Howe claimed that Anderson and himself had little collaborative input, saying the two were "squeezed, pushed, undermixed and not allowed to develop and change that music," and added: "So we went into that almost like a group blind-folded, because we started doing [the album]. I kept saying, 'No, it doesn't sound like Yes.' People said, 'Yes, but we have to get it on radio!' I replied, 'No, it's going to lose our fans!'" Despite being uneasy with the material initially, Howe also stated that "From 'Wonderlove' on, I'm a happy guy; I'm sold. There's more familiarity, more of a balance of what the group really did sound like when we were carving this record. The earlier tracks have more of other peoples' view, which isn't as easy to live with, but you win some and you lose some." After Squire and White backed the idea for Sherwood to become a full-time member of Yes, Anderson and Howe agreed on the condition that they bring in Igor Khoroshev, a Russian keyboardist who they had heard tapes of and wished to have him for the "Open Your Eyes" tour; Anderson had discovered Khoroshev through mutual contacts at a software manufacturing company. Although Sherwood played the bulk of the keyboards on-record, a dedicated live keyboardist was required as he preferred to play guitar rather than keyboards on-stage. As Sherwood was mixing "Open Your Eyes", Anderson suggested that Khoroshev play some parts on the album and he went into the studio to put down overdubs on "New State of Mind", "No Way We Can Lose", and "Fortune Seller", the last of which was notable for Khoroshev's Hammond organ solo. Additional keyboards were performed by Toto founder Steve Porcaro on "Open Your Eyes"; Porcaro originally played on the song when it was a Conspiracy track, and his parts were retained for Yes' rendition. Upon the album's completion, Sherwood became a full-time member of Yes. "Open Your Eyes" was originally a Conspiracy song originally titled "Wish I Knew". "Fortune Seller" features the lyric "1-800", a reference to toll-free telephone numbers advertised by television psychics that Sherwood, an avid television viewer, would come across on the screen in his studio. Its original title was "Fortune Teller", but Sherwood agreed to change it to "Fortune Seller" upon Anderson's suggestion which he thought was better.