THE YES ALBUM

Yes

Symphonic Prog

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The great guitar of Steve Howe cranked out of the speakers as the album opened... and with that, Yes had their first masterpiece.

Yours is no disgrace: Yes has done numerous songs that are around ten minutes long. Aside from "Siberian khatru", this is my favourite of the bunch. This great song has pretty much everything in it. Incredible guitar work (what a way to kick off Howe's introduction to the band), driving bass, beautiful vocals, nice backing keyboard, the usual perfect drumming. To not like this song is to not like Yes. 10/10, easily.

(The) Clap: Similar in style to "Mood for a day", this one is a nice little break into between the longer songs. Like any little acoustic song, it can get annoying from time to time, but overall it's useful. 8/10.

Starship trooper: When people talk about this album, this seems to be the one track they rave about, particularly the "Wurm" section at the end. I'm not as crazy about it as most, but I still feel it deserves a big score. 9/10 for this one.

I've seen all good people: I've seen this called bad, pop, weak, etc. and I have to disagree. I think this is a very nice song on par with the track that preceeded it. 9/10

A venture: This is routinely called a filler... but I think it's the third best song on here. I sometimes find myself waiting for the previous track to finish just so I can hear it. I absolutely love the vocals and backing instruments on it. "A peaceful man would realize alone is no adventure"... 10/10

Perpetual change: Oh my, yes. Much like Howe came and kicked you in the teeth to introduce himself on the album's opener, he returns at the end to do similarly as the album winds down. A very powerful track that's a fantastic album clincher. Honestly, I prefer the Yessongs version, but this is still worthy of an ace. 10/10.

To me, this is an easy five star album (not an average of the above scores) and has to be picked up by any prog fan.

dagrush | 5/5 | 2005-11-14

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