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At the suggestion of record company executives, Cinema then changed their name to Yes.

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.

However, the presence of four former Yes members in the band ( three of them founder members, including the distinctive lead singer ) suggested that the name change was sound commercial strategy.

The new album marked a radical change in style as the revived Yes had adopted a pop rock sound that showed little of their progressive roots.

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.