Sound Chaser by Yes

From Wikipedia:
After the ambitious concept double album Tales from Topographic Oceans, Rick Wakeman left Yes to resume his solo career. The band auditioned several prospective replacements, the closest contender being the Greek keyboardist Vangelis. He did not become a member of Yes, but these auditions paved the way for several future collaborations between Vangelis and Jon Anderson. The band finally chose Swiss-born Patrick Moraz as a replacement while this album was well into production. The album title comes from the lyrics of "The Remembering (High The Memory)" from Tales from Topographic Oceans.

As with most of Yes' previous albums, Relayer features artwork by Roger Dean. The CD release features two additional paintings by Dean.

Relayer has the same song format as 1972's Close to the Edge—a long epic on the first side, and two nine-minute pieces on the second—but employs a radically different musical style. "The Gates of Delirium" is a dense, 22-minute piece that was inspired by Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. It features lyrics about the futility of war and a lengthy instrumental middle section portraying 'battle' with galloping rhythms, martial melodies, dissonant harmonies, and clashing sound effects. The final section, in which the drive of the previous sixteen minutes is suddenly replaced by a gentle melody and a lyrical prayer for peace, was released as a U.S. single under the title "Soon" in early 1975. "Sound Chaser" is a jazzy, mostly instrumental piece that echoes the then-popular jazz fusion of Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return To Forever. "To Be Over", the gentlest piece on the album, features complex, melodic arrangements of guitar and electric sitar (at one point quoting a theme from Tales from Topographic Oceans), and arguably features Jon Anderson's most straightforward lyrics since the band's second album, Time and a Word.

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[Tetsuo964Pinocchio]

Chris Squire: The only bassist who can truly rock out with a pick.

[TheMandragoraBCN]

@ladmex53

Man, I only wish that they had done more with this line up. They had balls, and Moraz was just beginning to find his feet...

[MoongliderHighFlyer]

@mikper7 I like Drama as well, after listening to it for quite some time. It ain't easy to adopt any Yes newly released album. I never appreciated "Sound Chaser" till years later, so did it happened to "Tales from Toporgraphy Ocean".

[MoongliderHighFlyer]

@TheMandragoraBCN I agree, Moraz blends in perfectly with the band. It's a pity that he joined Moody Blues later on after leaving Yes, although again he replaced the position of Mike Pinder at the Moodies with even stronger presentation.

[MrJohnboy006]

@thetroutwhisperer I agree I felt the same way. After I played the first time I couldnt put down. Still have orginal LP

[MrJohnboy006]

This was my favorite yes album along with close to the edge and fragile. Amazing playing/singing

[yesmuseum]

The album that made me a Yes addict.

[vinorama58]

@Tetsuo964Pinocchio

Let's see.....John Paul Jones, John Entwistle, John Deacon, Paul McCartney, Duff McKagan, Doug Pinnick, Tom Hamilton....

[TheBgaddy]

I get very confused as to who is playing on what album , but every one sounds great to me ! Again if it wasnt for Rush and Floyd ;Yes would be my fav!

[mikper7]

Am I the only massive Drama fan out there? Anyone?

[ballroomblitzkid1994]

CHA-CHA-CHAAAA, CHA-CHA! Cool song.

[lcslndmt]

epic bass