Personally I like it. It has some popish tendencies, but overall it's a pretty good effort, imo. If it would be not very expensive I would buy it in a heart beat.
(But I already have it! ;D)

I think my advise is of no use, since I'm not a big Yes-fan. At times the voice of Jon Anderson is very irritating for me and the guitar-sound of Steve Howe is much to stiff for me. Of course I do have some Yes-albums, like Close To The Edge and Going For The One, but I never got into their collection like for instance Genesis.

I think that I will buy it then...and I´ll have to eat the pop that goes with it, I am not very surprised that there is pop on todays Yes albums. Surprised in some way actually as they keep on using those "progressive" covers if I may say so. Is it to fool that certain buyers because it shure has fooled me sometimes hehe.
It seems that people either like the voice of Jon Anderson or just cant stand it at all. Overall i believe that Yes has lost a wide scale of buyers just because of his "annoying" voice. ;D

Yeah, a lot of people are put off by Anderson's voice. It has never been a problem for me because it seems to usually fits well to the way they compose. I'm usually particularly fussy over vocalists so this view maybe somewhat surprising. For example, I was always put off of Led Zep because of Plant, i'm also not keen on the current vocalists with Marillion & IQ.

Vocalists has always been very important to me. I have always had a rough time with the vocals of Camel. In fact so much that I stopped listen to the band even though they have a few quite interesting instrumental tunes. I have the same thing about drummers. If a band has a boring drummer that draws down the whole band-sound-quality. I remember Phil Collins who once said something like- "The drummer is the most important part of a band". I personally agrees with him. Speaking of Camel I do think that the drummer (forgot his name) is awesome.

Which one?? They had so many, even Phil Collins did some percussion-stuff for them (on I Can See Your House From Here), while Simon Phillips was present on The Single Factor. Andy Ward, their first drummer was quite good. Other drummers were Paul Burgess (on Dust And Dreams, Pressure Points and Stationary Traveller, which has recently been re-released/re-mastered), Christopher Bock (on Dust And Dreams), John Xepoleas (on Harbour Of Tears), Dave Stewart (on Rajaz and some live-CD's) and Denis Clement and Terry Carleton (on the latest studio-album A Nod And A Wink). So... which one do you mean??

Hehe...I did mean Andy Ward that played on the first and Rainbow Dance??? (is that the right title). I dont know if he appeard on any more albums but those are the ones I bought many years ago. I remember there was some very tight drumming on those records. I have heard the Snowgooze as well...think it was quite good (only heard it once). Which ones do you recommend? Maybe the live album with Kit Watkins?

Well, although this thread is dedicated to Yes, I think it isn't a bad idea to give some Camel-tips.

Andy Ward played drums on the first couple of albums:
- Camel
- Mirage
- The Snow Goose
- Moonmadness
- Rain Dances
- A Live Record
- Breathless
- I Can See Your House From Here
and a couple of live-CD's from this period that were released later.

Since you don't like the vocals that much, The Snow Goose would be perfect for you since that's an instrumental album. You're lucky: the first albums (up to A Live Record) were recently re-released, remastered and completed with many interesting bonus-tracks, so be sure to get the right version.
The Snow Goose is one of my favourits, because of its pastoral sphere and beautiful guitar-solo's.
Of course the later albums are fun too and the live-recording with Kit is great (if you "filter" the vocals). The funny thing is on albums like Mirage, Moonmadness and Raindances the vocals aren't that bad, partly because they were recorded quite softly. Mirage contains the evergreen Lady Fantasy (smashing track), Moonmadness has much tenderness, while Raindances features the first steps into jazzrock-like tracks, partly due to the fact that Mel Collins was part of the band then and Canterbury-hero Richard Sinclair (Caravan, Hatfield & The North, etc.) played the bass and sung some typical tracks.
I Can See Your House From Here with Kit has some very good tracks; especially Ice is one of the most wonderful guitar-ballads I've ever heard. Nude has very much the same sphere as The Snow Goose, mostly because it's a concept album too. There are vocals on it though. There's one track on it (Docks) which was written by Kit and which later appeared on his Labyrinth-LP under the title Mt. St. Helens (if I'm wright at least).
From the later albums I like Rajaz the most, mostly because it's very much instrumental and Andy Latimer has a touching tone in his guitar.

Thanks alot for the recommendations. I think I will buy the Snowegoose and a couple of those with Andy Ward. And of course the live album featuring the Kit "the maestro" Watkins. And who knows...I may start to get used to the singing. ;D