agree that the pinnacle of the Rabin era was 90125, but this one's up there. I like it better than Big Generator, certainly Union, and even ABWH. When I decided to fill in the gaps of my Yes catalogue, I decided a few times I didn't need to really bother with anything after Big Generator. Talk was the first album that I started to latch onto and realize there was still some genius left. And I'm glad I continued. There are still some great albums to come after this. Give this one a few more listens!

[@jeffschielka7845]

Hey Todd! YES fan forever. 214 shows. Love Talk. Great album, incredible tour. Saw many shows. Endless Dream is a complete masterpiece. I subscribed to your channel. More YES please!😎

[@MusicWithToddLedbetter]

Rock on!

[@jeffschielka7845]

@@MusicWithToddLedbetter 😎

[@reneelyons6836]

To say that I am a huge Yes fan is an under statement. Thank you for doing this video. I gave it a fair chance. Just like you. My first listen too. I don't think my younger self could appreciate it like i do now. Rock On !!!! YES and GENESIS!!!!!!!!!!

[@MusicWithToddLedbetter]

I'm a huge Genesis fan, I don't play them much on my channel because I listen to them all the time for decades and I know all the music. including CAS.

[@reneelyons6836]

@@MusicWithToddLedbetter whats CAS ?

[@MusicWithToddLedbetter]

@@reneelyons6836 Calling All Stations the last studio album with Ray Wilson on Vocals. Great album.

[@reneelyons6836]

@@MusicWithToddLedbetter yes ok alright, thank you.

[@MusicWithToddLedbetter]

@@reneelyons6836 Have you heard CAS?

[@flomalheur7467]

"I Am Waiting" is a bit long. Otherwise an interesting album with the highlights of "The Calling" and "Endless Dream" (to my taste). The album is like all Yes albums after "Big Generator". They've all been underappreciated and have their flaws, but they also contain so many great songs that are unfairly overlooked (including "Fly From Here" and "The Quest". Only "Heaven & Earth" doesn't warm to me) . ABWH were not allowed to call themselves "Yes" because the naming rights belonged to Squire and he had already formed a formation called "Yes" with Trevor Rabin, Alan White and Tony Kaye. (the fusion of both bands then led to the album "Union"). It would be nice if you listen to ABWH's album. It has its very own charm.

[@MusicWithToddLedbetter]

Thanks Flo, enjoy the channel.

[@jerrymills718]

As far as I'm concerned Silent Spring is epic and I would've bought this album for that alone. Loved this album. IMO YES is criminally underrated

[@Henriktranoy]

Love the album reactions! Hope to see more of them! Not only for the sake of albums, but also for the sake of not having to stop by youtube every 12th minute, and hear the intro and end of the videos I'm listening to etc. But I do also have a strong preference for whole albums in general^^. For me, the third track was the standout moment, while the rest was fine. Or, that was at least my opinion until the 15 min epic. Man, what a great track! Loved it! Yes isn't quite my cup of tea, but I rather enjoy taking a sip every now and then, as they are close! Getting a taste of what is out there helps me not only appreciate "my" music more, but also servers to make me more informed about the concept of "music" and what different people do with it. Not to mention having the pleasure of being blown away every so often by something new!

[@MusicWithToddLedbetter]

What are you saying Henrik, you want me to stop talking? Haha!!!!

[@Henriktranoy]

@@MusicWithToddLedbetter Haha, no^^ Quite understandable that you are! If anything, you should talk more! Its just easier for me to click when its a long episode, less to micro manage. But while the "please subscribe, Patreon chat etc" is understandably something that should be included, it quickly becomes "fluff". Probably not feasible, but for me it would be better if you had a long episode, "Todays songs with DJ Todd is: [name of songs] " or something. But I have no idea how sensible that is to do considering video title, chance of episode being taken down etc.

[@MusicWithToddLedbetter]

@@Henriktranoy I know, I feel like I say it so much. That's why I usually save it for the end. I get so many new viewers with every post I feel like I need to say it. At least that's what YT tells us to do. It seems like every KZbinr I watch ask for the same stuff. I rarely say it at the beginning. I'm so glad you like the long videos, I have more coming your way Henrik. So good to here from you, I'm so glad you're sticking with the channel. Even though it will be my 2 year YT anniversary on the 23rd this month I still learning. I am guilty of clicking away from my favorite content creators at the end of there videos and skipping past promotions some creators do when they partner with companies. I guess I would do the ads if I was so lucky to get partners that paid me. I will consider your input and see if I can change the way I do the promotion part af the channel. Any ways, thanks for being here and your insightful comment. I enjoy reading them, Todd

[@Henriktranoy]

@@MusicWithToddLedbetter Sorry for my late reply! Busy Easter days^^ I hundred 100% think you should end your videos with mentioning how to support you. How else are people going to find it? And looking forwards to longer videos! I see you have some of them already^^ I'm also a fan of the channel for your tenacity, and that you don't only go for the most popular bands, but also explore smaller, more obscure bands that generates fewer clicks. Not to mention your interactions with us! Keep up the good work mate!

[@MusicWithToddLedbetter]

@@Henriktranoy Thank you Henrik!

[@n5cbi]

I recommend checking out a cover of The Calling by The band Geeks (Richie Castellano). They have a history of phenomenally good Yes covers you can find on KZbin and in this one some of the discreet components of the song that can get buried in the production/mix of the original emerge a little more exposed with the result of being able to appreciate even more all that went into the original for seeing how the sausage was made. I actually enjoy listening to (and watching) the geeks' cover on this one a bit more than the YES original. Castellano has said that Squire is his favorite bassist and that it's a coin toss between Trevor Rabin and Brian May for his favorite guitarist.

[@roybox9727]

Agree very much with you about Richie C's covers - it's great to see all the musicians playing throughout each piece: very talented musicians.

[@robertjantzen6545]

Band Geeks rock Yes covers.

[@Yesquire0]

All prior Rabin-era Yes albums were basically Rabin songs presented to Anderson as complete with the idea that Anderson would tinker with them as to the final vocal arrangements. "Talk", from the start, was different, with Rabin realizing that he could benefit by a collaboration with Anderson when it came to songwriting. In the end, "Talk" has much more of a classic Yes feeling to its songs and is considered more progressive than the other Rabin projects. I think this album was the very first one to have the sounds sent not to recording tape, but to a hard drive for later editing and processing. Yes were still innovators almost 30 years into their career: From Wikipedia: "The majority of Talk was recorded and mixed at Rabin's home studio in Hollywood, California which he named The Jacaranda Room.[ Additional recording took place at A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood. Rabin took charge of the album's production, opting for digital non-linear recording techniques rather than traditional recording tape. He recalled: "Everyone thought I was nuts - but the band was great, very supportive" and they agreed to pursue it. After a period of research, Rabin and his engineer and mixer Michael Jay linked four Apple Macintosh computers to a single IBM machine, each running the digital audio workstation software Digital Performer developed by Mark of the Unicorn, and saved onto 12 GB Dynatec hard drives. As they worked on the album, Rabin and Jay wrote down errors they encountered or new functions they needed to complete the recording process, to which the programmers would update the software with their new code. Anderson later said that the album took as long as it did to finish because of the teething problems with the software. The process resulted in a reduction of takes as problems that arose were able to be corrected using the software which kept the songs fresh. Rabin stressed that the album is not computerised music, and that the instruments are "real" and feature live instrumentation, but recording them onto a hard drive allowed the tracks to be manipulated in an easier way than tape."

[@MusicWithToddLedbetter]

I read that on Wikipedia too. Thanks Yesquire0, Enjoy the channel.

[@GeoffTrowbridge]

The bassist for the "Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe" project was Tony Levin, who had played with Peter Gabriel, King Crimson and Pink Floyd. It's a very good album, with a more proggish feel than what Yes was doing at the time.

[@djimaging2]

Also Jeff Berlin. Tony got sick during the tour .It's Jeff in the video's

[@sebastianorlando7275]

endless dream es una obra maestra de todos los tiempos!!!

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Yes's musicial abilities were not curtailed by the date but by the business of profit and the ten %'s who place the knife edge to genius. Squire is none existent on this album except for his harmonies that you hear as Rabin's. Saw Squire and his band 36 times from the Tales tour until his passing.

[@patricknicolucci5073]

I don't completely disagree, but I have listened to this album on a top shelf audio system the bass will shake the walls, I agree he is not predominate in the mix but he is in there. The digital recording brings out the low end frequencies.

[@jeffschielka7845]

What's up 36?😎

[@robertjantzen6545]

You all can say what you want. 90125 was ok...biggest seller ever for Yes....but Big Generator and Talk were far superior.

[@thecentralscrutinizer5730]

Are you familiar with Todd Rundgrens Utopia album? I suggest the first song on that one Utopia: Theme. It's a 14 and sum seconds epic. Trust me it's sooo good

[@ToddLedbetterIRL]

Yes I had a couple and a couple solo albums as well when I was in high school.

[@thecentralscrutinizer5730]

@@ToddLedbetterIRL A wizard/A true Believer is my favorite. Ra album with Todd is my favorite album. Singring and The Glass Guitar is awesome

[@jacekm22]

It's a pity that this very good album was not released as a 24 bits Hi Res file....

[@ericmisaelramirezahumada179]

Pon los en vivo

[@M32Encina]

Huge Yes fan, and drummer, here. The drums on this album sound horrible. Great album, but tough to listen to because of the drums.

[@myxtreme2012]

Talk & Big Generator albums are the best of Yes, from my part 🙂