THE YES ALBUM

Having read and enjoeyd a lot of the reviews on this webpage for the Yes Album, I believe that we have missed the whole point of the album, from the cover, through "Yours is No Disgrace" right to the end of "Perpetual Change" - Yes had written the worlds first audio movie, complete with intermissions a la "Clap" on side one, and "A Venture" on side two. After the mind-blowing tour-de-force of "Yours is no disgrace", the welcome break of " (the) Clap" was a wonderful light piece to get you in the mood for travels into outer space with the neo-classical, out-of-this- world "Starship Trooper". The next 'movie' (Side B) if you will, gets a little hippyish, but hey, this is Yes in 1971, still feeling the effects of the 60's, obviously still HUGE Beatles fans, but not letting this get too much in the way of who they are and what was to come with "Fragile" and, particularly "Close to the Edge". Hey, everyone - "A Venture" is a great number, a welcome break, a SHORT Yes song (not many of those around) and a good, light piece of music that I don't have to think too much about before my senses get heightened and sucked in once again to the challenge and wonder of "Perpetual Change" (better on "Yessongs", but still a masterpiece here). When the curtains close, I'm tired but satified that I've been priviledged to witness not one, but four 'movie' masterpieces on one incredible album, punctuated by some nice music intervals. As for the production, sure, it's not CTTE, but if I'm not mistaken, this was Eddie Offord at the helm of a Yes ship that was moving into uncharted territory...

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