THE YES ALBUM

The Yes Album is generally considered their first truly essential album and I certainly would agree with that. I still remember being excited by the opening few bars of the opening track "Yours is no Disgrace" with those stabbing chords and that wonderfully bombastic base riff. An absolute classic slice of Progressive rock even though I still feel the lyrics are a bit well odd. Side One of the album is also home to the multi part "Starship Trooper" another stone cold Classic.My favourite part is the descending guitar pattern slowly building in tension to the almost explosive ending.Side two starts well with one of their most famous songs-the two part-"Seen all Good People" although in hindsight it is quite simple compositionally and instrumentally. The one track I have always struggled with is the closing epic "Perpetual Change".It starts of so well with more stabbing chords and has quite an engaing melody but there is actually not a great deal of musical development especially as it goes on for nearly nine minutes. Overall this album is a minor Classic.Better was to come

4 stars