ABSTRACT
Progressive rock musicians evidently had aspirations to create 'high art', in contrast to the singles chart pop music of the period. For many commentators, Yes represent the quintessential exponents of British progressive rock – a genre of popular music most strongly associated with the early 1970s. The relative success of the Yes album, 90125, in 1983, and especially the chart-topping single 'Owner of a Lonely Heart', is surprising. An interesting addition on the album is the presence of a single track that was 'recorded live at Air Studios, London'. The album cover, title, song structure, musical material, level of repetition, use of samples and emphasis on recording technology all point towards a new direction for the band–a direction which places greater emphasis on modern technology. In terms of timbre the song is dominated by a few contrasting elements: guitar, bass and drums, the vocal lines and a number of samples.
