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''Talk'' is the fourteenth studio album from the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 21 March 1994 on 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 entirely on hard disk at Rabin's home studio using an early version of the digital audio workstation software Digital Performer. It closes with the 15-minute track "Endless Dream". ''Talk'' was a mild commercial success upon its release, reaching No. 20 in the UK and No. 33 in the U.S. It 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; it was the band's first not to visit Europe. At its conclusion, Rabin and Kaye left the band. Carson has high praise for the album but thought it was made "at the wrong time". ==Background== 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.〔Welch 2008, p. 240.〕 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.〔Morse 1996, p. 98.〕 By mid-1993, Wakeman opted out due to management and contract issues. After signing a record deal with Victory, work on ''Talk'' began with Rabin writing some "a lot" of material which he then developed with Anderson at a motel in San Clemente, California where Anderson had been staying. Rabin rented a room for "a week or two", working with just an acoustic guitar and two ghetto blasters for playing his demos and recording vocals.〔 This marked the first time since Anderson's return to Yes in 1983 where he was involved in the song writing from the beginning. On ''90125'' and ''Big Generator'', he was involved at the later stages which limited his input.〔Morse 1996, p. 99.〕 Rabin spoke about the importance of working closely with Anderson this time round: "() 'Big Generator' ... I could feel the frustration in Jon that, although he was involved, it was basically me writing the songs and Jon trying to work on top of them ... So I realized, the best possible way is, if Jon's the singer, then I need to work real closely with him to provide him the best possible platform to sing on ... The two of us really worked hard as a team on it, which led to it being a better album for us".〔 Squire made sure to reduce his input in order to have Rabin and Anderson collaborate successfully, resulting in a reduction of writing credits; he was "very happy" with the material they wrote.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Talk (Yes album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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