Yes (Yes album)
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Yes is the 1969 eponymous debut album from the British progressive rock band Yes, considered among the first progressive rock albums. With the original Yes line-up of vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Peter Banks, keyboardist Tony Kaye and drummer Bill Bruford, Yes was the quintet's original musical release.
Two of the eight songs on the album are covers.
Lester Bangs favourably reviewed the album in Rolling Stone, writing that it was "the kind of album that sometimes insinuates itself into your routine with a totally unexpected thrust of musical power."[1]
Track listing
- All Songs Copyright Yessongs, except where noted.
Side one
- "Beyond and Before" (Squire/Clive Bailey) – 4:58
- "I See You" (Jim McGuinn/David Crosby; Essex Music Ltd.) – 6:54
- "Yesterday and Today" (Anderson) – 2:53
- "Looking Around" (Anderson/Squire) – 4:05
Side two
- "Harold Land" (Anderson/Bruford/Squire) – 5:45
- "Every Little Thing" (Lennon/McCartney; Northern Songs) – 5:46
- "Sweetness" (Anderson/Clive Bailey/Squire) – 4:35
- "Survival" (Anderson) – 6:23
2003 remaster bonus tracks
- "Everydays (Single Version)" (Stephen Stills) – 6:23
- "Dear Father (Early Version #2)" (Anderson/Squire) – 5:51
- "Something's Coming" (Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim) – 7:09
- "Everydays (Early Version)" (Stephen Stills) – 5:18
- "Dear Father (Early Version #1)" (Anderson/Squire) – 5:31
- "Something's Coming (Early Version)" (Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim) – 8:02
Personnel
- Jon Anderson (written on the original LP as "John Anderson"): lead vocals, "incidental" percussion
- Peter Banks: guitars and vocals
- Chris Squire: bass and vocals
- Tony Kaye: organ, piano
- Bill Bruford: drums
Notes
In a news/blog post on the 20th of September 2010, Bill Bruford commented about the track "Harold Land" - "(Harold Land was a hard-bop tenor saxophone player, dead now, but quite why we named a song after him I can’t remember.)" [2] The song is about the effects of war on the named character, and bears no relation to the life of the sax player Harold Land.
The song "Every Little Thing" (starting at 1:55) contains the main guitar riff from The Beatles song "Day Tripper"
External links
Reissues
1989 - Atlantic - CD
1994 - Atlantic - CD (Remastered)
2003 - CD (Remastered with Bonus Tracks)