Editing Yes (band) (section)

=== 1982–1988: First reformation, ''90125'' and ''Big Generator'' ===
At the beginning of 1982, [[Phil Carson]] of Atlantic Records introduced Squire and White to guitarist and singer [[Trevor Rabin]], who had initially made his name with the South African supergroup [[Rabbitt]], subsequently releasing three solo albums, working as a record producer and even briefly considered being a member of [[Asia (band)|Asia]]. The three teamed up in a new band called [[Cinema (band)|Cinema]], for which Squire also recruited the original Yes keyboard player Tony Kaye. Later in 1982, Cinema entered the studio to record their debut album. Although Rabin and Squire initially shared lead vocals for the project, Trevor Horn was briefly brought into Cinema as a potential singer,<ref name="innerviewsrabin2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.innerviews.org/inner/rabin.html|title=Trevor Rabin – Capturing adrenaline |publisher=Innerviews.org|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref> but soon opted to become the band's producer instead.

Horn worked well with the band. However, his clashes with Tony Kaye (complicated by the fact that Rabin was playing most of the keyboards during the recording sessions) led to Kaye's departure during the recording, though some of his playing was kept on the final album and he had returned by the time it was released.<ref name=innerviewsrabin2004/> Meanwhile, Squire encountered Jon Anderson (who, since leaving Yes, had released two solo albums and had success with the [[Jon and Vangelis]] project) at a Los Angeles party and, encouraged by Atlantic Records vice president [[Phil Carson]], played Anderson the Cinema demo tracks. Anderson was then invited into the project as lead singer and joined in April 1983 during the last few weeks of the sessions, having comparatively little creative input beyond adding his lead vocals and re-writing some lyrics.

At the suggestion of Carson and other Atlantic executives, Cinema then changed their name to Yes in June 1983. Rabin initially objected to this, as he now found that he had inadvertently joined a reunited band with a history and expectations, rather than help launch a new group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoremagacine.com/Entrevistas_eng_det.php?Codigo=19|title=Web dedicada a la Música de Cine y Bandas Sonoras|publisher=ScoreMagacine.com|date=22 September 2005|access-date=22 September 2017|archive-date=5 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705221320/http://www.scoremagacine.com/Entrevistas_eng_det.php?Codigo=19|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, with four of the five members having been members of Yes (with three of them being original members, including the distinctive lead singer) it suggested that the name change was sound commercial strategy. The new album marked a significant change in style as the revived Yes had adopted more of a [[pop rock]] sound with few moments that recalled their progressive rock past. This incarnation of the band has sometimes been informally referred to as "Yes-West", reflecting the band's new base in Los Angeles rather than London.

[[File:Trevor Rabin July 2017.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Trevor Rabin in 2017]]
Yes released their comeback album ''[[90125]]'' (named after its catalogue serial number on [[Atco Records]]) in November 1983. It became their biggest-selling album, certified by the [[RIAA]] at triple-platinum (3 million copies) in sales in the U.S., and introduced the band to younger fans. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" [[List of number-one mainstream rock hits (United States)|topped]] the [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart for four weeks and went on to reach the [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1984|number-one spot]] on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, the only single from Yes to do so,<ref name=allmusicsinglechart/> for two weeks in January 1984. Kaye's short-term replacement on keyboards, [[Eddie Jobson]], appeared briefly in the original video but was edited out as much as possible once Kaye had been persuaded to return to the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yesfans.com/archive/index.php/t-36085.html|title=Why I did not join Yes – by Eddie Jobson [Archive&#93; – Yesfans.com: The place for YES fans since 2001|publisher=Yesfans.com|date=20 February 2004|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref>

In 1984, two further singles from the album "[[Leave It]]" and "[[It Can Happen (Yes song)|It Can Happen]]" reached number 24 and 57, respectively.<ref name=allmusicsinglechart/> Yes also earned their only [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance|Best Rock Instrumental Performance]] in 1985 for the two-minute track "[[Cinema (Yes song)|Cinema]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT151|title=27th Annual Grammy Awards Final Nominations|date=26 January 1985|access-date=12 February 2011|volume=97|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=78|magazine=Billboard|issn=0006-2510|issue=4}}</ref> They were also nominated for an award for [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] with "Owner of a Lonely Heart", and a [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]] award with ''90125''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/02/22/and-whats-your-line-on-the-winners/|title=And What's Your Line on the Winners?|date=22 February 1985|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref> The band's [[List of Yes concert tours (1980s–90s)#9012Live Tour|1984–1985 tour]] was the most lucrative in their history and spawned the home video release ''[[9012Live (video)|9012Live]]'', a concert film directed by [[Steven Soderbergh]] with added special effects from [[Charlex]] that cost $1 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/660003811.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+28%2C+1986&author=Steve+Morse%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=GENESIS%3A+PART-TIME+SOLOISTS%2C+PART-TIME+BAND&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118162911/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/660003811.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+28%2C+1986&author=Steve+Morse%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=GENESIS%3A+PART-TIME+SOLOISTS%2C+PART-TIME+BAND&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2012|title=Genesis: Part-Time Soloists, Part-Time Band |date=28 February 1986|first=Steve|last=Morse|access-date=22 September 2017|newspaper=Boston Globe}}</ref> Issued in 1985, an accompanying live album also appeared that year, ''[[9012Live: The Solos]]'', which earned Yes a nomination for a second Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for Squire's solo track, a rendition of "[[Amazing Grace]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1987/grammys.htm|title=29th Grammy Awards – 1987|publisher=Rock on the Net|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref>

Yes began recording for their twelfth album, ''[[Big Generator]]'', in 1985, initially with Trevor Horn returning as producer. The sessions underwent many starts and stops due to the use of multiple recording locations in Italy, London and Los Angeles, with interpersonal problems leading to Horn leaving the sessions partway through, all of which kept the album from timely completion (the album was intended for a 1986 release, but by the end of that year it was still incomplete).<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Yesyears documentary 1991|quote=Chris Squire on Big Generator: "It was supposed to come out a year before it did, which would've been better timing"}}</ref> Eventually Rabin took over final production. The album was released in September 1987, and immediately began receiving heavy radio airplay, with sales reaching number 17 in the UK<ref name=officialchartsuk/> and number 15 in the U.S.<ref name=allmusicalbumchart/> ''Big Generator'' earned Yes a nomination for a second Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1988, and was also certified platinum (with 1 million-plus in sales) by the RIAA.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CeslAAAAIBAJ&pg=6885,4044707&dq|title=Irish rockers among Grammy nominees|date=15 January 1988|author=Larry McShane|website=[[The Telegraph (Nashua)|The Telegraph]]|publisher=Telegraph Publishing Company|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref> The single "[[Love Will Find a Way (Yes song)|Love Will Find a Way]]" topped the Mainstream Rock chart, while "[[Rhythm of Love (Yes song)|Rhythm of Love]]" reached number 2 and "[[Shoot High Aim Low]]" number 11.<ref name=allmusicalbumchart/> The [[List of Yes concert tours (1980s–90s)#Big Generator Tour|1987–1988 tour]] ended with an appearance at Madison Square Garden on 14 May 1988 as part of the star-studded [[Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary|Atlantic Records 40th anniversary concert]].