Final Eyes
| Big Generator | ||||
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| Studio album by Yes | ||||
| Released | 21 September 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1985–1987 | |||
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| Length | 43:38 | |||
| Label | Atco | |||
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Big Generator is the twelfth studio album by the English rock band Yes, released on 21 September 1987 by Atco Records. After touring worldwide in support of their previous album, 90125 (1983), which saw the band move from progressive rock towards a pop-oriented and commercially accessible direction, Yes started work on a follow-up in 1985 with producer Trevor Horn. A laborious album to make, recording began at Carimate, Italy, but internal and creative differences resulted in production to resume in London, where Horn ended his time with the band due to continuing problems. The album was completed in Los Angeles in 1987 by Rabin and producer Paul DeVilliers.
Big Generator received some mixed reviews from music critics, and the album reached number 15 on the Billboard 200 and number 17 on the UK Albums Chart. In April 1988, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling one million copies in the US. Like 90125, it was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The album spawned three singles, "Love Will Find a Way", "Rhythm of Love", and "Final Eyes". Yes supported Big Generator with a tour of North America and Japan from November 1987 to April 1988, after which Anderson left the group. The album was reissued in 2009 with bonus tracks.
In February 1985, the Yes line-up of lead vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, keyboardist Tony Kaye, drummer Alan White, and guitarist and vocalist Trevor Rabin, ended their twelve-month world tour in support of their eleventh studio album, 90125 (1983). The album marked a considerable change in musical direction for the group as they had moved from their pioneering progressive rock sound of the 1970s towards more accessible and pop-oriented music, helped by the production of Trevor Horn and Rabin's demos which formed most the songs. 90125 went on to become the band's highest selling album, contained the US number one single "Owner of a Lonely Heart", and earned the band their first and only Grammy Award, one for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, with "Cinema".
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