True

“True” sounds to me like the follow-up to The Ladder, only better. The Band Geeks are all virtuosos. I first saw them on YouTube years ago, performing a flawless version of Close to the Edge. While Jon Anderson has put out multiple solo releases over the years, the best being Song of Seven and Animation, he has also collaborated with Ronnie Stolt and Jean-Luc Ponty. Stolt collab was mostly boring, and there were only a few good moments with Ponty. This release, by comparison, is a flat out exceptional “Yes” album. I understand that Richie Casrellano (Band Geeks lead) is the principal music composer (and of course Jon would have been co-writing/producing to an extent). I believe Richie decided to compose a musical masterpiece by combining the musical structures of The Revealing Science of God with Close to the Edge for the song Once Upon a Dream. It took me a few listens to digest and fall in love with this track, which fits nicely into the Yes masterworks canon. Overall, this is one of those albums where you just hit play and let it ride. The music takes you on a journey, like Yes of the 70s did/does. Lastly, I completely agree with all points posted by tunesnith64. And I disagree with frep. I know this is subjective, but I love the mixing and mastering. A sonic joy! Buy This Now!!!

Jon and the Band Geeks were meant to meet. And i am so glad they did. I saw them in concert 8/24 and I can truly say it was the most joyful concert I've seen all year (and I see a LOT of concerts). I was worried this album would sound "off", because it's hard to make new music due to Jon being such an Icon. But man - I WAS WRONG. This is a strong and very natural sounding album. Keep it going gents, we need to see you out on the road again. Preferably with no opening act. Play us the YES classics as well as these great new songs!!

Gave this 5 stars because of the content. I pretty much love anything with Jon Anderson. I have to say that each song downloaded into iTunes as its own unique entity and not as a single artist or album. So if I want to listen to the entire album one song after the other I have to make it a playlist. Very annoying.

Jon Anderson is back and in amazing voice. This is his best work in a long time and The Band Geeks are the perfect group of musicians to support him. It doesn't really matter if this isn't groundbreaking new music stylistically speaking. It is as conmfortable as a well-worn sofa and just as enjoyable. It's such a joy to hear an artist who so many of us grew up with and grew with still creating new songs in his instantly identifiable voice. Yes was one of the originators of the prog rock genre and now, as one of the elder statesmen of the style Jon carries it off as only a true great can. Thanks Jon and hope you keep the tunes coming.

Last fall I saw Jon and the Bsnd Geeks and they were incredible, great show. I approached this release with hesitation as I feared it would not live up to that performance and would be way too laid back. The preview snippets were not enough to sway me. I was wrong, what a great release, and even the slower moments are beautiful written melodies and superb musicianship. Vocally Jon sounds very strong, mind boggling as he’s almost 80. This may be the best YES related material to come out in a very very long time. If you are a fan of YES, don’t hesitate, you won’t be disappointed.

This is YES re-visited. Not being critical. For the time, YES was amazing. Yet, that time has passed. I commend you for your dedication however, time for a change to remain relevant. ✌🏻

i dont know who mastered this but everything below 100 hertz drops off drasticaly. And there is this annoying 500 hrtz build up. Such a shame because it truly is a great album.

Jon rocks still .. and Band Geeks his vehicle ..

More excellent stuff from Jon. Very YES sounding, in fine voice and songwriting. So glad to see this artist continuing to put out high quality music!

What you may have heard is TRUE…YES is back. Band Geeks are holding the goods…then there is the matter of that guy who sings… (!) Thank you Chris, Richie, Andy, Rob, Andy, and…Jon. Life-giving music.