Received wisdom has it that the outdated progressive rock bands were brought down by the punk hordes in the late 70s. Although this was fanciful, smaller prog bands did struggle into the 80s, and the bigger groups had to think how to appear for the MTV generation.
Yes famously grew mullets, slapped on the hair gel and, in 1983, got themselves some chart action with a new approach on 90125. But on this 1988 solo album, Jon Anderson pushed further into the mainstream, recording in LA with members of Toto and enlisting producer Stewart Levine, who had worked with Simply Red and Randy Crawford. It was never going be another tale from the topographic oceans.
