Magnification | ||||
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Studio album by Yes | ||||
Released | September 10, 2001 (U.K.) December 4, 2001 (U.S.) |
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Recorded | Spring - Summer 2001 | |||
Genre | Symphonic rock, Progressive rock | |||
Length | 60:32 | |||
Label | Eagle Records (U.K.) Beyond Music (U.S.) |
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Producer | Yes and Tim Weidner | |||
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Magnification is the nineteenth studio album by progressive rock band Yes, released in 2001. It was the band's first album of the new century, and their second with a full orchestra (the first being Time and a Word from 1970). It marked the band's last studio album to date with vocalist Jon Anderson, and the last for a decade until 2011's Fly from Here.
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Following the departures of guitarist Billy Sherwood and keyboardist Igor Khoroshev, and Rick Wakeman's decision not to rejoin the band, remaining members Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White decided to fill the keyboard role with an orchestra, and hired film composer Larry Groupé to compose and conduct original orchestrations and musical bridges.
The album was re-released in 2002 as a limited and numbered 2CD set with alternate artwork; the second disc contains three live performances and a CD-ROM track with an interview, video of "Don't Go," and a live video of "The Gates Of Delirium". This album also features the song "Can You Imagine", in which the main vocals are sung by Chris Squire with Jon Anderson on backing vocals. This Squire-penned song was originally recorded in 1981 as a demo entitled "Can You See" for his aborted XYZ project.
Magnification received a warm reception from critics and fans, although not on the level of older albums such as Fragile or Close to the Edge; the album reached #71 in the UK and #186 in the US.
All songs by Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White.
Magnification (Eagle 189EAG) reached #71 in the UK and #186 in the US during a chart stay of 1 week.
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