THE YES ALBUM

This is the first Yes album I bought. It is truly great. WHile all the songs are good, parts of them just are a little bit 'meh' for me. It starts off with a great rocker, Yours is No Disgrace, which features many style changes throughout, from rocking, to slow, to bluesy, etc. etc. Then comes the Clap, a great acoustic instrumental in which STeve Howe really shines. Starship Trooper is the best song on here. Great riffs, great melodicicity, excellent lyrics, and the outro and the solo (wurm) are truly great. The second half opens with Your Move, the better half of I've seen all good people. Nice acoustic guitar, great 'chess' lyrics (of course its all symbolic). The second half, All Good People, is not as good, because its just straight rock'n'roll, and Yes is not too good at just pure rocking. A Venture is an underrated little gem, with a great story, and some great piano work by Tony Kaye. Then the album closes with Perpetual Change, a rocker, with its ups and downs. I don't know why, the verse just does not do much for me here. But anyway, this album has good and almost no bad. A true prog rock masterpiece. Highlights: Yours is no Disgrace, Starship Trooper, Your Move, A Venture.

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