Album of Last Friday

Talk, by Yes (1994): If Tormato has a bad reputation in Yesland, Talk is downright loathed. YesWest (the Trevor Rabin-led version of the band) always had is hard from some sections of the fandom, but this album exacerbated it by slouching towards a Rabin solo album. Tony Kaye might as well have had his picture put on a milk carton, 'cause he's AWOL for the most part (euphemistically credited with "Hammond organ," 'tho I don't hear a lot of Hammond in the mix), with Rabin handling most of the keys work. Rabin also allegedly took a good chunk of Squire's bass parts and touched them up after the fact, as well. By that point, you can see why devoted Yesfans might see Talk as little more than a Rabin solo album. That may be true, but it's still one of the better late-period Yes albums in my book, "Endless Dream," in particular.