Yes (Yes album)
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| Studio album by Yes | ||||
| Released | 25 July 1969 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1969 at Advision and Trident Studios, London, England | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 41:17 | |||
| Label | Atlantic, WEA | |||
| Producer | Paul Clay | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (positive)[2] |
| Sputnik Music | [3] |
Yes is the eponymous debut album from British progressive rock band Yes, released in 1969.
Overview
Yes is considered among the first progressive rock albums. The original line-up of vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Peter Banks, keyboardist Tony Kaye, and drummer Bill Bruford remained intact for the album's recording.
Lester Bangs favourably reviewed the album in Rolling Stone, writing that it was "the kind of album that sometimes insinuates itself into your routine with a totally unexpected thrust of musical power."[2]
Anderson is credited on the original LP as "John Anderson" as he hadn't adopted the "Jon" spelling at this time.
Track listing
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Beyond & Before" (Chris Squire/Clive Bailey) | 4:58 | ||||||||
| 2. | "I See You" (Jim McGuinn/David Crosby) | 6:54 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Yesterday and Today" (Jon Anderson) | 2:53 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Looking Around" (Anderson/Squire) | 4:18 | ||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 5. | "Harold Land" (Anderson/Bill Bruford/Squire) | 5:45 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Every Little Thing" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) | 5:46 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Sweetness" (Anderson/Bailey/Squire) | 4:35 | ||||||||
| 8. | "Survival" (Anderson) | 6:23 | ||||||||
| 2003 remaster bonus tracks | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 9. | "Everydays (Single version)" (Stephen Stills) | 6:23 | ||||||||
| 10. | "Dear Father (Early version #2)" (Anderson/Squire) | 5:51 | ||||||||
| 11. | "Something's Coming" (Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim) | 7:09 | ||||||||
| 12. | "Everydays (Early version)" | 5:18 | ||||||||
| 13. | "Dear Father (Early version #1)" | 5:31 | ||||||||
| 14. | "Something's Coming (Early version)" | 8:02 | ||||||||
Personnel
- Jon Anderson: lead vocals, percussion
- Peter Banks: guitars, vocals
- Chris Squire: bass guitar, vocals
- Tony Kaye: Hammond organ, piano
- Bill Bruford: drums, vibraphone
Notes
In a news/blog post on 20 September 2010, Bill Bruford commented about the track "Harold Land" - "Harold Land was a hard-bop tenor saxophone player, dead now, but quite why we named a song after him I can't remember".[4] The song is about the effects of war on the named character, and bears no relation to the life of the sax player Harold Land.
"Every Little Thing" (starting at 1:55) contains the main guitar riff from The Beatles song "Day Tripper".
"Sweetness" is featured in Vincent Gallo's first movie as a director, Buffalo '66.
Reissues
- 1989 - Atlantic - CD
- 1994 - Atlantic - CD (Remastered)
- 2003 - Rhino - CD (Remastered with bonus tracks)
- 2013 - Rhino - CD as part of The Studio Albums 1969-1987
References
- ↑ Eder, Bruce (2011). "Yes - Yes | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bangs, Lester (2011). "Yes: Yes : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/4652/Yes-Yes/
- ↑ "Bill Bruford news archive". www.billbruford.com. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
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