Magnification (album)

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Magnification
Magnification cover
Studio album by Yes
Released September 11, 2001 (U.K.)
December 4, 2001 (U.S.)
Recorded Spring - Summer 2001
Genre Symphonic rock
Length 60:32
Label Eagle Records (U.K.)
Beyond Music (U.S.)
Producer Yes and Tim Weidner
Professional reviews
Yes chronology
Keystudio
(2000)		 Magnification
(2001)		 In a Word: Yes (1969 - )
(2002)

Magnification is the seventeenth album by progressive rock band Yes, released in 2001. The band's first album of the new century, and their second with a full orchestra (the first being Time and a Word from 1970), Magnification has proven to be one of Yes's more acclaimed later efforts.

Following the departures of guitarist Billy Sherwood and keyboardist Igor Khoroshev, and Rick Wakeman's decision not to rejoin the band, remaining members Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White decided to fill the keyboard role with an orchestra, and hired film composer Larry Groupé to orchestrate.

Magnification received a warm reception from critics and fans, although not on the level of classic albums such as Fragile or Close to the Edge; the album reached #71 in the UK and #186 in the US.

Re-released in 2002 as a limited and numbered 2CD set with alternate artwork. The second disc contains three live performances and a CDRom track with an interview, video of "Don't Go" and a live video of "The Gates Of Delirium".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White.

  1. "Magnification" – 7:16
  2. "Spirit Of Survival" – 6:02
  3. "Don't Go" – 4:27
  4. "Give Love Each Day" – 7:44
  5. "Can You Imagine" – 2:59
  6. "We Agree" – 6:30
  7. "Soft as a Dove" – 2:17
  8. "Dreamtime" – 10:46
  9. "In The Presence Of" – 10:24
    "i) Deeper"
    "ii) Death of Ego"
    "iii) True Beginner"
    "iv) Turn Around and Remember"
  10. "Time Is Time" – 2:09

[edit] 2002 Bonus Disc

  1. "Deeper (In the Presence Of) (Live)" - 11:18
  2. "The Gates of Delirium (Live)" - 23:47
  3. "Magnification (Live)" - 7:44
  4. CD-ROM track containing:
    1. Jon Anderson Video Interview
    2. "Don't Go" (Single Video)
    3. "The Gates of Delirium" (Live Video)

[edit] 2004 Reissue

[edit] Disc 1

  1. "Magnification" – 7:16
  2. "Spirit Of Survival" – 6:02
  3. "Don't Go" – 4:27
  4. "Give Love Each Day" – 7:44
  5. "Can You Imagine" – 2:59
  6. "We Agree" – 6:30
  7. "Soft as a Dove" – 2:17
  8. "Dreamtime" – 10:46
  9. "In The Presence Of" – 10:24
    "i) Deeper"
    "ii) Death of Ego"
    "iii) True Beginner"
    "iv) Turn Around and Remember"
  10. "Time Is Time" – 2:09

[edit] Disc 2

  1. "Close to the Edge" [Live] - 20:04
  2. "Long Distance Runaround" [Live] - 3:44
  3. "Gates of Delirium/Soon" [Live] - 22:41


[edit] Chart Success

Magnification (Eagle 189EAG) reached #71 in the UK and #186 in the US during a chart stay of 1 week.

[edit] Personnel

  • Jon Anderson: Lead Vocals, MIDI Guitar, and Acoustic Guitar
  • Chris Squire: Bass Guitars, Vocals
  • Steve Howe: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Pedal Steel Guitar, Mandolin, and Vocals
  • Alan White: Drums, Percussion, Piano, Vocals

with

  • Larry Groupé: Conductor

[edit] Miscellanea

The track "Can You Imagine" was originally written and demoed by XYZ, the band that Alan White and Chris Squire briefly formed with Jimmy Page in 1981. Its original title was "Believe It". A few words were changed. The version on Magnification features Squire's first-ever lead vocal on a Yes album. The track "In The Presence Of" was largely written by Alan White.

Released on September 11, 2001, but held over for three months in America.

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