Music  |  Reviews  Yes: Fly From Here  [Frontiers Records]  July
11, 2011  |  10:03am Yes: <em>Fly From Here</em>  The long
version: longtime Yes vocalist/songwriter/figurehead Jon
Anderson falls ill with respiratory issues, is unable to
participate in a 2008 tour, is replaced by Canadian Benoît
David, former vocalist for a Yes tribute band named Close to the
Edge. Legendary producer Trevor Horn (formerly of The Buggles
and Yes’ 1980 album, Drama) is recruited for a new Yes project:
Fly From Here, set to revive the epic title track which was
written (but never recorded) in the days of Drama. Anderson, who
was kept blind from the personnel changes, gets wind, gets
pissed, writes a disappointed letter on his website, moves on
with his life. The short version: Despite an absolute mountain
of bullshit and the nearly certain prospect that Fly From Here,
their 20th studio album, would be a laughable disaster, Yes have
released their best work since the ‘70s.  First, let’s talk
about the new guy. David’s voice is na