- Audio CD (29 Aug 2011)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Double CD
- Label: Music Club Deluxe
- ASIN: B004USQSIQ
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 8,021 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Siberian Khatru | |||
| 2. Yours Is No Disgrace | |||
| 3. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed | |||
| 4. Mood For A Day | |||
| 5. Everydays | |||
| 6. I've Seen All Good People (Your Move; All Good People) | |||
| 7. Heart Of The Sunrise | |||
| 8. Starship Trooper | |||
| 9. Close To The Edge | |||
| 10. The Solid Times Of Change | |||
See all 13 tracks on this disc
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Owner Of A Lonely Heart | |||
| 2. Wonderous Stories | |||
| 3. Roundabout | |||
| 4. And You And I | |||
| 5. Cord Of Life | |||
| 6. Eclipse | |||
| 7. The Preacher The Teacher | |||
| 8. Apocalypse | |||
| 9. Long Distance Runaround | |||
| 10. Going For The One | |||
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See all 15 tracks on this disc
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Product Description
Product Description
Yes are one of British Progressive Rock’s greatest and most enduring bands. This top value double CD collection is the ideal Yes primer, taking a panoramic sweep from their early days in the late 1960s, through such classics as the rapturous ‘And You And I’ and on into the late seventies and early eighties, when the band scored global hit singles with classics such as ‘Wonderous Stories’ ‘Going For The One’ and ‘Owner Of A Lonely Heart’. This collection also shows the band at their most innovative and inventive best, with epics such as ‘Siberian Khatru’ and ‘Close To The Edge’ featured in their entirety. ‘Wonderous Stories’ indeed!
The stunning artwork features their iconic logo which has been approved for usage by the legendary Roger Dean. Yes have had no fewer than six Top 10 UK albums and worldwide album sales currently stand at 50 million units.
Product Description
2CD set quality comp with the best tracks from the 60s to 80s, from albums that sold 50 million units ! Incl I've Seen All Good People, Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Wonderous Stories, Going For The One, Close To The Edge and more
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Yes are often considered to be the archetypal progressive rock group, virtuosic musicians playing long complex pieces with unusual time signatures and chord changes. Their music is, however, surprisingly eclectic. It evolved significantly over the years, and the AOR of Owner Of A Lonely Heart (from 1983) has little in common with anything from the jazz-influenced Yes Album (1971). Major personell changes may have had something to do with this (both musicians and producers), along with a desire to change with the times.
Yes even wrote shorter, more radio-friendly songs, such as Wondrous Stories, with remarkably positive results. There is an interesting single edit of Soon, originally from Gates Of Delirium: both of these songs have real atmosphere if you have the patience to sit and lesson!
Personally I like the material from the Yes Album above everything else here. Yours Is No Disgrace, I've Seen All Good People and the magnificent Starship Trooper are all here, three of the most impressive rock tracks ever written: they simply do not make music like this anymore! Why is it so brilliant? Difficult to explain, you just have to listen! Obvious highlights are the church organ on ISAGP and the 3 chord riff of Wurm (at the end of Starship Trooper) which results in one of the most exhilerating guitar solos ever! But the arrangements are generally excellent as they emphasize all of the musicians and their capabilities (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye and Bruford) without any one of them really hogging the limelight. Then of course Wakeman came along and the band dynamics changed. Not that he isn't an excellent keyboard-player.
Steve Howe is a truly legendary guitarist with a very original style: his solo Mood For A Day, from Fragile, is a welcome inclusion. Roundabout is another classic, along with And You And I from Close To The Edge. In fact just about all of the latter album is featured, with some justification: it is the definitive prog rock album from the definitive prog rock band. But I still prefer the Yes Album!
There is inevitably a track from 'Tales..' not Ritual as one might expect but 'The Remembering'. There are no major omissions, however there is no 'Time And A Word', 'Don't Kill The Whale' or 'It Can Happen', all significant hits in their time.
I am not a huge fan of their later material, but the acapella version of Leave It is well worth a listen, as is Owner Of A Lonely Heart. I don't think anybody will complain about the quality of the music! At best it is amazing, at worst it is merely very good.
Yes even wrote shorter, more radio-friendly songs, such as Wondrous Stories, with remarkably positive results. There is an interesting single edit of Soon, originally from Gates Of Delirium: both of these songs have real atmosphere if you have the patience to sit and lesson!
Personally I like the material from the Yes Album above everything else here. Yours Is No Disgrace, I've Seen All Good People and the magnificent Starship Trooper are all here, three of the most impressive rock tracks ever written: they simply do not make music like this anymore! Why is it so brilliant? Difficult to explain, you just have to listen! Obvious highlights are the church organ on ISAGP and the 3 chord riff of Wurm (at the end of Starship Trooper) which results in one of the most exhilerating guitar solos ever! But the arrangements are generally excellent as they emphasize all of the musicians and their capabilities (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye and Bruford) without any one of them really hogging the limelight. Then of course Wakeman came along and the band dynamics changed. Not that he isn't an excellent keyboard-player.
Steve Howe is a truly legendary guitarist with a very original style: his solo Mood For A Day, from Fragile, is a welcome inclusion. Roundabout is another classic, along with And You And I from Close To The Edge. In fact just about all of the latter album is featured, with some justification: it is the definitive prog rock album from the definitive prog rock band. But I still prefer the Yes Album!
There is inevitably a track from 'Tales..' not Ritual as one might expect but 'The Remembering'. There are no major omissions, however there is no 'Time And A Word', 'Don't Kill The Whale' or 'It Can Happen', all significant hits in their time.
I am not a huge fan of their later material, but the acapella version of Leave It is well worth a listen, as is Owner Of A Lonely Heart. I don't think anybody will complain about the quality of the music! At best it is amazing, at worst it is merely very good.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the first time I have had a good listen to the early Yes music, such as Close to the edge and Fragile since when they were issued on LP in 1972.Its great and good as ever. Very Very pleasing to the ear after all these years.I am a drummer myself and have listened to a lot of King Crimson with Bruford lately.And I know its not just Bruford thats good its the whole team.
Timeless music and a great compilation.
Timeless music and a great compilation.
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