Tormato
by
Yes
Edit

Release type:What's this?
studio album
First released:
Sep 20 1978

Overview Edit

Tormato is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock group Yes. Issued as the follow-up to 1977's acclaimed Going for the One, Tormato received less than charitable reviews upon release and its virtues are still a matter of debate for Yes fans and critics, although some point out that, while the compositions became shorter and more catchy, the classic Yes sound was still alive and well. However, many fans and some band members - particularly Rick Wakeman - state that the production was faulty, resulting in compressed and dull sound and Squire's bass lacked most of his earlier power.

The Overview appearing in this section is attributed to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tormato. Portions of this Overview may be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0 or any later version, available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Additional terms may apply. See Wikipedia Terms of Use for details.

This particular version Edit

Record label:
Catalog number:
unknown
Release dates:
  • Aug 16 1994

Genres

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR), Circus, Classic Rock, Progressive Rock. Vote on Genres

What do Amazon.com customers think?

5 stars Don't Judge This Yes Album By It's Cover
Let's now do justice to one of the most undervalued albums in Yes' catalog, "Tormato." Why this album continues to get a bad rap is a mystery to me. I like this album very much, and consider it to be one of Yes' best, certainly somewhere in their Top 10 best. Honestly, what's so bad about "Tormato"? Absolutely nothing! Say what you want about the splattered tomato on the album cover, but the "Tormato" album itself is excellent. After several albums of lengthy, complex prog-rock (albeit great pro…
Written by Alan Caylow
3 stars The pressure's on- is there lack of concentration?
Tormato has a reputation as one of the worst Yes albums, but if you ask individual Yes fans their opinion of it, they're likely to say it's not that bad.

And it's not. "Don't Kill The Whale," "Release, Release," and "Onward" are all very good songs. And "On The Silent Wings Of Freedom" is pretty much the epitome of "classic Yes."

But unfortunately, there's also some really bad stuff here. The ear-grating "Madrigal" is Yes self-parody that is mercifully short, "Arriving UFO" is just plain weird (…
Written by Evil Lincoln

Track listing Edit

  • CD 1 : Tormato

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Future Times/Rejoice
    ?:??
    Play Buy track
    2
    Don't Kill the Whale
    ?:??
    Play Buy track
    3
    Madrigal
    ?:??
    Play Buy track
    4
    Release, Release
    ?:??
    Play Buy track
    5
    Arriving UFO
    ?:??
    Play Buy track
    6
    Circus of Heaven
    ?:??
    Play Buy track
    7
    Onward - Yes, Squire, Chris
    ?:??
    Play Buy track
    8
    On the Silent Wings of Freedom
    ?:??
    Play Buy track

Credits Edit

Surely someone is credited on this release! Add a credit?

Other versions Edit

8 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Sep 20 1978 in United Kingdom
view details
Tormato 18 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Elektra / Wea
catalog number: K50518
release dates: Feb 24 2004 in United States
view details
Tell us about another version?

Trivia Edit

  • We don't know any trivia about this release. Add some?

Websites Edit

SoundUnwound is not responsible for the content of external websites.