Big Generator

by Yes

Type: Album
Released: 21 September 1987
Label: ATCO
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 43:43
Community rating: 2.47/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Alan White, Jimmy Z, Lee Thornburg, Nick Lane, Greg Smith, Jon Anderson, The Soul Lips, Stephen Marcussen, Chris Squire, Tony Kaye

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Attempting to follow up the colossal commercial success of their prior work, Yes delivered a highly polished, heavily synthesized pop-rock album. 'Big Generator' balances tight, radio-friendly AOR melodies with the dense, complex vocal harmonies and rhythmic ambition of their progressive roots. It is a bright, eclectic, and meticulously produced snapshot of late-80s commercial rock.

Genres

Pop Rock

Descriptors: arena rock, melodic, rhythmic

Tracklist

Credits

Yes - primary artist, producer [produced by]
Trevor Rabin - arranged by [strings], engineer, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, mixed by, producer [produced by], written-by
Chris Squire - bass guitar, backing vocals, written-by
Garry Mouat - design
Stephen Marcussen - direct metal mastering by
Alan White - drums, percussion, written-by
Allan Goldberg - engineer
Dave Meegan - engineer
David Glover - engineer
Jon Jacobs - engineer
Paul Massey - engineer
Paul de Villiers - engineer, producer [produced by]
Brian Soucy - engineer [assistant]
Jimmy Preziosi - engineer [assistant]
Julie Last - engineer [assistant]
Lois Oki - engineer [assistant]
Mike "Spike" Drake - engineer [assistant]
Mike Kloster - engineer [assistant]
Stuart Breed - engineer [assistant]
Tony Kaye - keyboards, written-by
Jon Anderson - lead vocals, written-by
Elliot Roberts - management
Lookout Management - management
Robert Richards - management
Tony Dimitriades - management
Trevor Horn - producer [produced by]
Kim Bullard - programmed by [keyboards]
Greg Smith - horns
Jimmy Z - horns, harmonica
Lee Thornburg - horns
Nick Lane - horns
The Soul Lips - horns