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TIL the Prog rock band Yes broke up,members of Yes started a new band called Cinema. Cinema wrote an album largely based off of songs by Yes. While recording the Yes vocalist joined Cinema. Cinema changed its name to Yes. Yes released the album, titled 90125. 90125 became their most successful album

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