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Free Music Review: One of Yes's best -- a true classic
Hit: 5 Stars
"The Yes Album" was a watershed release for Yes, and almost 40 years after the album's initial release, it retains its original energy, inventiveness, and freshness. A helpful liner-notes essay by Bill Martin makes clear the reasons why "The Yes Album" was crucial in the group's artistic development, and indeed in the continuation of their career. Moving beyond the well-played but relatively conventional work of their first two albums, Yes experimented with longer, multi-part song suites; the alternating of long and short songs made for an effective and invigorating mix. I still like how "Yours Is No Disgrace" begins with Tony Kaye's organ chords seemingly half a step off from the bass-and-guitar riff that begins the song. Steve Howe's "The Clap" is an evocative, delightful solo guitar piece. "Starship Trooper" boasts soaring vocals by Jon Anderson and muscular bass-guitar stylings from Chris Squire. "I've Seen All Good People" has been subjected to 39 years of merciless heavy-rotation overplaying on FM and then "classic rock" radio, and yet the song is still a delight in its movement from a slow, contemplative beginning to a fast, high-energy conclusion; I just miss the searing drum part that connects "Your Move" and "All Good People" on the live version on "Yessongs." "A Venture" is short, straightforward, well done; this song seems the most like what one might have heard on "Yes" or "Time and a Word." And "Perpetual Change" closes off the album well; Bill Bruford's drumming truly shines here, holding the song down reliably through its many tempo changes. For me, this album makes up part of the essential Yes oeuvre, along with "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge." Highly recommended for fans of 1970's progressive rock.Free Music Review: Yes is no disgrace
Hit: 5 Stars
It doesn't get much better than this, amigo. "The Yes Album" grabs you by the throat from the get-go with the galloping "Yours is No Disgrace," a Steve Howe guitar workout that melds slow bluesy/trippy verses with fast-paced epic instrumental interludes. It clocks in at over 9 minutes of blistering intensity and noble beauty.
Steve Howe offers basically a solo instrumental track with the Chet Atkins inspired "Clap," which is a happy, jumping little number displaying his astonishing picking ability. From there, Yes leaps back into cinematic mode with "Starship Trooper," a slower paced, but majorly intense journey that stretches the senses with some heavy playing blended with lighter touches, all capped with a coda that rivals the Beatles "Hey Jude" for its repetitive, building payoff.
The band's signature harmonies herald the opening of "I've Seen All Good People," which is really a tale of two tunes...part one being an English folk ballad; the second a wailing rocking rave up. The underrated, understated "A Venture" is the next song, which is sort of an atmospheric precusor to "Long Distance Runaround" on "Fragile" {at least, it reminds me of that}. The album closes with "Perpetual Change," which is a great, cracking rocker.
The playing here is not as complex as the band would attempt on later albums, but it is certainly stunningly performed and incredibly arranged. Whether it's for sentimental or artistic reasons, this is still my favorite Yes album release. This "new edition," with its much improved packaging and sound, plus bonus tracks, only gives the fans more to love.
Free Music Review: Great debut of Steve Howe, and by far the best Yes Album
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm really into progressive rock and this is definitely up at about the top of the heap of that category. I wore this cassette out when I was about to finish high school. I had a killer sounding car cassette deck that had a equalizer booster that was out of this world. This has four long epic tracks that I never seem to tire of hearing. Also, it has a couple of songs that some would think is filler, but they are far from that in my opinion. My two favorite songs on here are "Perpetual Change" and "Your's Is No Disgrace". Brilliant stuff if you ask me. I've probably heard "Starship Trooper" and "I've Seen All Good People" a lot more on my radio stations, and of course, they're brilliant also, maybe I'm just a little sick of hearing them constantly, but they're definitely classic Yes to be sure. Steve Howe seems to be the ingredient and shot in the arm that they needed to become a progressive supergroup. I'm not sure of too many reasons to buy these Rhino remasters (except if the sound quality is greatly improved), because they often offer alternative takes and other kinds of worthless bonus tracks, but I have heard some say that they like the sound quite a bit better. I think that I just might keep my original issue and maybe think of purchasing it in the not to distant future. This is definitely the best album to start off your collection with, and maybe try FRAGILE next, but don't start off with RELAYER yet because it's a pretty crazy and wild ride for a newcomer. Enjoy this progressive masterpiece!!!Free Music Review: Awesome album, and don't forget about Tony Kaye....
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the album when "Yes became Yes". I usually don't like those comparisons, but this is one of Yes's best albums, and it was a real commercial breakthrough. It only has 6 tracks (at least on the original version), but they are 6 great tracks. It also has 4 of Yes's signature songs, Yours is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper, Your Move/All Good People, and Perpetual Change. The songwriting is top notch, and the interplay between the musicians (and the beautiful vocals) is really awesome. Many have said this is the quinessential Yes album (no pun intended), but many forget that Rick Wakeman wasn't on this album. Tony Kaye, the original keyboardist, was here and his keyboards blend in perfectly with the band. He isn't as techinically accomplished as Wakeman is/was, but his playing fit the group quite well. Sometimes I think Rick Wakeman, awesome keyboardist he is, didn't like being in a band situation. Keith Emerson, Wakeman's only real rival in the prog rock movement, was able to show off his chops a lot more in ELP than Wakeman ever did in Yes. But then Emerson, Lake, and Palmer was a power trio with Emerson the main focus, not a 5 piece band where the musical "burden" was shared more. I think Kaye doesn't get credit for shaping Yes's music more.
This is one of favorite Yes albums, incredibly complex, tuneful, and wonderful. It's extremely memorable, and the remastering job here is exemplary.
Free Music Review: The Yes Album
Hit: 5 Stars
After two comercially unsuccessful albums (which I happen to like), Peter Banks left the group and in came Steve Howe as well as a new sound for the group. The Yes Album is considered by most to be one of their best albums (Up there with "Fragile" and "Close To The Edge") and it is not hard to hear why. The Yes Album holds some their best songs, including the hit "I've Seen All Good People" and such classics as "Yours Is No Disgrace" and "Starship Trooper". Every song on this album I consider to be great. "The Clap" is a nice accoustic instrumental by Steve Howe. "A Venture" is on the short side (for a Yes song), but is still quite good. "Prepetual Change" is a really great way to close out the album. It should have gotten a lot more attention from the people because this is a great song. Could have been a major hit for the group.
As for editions, well most of you are going to want to go for this version, which is the original album, remastered and with bonus tracks. If you don't want the bonus tracks, go for the 1994 remaster. If you're a collector and like to have the original versions of CD's, then there is an original version out there with the number SD 19131-2. If you want to hunt it down, then feel free, it's somewhat easy to find.
But whichever edition you decide to purchase, you just have to have this album if you want to call yourself a Yes fan.