"Magnification" represents the first time Yes has recorded without a keyboardist - perhaps it's just as well, since that's always been the least consistent role in the band (no other slot has been filled by six different people over the years). This time, though, they record with a small orchestra - and the effect is rather beautiful, if not particularly original.But then again, what's "not particularly original" for Yes would be "ground-breaking" for just about any other band. All in all, this is a pretty good effort, and slightly over an hour's worth of pretty solid Yes music. Not as outstanding or as surprisingly upbeat-rockin' as "Ladder," their previous album, but not even remotely as dismal as "Open Your Eyes," the one before that.Most surprising moment: Electric guitar in "Don't Go" very reminiscent of Lindsey Buckingham in Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy."