THE YES ALBUM

The yes album shows Yes' potential at this stage in their careers with three songs here: Yours is no disgrace, one of the best early mid-length efforts of any prog band, Starship trooper, which is excellent for the first two parts, but perhaps goes on for too long towards the end, also ending lamely, and I've seen all good people, perhaps the best song on the album, which has a real two part contrast, manages as much in 6 minutes as Starship trooper does in 10, and perhaps preempts And you and I. As always with Yes, the lyrics here are fairly rubbish. The other three songs are kind of non-events, and do not require much re-listening.