Keys to Ascension

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Keys to Ascension
Live album (double) by Yes
Released	28 October 1996
Recorded	Autumn 1995 - Spring 1996
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	1:56:12
Label	Essential Records
Producer(s)	Yes
Professional reviews
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Yes chronology
Talk (1994)	Keys to Ascension (1996)	Keys to Ascension 2 (1997)

Keys to Ascension is a double album by the British progressive rock group Yes and was released in 1996. The last time Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and Alan White had worked together on officially released studio recordings was 1978's Tormato.

The first seven of the album’s nine tracks were recorded live in San Luis Obispo, California’s Fremont Theater during three nights in March of 1996. The purpose of these concerts was to capture the spontaneity of a live performance under controlled conditions, similar to that of a studio. These performances were also filmed and released as a live video under the same title.

The last two tracks are studio recordings of new compositions recorded in the autumn of 1995 until early 1996. Other live recordings not released on this album, as well as several more studio tracks from the same session, were held over for release in 1997 on Keys to Ascension 2.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 1.3 Personnel 1.4 Sources

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "Siberian Khatru" (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe/Rick Wakeman) – 10:16
2. "The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Steve Howe/Rick Wakeman/Alan White) – 20:31
3. "America" (Paul Simon) – 10:28
4. "Onward" (Steve Howe/Chris Squire) – 5:40
   • Features a new intro by Steve Howe entitled "Unity"
5. "Awaken" (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe) – 18:29

[edit] Disc two

1. "Roundabout" (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe) – 8:30
2. "Starship Trooper" – 13:06
   1. "Life Seeker" (Jon Anderson)
   2. "Disillusion" (Chris Squire)
   3. "Würm" (Steve Howe)
3. "Be the One" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Steve Howe) – 9:50
   1. "The One"
   2. "Humankind"
   3. "Skates"
4. "That, That Is" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Steve Howe/Alan White) – 19:15
   1. "Togetherness"
   2. "Crossfire"
   3. "The Giving Things"
   4. "That Is"
   5. "All in All"
   6. "How Did Heaven Begin?"
   7. "Agree to Agree"
   • The above two tracks are studio recordings

Keys to Ascension (Essential EDF CD 417) reached #48 in the UK. It also reached #99 in the US during a chart stay of 2 weeks.

[edit] Personnel

• Jon Anderson - vocals
• Chris Squire - bass, vocals
• Steve Howe - guitar, vocals
• Rick Wakeman - keyboards
• Alan White - drums

[edit] Sources

• AllMusicGuide.com
• "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002

Yes
Jon Anderson | Chris Squire | Steve Howe | Rick Wakeman | Alan White
Peter Banks | Tony Kaye | Bill Bruford | Patrick Moraz | Geoff Downes | Trevor Horn | Trevor Rabin | Billy Sherwood | Igor Khoroshev
Discography
Studio albums: Yes | Time and a Word | The Yes Album | Fragile | Close to the Edge | Tales from Topographic Oceans | Relayer | Going for the One | Tormato | Drama | 90125 | Big Generator | Union | Talk | Open Your Eyes | The Ladder | Magnification
Live albums: Yessongs | Yesshows | 9012Live: The Solos | Keys to Ascension | Keys to Ascension 2 | House of Yes: Live from House of Blues
Compilations: Yesterdays | Classic Yes | Yesstory | The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection
Remix albums: Yes Remixes
Box sets: Yesyears | In a Word: Yes (1969 - ) | The Word is Live