Keys to Ascension 2

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Keys to Ascension 2
Double album by Yes
Released	November 3, 1997
Recorded	Autumn 1995 - Spring 1996
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	101:51
Label	Essential Records
Producer(s)	Yes and Billy Sherwood
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Yes chronology
Keys to Ascension (1996)	Keys to Ascension 2 (1997)	Open Your Eyes (1997)
Booklet

Keys to Ascension 2 is a double album by the British progressive rock group Yes and was released in 1997. It is the successor to the critically-acclaimed Keys to Ascension package from 1996. It is the last album to include Rick Wakeman with the band.

Like its predecessor, the first six tracks of Keys to Ascension 2 were recorded live in San Luis Obispo, California in March 1996. The second disc features new studio recordings from the same sessions that produced the two studio tracks on Keys to Ascension.

Although a little less successful than volume one, Keys to Ascension 2 is just as highly regarded by most Yes critics and followers.

Keys to Ascension 2 features cover art by Roger Dean on an outer sleeve that fits around the package. On the sleeve the image's predominant color is magenta, but the booklet features the painting in its original blue coloration.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Personnel 3 Miscellanea 3.1 Sources

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "I've Seen All Good People" – 7:15
   1. "Your Move" (Jon Anderson)
   2. "All Good People" (Chris Squire)
2. "Going for the One" (Jon Anderson) – 4:59
3. "Time and a Word" (Jon Anderson/David Foster) – 6:23
4. "Close to the Edge" (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe) – 19:41
   1. "The Solid Time of Change"
   2. "Total Mass Retain"
   3. "I Get Up I Get Down"
   4. "Seasons of Man"
5. "Turn of the Century" (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe/Alan White) – 7:55
6. "And You And I" (Jon Anderson; Themes by Bill Bruford/Steve Howe/Chris Squire) – 10:50
   1. "Cord of Life"
   2. "Eclipse" (Jon Anderson/Bill Bruford/Steve Howe)
   3. "The Preacher the Teacher"
   4. "Apocalypse"

[edit] Disc two

1. "Mind Drive" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Alan White/Steve Howe/Rick Wakeman) – 18:37
2. "Foot Prints" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Alan White/Steve Howe) – 9:07
3. "Bring Me to the Power" (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe) – 7:23
4. "Children of Light" – 6:03
   1. "Children of Light" (Jon Anderson/Vangelis/Chris Squire)
   2. "Lifeline" (Rick Wakeman/Steve Howe)
5. "Sign Language" (Steve Howe/Rick Wakeman) – 3:28

Keys to Ascension 2 (Essential EDF CD 457) reached #62 in the UK.

[edit] Personnel

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

[edit] Miscellanea

"Mind Drive" was originally a concept that the band XYZ, which featured Chris Squire, Alan White and Jimmy Page, wrote and demoed in 1981.

[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