21.Studio album by the British prog-dinosaurs 2014 that forcedly ushered in a new era in the musical career of the band, after the commercial flop of the predecessor expensively produced. Singer "David Benoit" was replaced by Jon Anderson clone "Jon Davison" who was responsible for most of the songwriting. The face of the financial disaster of "Fly From Here" the band budget was slashed, which should have a negative impact on the new production. In order to keep the costs at the studio shooting low, the record company of the band admitted to not even half the time they normally needed in the studio. Instead of four or five months, Heaven & Earth had to be completed in only two months. The fatal consequence of this was that the usual in the band, sophisticated arrangements from time and cost reasons, could not be realized. These time and cost savings could not pass without a trace on the music. Sound, production, songs and their arrangements had to be kept extremely simple for the ratios of the band. Of necessity, man decided to give the songs by using a rhythm guitar more volume. Actually amazing that allows seasoned musicians like Howe / Squire / White / Downes offer something of their record company. The artistic result of Yes-Light is a dismantling of the cult band very close and polarized world, the large fan base. The band presents probably one of their weakest plants. The simple and undemanding to songwriting Davison mixed with an audible cheap production and the lack of progressive-rock usual elaborate arrangements led to the artistic fiasco. What remains is the neuminütigen "Subway Walls" a progressively more complex titles with "Believe again" + "Step Beyond" two prog-tinged pop earwigs you heard never go back out of the ear. In connection with one or another progressive sophisticated song-part part this is sufficient objective maximum of 3 stars. In any case, little vielzu for a class band like Yes, which dipped with this publication in the artistic mediocrity of being to hopefully someday like a phoenix to emerge from the ashes in the original lineup ......
