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YES
Prog rock that’s accessible!? Impossible! But jones aside, this was really good.
Great album. It apparently took me until my early 40's to discover I am a big fan of prog rock. Who knew?
This might be the best Yes album. Their abilities as songwriters, arrangers, and musicians is on full display. They're firing on all prog-rock cylinders and it doesn't go completely off the rails. There is still an album feeling that pulls all compositions together. Steve Howe's addition made the band complete and his sum added exponentially to the whole.
From opening to close it is truly fantastic. The bass really comes into its own on this album. And Jon Andersons vocals are unique. One thing I do dislike though is that all the "extras" on the new releases become repetitious. It is nicer when you can listen to the original (or the remastered) songs as they were on the original album.
Just like We’re Only In It For The Money last week, The Yes Album is the soundtrack to my younger days. I know every note and every lyric. Even the ones that make no sense.
This was a fun find
yes is one of the main names when it comes to prog, you've most likely heard a few of their songs before, either on the radio, on tv, or... yes, the memes. this album definitely has some of the more unheard of songs that most casual listeners have yet to hear. this album, containing only 6 really long tracks is another solid contender in their library. i really can't say anything too complicated other than it's a worthy listen, and just taking some time out of your day to gander would be ideal.
I don't really listen to prog rock often. When yours is no disgrace started, I was ready for a boring time. The organ and chorus kicked in and I was starting to tap my foot, and it just kept building and building. Before I know it the album was over... That was a blast
Love ❤️ 😍
I feel like this is an album where I will know the songs abut not know I had heard them before. I’m really enjoying this record. Now I’m wishing I would have seen them live.
its crazy to me how something that sounds so outerwordly comes from 1971, a moment in music that lacked the easy access to sound effects the studios have today, still theyre all here on this album, and sounding a whooooole lot better than the ones in todays music. apart from that, listen to the guitars and how busy and full they are, also the bass tone and how they work with presence, being there sometimes and sometimes not. the drums are right there, just tight and always making the unusual time signature and changes sound good to our ears. and as i said in the beginning, the keyboard, which is responsable for half the crazy sounds here. i really like Yes, its a shame i cant bring myself to listen to it for a whole lot for some reason. anyway, people dont like this album because it comes before Fragile and Close to the edge, and i get it, its not as strong as these two (also no Rick Wakeman), but its is solid and has some of my favorite tunes by them, such as ive seen all good people, yours is no disgrace and perpetual change. Yes slaps no matter fucking what!
Great album, as is everything by Yes.
My kind of classic rock. Very much hits that 70's era vibe from start to finish.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
70s rock 1. yours is no disgrace - upbeat, organ? melodic. pink floyd but faster? synths. Upbeat, complex, great sound.
Probably the first Yes album to truly define their unique style and merit the term Progressive Rock. With instantly hummable tunes, it remains a favourite of most Yes fans and definitely in their top five of releases
A new favorite- great drumming!
Love this one!
Yes was the epitome of the bloated prog rock sound to me for the longest time. Then, at some point I listened to Roxy Music and thought Wow! This is prog rock?! Ill check it out. That was it. After that I listened to Yes and realized how insanely talented the band was and how much I had missed.
I’ve seen Yes in concert several times—they toured constantly in the 1970s. Quite the experience. So I’m a fan and of course, enjoyed this selection. Thanks. Not surprised by the negative reviews—prog can be pretentious and over-the-top sounding. No one kind of music suits everyone, and that’s a good thing.
Great album!
Great prog rock album.
I love how Roundabout by Yes has seen such a resurgence over recent years. Sure, it’s mainly down to memes, but that song is such a bop. It’s not on this album, where I recognise no track titles at all, but I do go into this hoping for greatness. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Yours Is A Disgrace, I’ve Seen All Good People This was every bit as good as I wanted it to be. Weird timings, very long songs that take you on a journey, everything prog should be. Done very well too, might I add. Something that Yes have over a lot of other prog bands is their excellent vocal harmonies on top of the great instrumentation, which you don’t tend to find much if in bands like Rush or Genesis (though still both amazing bands). Overall, I loved this album. Listen to it.
Loved it
Nerdy prog goodness. It wasn't until fairly late into my teens that I checked out Yes, because I only knew "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and that didn't necessarily get me going. Songs like "I've Seen All Good People" and especially "Starship Trooper", once I finally heard them (thanks Rock Band 3!), totally changed my mind. It's hard to be epic and chill at once, but Yes somehow does it. They get a little noodly at points, and the songs run on a little long, but hey -- it's prog, baby! This is, for my money, their best album.
Steve Howe's guitar really lifts this album, especially Starship Troopers. Your's is no disgrace was my first yes song, a good album to kick off the collection.
Great YES album
Classic rock and roll! Yes is one of the pillar bands of the 1970’s rock era.
Classic Prog! This is more like it. Superb musicianship. Not the biggest fan of Jon Anderson's voice, but it works with everything else. 5/5
I discovered Yes during the musical doldrums of disco and need wave. Having been raised on a combination of 70s top 40 and album rock, I'm sure I was exposed to Yes bybolder siblings, but what I remember are things like ELP, Tommy by the Who, Dark Side of the Moon, Elton John, and America. I don't know when I discovered Yes on my own, but it was probably to listen to Chris Squire while I was learning to play bass. They influenced me to expand my listening to classical music and to appreciate other forms of music that weren't blues-based rock. The Yes Album plays like a greatest hits album for me. I haven't listened to it for decades, and wear reminded how much I enjoy it.
Classic.
I like this one. I knew several of the songs on there so I got to sing along a little.
Yes
Best album so far,perfectly composed
Yes is the quintessential 1st generation Prog Rock band, and this album kicked off a run of 5 essential prog albums in 45 months. They defined the genre, and turned out an amazing suite of albums in a short period of time. Props to ELP and Genesis, but Yes led the pack. This is a great album, with some of their best known songs: Your Move (All Good People), Perpetual Change, Starship Trooper... Great stuff. From the personal standpoint, the single version of I've Seen All Good People was the first prog song I remember hearing on the radio, on my little transistor radio in the backyard of the family home. ELP's Lucky Man came out before, but peaked at #48 in the US, and I don't remember hearing it until later. I am and have been intimately familiar with this album for 50+ years. I’ve had this on vinyl, I’ve had it on CD, I have it on digital. This is not my favorite Yes album, but it is probably a 3 way tie for #2. And an easy 5/5
Fun guitar! Bouncy, light, creative, fresh of breath air! Peak yes phase
ok OG prog Yes. yours is no disgrace geil s cleane solo figgt. the clap insane geil starship trooper sooo schöni sounds. hammer. Ive seen all good people. boah isch da geil uiii het much mega überrascht nöd mur mit de virtuosität sonder au mit wie schön d sounds sind und wie gschmackvoll dases isch für prog rock wo sehr schnell nur genudel chan sii. sie mached modulatione extreem schön. de schluss vom ive seen all good people wos abe moduliert isch genial. oke has nomel 3 mol dureglost ich liebs finds s beste yes album woni bis etz ghört han ive seen all good people und starshiptroopers sind absoluti meisterwerk. ich glaub ich han mis erste füfi.
5/5. Totally biased but progressive rock is my favorite and amazing instrumentation with clean songwriting takes me higher. Hard to feel like people might not enjoy these songs. Sure they can be long and overbearing but they are just so fun to listen to, I have no idea what any of it means but it's so easy to sing along to and jam to. Although objectively these aren't Yes's best songs, the flow of the album and the 4 main long tracks really stand out here.
Outstanding prog rock.
I love yes
Difficult album to rate. Plagued with nostalgia and a sense of comfort from a childhood of listening to Yes’ music, I immediately want to give this album a 5. Yet it’s far from perfect, particularly when facing the lyrics, most of them really make no damn sense. Moments like the clap confuse me, why is a single, mediocrely recorded live song plugged into the record? Why not record it in a studio? Regardless, musicianship is unbelievable, Howe’s guitar is incredible and Squire’s bass is definitive of the genre. Not a fan of the 5 scale, not a 10/10 but I’ll give it a 5.
YESSSSSSSSSS. Your's Is No Disgrace is sort of a place to start for listening to the whole band as a total. dynamics, central theme, wonky key shifts, it has it all. Starship Trooper is also stellar. I've Seen All Good People part A is so uplifting, and transitions into this goofy boogie woogie back beat. Perpetual Change and the two standalones aren't of the same weight but still have that damn growling barking bass tone so this is a dinger of an album for me.
This was so good I listened twice yesterday!
It's yes
Now we're talking. This is incredible prog rock. It's all nonsense and over the top but the musical skill is insane and they go for it on every song. Seeing this album today almost makes me sad since there's 1,001 albums and if you picked one Yes album you'd pick this one. I hope we get at least one more. The complexity of this album is fantastic. They use all sorts of sound work and so much range. The stereo work makes it great to listen to on either some good surround or headphones. You can tell when an album had as much time editing and mastering as being performed. This is a great example of an album to just sit and listen to and notice more each time. I'd understand anyone hearing this and laughing but I can't help but admire a band so clearly trying to do what they want and experimenting. There's obviously some up and down between songs but they showcase the band in this album.
One of my favorites
Bass
Yes!
Great album!! Reminds me of a mix between Zeppelin and Boston Exactly what an early 70s rock album should be 5/5
Now I am a yes fan. The album is great and it is not the best one that they have. Also - epic bass player!
Actually really liked it
Love this. Favorite: Starship Trooper.
Oh I absolutely love this! Such tight vocal harmonies and meandering but still interesting jams. I was immediately reminded of CSNY but like a funkier, rockier version. Love getting a full rock opera with Starship Trooper. It's so cinematic and full of intrigue, I'm a very big fan.
Banger. Classic Yes. IMO not as majestic as Close to the Edge or Fragile but this is definitely up there in the Yes tier list.
Obligatory 5, Yes is one of my favorite bands and I was probably listening to them nearly every day during my senior year of highschool. This was first album Yes would release in a string of album releases that are all arguably 5/5's. The elements for Yes came together with this album. Steve Howe was brought on for guitar and was able to write some of the most interesting guitar riffs and chords. Chris Squire with the fat bass tone, Jon Anderson with his elf like vocals and lyrics. The percussion and organ from Bill Bruford and Tony Kaye. All of it created a unique and original sound in an era where the popular bands were just doing blues and turning up the distortion and screaming into the mic
So good
Classic. Love every minute of it.
Yes, I liked it prog rock pioneers.
There's a reason they're called Yes - because YES I love this band. They do prog like no one else really does it. Super unique with more classic rock influence. The harmonies are amazing as well.
Need to give this another listen. I was doin something else while listening and I honestly didn’t absorb much
Yes! It sounds so good! Maybe the greatest bass tone of all time. RIP Chris. Vocals are very classic on this album, especially on Good People. A really good mix of poppy and progressive. Very accessible but technical. The Clap is kind of out of nowhere but sort of love it for that... I guess it's to introduce Steve Howe. It's up there for favorite Yes albums... might be my favorite because I'm kind of a pleb, though I'm sure some others come up so I can give them a more critical listen. It's not Close to the Edge, it doesn't have Roundabout on it, but it's really good!
I did not finish it 😔 but the first like 2/3 are very good and I will finish it but busy day with work and pole vault. I do love some anti war propaganda music though. Yes is fantastic
I know half the songs on this album, I'm delighted to learn the rest! The Kings of prog rock!
Induced a flash back
Disco maravilloso.
Неплохо
Awesome album.
There is such a thing as third times a charm. With The Yes Album, the titular band finally find their groove and step into the nascent program scene with a confidence that would guide them through the next set of pivotal albums such as Fragile and Close to the Edge. Yet The Yes Album is just as much of a beast as those albums, not just because it's the first of them but because of the seemingly urgent vibrancy that occupied the sounds coming out of them that is just persistent from start to finish. A yes to this album? Yes indeed.
Judging this album by it's cover I thought it was going to be some gloomy, droning songs; was not looking forward to it. I certainly did not expecting the first song to come out swinging like that. Certified jam right out of the gate. Listen to this one with headphones cause they really like to play with stereo. Some songs on here that I have definitely heard before like "I've Seen All Good People" This album rocked from start to finish. Encapsulates classic rock, but has a unique sound with a variety of instruments and a great voice.
A lodestone album. I can sing the guitar solos. When I need to indulge, it's this one followed by Fragile.
I’ve loved this album for a 100 years. If someone wants to be introduced to Yes, this is the album I would suggest.
Album senza senso incredibile ogni traccia perfatta vibe immacolata
Hell Yes
Yes album Yes was one of my favorite bands in junior high and high school. I would listen to albums like tales of topographic oceans and close to the edge regularly and religously, but I haven’t listened to this in a super long time. Such a great band- they all have such a distinct sound and it’s totally unique sound they play play together. Maybe everyone thinks that about their favorite band but I can only think of a few groups that have that kind of thing. Chris Squire- I love his an iconic crunchy bass sound from that rickenbacker with a pick. The grit of the bass is the perfect contrast to Steve Howe’s clean guitar sounds. Also his lines are all perfect melodies. His mccartney- esque walking line on yours is no disgrace works so perfectly against the melody. His melodic playing on Starship Trooper is so great. Bill bruford- I love his playing at the end of Venture and the interplay with the bass and piano ( would love to hear what happens on the fade-out). The first time I ever heard that kind of thing was on Heart of the Sunrise when he does an almost drum solo over the groove before the verse and I still think of that it all the time. Steve Howe- such beautiful guitar playing and different from what most 70’s rock players were doing. He was the first time I heard volume swells and harmonics and I still associate those sounds with him. John Anderson- the dude has the voice of an angel. I have no idea what the lyrics mean but he writes great melodies that tie the epic compositions together. Their group vocal harmonies are great too. Tony Kaye- so many great sounds and textures. I love the organ and synth sounds. I like the Wakemans playing on his albums better but I think that tony kaye and Patrick Moraz albums. I hear people call Yes self indulgent and lump them in with other prog rock bands but I’ve always felt that they are in a lane of their own. I think they were probably just really nerdy guys who were intense about their music. I’ve always appreciated their attention to detail and I think they were In the pursuit of beauty and not perfection or complexity. This album still kind of sounds like rock music and you can hear them moving more towards the farther out stuff. by the time they got to close to the edge, tales, and relayer it was like you put on the record and you can get transported into the fantasy world of the roger dean painting album covers. They got so deep into the compositions and I think they really explored the possibilities of what can be created with rock instrumentation and their imaginations. It is sounds so collaborative too I’d be so interested to see what their process was like. This album is kind of the transitional album from earlier sounding yes ( your move) to stuff like Starship Trooper. Yours is no Disgrace- is a jammer I love the feel when the “sailing ships to nowhere” part comes back. The Clap- I always thought having a live solo track on an album was kind of random. I he does like 3 different endings on this one but they are all awesome. Starship Trooper- The finger picking part with the harmonies sounds so joyous to me. the three chord part at the end is such a great build. Rocks so hard and they add so many textures before the solo finally comes in. Your Move- probably the most accessible song from 70s yes. Love the John Lennon “all we are saying is give peace a chance” part in the bgvs. Cool cyclical modulating harmony at the end. The venture- cool tune but I tend to forget it because it is not as catchy melodically. Perpetual change- probably the most proggy song on the record it has two totally different grooves with two yes’s panned to opposite sides at the end -So wild.
YES
Another great album from Yes. I've seem all good people is probably their beat known and most popular song from this time period. But every song on this album is prog rock at its finest. Starship trooper, perpetual change, and yours is no disgrace are great songs. The clap shows off Steve Howe's guitar skills. Great album overall.
Already listened
I loved it. It feels like good old classic rock. Great melodies, catchy riffs, and amazing voices. Overall just pure fun and excellent musicianship. You don't even feel the 9 min songs pass by...
cool
This is my favorite Yes album, largely due to Starship Trooper, or more specifically, part C: Wurm. Might be my favorite 3 chord progression in all of rock. Steve Howe is a severely underrated guitarist. The thing that really gives Yes their signature sound though, are those super melodic basslines from Chris Squire. Love how they foreground it in the mix. Gives them a really dynamic, three dimensional sound.
I don’t think we talk enough about how brilliant Yes is/was. Their harmonies are insane and the way they use their various instruments just blow me away every time.
Fantastic. What a band, what a sound, such great writing and performance by everyone.
I just love this album so much
This is prog!
I dug
Nice music
Amazing!!! The range shown on this album is nothing short of spectacular. Absolutely loved listening to this. Favorite track: Yours is No Disgrace
All time classic, prog rock close to its peak
The first Yes album with Steve Howe on guitars. Legendary.
sonzao massa demais
Yes Bai Verging on the ultimate in prog rock, beautifully composed if maybe not quite as refined their next two iconic albums. There's not a single low point on the album, each of the songs exist in their own sci-fi-esque world, little vignettes into the fantasy world of Yes. The mastery each member of the band has over their instruments can only be admired, but all this feeds into a feeling I've had about Yes and other hyper precise music; that is only ever adds up to the the exact sum of its parts. Never transcending to the sublime, a ceiling of intricately planned excellence. No album has had a deeper disconnect between the album art and the feeling the music inside inspires. And there you're standing, Saying we have the whole world in our hands, When all you'll see, Deep inside the world's controlling you and me 4.5/5
It’s not even 7.30 am yet and this album has had me in tears three times already ! It’s hugely emotionally nostalgic for me as we played it all the time when we were first going out with each other. Yes is my favourite supergroup, even over Pink Floyd and so for these reasons and more it has to have 5* and I will continue playing it for the rest of the day !
Yes
Prog rock goody
yesss very good
Just so, so good. Yes yes yes yes yes.
Rating this album low would be like saying you don't like music, there is just so much variety throughout. Phenomenal performance and tight, especially for Prog.
Yes, that’s the name of the band. Listen to Roundabout. It will blow the classical music out your butt!
Their best work imo
Solid psych rock
Classic album. Love every bit of it. A
Brilliant writing and musicianship.
Awsome
I LOVE YES!!!!!!!
Yes!
Grooves hard
Omg omg One of my very favorites
classic
Ótimo disco! Chamou-me atenção, principalmente, as faixas "Your is no disgrace", "I've seen all good people" e "Perpetual change".
Великолепно!
rEALLY gOOD
Gefällt mir echt gut. Kam mir nach dem ersten Durchhören etwas richtungslos vor, daher gleich noch mal gehört. Nee, ist einfach nur ideenreich, seehr geil.
Excellent
Uno de los pocos discos de progresivo de los grandes bandas del progresivo normie que se puede escuchar. Buenísimo.
Country music could do better. Half of the songs were garbage
sick riffs
i really like close to the edge.
i really liked the different changes in the music. however i didn't really like the guitar.
Prog rock is one of my favorite genres, and they executed it really well. I would recommend to anyone.
Like a more chill Led Zeppelin pretty great stuff. Will be listening to Yes more often.
yep
Classic banger
Very reserved for prog rock, but it's executed well.
This is probably my third time hearing this album at length, and although I'm not familiar with all of yes's massive discography, each lesson gives me more confidence that this is one of their best albums. Despite being one of their first, (if not their first?) it is very tight and focused. The base, guitar, keyboard playing, etc. Is world class, and I very much appreciate their affinity to arrange with organ sounds. I always enjoy the bass tone. I think my favorite song was starship trooper, especially for the first section. What makes prog rock good is also what can frustrate me sometimes; the long form song structure with many sections makes room for a lot of ideas, keeps things interesting, and rewards close, listening, but because yes, and similar bands have such a good understanding of the fundamentals, I sometimes wish there was more repetition or more traditional composition structures. Many times there's a section that I really enjoy that teases me by being cut too short, kind of like how the groove goes in and out in the first section of Starship Trooper. You could argue that not dwelling on an idea, no matter how good, increases the value of it and keep keeps things fresh, but it also diminishes replay value when I'm mostly only interested in hearing certain parts of the song. Again, that could be interpreted as a feature or as a criticism. (kind of the opposite to how short Aretha Franklin songs were) But if you have the attention available, this is amazing stuff. Even dipping in and out of attentiveness, it's amazing
Just listened through, and liked it a bit less than I'd expected. This might be one that suffers more than most from just being heard on my laptop, as Sam pointed out. In a way, though, this helps me settle on a 4 for this album (I'd imagined, ahead of time, that I *might* give this one a 5; instead, a 4 -- actually, a low- to mid-4, seems about right. I'm pretty sure I remember getting this CD from the library in the past few years, and liking it a bit better, which supports the laptop theory. As a side note, I'm aware that I also gave 4s to Foo Fighters and Saint Etienne; I have a clear sense that I prefer Saint Etienne to Foo Fighters, and this one probably falls in the middle, but, I guess, I'm ok (with some discomfort) with all 3 being rated at 4. But, for the record, I like the Saint Etienne more than this Yes album, and this Yes album more than the Foo Fighters. I haven't even discussed the music yet; there's a lot to like, musically, including the vocal harmonies, the melodic bass playing, and the prominent role played by keyboards. Also the broad variety of tunes, and good overall quality (no clunkers - although "A Venture" is perhaps not quite at the same level as the other tunes). "I've Seen All Good People" is a classic, and for good reason. I didn't grow up with this album in the house, but we did have their next album, "Fragile," which came out later the same year (1971), and features their (even more?) classic "Roundabout" (with keyboardist Rick Wakeman replacing the keyboardist on this album, Tony Kaye). Anyway, very good stuff, and I'm glad it showed up here, and enjoyed listening to it. Another *good* Brit album ;)
It's so dense that I would need to listen more to unpack it fully. I haven't listened to Prog Rock by choice before, but if I did, I would want to set aside time to give it my full attention on good speakers. I was moving along with a casual listen though. The album art doesn't do the album justice. There's a breadth to its imagination and invention, and the art just looks dreary. At times, their playing feels over-indulgent though. I think you have to be enamored with electric guitars to really be moved by this
Conception begins at 3:27 on the song I’ve Seen All Good People. This is the pinnacle of pro-rock. As nature as the evolution of man.
Catchy and different
epic. sick instrumentation lovee the keys and the bass! fun, innovative, dynamic, driving prog sound - awesome guitar! favorite song: starship trooper.
You know what, I kinda fuck with rock ballads Fave track: I've Seen All Good People
That was pretty cool
Cool
sympatoche ! Je n'avais jamais entendu parlé du groupe. J'aime bien les arrangements. Les vibes sont cool, les instruments les voix sonnent super bien dans le mix (il me semble pas qu'il s'agisse d'un remastered donc impressionnant). J'ai l'impression d'entrendre des similarités avec beaucoup de mes artistes favoris tout en ayant une identité propre. 1) A Venture 2) Starship Trooper 3) I've seen all good people
Prog rock HOF Standouts: Whole album. I wanna give it a 4.5
It’s very, very silly. But damn if it isn’t listenable.
Prometheus giving fire to humanity. In 1971, Rush had been founded three years prior and Neil Peart wouldn't join for three more years. You'll hear strains of the bits that Geddy Lee lifted from Chris Squire on this one (not an insult -- all good players steal, the greats just steal from the best). The versatile, melodic sounds of his Rickenbaker RM1999 defined the sorts of things that a really ambitious bass player could do in rock music. The guitar (this is Steve Howe's first album with Yes) and the organ (Tony Kaye's last until 1983) interplay so closely that Kaye actually left the band because he felt there was too much overlap. Bill Bruford keeps the tricky time on his drum kit, with the most distinctive, constipated snare sound I've ever heard (no complaints about anything else and I'm not qualified to argue with Bruford) and frequently groove to spare in some profoundly strange situations. Jon Anderson sings beautiful nonsense. Howe and Squire harmonize. It's a formula on the very best of Yes's work. The best song on the album for me is 'I've Seen All Good People', which showcases their melodic and harmonic chops better than anything else until 'And You And I' on 1972's Close To The Edge (that Fragile also came out in 1971 is just bonkers). My biggest complaint about this album is a recurring one: Spotify is overrun with the Super Ultra Deluxe versions of most classic albums and, much as I don't mind most remasters, I really don't need all the bonus tracks that they tend to come with. I think that their style peaks on Fragile, so that's my 5-start for Yes, but this could reasonably go there as well. 4/5
Not as good as close to the edge imo, but still excellent prog
I've never really heard anything much by Yes, so I was coming at this pretty much on reputation alone. I found it pretty enjoyable.
I dug this more than the other Yes album I've listened to. I don't love the vocals but the songs are all pretty catchy.
Thought we already had this one...still four stars.
I relent on my prog rock antagonism. This is a decent album.
Loved it!
I can totally get why Yes isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I dig them and Starship Trooper > I've Seen All Good People is a jam.
A prog rock cornerstone which has perfect balance of musicianship and songwriting. I was surprised of how fresh this sounded as fresh is not the word usually associated with prog rock giants. Plus Chris Squire’s basslines are always pleasure to listen to.
#400 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ❌ ✅ While I've never been the biggest Yes fan, I've always held them in high regard. I'm not sure if I've heard this album before, friends used to play music a lot when hanging out and this was probably in their collections, but I've no recollection. Prog rock has not been my first love, but as it's psychedelic adjacent, I have a high tolerance. This album is a very strange listen with headphones. Some things are super panned to either side, so some guitars and keyboards are just within your right ear (yup, IN, not outside it), while drums and vocals are just behind. Or inside your head. There is not that much soundstage to this mix. weak 3, strong 4/5
the groove is groovin
Really good prog rock album. Better than the previous Yes album I heard (Fragile).
El rock progresivo puede ser lo más mamón y snob intelectualoide del mundo pero este disco tiene unos grandes momentos muy emotivos y vibrantes
A great early album from Yes, the precursor to a lot of their material with dynamics, tempo changes and different themes. Not a fan of A Venture, perpetual change is a bit hit and miss, but All good people is a great track. Just misses a 5 though,
Pretty interesting. Will listen again as I expect this will improve the more you know it.
Not Fragile nor Closer to the Edge, but definitely on their way to their progtastic peak of those later albums. First album with Steve Howe and last album, Tony Cale.
Wednesday May 20th, 2026. I did enjoy this album due to its use of electronic instruments and some really nice licks throughout. I also tend to enjoy experimental rock when I listen to it. My favorite song of the album was Perpetual Change. Overall, a pretty good album. 7.5/10.
Beautiful arrangements. Every bit of performance is impressive, but more importantly, actually sounds really good. The songs in here are looong but the longer songs are also easily the best ones because it gives plenty of time for Yes to flex every musical idea they have to the fullest. My one critique is that last two songs feel out of place with the rest. You go from 3 6+ minute master works to two kind of decent songs that don’t really do anything for me.
I was listening to The Clap and Taylore told me it sounded like an italian man playing bluegrass. That's what it's all about my friends.
nice one today! #musicsky #albumsky #musicchallenge
Yes I'm so Close To The Edge
Prog is an acquired taste, I admit. But this album is lush, inventive, fun, and very well executed. An easy 4. Usually when I think of prog, Rush comes to mind first but this album might change that.
Endlich mal wieder etwas das man musik nennen kann.
Crazy how influential Yes were. Everything from prog rock to heavy metal, and therefore most modern music, were heavily influenced by them, especially the guitar and bass work. I really enjoyed this one. I especially liked Starship Trooper (the longer one). I thought the build up in that was great. All round pretty good playing, just missing out on a 5 as I wasnt wowed as much as I have been before by this.
big fan of this one
Okay, this list has definitely turned me into a bit of prog head, I gotta say this album is the gold standard for prog-rock excess. It's all these long, winding jams that either blow your mind or make you wanna scream. It's Yes at a major crossroads, ditching short songs for huge, epic tracks like "Starship Trooper". The playing is insane, Steve Howe is a guitar god, and Chris Squire's bass lines are amazing. But if you're not already into prog rock wankery, it can be a slog. The lyrics are all over the place, and the songs feel like cool ideas that don't quite come together. Sometimes it just gets a bit boring. Some people think the vocals are awesome and the instrumentals are mind-blowing, but others will think it's just too much, self-indulgent, and sound like a bunch of dudes playing D&D. It's a classic that set the stage for Classic Yes (no Rick Wakeman here), but you gotta be down for long songs and organ solos.
Blind album, this is exactly what I thought Yes would be and it is a great album for prog lovers.
Classic
Really good album. Guitars and vocals are great. The progressive rock with a concept album really resonate here. You can progress through the album and every song is different, but bind the album together.
solid classic rock. especially starship trooper is a banger.
Having never listened to Yes before this list, after two albums I'm definitely a Yes fan. Although I preferred Fragile, this is a pretty strong album. Particularly enjoyed Yours Is No Disgrace leading into Clap, as well as I've Seen All Good People. It's a Yes from me. 3 5/5.
cool
Me gusto bastante!!! La verdad. Me guarde unos pares, me guso escuchar el disco coml disco. La cerdad 3.5 son los puntos asiquepongo 4
Im not huge on them progressive stuff hut I enjoyed my time with this pretty fully. Im never going to be on board with multiple 10 minute songs that are subdivided into movements but there was alot to like here. Maybe noy alot of full songs but section of songs were really fun and enjoyable. I got a couple saved songs. And when there are only 6 tracks here the percentage is pretty damn good. At the end of the day im not 100% enamored with this project but I liked it quite a bit. There id alot of fun to be had here. Can't fault it for that
Great, but they sang literally every song the same way
yes.
Another album I would have given a 10/10 many years ago, but has deprecated a little bit coming back to it with fresh ears. Side A's two big tracks are the real standouts here, and while Side B doesn't wow me like it once did, is still solid material. Chris Squire was *the* reason I picked up the bass guitar and started teaching myself how to read and play music, and "Yours Is No Disgrace" was one of the songs he played on that fueled that interest. 8.5/10.
8.5/10 I really like how punchy the guitar riffs sound and the bass just sounds great, but I realized after a while that I really don't like the vocals for the most part. I get what they were going for but they're just not for me. Favorite tracks are Starship Trooper and Perpetual Change.
The Yes album is a classic Euro Rock album. Honestly I didn't recognize anything on that album but I enjoyed it all.
Was a good album. Some good twists and turns and great musicianship
Enjoyed this quite a bit
Yes? Yes, please. For the first time in a while something that does not suck. 3..875 rounded up to 4.
Solid and enjoyable.
O álbum possui uma musicalidade requintada, uma escala épica, e composições extremamente progressivas. Não há aqui resquício sequer de simpatia Pop. O resultado é uma escuta interessante, que prende sua atenção e faz você notar os mínimos detalhes de cada faixa. Pra resumir, Yes é uma banda de nerd, e esse álbum é um álbum de nerd, simples assim. Me agrada o destaque que o baixo recebe nessas canções. Certamente foi o que mais chamou minha atenção. Linhas pulsantes que dirigem as canções. E claro, o resto da banda segue o mesmo padrão, todos se destacam em diferentes momentos. Acredito que este seja um disco que requer várias rodadas até ser totalmente absorvido. Dito isso, meu ranking é prejudicado por ser feito após uma única escuta. 4/5
Solid album. I prefer Fragile and 90125, but this is still solid.
It’s honestly a masterclass in progressive rock. The musicianship is on another level—especially the bass and guitar interplay—and the songs flow more like evolving suites than typical structures. They really showcase how complex ideas can still feel powerful and musical. Not the most accessible album at first, but if you give it time, it’s very rewarding. It's a must-listen if you’re into rich arrangements and deep musical exploration.
Yes
Yaaaaaassssss
8/10 (4/5 stars) a. Yours Is No Disgrace - 8.8/10 b. The Clap - 7.3/10 c. Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker, b. Disillusion, c. Würm - 8.6/10 d. I’ve Seen All Good People: a. Your Move, b. All Good People - 8.3/10 e. A Venture - 7.6/10 f. Perpetual Change - 9/10 g. Your Move (Single Version) - 8.5/10 h. Starship Trooper: Life Seeker (Single Version) - 8.6/10 i. Clap (Studio Version) - 8.7/10
Very good very good
vibey
> the Beatles
Cool prog rock
I had a lot of fun with this! Yes is a cool weird group, and this was a cool weird album
This album rules a the only reason I’m giving it a 3 instead of a 4 is because I know how good Yes can be and this is just scratching the surface. But the bass performance on this album is ridiculous and this is genuinely beautiful rock music. I love prog so much. I’ve changed my mind fuck it this is my project and if I want to give an album a 4 I’m gonna give it a 4 damnit. Long live prog long live Yes. Favorite track: Yours Is No Disgrace
- Best song: Perpetual Change. Love the stereo panning towards the end.
I love All Good People.
Fun jams, yea, jammy
Very cool!
I don’t really like prog rock but I do like this … I’ve seen all good people is outweighing the proggyness of the first half
Me gusto bastante, hay hartas canciones que me llamaron mucho la atención. Mi papa le encanta el rock y mucho led zepellin, y la verdad a mi me gusta bastante sus canciones y pude sentir en este album una sensación igual a la que siento con la musica de led zepellin. Bastante bueno para poner en la mañana y animarse hacer las cosas jajjskd.
Honestly I was expecting a punk 90s rock band from this one because of the cover and when I played the first song I was like am I listening to the Beatles then I saw it was from 1971 and the whole album I was like oh yea this is absolutely great
Cool
Can hear closer ties to their influences than later albums.
Good rock band from the 70’s-80’s. Good sound, good music, good songs.
Muy guapo
An example of where the long song doesn't feel like a chore. Good fun.
That's some fine Prog rock ya got there
classic YES 4/5
Like a lot of prog, it can sometimes be hard to defend Yes against claims of being self-indulgent and overstaying their welcome, but this one has a bounce and energy that’s missing from their later stuff.
its simply great and creative , and that's what i like. 4/5
Giving this a big ol yes
I had to listen to this album 3 times because I kept forgetting I was listening to it. By the third time I was kinda liking it. I should be ashamed at how unfairly I've rated similar albums on this list. I'm not though.
A little disjointed, but otherwise, zero complaints.
Aun que nunca me llamo demasiado la atención el progresivo, creo que escucharlo por primera vez me ha gustado, que tales guitarras, que largas algunas canciones, pero un disco que se deja escuchar, la pieza de cierre me parecio genial
These songs have no business hitting that hard. I was expecting some unbearable self-indulgent prog fest, but even the length and the guitar noodling is not bothering me.
Listening to this after Van Halen, and 70's rock is so much better than the 80's. Steve Howe is truly spectacular. The songs are long but they don't bore, similar to Television's Marquee Moon in that aspect.
This is one of my favorite Yes albums. It's damn near a greatest hits album really.
Yes!
Pretty classic album. I'm still not a huge Yes guy, but this album is musically impressive.
3/20/26 - listened while driving. I do not like Prog Rock or Jam Bands. That said, I actually enjoyed this. It was not nearly as self-indulgent as I expected and went by fairly quickly. Top Song - I've Seen All Good People
Impressive work by rock group Yes. I only knew them for Roundabout before this album, so I expected something similar to that. It's safe to say that my premonition was correct.
Incredible dynamics. Yes is in the embryonic stage of its sonic experimentation. Howe and Squire shine. The vocals carry a trademark of the group that complements the instrumental. Great classic.
Yeah! Sure! Sounds good!
Love finding a track I know but didn't know was on the album of the day
yeah it whips
Good album
A lovely listen. Somewhere between Steely Dan and Albert Hammond but, for me, a bit more fun and accessible than either of those. A lovely mix of textures and sounds thanks to acoustic guitar and brilliant vocals. Never listened to Yes before but definitely will listen some more.
This is just a really good album, from start to finish.
Un álbum con canciones muy interesantes y buenas. He sentido una conexión con algunas de estas canciones, pero incluso las que no me han gustado tanto me han parecido de una composición impecable
Prog rock pioneers.
Spinetta para gente que no es tan existencialista. La última canción podría salir tranquilamente en el soundtrack de Bob Esponja.
i really liked this album
Æ tror det hørtes ut omtrent som forventa, så det gjorde ikke nokka særlig inntrykk fra eller til, nei.
Enjoyed it more than I expected. Took another reviewer’s advice and listened with headphones.
Perfect for JJBA.
'The Yes Album' was when everything clicked for English progressive rock band Yes. After two records that showed their potential without really setting the world on fire, 'The Yes Album' utilized longer compositions, jazz piano, acoustic music and dashes of funk to deepen their prog sound. 'Yours Is No Disgrace' opens the record with a grandiose funk bass riff from Chris Squire and some inventive electric organ work from Tony Kaye, serving as a noteworthy precursor to the iconic 'Roundabout' that would appear on their next record, although Kaye would be replaced by Rick Wakeman before then. 'The Clap' showcases Steve Howe's immense skill on the acoustic guitar, before 'Starship Trooper' and 'I've Seen All Good People' forge the tight centre of the record, following the lead of 'Yours Is No Disgrace' with impressive bass/organ interplay, inventive guitar riffs, the rock-solid drumming of Bill Bruford (who would later join King Crimson) and the delightful vocals of Jon Anderson who, along with Rush's Geddy Lee, would pioneer that hard-rocking prog frontman persona. As the album closes with 'A Venture' and 'Perpetual Change', it is apparent that 'The Yes Album' was the first time Yes put together a consistently good record, and they'd only follow it up later that year with the even more impressive 'Fragile'. Yes are one of the greats of the prog rock genre, and 'The Yes Album', alongside 'Fragile' and Pink Floyd's 'Meddle', ensured 1971 was very important year in the growth of the genre. Best songs: Yours Is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper, I've Seen All Good People
OH YEAH! THIS IS WHAT I WANTED!
So good! Granted that this isn't my true music style but this is album is so nostalgic of my childhood and of my classic rock loving Father. Very fun.
A more progressive album from Yes after the first 2 and this probably defined their sound for the ones that follow. From the opening growl of Yours Is No Disgraces to the ringing notes of Perpetual Change this is in the Yes top 5.
Not as good as close to the edge imo.
Apesar das músicas serem bastante longa, gosto do instrumental ter bastante destaque
One of the best prog albums of all time. Still sounds great 50 years on.
Thought it was going to be metal, kinda groovy. Nice instrumental in 1st song. Like more than 1st album recommended. sounds like "roundabout" the jojo song. very mishmashy. very hippie. Kinda sound like the grateful dead. Overall pretty good. Id just listen to the grateful dead or the beetles tho. Would only listen to it again if it came up. Pretty short all things considered. 6/10
battleships confide in me // tell me where you are
One of my favorite prog rock albums we’ve had. Not a genre I typically enjoy but I thought the guitar was good and it wasn’t exhaustingly long. Light 4.
A great progressive rock album. The harmonies on Yours is no Disgrace and All Good People really stand out. The musicianship is top notch, especially Steve Howe's guitar and Chris Squire's bass.
Great musicianship on display here. Obviously this was tightly constructed and lots of work went into this. It’s not the most fun thing for me to listen to but Yes did a good job.
The usual story is that punk rock came about in reaction to bands like Yes (maybe even specifically because of them in some tellings), though in my personal musical history, I came to them after having being steeped in punk and the myriad styles that in turn spawned from it, and just assumed the common wisdom that they sucked. After hearing a number of people I respected musically talking about how much they liked Yes, I thought I'd give them a chance and at least come by my dislike honestly. It took a couple of minutes of Close To The Edge to realize that the punks were all wrong and that Yes ruled. So I got it all backwards, and I can understand why people might not like this, but I like it. Yeah, there's a lot of pompous virtuosity here, baroque arrangements, but for the most part it works because it's all creating this fantastic and imaginative sound world, all rooted in older SF and fantasy book covers, maybe, but I'm of the age where that stuff gives me nice warm feelings.
Mostly really enjoyed it, but “Clap” doesn’t really fit with the rest of the album, not sure why it was included.
Something new, nice discovery
This was a nice album! The vocals were pleasant, and this was a smooth listen. I'll have to give it another try, since I was a bit distracted while I was going through it, but I still feel it earns a 4.
I enjoyed this album. A little less progressive than other things I’ve heard from them, and a little more rock-forward
Banger! Yesterday I was feeling tired and it was the perfect album for that. As soon as I thought it was getting boring, something wacky and interesting happened.
Prog rock (and Yes especially) gets a lot of shit for being pompous and pretentious, but you can't deny the talent on display here. I don't think being able to play your instrument really well should be frowned upon and instead should be celebrated. Anyway, Yes rules.
Ahead of its time for sure
Some classic prog rock.
You can hear the improvement from their two earlier albums, but relistening to this, you can still they aren't quite there yet. It's a nice flowing album but I don't care for a number of swathes on it all that much. The opener and I've seen all good people are the highlights for me, especially the bass playing on the latter. It's still Yes and it is still a great listen, but it's not quite their peak.
Goed album, i like yes. Niet mijn favoriet van hun maar wel erg sterk
originally gave a 5 but listening to the songs individually doesn't give the same vibe. the album is like a whole experience but it probably works better all together fav song: Yours Is No Disgrace
good!
4 bueno
Did not expect to like this as much as I did but very technically good
Classic prob rock! I really like some of these songs and they have some very interesting harmonies.
How can you not love Yes? Okay, fine, plenty of reasons. But how can I not love Yes? That's where it gets trickier. So silly but like really really great if you can just relax about the whole thing. No one has to know you listen to Yes.
4.2
Very well made and clearly ahead of its time. Sadly none of the songs really spoke to me as much. They were interesting, but I wouldnt listen to any of them just because
Good 70s vibe!
This is a spectacular album, by a tremendous band. It's not quite as good as Fragile, but damn close.
It's a yes from me! Really enjoyed a little stroll around Bristol listening to this album!!
Better than expected for a band with such a boring name. Solid stuff
That was pretty neat
I am an absolute fiend for prog. Not their best album, but HOW IS STAR SHIP TROOPER SOOOOOO PEFECT???? THE BASS??????? THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR PART??????? JON'S VOCALS???????? AAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHA the other songs have their good moments, but that incredible banger just perfects it all.
Cool album to listen to, nothing stood out to me as a masterpiece but really liked every song. Yours Is No Disgrace is my pick for song of the album (and best first listen) with Starship Trooper and Perpetual Change being other highlights
Genuinamente que rock más bueno Desde mi opinión percibo que le meten un poco de teatro a los performances de cada canción Los solos son simplemente joyas escondidas Las 6 canciones tienen algo que hacen destacar cada pieza A pesar de tener 55 años desde su lanzamiento, se siente mucho más moderno
The first Yes album with the classic line up. So good. Steve Howe and Chris Squire are both in top form, and Anderson’s vocals are always sublime. I get why people rebelled against prog - it can sound pretty pretentious, but this is a phenomenal album.
"Starship Trooper" is so unbelievably ahead of its time and beautiful the entire way through, it weds like Byrds-esque jangly arpeggiated guitar lines with like proto-"Space Rock" atmosphere(??). "Yours Is No Disgrace" is also one of their best songs. In fact all these songs are good.
Definitely want more Yes
I feel like this is an album my dad would drum on the steering wheel to.
I actually really liked it. It was new and interesting. They released a new album this past week that was also really good.
Best Yes album I've had on here. Not really a Yes fan overall but this one was very listenable.
Fun, but not as good as some of their other stuff.
I say YES to Yes 🤭
Eerlijk gezegd veel vetter dan ik van tevoren had gedacht. Clap gaat heel hard, zeker voor een instrumentaal nummer.
The Yes Review.
Grande album prog, sia le tracce più lunghe che quelle brevi mi sono piaciute. Forse la mia preferita é your move, ma anche yours os no disgrace, starship trooper e perpetual change molto belle
My dad loves Yes, and I love my dad, so this was fun. I'm also a sucker for some harmonies, which Yes does so well. Such talented vocalists in this band! This isn't a genre I usually go out of my way to listen to, but the nostalgia of this album (among many of its contemporaries: Rush, Moody Blues, etc) blasting through the many speakers my dad installed throughout my childhood home is always a nice memory. AND I forgot how much I love the song "I've Seen All Good People"! I replayed that one a few times. 4/5.
I've heard this album many times, but not for quite a few years. It's typical of the experimental nature of the time - longer songs, grand themes, complex arrangements, odd time signatures. Call it prog, but mostly it comes without quite as much doodlydoodly wank as some of the later stuff. Howe is obviously a feature on this as the newest member, but Anderson's vocal arrangements are pretty special.
Great album. Gives me Rush vibes with the great bass and drums and top tier musicianship.
绿色的封面 千禧年 九十年代 气味
4 stars
This was actually really cool. It was prog without being in your face about it. I hope to return!
listened to again good stuff
Cracker of an album
Very interesting album. The riffs, and chunky bass of yours is no disgrace is a great opener. Listening to this I was thinking the sound is similar to the Who, who I understand were first in developing this particular type of prog rock, but the level of skill on this album can’t be denied. So I guess if you are going to copy another band’s sound, at least do it well and take it to some different places, like Yes have on this album
My second Yes album. I have to say I like this one too, less bass crazy although there are some moments. But a bit more acoustic guitar featured which I like. And ‘I’ve Seen All Good People’ and ‘Your Move’ is so good.
4.5
It was good
British Styx. Blending to melodic rock with jazz, acoustic, funk … 1 song added to playlist.
esta chulo, pocas canciones pero larguillo pero me ha gustado
The Yes Album is a pretty standard prog album for me, in that there are a few great 8+ minute tracks mixed in with a bunch of decent (but ultimately unremarkable) shorter ones. It comes across as a little less pretentious than ELP's Tarkus, but simultaneously much less consistent than Led Zepplin's Physical Graffiti, which makes me really wish there was an option to rate albums with half-stars so I could file it right between them. Oh well – a light four seems perfectly fair. I'm quite looking forward to checking out Close to the Edge, which apparently only has three tracks (with the first being nearly 19 minutes long) – seems like that might be a little more my speed! Highlights: Yours Is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper, Perpetual Change
The first song is 10 minsss🤯🤯🤯🤯 Lowk like gybe but mainstream riffs go craazzzy frfr. Inside outside inside outside Space guitars ig??????? Fywbt
Oh, this is a really interesting one. Very fun! This is a style of music I really enjoy, and I’m a sucker for unique song structure, so it’s probably a given I’d love this one. A solid 4, would be a 4.5 if I could. Favorites: Can I say the whole album? I just like this album.