The Yes Album

I'm punk innit so this sort of shit brings me out in hives, and it doesn't even have Rick Wakeman and his capes on it.

Like rush but boring

This is and has everything I love about so-called rock music: power.. melody.. mystery...great musicianship... catchy riffs... majestic yet accessible. Don't let the 4 rather long songs put you off if you've not experienced this before, and it may take some time to sink in but it's best listened either in headphones or fully immersed stereo - and loud! Starship Troopers is my personal favourite here but each track stands out for different reasons. Chris Squire's growly bass and band vocal harmonies are specifically individual standouts throughout. 9/10. 5 stars.

Some grown ass white men have Dungeons & Dragons; I have classic Yes albums. Finally something I actually own! If this album is on the list in place of “Close to the Edge” that’s a shame, but I’ll take what I can get. Steve Howe is on my guitar Mt. Rushmore.

The Yes Album is 'ok'. It is not bad, and there are some catchy moments where it is enjoyable as an afterthought, and then that is it: an afterthought that might slowly creep into your humming lexicon over years of exposure. It has that classic rock appeal in 2021 that would make this ideal for any rotation in some place like a garage or shared workspace. The music is benign, to put it nicely, and the vocals are easily ignored. It is prog-rock after all, and the whole ignore-me-while-I-am-over-here-doing-my-own-thing just bleeds from this album. So this listener will do just that, not even curious enough to wonder what it is that is being missed here.

This fills me with dread. Again, I will try to shed any preconceptions before listening, but my impression of Yes is great cover art, terrible 10 minute prog noodling. And with that, I am met by 10 minutes of noodling in 'Yours is No Disgrace'. Imagine the worst excesses of Pink Floyd, but without the oddball charm of Syd Barrett's era, or the arthouse fury of Roger Waters' era. Essentially, David Gilmour's Floyd. Yuck. Then there's a noodly acoustic thing. It's innofensive but pointless. Now we're getting into serious prog with Starship Trooper, which has three sections listed. It's not based on Robert Heinlein's novel to the best of my knowledge, and therefore has nothing interesting about it. I've Seen All Good People also has three movements (said in the bowel sense of the word) but is shorter and marginally less painful. The middle of it sounds like Status Quo, and I would rather listen to Status Quo than this, and that is saying something. Something interesting happened at the start of Perpetual Change, but in keeping with the name it ended after 20 seconds. Then it went back to the same tired musician's music as it had before. Apparently this album's success stemmed from a postal strike meaning that only London chart returns could be processed in the week of its release, artificially inflating it's chart position. This makes sense of a lot of this for me. You can see why a lot of people hate Prog. I don't - Floyd, Hawkwind, Rush and Caravan bloody rule. This sort of noodly awfulness is why people hate Prog.

I am not a fan of prog, not a fan. Did not hat e this as much as I expected; The B3 keyboards of Tony Kaye is far less pretentious and widdly-widdly than the subsequent synthesizer overkill of Rick Wakeman. New boy Steve Howe hasn't gone full prog yet, either. This still sounds like a rock band, as opposed the the over-arranged clever-clogs, full blown progressive of the 70s that was right around the corner. As with all prog albums, moments of rock and roll appear, only to be lost in a swamp of tedium. All talk and no bloody trousers. Even Classic Rock magazine thinks this album is not up to par (but could have been., and they _like_ this stuff. According to wikipedia, they were on the verge of being dropped by their label, but avoided this by using an opportunity to manipulate the charts to goose the release until it got its own sales legs. prog: it's the emperors new music.

Sure, I could try to be objective here. So many criticisms could fairly be levelled at Yes and all they represent: excessive, bloated prog with overly academic philosophising. In albums like this one, there’s often more focus on showing off instrumentally than concise songwriting, and don’t even get me started on those outfits. Could any music be less cool than this? The fact is, “The Yes Album” has long been one of my favourite albums of all time. In my teenage years, the band had already started to look like the mythical creatures they might have sang about. Prog still lived in a dark and secret place, vanquished from the mainstream, and hearing this band for the first time felt like unlocking a whole new language. When I listen now, I still get a kick out of the intro to “Yours Is No Disgrace”, with the whole band giving it their all. The perfectly paced “Wurm” sequence at the end of “Starship Trooper”: one of the best build-ups in rock. The harmonies and countermelodies used in “I’ve Seen All Good People”, enough to give the Beatles a run for their money. The thrilling instrumental break in “Perpetual Change” when we get two totally different recordings overlapping, panned hard left and right before the main hook returns. Any gripes people could have with prog rock are executed so well here, with such energy and enthusiasm that it’s hard not to just enjoy the ride. What’s more, “The Yes Album” captures the band in their more accessible early stages. It’s pre-Rick Wakeman and his myriad of keyboard solos, when the rot started to truly set in. While there might be many instrumental passages here, all of them hang on to some choppiness. It’s easier to be breathlessly swept along, rather than constantly checking the time and getting sick of the noodling. Chris Squire’s trebly bass is deliciously high in the mix, forming one of Yes’s many hallmark sounds. Guitarist Steve Howe had only just joined the band and does incredible work, from the duelling guitars at the climax of “Starship Trooper” to live acoustic showcase “Clap”. I’ve written this review as an unapologetic classic prog fan. I’m long past the point of trying to get anyone else into Yes, but I’ll snap up any opportunity to talk about why I love them.

An amazing introduction into progressive rock. I really enjoy the bass in the tracks because of how clear it is. There's nothing really else to say other than that it's one of the greatest albums of all time. Highlights: 1, 3, 4, and 6.

Great stuff, I love they mix the bass hot. Great musicianship, solid guitar fills and solos.

A brilliant prog album that showcases Yes at their peak. It shows them moving away from making a regular album with 8 songs on it to having 6 songs where some are extended epics and others are quick and easy. Listened to this one before and it’s still easy to lose yourself in

The opening to Yours Is No Disgrace is such a jam. I'm less sold on the vocals to be totally honest, but everything in between is fantastic. I'm also enjoying the bass lines a lot. The more of the song I hear though, the less the vocals throw me off. But still, the guitar work >>> vocals in this track. The Clap is a nice breather after Yours Is No Disgrace. Starship Trooper is really funky, and I always appreciate a song with movements. The second movement is fantastic, I love the guitar in it. No thoughts, head empty, just vibes. I've Seen All Good People has some FUN organ work. One of my favorite instruments, honestly. Again, vocals aren't selling me, but the instrumental behind the track is amazing. The opening to Perpetual Change is AMAZING. I love love love it. Overall, this was a fun album, with a lot of insanely cool instrumental work that was hampered in my opinion by the vocals. If it was purely an instrumental album, I would have loved it so much more.

How many fucking yes albums are in this list. No.

Fantastic! Already listened twice and will definitely be in regular circulation. Note: this is an album that is best listened to cover to cover.

Yes has always been a great band to mellow out to and enjoy. I am enjoying these moments of discovery.

I really like a lot of prog rock and prog metal, and I know yes is a big part of that, but I've never been able to really get into them in the past. This album was better than expected, but the song I recognized 'all good people' was definitely the low point IMO. There were good instrumentals throughout and i found myself enjoying a lot of it, but feeling embarrassed by other cheesy pieces. It's a 3.5 that I will begrudgingly rank up to a 4 because I gotta back up prog as a genre.

This album is the epitome of Yes: oddly long songs that are only connected through the key and some sporadic lyrics. The rhythms and sounds make each song feel like a road trip through the mountains, and even though I don't like how lengthy they are, I can appreciate it. Favorite track: The Clap

Meh

Awesome!

Prog? Yes

Instrumentally, Yes are a fine group and this is displayed on the album via lengthy suites, featuring plenty of guitar and keyboard interplay. Vocally, they're a bit iffy, there's some nice harmonies, but I feel they lack a strong lead singer for the material. Jon Anderson sounds like he would be better off singing in a pop group. I quite enjoyed 'Your Move', which is the first part of 'I've Seen All Good People' plus the solo Portuguese guitar instrumental 'Clap' (recorded live) displays the technical prowess of guitarist Steve Howe. Overall it's well above average, but there are better prog albums. That is quite a cool album cover though.

Yes is one of those bands you either connect with or you don’t. They’re incredibly talented and their music doesn’t really have any flaws per se. The most you can ding them for is a little self-indulgence (ahem, "Perpetual Change"), which is true of a lot of bands of their genre/era. Short and sweet review, this album is really good, but I didn't connect with it as much as I did with Close to the Edge. It includes two of the all-time great, must-hear tracks from the band, “I've Seen All Good People” and “Starship Trooper.” The inclusion of the live instrumental "The Clap" was a weird choice that I don’t think served the overall album very well. Fave Songs: I've Seen All Good People, Starship Trooper, Yours is No Disgrace, A Venture

The album starts with a loud declaration of 1971 sounds - Hammond organ, Rickenbacker bass, then a burst of beedly-beedly guitar playing and finally the banked harmonies of Jon Anderson. Some very nice and intricate guitar work on The Clap. And next is the full experience of Yes making progressive rock on Starship Trooper. I find the whole album very bitty - very well-executed, but so many disparate ideas cut and shunted together. I can hear definite Beatles echos in here, especially on Perpetual Change

Yes at their dad-most with weak writing and lotta cheese (not the good kind).

This album shows plenty of promise, and I hope we get to hear later albums which ought to fulfill… hahaha only joking, the machine and its evil sense of humour gave us Fragile the day before, and while I dislike this less, the problems are the same. Grooves ruined by fidgeting. No memorable songs because they need hooks and probably repetition and that’s boring. The ghost choir singing. Elves, probably. Paging Trevor Horn for some help here.

Awesome first song on the album to kick things off. The all good people is an absolute jam which I knew of but didn't know the name and honestly didn't really care for until hearing it on this whole album and now I have relistened to it 3 times. Such a great progressive rock album. I am happy that Yes finally got their breakthrough on this album after the third try of albums

This is the start of Yes' classic run. The stuff that everyone who is even a casual fan knows starts here. "I've Seen All Good People," "Starship Trooper," "Yours Is No Disgrace" ... these are concert staples that would pretty much be in the bands' live setlists even now. I have heard them so many times in so many different line-ups, but this is the first group, the line-up that gave us these songs. I liked Peter Banks in the previous two albums, Time and a Word is really great. But The Yes Album is definitely brought up a level with Steve Howe. His guitar work is all over the place (but in a good way). I think the only things I dislike about the album are: 1) the ending to "I've Seen All Good People." It always feels like the record player is running out of battery power. Real lack of energy there. 2) "A Venture" fade out. The song itself is... okay, but the fade-out always made me wonder what happens if the song continued. But then, when you do get to hear the extended piece, it was probably good that they faded out after all. 3) Starship Trooper - the opening portion of Wurm always feels repetitive to me. Kaye's keyboard work could have been so much more. Live versions with Wakeman really show what this piece could have been in the studio. It's a shame here. So really, it's the ending of songs the band seemed to have a problem with. Something they would tighten up on their next album. But as it is, I'm nitpicking, because I would still listen to this album pretty much all of the time. I do get a little tired of "I've Seen All Good People," only because it was played on the radio WAY too much. Live versions work better for me, really. Still, a damn good album.

I remember the first time I heard this album. I bought the CD and put it on a boom box in my bedroom, hanging out with my girlfriend. It was the first Yes album I bought, and I only knew the 80s Yes sound that was played on MTV and pop radio when I was a kid. I already knew that I liked progressive music from the Pink Floyd and Rush albums that I was into, but this took it to a whole new level. Steve Howe became one of my favorite guitarists and that was mainly due to the impact of this album. It is and always had been my favorite Yes album. Chris Squire's bass line on “Yours is No Disgrace” still fills me with awe even decades after I’ve first heard it. The intense solo that keeps switching channels at the end of “Starship Trooper” used to get blasted in the car almost daily as well as the crazy speaker shifting solo in "Yours is No Disgrace" . This is another easy 5-star album. I probably didn’t even need to listen to it again because it’s etched in my brain but of course I did.

This is the album where Yes became Yes. Sure, it wasn't until the next album that Rick Wakeman cemented the "Classic Yes" lineup, but this album is absolute prog rock perfection. The two previous albums suggested what Yes was going to become, but this album found the missing ingredient with the addition of Steve Howe. Not a weak track on the album. The first four tracks are simply amazing: Yours is No Disgrace rocks. It's about the Vietnam war, but you would probably never guess only by listening to the typical Yes-obtuse lyrics. The fantastic opening riff punches so much harder live, but sounds great here also. The song takes you on a journey of different styles, all fantastic. Then we hear Steve Howe's excellent imitation of Chet Atkins in Clap (as he says, "not THE Clap, thank you very much"). Then one of the absolute Yes greats: Starship Trooper. Man, those guitars - Steve Howe just tears through this song. The last part (Wurm) absolutely takes you into space - every member of the band is on the top of their game in this song (and let's take a moment to acknowledge Tony Kaye - kicked to the curb after this album but did an admirable job here). Of all the songs on the album, this one most shows where Yes was heading from here. I've Seen All Good People is a classic rock radio staple and has so many great moments: The first section has some of the best harmonies in a rock song and then you have to give tons of respect to the jam section at the end. A Venture is the weakest track IMO - not bad, but it has a lot to measure up to on this album. Finally, Perpetual Change is a solid track. It probably took me longer to get into this one than others, but nothing can compare to the first four tracks on this album. Absolutely perfect album and an easy 5.

Guitar virtuoso Steve Howe enters the fold, and at last Yes finally begin to understand what they’re capable of. Unorthodox arrangements and bewildering lyrics, Jon Anderson’s ethereal voice, Chris Squire’s delicate bass, Bill Bruford’s jazz-tinged drumming, Howe’s commanding guitar-all combine for a true prog masterpiece, and the start of a truly epic run for Yes.

Quite beautiful. Great musicianship. Great bass tones, crystal acoustic guitar clarity for some reason. Also keys and synth sounds are also on point. These combined with the artistic rhythms and vocal harmonies are something that Yes definitely had down in this ear of the band. It's a safe 5 stars whilst not being my favourite of theirs.

The first 'proper' album that I ever bought. Absolute stone cold classic and in the top 3 of all Yes releases in my opinion along with Yessongs and controversially for many, Relayer. Steve Howe's guitar playing - superb. Chris Squire's bass likewise. Just also love Tony Kaye's keys as well. Again, in my opinion the best keyboard player they ever had, which says a lot given that Wakeman and Moraz are extra special too. Nothing sweeter than Anderson's voice, and this is when Yes lyrics were still mainly of this planet. Mustn't forget Bruford too, a top quality drummer.

Great album and the first of the classic trilogy of albums. From 3 part harmonies to blistering solos and bombastic bass lines this album doesn't disappoint. Rick Wakeman joins on the next album and the band really takes off.

Yes is one of my all-time favorite bands. I don't know how many times I have listened to this album before, and I have listened to individual tracks from the album at least a dozen times more than I've listened to the album as a whole. "Yours is No Disgrace" is a great way to start off the album. Bill Bruford (drums) and Chris Squire (bass) lay down a foundation and provide a propelling force through the whole song. There are great examples of what Steve Howe (guitar), Tony Kaye (keyboards), and Jon Anderson (vocals) bring to the mix. There is a reason that all 5 members get song writing credit for the first track. Most of the album fits in the same mood. Steve Howe's instrumental "Clap" feels out of place between "Yours is No Disgrace" and "Starship Trooper". "A Venture" is a little weak as well, but none of the songs are bad. The rest of the album is great. I will listen to this album again.

I really enjoyed this album. I’m not terribly familiar with Yes but I’m glad I gave this a listen. There is a lot of jazz and classical influence and the album is structured into several mini-suites that challenge the rock form.

Kicking off the trilogy of albums where Yes were at their most powerful creatively, The Yes Album is a classic of prog rock. A perfect balance of bass, keyboards, guitar and drums, with insane hippie vocals and some fantastic harmonising bringing it all together. The mammoth opener Yours Is No Disgrace is a sign of things to come, with Yes laying the ground work for their future prog epics. A fantastic song in its own right, it lets all the members shine, especially Howe and Anderson. The ending section of Starship Trooper is one of my favourite pieces of music, with the whole band building towards musical ecstasy. The dueling guitar solos at the end are a highlight The fantastic harmonising I mentioned really shines through on I've Seen All Good People, with Anderson, Squire and Howe nailing the three-part harmony. My only real issue with the album is all but 2 of the tracks fading out instead of working out a "proper" ending, but it's not really much of a detraction.

easiest 6/5 of my life

Always been one of my favourites

Tremendo album

Great album

Do I love this album? Yes. Am I biased towards anything that's considered progressive rock? Yes. What's the name of this band? Yes. Here we have my second Yes album, fittingly called The Yes Album. I loved Fragile, and I also really loved this album too! The style is basically the same across both albums which makes sense when you realize they both came out in the same year. The Yes Album only has 6 songs, but as is to be expected with prog rock, they're quite a bit longer. They're not too long though. The longest song here is the album's opener, "Yours is No Disgrace," clocking in at just under 10 minutes. I really like all of these songs. I especially like the back-to-back "Starship Trooper" and "I've Seen All Good People." Jon Anderson's vocals are fun and engaging. The instrumental work is excellent all throughout. Bass, guitars, keyboards, drums, you name it. It's all great. Overall, this is an outstanding album. I'm not entirely comfortable calling it better than Fragile, but I'm definitely thinking it. And I haven't even gotten their most acclaimed album yet with Close to the Edge! The moral of the story is that I really like Yes. High 4/5.

Classic Yes sound. I have always liked their instruments, but I don’t care for the vocals. 3.5 stars rounded up - this album is short and sweet and leaves some wanting me.

When this album popped up for me on my tracker for the 1001 albums, I audibly said "Yes!" aloud. I love Yes. I have loved Yes for a long time, and had a big prog rock phase a while back. The Yes Album is an interesting one for me, because I always knew of its existence, but I wasn't sure when I would go back to give it a listen. I'm glad I was given the excuse to check it out, given my love for Fragile and Close to the Edge. I see this as the Meddle of Yes' discography. It acts as the point where you can see when they find their footing. Steve Howe had made his way into the band, which is easily one of the best things they could have done for themselves. And the energy that would carry them forward into having one of the strongest runs of albums in the 70's shows up here. John's voice is as beautiful as ever, Chris Squire's signature bass sound is delightfully sharp, Steve's guitar work is amazing, and Bill's drum sound is so bright and snappy, which fits his style of play perfectly. I see this album as their Meddle, and I see Starship Troopers as their Echoes. It may not be as ambitious, but it shows them experimenting with their longer, multi-phased song structures they would become known for. Specifically the section titled "Würm". This part is so heavy and psychedelic, and has one of the best jams Yes has ever done period. Easily the most striking moment on the whole album. I have to speak on one gripe I have with this album though. I think Tony Kaye does a fantastic job as the keyboardist up until this point. But just like how Steve Howe was an addition the band needed to succeed, Rick Wakeman is in the same boat. Although technically not with Yes until after this album was released, I can feel the gap left when he is not the one behind the keyboard. He is probably the single greatest prog keyboardist of all time, and maybe just in general across all rock music, and that golden age lineup of Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman and Bruford is absolutely unbeatable. I think for the first album from Yes that can truly be considered a substantial piece of work, that set them on the map and would help them become one of the leading bands in the progressive rock movement of the 70's alongside other giants like King Crimson, Rush and Pink Floyd, they did a stellar job.

This album takes me right back to my childhood. Yes was my dad's favorite band so almost all of these songs felt familiar. I never realized how much Southern influence there is in Yes's music until today's listen. I always just put them in the "prog" bucket and moved on but there's a lot of solid, southern, 70s groove here. It's fun. It's interesting. It's a little cheesy but that's alright. Overall, I really enjoyed it. Is it timeless? Not even close. Hence the 4 stars.

Pretty decent album. had no idea "Your Move" was part of a medley.

Didn't totally pull me in, but fairly decent nonetheyes.

sounds like pretty basic rock with extra steps. not as much fun as eg Jethro Tull or Queen but OK [edit: aaargh!]

A lot more psychedelic than i expected. Lots of nice picky accoustic stuff like Leo Kotke then goes to space-age psych. Not sure it works together as a coherent album, but whatever... it was an enjoyable listen.

Eh

You're allowed one Yes album. This is not it.

The energy of this album jumps all around the place. I can hear its influence in the synth-pop that happened in the decades to come and even a bit of 90s alt folk rock. I wasn't especially grabbed by this album but I respect its craftmanship.

I guess my take on Yes hasn't changed much from what I listended to "Close to the Edge". The band is clearly talented, the production is over the top good, and there is no doubt that the band has a huge following and has influenced countless other bands and artists. For whatever reason, I personally just can't connect with the music. It feels showboaty and a bit sterile. There were moments in the latter half of "Yours is No Disgrace" and "Starship Trooper", where I picked up on something, but the whole vibe still feels like it's at an arm's length. Another review wrote that it was like rush, but boring, and I think that sums it up perfectly.

A Yes album, even The Yes Album, doesn't feel like a Yes album unless Rik Wakeman and Roger Dean is involved. Now, that's piffle. This is clearly a Yes album, it sounds exactly like Yes, the songs are firmly in the Yes scool of lyricism and thematics, and whereas Roger has become inseparable from Yes, Rick Wakeman's been in and out of them more often than the crew of HMS Queen Elizabeth with your mum. Now, I am not a Yes fan, I subscribe to the standard that Yes were bloated and bizarrely inane, despite the grandiosity of their lyrical and musical conceits. I understand that the fans consider Starship Trooper one of their monuments, and I acknowledge that the last movement of it has a proper driving frug. And that occasional frug is the best of Yes. However, between each instance of frug there's about 15 minutes of quite boring, quite charmless noodling. But how would a band like Yes grasp the aesthetic of less being more? They're Yes, not the Ramones.

Meh

Only artist where I’ve ever walked out of a gig. Self indulgent crap

I guess I'm starting to realize just how big the baby boom generation is, based on how many would have been needed to vote all these 70s albums into the top 1001.

No

No

Not good

A truly shite album. The remastered version apparently warranting two versions of The Clap and Starship Trooper (it does not warrant this!). Only good thing about this was that it ended (eventually).

Another uninteresting Yes album

At least it wasn't Rush. I'll stand by that part of my review.

You know that scene in Beetlejuice, where they're in the waiting room for hell? This is the music playing there.

As a prof-rock youth I grew up on this album. It doesn’t get much better. The Steven Wilson remixes are worth a checkout also for sure.

Amazing!

The angle of the dangle is adversely proportionate to the heat of the beat. Classic prog. 5

Yyyeeeesssss!!!

12/2/24. Loved this! First time experiencing Yes, amazing instrumentation and guitar work. Will be revisiting this one again and again.

I already loved yes but this is the best I've heard

Beautiful funky guitars. Love it!

I’ve never been able to fully get into Yes. I think it’s a combination of John Anderson’s voice and the length of the songs. Whenever I think I like prog, I second guess myself due to my general lack of excitement for Yes. Oddly enough I really like most of Rick Wakeman’s solo material though. This album might be my favorite Yes album simply because it sounds more rough around the edges. It has a lot of country influences which I found surprising. This was Steve Howe’s influence. Also, I actually like Jon Anderson’s voice on I’ve Seen All Good People because he stays in a lower register for more of it. Some of Yours Is No Disgrace reminds me of early Rush which isn’t a bad thing and I like Clap even though it is an instrumental. It goes on a hair too long for me but Howe’s guitar playing is very interesting so I’ll give it a pass.

I love this album! Cool to discover that "The Clap" was inspired by Mason Williams' Classical Gas.

No notes just hard yes to yes

Classic prog rock album! Liked Songs Added: Yours Is No Disgrace Starship Trooper I've Seen All Good People Perpetual Change

Great album

9/10 I kind of loved this one. Two Yes albums so far, no sign of the twiddly unlistenable pretentious stuff that they seem to have an unfounded reputation for In reality this was a more fun and playful take on the hard and American rock of the time, played by amazing musicians and put together really well I’d take this over the self-serious US rockers any day Best: Perpetual Change

I did not use a private spotify session, I have this album on CD somewhere and used to play it a lot. Love the classics on this album and it helped me get into progressive rock.

Essential piece of rock history that serves as a perfect introduction to progressive rock for the listener. Excellent songwriting all-around, and the guitar work is masterful.

This is one of my favorite albums. I have always been a big fan of Yes and think this is their best. After reading other reviews (I read both the good and the bad ones to get others' perspectives on the music I like or don't like), I have a pet peeve. The acoustic piece by Steve Howe is called "Clap," not "The Clap." It was written to celebrate the birth of his son, not as an ode to sexually transmitted disease. Get it right people! A definite 5-star.

I love Yes. Yes’ music is fast, chaotic, and upbeat, the sort of music that takes over your body, makes you stand up and move around. Chris Squire on the bass is an absolute legend, and each member in the band is spectacular in their own right. Starship Trooper and I’ve Seen All Good People are my favorites in this album. The entire album is good, unlike Fragile which has some amazing songs and some skippers. This might be my favorite Yes album. Say what you will about Yes, I know this band will certainly not appeal to everyone, not even everyone who loves prog rock, but this band very much speaks to me.

YES <3

Prog good. Need more prog. Ugh.

Obviously, we all know this is a classic album in prog rock history. When I first began my journey into prog rock, The Yes Album definitely stood out for me, especially in introducing me to the complexities and intricate arrangements that Yes and early prog rock are known for. On the flip side, this album is also easy to digest and makes sense of, which is why it’s a great starting point for any newcomer to the genre.

Famous album. Important band.

This album is like if the layered harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were ten minutes long and featured ripping guitar and bass and lyrics that still don’t really make sense to me. This is another one where my bias shows up. Another record that defined a moment in time for me (the first half of senior year of high school). I had heard Roundabout from that show with the sun karate and vampires and wanted to know what else that band had made. This lead me to hearing I’ve Seen All Good People and that was it. Starship Trooper is one of my favorite songs ever.

This was one of the first albums I bought and Yes were one of my favourite bands back in the day. This is still one of my favourite albums and one of Yes' best in my opinion. I am glad that Jenny and Tim still have my vinyl copy and my handwritten lyrics!

This is a very nostalgic album for me so I found it hard to listen to independently of my childhood memories of hearing my dad play prog rock. And why even try? I love the madness of prog rock, the musical themes and crazy long instrumentals. This is a pretty solid Yes album. Starship Trooper was a standout song to me.

Great

A musical Disneyland. Not a full moment in this one. YES to this one!

5 stars, no questions

Wow, I'm glad this album came up. This was one of my all time favorites prog rock albums. I bought this CD at a second hand store some time in the mid 80s. This album grabs you from the first chords of Yours is no Disgrace. Starship Troupers is another classic. All Good People is a song that was played constantly on classic rock radio in the 70s and 80s. This great album deserves a 5!

Holy shit where has this been my whole life

It had a blend of Bob Dylan and Pink Floyd kinda vibe. I loved it

The nostalgia is certainly strong on this one. Big soundtrack to my high school days. It's because of this album I never would call Yes a prog rock band. And it's because of this album I'll always love this band.

This album is tremendous. It’s cheesy as hell. But the playing is so good and the compositions so epic I still get pulled into it.

great album! I enjoyed it. I've Seen All Good People is genuinely such a phenomenal song. Love Jon Anderson

Großartig!

In one word, awesome

magical

Such a good album. Wonderfully complex but still accessible, each song brings its own proggy flavor to the album to keep it fresh and engaging. My only wish would be that Starship Trooper was twice as long because it's so good, but oh well. Top tracks: Yours Is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper, I've Seen All Good People