90125 by Yes

90125, Yes' eleventh album, came out on Atco on 7 November 1983, named after its own catalog number, and it's the old prog giants rebooted for a new generation. It started as another band entirely: after Yes fell apart in 1981, Chris Squire and Alan White teamed up with guitarist, singer and songwriter Trevor Rabin as Cinema, and brought back Tony Kaye, the original keyboard man who'd been fired in 1971. Rabin's demos steered them toward punchy, radio-ready pop-rock, and when Jon Anderson came back to sing co-lead during the mixing, Cinema became Yes.

Trevor Horn, who'd sung for Yes on Drama, produced at Sarm East with a bright, hard-edged sheen. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" gave them their only US number one, "Cinema" won a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, and the album became the biggest seller they ever had.

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