Talk (Yes album)
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| Studio album by Yes | ||||
| Released | 21 March 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1992–1993 | |||
| Studio | The Jacaranda Room, Los Angeles, California, US A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, California, US |
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| Genre | Progressive rock, Progressive metal | |||
| Length | 55:02 | |||
| Label | Victory Music | |||
| Producer | Trevor Rabin | |||
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Talk is the fourteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 21 March 1994 by Victory Music, an independent label founded by former Atlantic Records vice president Phil Carson. Recording began in late 1992 with the line-up of Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire, Alan White, and Tony Kaye. Initially, Rick Wakeman was involved in the project before contractual problems led to his departure. The album was recorded on hard disk at Rabin's home studio using an early version of the digital audio workstation software Digital Performer.
Talk was a mild commercial success upon its release, reaching No. 20 in the UK and No. 33 in the U.S, and received a poor reception from music critics. "The Calling" and "Walls" were released as singles that charted at No. 3 and 24 on the U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock chart, respectively. The album was supported by a 1994 tour that covered North and South America and Japan. At its conclusion, Rabin and Kaye left the band in 1995. Carson has high praise for the album but thought it was made "at the wrong time".
In March 1992, Yes completed their Union Tour which had eight band members on stage—singer Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarists Steve Howe and Trevor Rabin, drummers Bill Bruford and Alan White, and keyboardists Tony Kaye and Rick Wakeman. For the band's next project Phil Carson, a former Atlantic Records vice president and long time fan of the band, approached Rabin to produce a Yes album for Victory Music, an independent label he formed while he worked for JVC. Carson wished for the album recorded with the 1983–88 line-up of Rabin, Anderson, Squire, White, Kaye, the same group that made Yes's two most commercially successful albums—90125 (1983) and Big Generator (1987). As Rabin and Wakeman got on well during the Union tour, Carson suggested Wakeman be involved on the album. Howe thought it was "silly" of Carson wanting to have Yes continue as a group minus Bruford and himself. By mid-1993, Wakeman opted out due to management and contract issues.
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