that a lot of people forget, is that JA actually wrote a lot of the songs in the band. He was a major creative force in the band. They didn't just lose their singer; they lost maybe their main creative force.

Also, is it weird that Magnification is like a top 3 Yes album for me?

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: Since it's main comparison on that front is
: Magnification and it can't hope to compete
: with it. But it certainly would have been a
: hell of a lot better of a swan song than
: H&E. Whereas with FFH I didn't really mind
: either way if they never put out another
: album, and wasn't all that upset about not
: getting back together with Anderson. With
: this album I really hope they can get their
: shit together at least one more time
: (hopefully with JA on board) just so that
: H&E doesn't have to be the last thing they
: leave us on.
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