People who call it tuneless and unmelodic are especially out of their minds.
I've listened to the album so much I could probably play out every note in my head without even listening to it.
I don't see how Revealing Science of God, The Remembering or Ritual are any more pretentious or "overblown" than the other long epics Yes have done. Those are great, highly melodic songs. Ritual especially has an almost bubblegum pop sensibility to it.
People forget how poppy Yes actually were, even before 90125. I mean seriously, I've Seen All Good People and Roundabout. Come on. They maintained the progressive elements, but they were also very hummable pop songs, when you get down to it.
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