The Yes Album

Me gusta como juegan con los instrumentos pero no me atrapó del todo. Aún así, es buen album

Cool prog rock

Going into this album I knew nothing about Yes other than they existed, and were something-something 70s related. I did not have high hopes. But! I dug it.

Fine but nothing special

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

YES

Not my favourite

- Best song: Perpetual Change. Love the stereo panning towards the end.

I love All Good People.

Me gustó mucho debí decir. Ideal para escuchar mientras laburas y queres algo medio arriba pero no tsnto

All good people is a classic…hadn’t listened to them as Prog Rock kings but now hear all the intricate breaks and movements! Great debut effort

Давно їх не слухав) Ранній Yes прикольний.

Was alright. Nothing really stands out, I am sure they will on here again with a better album. Mostly harmless.

Second Yes album. I honestly don't remember anything about my previous outing with their music, which I suppose is understandable given that I listened to it 150 albums ago. I'm expecting another prog rock album, likely with a spacy atmosphere. Here goes. This album was a little directionless and scatterbrained, but it caught me at the right time. I've had somewhat of an affinity for prog rock over the past couple of months. Granted, I haven't listened to any prog rock in that time frame, but the reverence is there all the same. I think it's the only genre of music which can be called timeless in the truest sense of that word. Sure, it reeks of the airbrushed, polished visions of the future that were common in advertising and media at the time, but I think the music is largely distinct in its futuristic vision. The spacey ambience of the guitars are pretty good, though it's the unique chord progressions which really set this album apart. The plucky interplay between the pianos and bass guitar make for some solid moments. The synths are generally pretty good too, adding a nice, soft texture to the tracks - I just wish there were more of them. The organs don't do much for me, though they do pair nicely with the aforementioned synths. The acoustic guitar is the only instrument that I can confidently say doesn't belong here, especially on the track where it prominently features. There's also the question of track length, which I largely didn't feel was earned. Many of the songs start to feel empty after a while. While I did have some gripes with this album, I thought it was a decent listen overall. Book time. Peaked at No. 7 on the UK chart, but that's about the only thing of note in this entry - the rest is just about the recording process. Wikipedia says this album was their breakthrough release and was warmly received by critics. The UK and Netherlands particularly liked this album, whereas the album performed more modestly in the US and Canada. I was expecting a little more from this album, but I'm favourable to it being in here. I cosign this inclusion

Fun jams, yea, jammy

This one's good, and it is consistent with Yes's other work, but it's not quite as strong. Favorite track(s): "Starship Trooper," even if it isn't anything like the book or the movie that came out later.

Amazing album. I love yes

Very cool!

Yes might be one of my favorite groups of all time, so seeing them pop up was a delight

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.

0/6 bekannt 6/10 Beste Songs: yours is no disgrace, starship trooper, I’ve seen all good people

Yes, all good people should give this album a 5. Stanky bass, so many diverse sounds.

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

Bands like this do because they can, not because they should.

An example of where the long song doesn't feel like a chore. Good fun.

Some of the instrumental sections dragged on a bit but overall an enjoyable listen with some good tunes.

Meh. This deluxe edition is an album with over 4h, so I went and listened to the short version. One or two good songs, the rest are just too repetitive or just sound like intros...

That's some fine Prog rock ya got there

Very old but yes, I can say it works.

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

It was fine. Nothing fabulous to be excited about for me

Very cool guitar work, and I enjoyed the vocals. It was good, and a style I don't mind.

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.

Yes seems a little enthusiastic, I’d say “sure :)”

A little disjointed, but otherwise, zero complaints.

Is The Yes Album Yes's best album? Until recently, I would have probably said "No way!" In high school, when I was in my prog rock phase, I was adamant that Fragile and Close to the Edge were the peak of Yes, and I don't remember any particularly strong feelings about The Yes Album. But everything changed a few weeks back when I got Fragile on this site. I was surprised and disappointed to find it no longer appealed to me. I found it overindulgent, cacophonous at times, and strangely paced, with only a few songs really holding up. When I got The Yes Album today, I was bracing myself for disappointment, though I took comfort in the fact that it's never been an album I really loved. And then, as I listened to it, and remembered song after song, singing along, enjoying the shifts and changes, I found that I was truly enjoying The Yes Album. It was like walking into Narnia—but like, if I'd already been to Narnia, and had forgotten how awesome Narnia was. So many great moments throughout the album. "I've Seen All Good People" may be my favorite Yes song of all time, and relistening after so many years only affirmed that. The unfortunately mistitled "The Clap" is another highlight, a real showcase of Steve Howe's abilities. I remember spending hours trying to tackle it at 50% speed when I was 17. "A Venture" is another excellent entry. I don't know. I kind of love all of it. I think sometimes fans of prog rock are way too afraid to enjoy music. They need to feel clever. So they gravitate toward the more esoteric, the more virtuosic, the more unenjoyable works. This is why Fragile and Close to the Edge are often considered their greatest albums. But I've always been partial to 90125, often derided by the proggiest of progheads. And today, I am ready to make a declaration: Is The Yes Album Yes's best album? Yes!

Grandiose prog rock structured to be long-form, but it doesn't get super noodle-y. Little chicken pickin here and there, that's nice. I think it was good, I'd say solid 3.

The Yes Album is a record that announces its ambitions immediately and delivers on them technically without ever quite delivering on them emotionally. The musicianship is exceptional across the board — Chris Squire’s bass sits in the mix like a lead instrument, aggressive and melodic simultaneously, and the overdriven Hammond moments hint at something genuinely exciting underneath the architecture. Steve Howe’s guitar work is precise and inventive. These are serious players doing serious work. And yet the songs feel sterile. The technical command is never in question, but command alone doesn’t create warmth, and warmth is what’s missing here. The playing is impressive in the way that a perfectly engineered room is impressive — you can admire the craft without wanting to spend time in it. It’s the same ceiling that ELP’s Tarkus ran into: virtuosity in service of something that never quite pulls you inside it. The acoustic live track — “The Clap,” which is an unfortunate name under any circumstances — arrives mid-record like a completely different band briefly wandered in. It’s adventurous in theory and mostly just an interruption in practice. This is prog before it fully disappeared into its own indulgence, which should make it more accessible. Somehow it still feels like too much. A respectful three — impressive, occasionally interesting, and emotionally distant in all the ways that matter most.

5/5

Really good album, I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Love love love this album. I could listen to Squire's bass tone and mastery all day long. Unlike some prog rock bands who are all over the place in terms of the musical themes and genres they embrace, Yes is of a more singular focus. This leads them to greater heights, soaring over all the other pretenders stuck on the ground below.

Highlights: Yours is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper, I’ve Seen All Good People, A Venture and Perpetual Change. I have listed 5 of the 6 tracks on this album as highlights. For that reason I have to give this 5 Stars.

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

I like when the vocals sound like The Byrds but the organ guy needs to chill. Yes makes me think that I was wrong about prog rock. They keep the jamming to a reasonable ratio of actual musical content and each song can stand on its own.

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.

Four long prog-rock songs? Yes.

favs: the clap i’ve seen all good people: a. your move, b. all good people rating 1.6/5

very 70s. kind of Rush-ish before Rush existed. seen all good people of course but good stuff other than that one too

Track 1: Good opening song, annoying vocalist Track 2: nice acoustic song Track 3: meh Track 4: boring song. About chess or something Track 5: goofy. Old timey sound Track 6: cheesy intro Don't like singer's voice.

Too loosey goosey for me.

Thoughts before listening: I have always though that Yes fell on the cheesy side of prog rock, and for the most part that is probably true. However, I do really like the album with Roundabout on it, and I know that this is their debut meaning its perhaps before their excessive tendencies took over. I believe this will be a first listen. Review: So this isn't the actual debut album from Yes. but it does seem to be the one where they finally settled on their sound. One thing I do like about this band is that while they could rock as hard as all of the prog rock bands, they also aren't afraid of a folky acoustic song. Thats the secret to "I've Seen All Good People." which is a very catchy folky rock song that was a huge hit for the band. All in all this is basically what I expected from this album. I like it well enough although its not necessarily blowing me away. I'll give this 3-stars.

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.

to instrumental sto track 1 allou καλο instrumental γενικα φαρμα βαιμπς αλλα το βαρεθηκα πολυ μονο το ιντρο μαρεσε αλλα νταξ γενικα δεν ειναι το ειδος μου ειδικα ετσι οπως τραγουδανε αυτη καντα φολκ

A+

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.

Liked The Clap the best, it was a fun lil diddy. Overall, enjoyed more than expected.

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

A classic. Top twenty all time prog album

 Да) Хорошее звучание, богатый и плотный инструментал Не понял состав этого альбома, там треки повторяются Хорошая энергия и как сити гриль можно слушать Я добавил себе Буду переслушивать 3.8

holy basslines, but the rest's kinda mid

Masterpiece. ❤️

Genesis vibes 7/10

Surprisingly little Wakeman keyboard noodling. Surpisingly lots of acoustic and folk rock. It's fine, but nothing special

A classic!

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.

Yes, they have talent. Does that talent translate to something I want to listen to? No.

Not my cup of tea !!!

Great album, once again not my style. The music is great, the vocals and singing really turn me off of listening to this by choice

16/03/25 a banda verde do consentimento yours is no disgrace é interessantíssima, mas eu sou suspeito pq gosto dessas coisas viajonas e experimentais (vulgo rock progressivo) (não que não seja mega bem feito tbm) a voz dos caras tbm é foda pink floyd se fosse feliz e leve e esse violão sunshine and rainbows em the clap life seeker foi louco demais, prog rock para a vida violão festinha country em disillusion esse solo em wurm não tem nada a ver com nada, mas o fato de ele estar ali e contribuir para uma experiência mega viajona já é muito foda as harmonias de voz desses manos são do caralho tbm your move tá me fazendo ascender all good people blues vibes, esse final épico a venture não é viajão que nem as outras, mas é um arroz e feijão do rock sensacional a sonoridade do álbum é muito bem definida, os elementos são os mesmos mas não fica repetitivo - perpetual change me provou isso muito bem esse solo chefão de videogame vibes no meio da música, cinema entendo quem acha chato, eu tbm acho rush chato por exemplo mas pra mim prog rock é um dos gêneros que funciona de forma mais subjetiva (que dá para ser chata obviamente) não esperava, mas; 10/10 - foi uma ótima surpresa

Not my kind of thing and there were parts I disliked, but at least they still sounded like a rock band and I've Seen All Good People was just about good enough to scrape it up to a 3

Yeah! Sure! Sounds good!

Love finding a track I know but didn't know was on the album of the day

yeah it whips

this on the other hand is so directly up my alley it is insane.

I like plenty of prog and I get that, in some senses, it's the ultimate genre mashup. But I still feel there need to be guard rails of some sort: coherent themes, hooks or signatures. Yes disagree, and just throw a lot of random noodling into these songs at their whim. The result isn't bad, in fact technically the musicianship is pretty impressive: it's just rather incoherent and confusing.

Very dreamy, very noodly, very ‘70s.

A bit all over the place, but I guess that's the point.

Zzzzzzzz

Yes rules!

Bon, sans atteindre des sommets

Good album

Better than I thought it was going to be. Still overindulgent, but that's Yes for you.

The band may be Yes but for me it’s a No ❤️ this is objectively bad

3.8

Really enjoyed this one. Just a lot of fun to listen to, the riffs are all super catchy and the guitar playing is insane. Will definitely revisit

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.

O pior álbum até aqui.

Album OK 3/5

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

Yes this is prog rock, No I didn't need to listen to this before I die.

thats ok

Prog rock pioneers.

Mi ricorda la mia amica con cui nn si poteva mai ascoltare canzoni meno di 9 minuti eddaiiiiii

not my cut of tea

Not my favourite Yes album, but I love Yes

Spinetta para gente que no es tan existencialista. La última canción podría salir tranquilamente en el soundtrack de Bob Esponja.

This one is fine. Not really my jam but I didn't mind it. 3 stars.

Enjoyable Yes album. Some songs are way too long. Two versions of 'I've Seen All the Good People Your Move' is excessive. Too much filler.

Decent album, bit short but overall enjoyed it

i really liked this album

YES! YES! YES!

Not my fave of theirs, but it is Yes

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A powerful rock record, a more straightforward effort from these masters of prog, resplendent with riffs and iconic vocal harmonies and imagination. Undeniably great rock music.

It's fine. A lot more dull and less adventurous than I was expecting. I like Prog - in principle. I love Floyd,and I love prog Metal, but all those other 70s Prog bands I know little of. So.. a bit naff. Nothing memorable, no great memories, not even any ridiculous musicianship. But it's fine. Nothing bad. Nothing annoying.

This rollicks along at a reasonable pace and keeps the smugness to a minimum. Not that I will ever choose to listen to it again.

Huge fan. Likely one of the strongest debut albums ever.

meeeeh

Good, but blended together too much

Æ tror det hørtes ut omtrent som forventa, så det gjorde ikke nokka særlig inntrykk fra eller til, nei.

Found it pleasant enough to listen to. And there were head bobbing moments. But not strong enough to really get me into it.

I love YES, but I'm not convinced this album belongs on the list. Fragile and Tales from Topographic Oceans are each spectacular; everyone should not only hear them, but try to listen to them before they die. The Yes Album hints at the greatness to come. There are moments of transcendence here. But, honestly, it sounds like rehearsal sessions for the monster productions that follow.

Enjoyed it more than I expected. Took another reviewer’s advice and listened with headphones.

un album solido y completo, me gusta la guitarra de the clap, la letra de starship trooper. me gusta que sean canciones largas, es algo que hoy en día se está perdiendo. noté la referencia a lennon en i’ve seen all good people

I love a long song but over 6 minutes for 4 out of a 9 song album... kinda crazy

Pretty much what I expected too drawn out and jammy for my taste

Yes.

Perfect for JJBA.

Banger

They're very good at their instruments but I don't like the sounds they're making

Liked this one more than fragile to be honest. Short but sweet. Favorite was probably the opener yours is no disgrace. Lot of nonsense yet still kind of hit me.

'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

Inoffensive and unobtrusive prog rock. An album you'd thrown on when you want background music that listeners can tune in and out of with ease. Like me at work, forgetting I was listening while the album was actively playing over my headphones. When I remembered, I mostly enjoyed the sound before my attention slipped away again. That being said I don't like the plink-plonky mixing of the album, it's a bit abrasive. I'd listen to The Clap and Starship Trooper again.

Yes has some classics, but none of them are on this album in my opinion.

Interesting listen. 3

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.

najs! svidja mi se pogotovo pesma the clap jer je drugacija od ostalih, neki akusticni momenat. zanimljive dugacke pesme, veoma sedamdesete!

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.

Very 70s prog rock. Definitely some masterful musicianship.

6/10 Accomplished and clever, but hard to love. All a bit too cover for its own good, it is still interesting and a fine listen.

anu iyo simgerebi ro momewona da davagulebdi mara isetebi araa ro shuffleshi shemxvdes da gemrielad shevirgo

I appreciate the band’s distinctive close harmonies. And Jon Anderson’s vocals, too. Aside from “I’ve Seen All Good People,” I don’t really relate to the songs, though.

All very ‘clever’ but I don’t enjoy this type of music at all.

I've listened to this a number of times, but not for many years. It sounds a little dated now, showing it's late 60s/early 70s style. I never rated this album as highly as other Yes albums, but there are still good tracks - Yours is no disgrace and I've seen all good people.

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

Very good album

There is some great bass on this album. I put on the good headphones, which allowed for the stereo to really come through. I braced myself for SIX songs on a ~42ish minute album. I reminded myself I started this for a reason. The reason? To discover new music and to rediscover things I hadn't listened to for a long time, fully knowing that there would be albums on the list that I cannot, nay, WILL not abide. This is one of them. Are there some great Yes songs? Sure. Of course there are. There's a reason that they have endured and people love them 54 years after this, their third studio album. Am I one of those people? NO I AM NOT. Again, Prog rock. I already went on my diatribe about prog rock so I'm not going to drag you through that again, but literally no one needs an 11 minute song that has three sections and features (checks notes) "cosmic imagery, spiritual searching, and New Age philosophy. Inspired by Robert Heinlein's novel of the same name, the song centers on a 'guardian angel' figure and the individual's journey to find inner divinity and truth." Or maybe you do. I'm not going to judge if you love it but I tapped out about 6 minutes into that song because even with the good headphones, it was a LOT. I've Seen All Good People also has three parts and clocks in at 7 minutes. I am thankful that the radio generally cuts this to 3-4 minutes. And you know what? I enjoy those 3-4 minutes. It's an immediately recognizable song - and the mandolin at the very beginning is lovely. Plus, there are some pan-esque flutes. Oh no! What if Zamfir is on this list? I will absolutely drop dead. Also, I looked for a gif of Zamfir and his Magical Pan Flute, and this is what popped up (amongst some other things that are NSFW). Standout: Owner of a Lonely Heart Yes, I KNOW it's not on this album, but so what. It's their best song, IMO

battleships confide in me // tell me where you are

Very long album and songs are super 70s + similar

veel vage nummers, een paar leuke

No

pretty entertaining

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.

Muy denso, buenos sonidos en algunas partes pero se hace eterno, la verdad no pude terminar de escuchar todas las canciones, no es mi tipo de álbum

I’ve already listened to this album! I like it! 3 ⭐️

First time listening to this album. Fun! Type of prog that makes you forget you're listening to prog, I'd say it's more rock-y 3/5

great

Absolute music

zu lang, zu instrumental

Stereotypical 70’s.

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.

more pretentious claptrap

I love

god bless dette er så sykt ikke for meg.

Not a massive fan of prog rock, but Starship Troopers and Yours is No Disgrace have some decent parts. OK overall, but wouldn’t listen to it again.

When I was young Yes we're my favourite group, for a time. For pure nostalgia alone I loved this album and it does contain some great tracks.

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

Most of the songs were entirely too long. I did enjoy the upbeat quality of "The Clap" and who can go wrong with a banjo? There is just something about the banjo that always lifts my spirits. I liked, "A Venture" also.

Expansive, overworked arrangements built from ringing guitars, busy bass runs, swirling organ lines, constant tempo shifts, and high, insistent vocals make this Progressive Rock album an overly talkative guide who refuses to skip any detail, which basically just annoys and fatigues me.

Yes, regardless of how hard I try to like them, is usually a no for me.

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.

Favorite Song: Yours Is No Disgrace

Boring

Loved the instruments. Loved

Only one more of these to get through. The No Album. Worse than Fragile.

I respect prog rock but I usually don't love it. This was decent.

I really dislike music where the sole purpose is to showcase the musicians’ skills, with no catchy parts. Yes is one of those bands. It was a struggle to get through in one sitting. I even tried to listen to it again, just in case I’d been missing something. I found it even worse, so I quit halfway through.

Feels a bit like the shaped of prog to come. You can hear what came before and the beginnings of things that bands like Rush would run off with a few years later. The band also emerges as something better than the noodly prog that preceded it. It feels like the band really starts here.

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.

It must be an incredible feeling to approach an instrument completely unfettered by anything save your own imagination. While this consummate ability may cause you to shit out a goofy, Django Reinhardt-style ditty like The Clap (and then name the composition after a venereal disease), it certainly leads to other gems here. Free of some of the excess that can mark the more didactic offerings of the genre and Yes’s own discography. There are some great rock jams, Starship Troopers pt2, and some, for lack of a better word, poppier tunes, All Good People. On the whole though it doesn’t beg me to relisten to it.

The proggiest prog that ever did prog. I mean, it's not bad, but my first choice for a prog fix is not usually Yes. I can understand why some like it, but for me this is solid average.

Bra gitarr Skön vibe Lite tråkig, händer inte mycket Favoritlåt: Yours is no disgrace

Ahead of its time for sure

feels like I'm flying in a spaceship. decent album.. and I get the transition, but not something I would throw on anytime

First Listen. Was never into Yes - just too proggy for me as a kid. However since then I've ended up loving Supertramp and Pink Floyd so lets see! Some serious guitar playing to open. Mercifully light on the organ so far. Is like the guitarist has to prove they know every trick in the book (and has every pedal)....almost jazz like the way musicians are spiralling off. Washing over me quite nicely - can see why people love this. Will be listening again.

3.5

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

as mid as their other album. this one doesn't have roundabout on it so it gets a lower score.

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

Not my thing, not a fan of that classic rock sound.

Love this album, grew up listening to it quite a lot on bus rides home from high school. Some of Yes's finest guitar playing from Howe. Starship Troopers and Perpetual Change are some of my favorite songs ever. Everything else is still a banger. Yes!

in hindsight this is somewhat of a transitional album, their first album with howe and their last album before wakeman. but looking at the context of the release, and the brazen confidence of the album title, its hard to not see it as an intentional magnum opus, and this recklessly sincere cosmic ambition is so illustrative of why yes is likely my favorite classic prog band. this is also the album where they full lock in their hyper-melodic instincts, imbuing their technicolor instrumental chops and anderson's increasingly inscrutable (but still strangely emotionally affecting) lyrics with such a lush and muscley capital m Musicality that can go toe to toe with even their more "accessible" periods. of their prog albums this is likely the most approachable...catchy songs blown up to massive-feeling scale, hippie sweetness and hard rock heaviness, discipline and indulgence in nearly equal measure. honestly one of the big problems with the whole 1001 is a severe deficiency in prog...guess we needed to make room for more britpop records!!!

Not really my cup of tea, but I still had a pretty good time with this album. There’s something boundary‑pushing about it that I like, and it’s not over the top — quite restrained and controlled

What a jawdroppingly amazing album this is. Every time I put it on, it blows me away. The diversity, from acoustic country-ish or Iberian guitar pieces over the big slabs of prog rock to almost jazzy tracks, beggars belief. As does the complete control heard on every note out of every instrument. Staggering. Yes, please!

First song was way too long, 10 minutes of straight noodling. Album in general was not distinct, every song felt like an extension of each other, except for A Venture, fav song off the album. Felt stagnant some moments, melodies change every other second and just feel excessive at times, that may be some peoples thing but not me, not a fan of the aimless feel. Overall groovy, but mid.

good!

Prog rock is one of those genres that is usually really hit or miss for me. This, surprisingly, was right down the middle. I didn't think that it was fantastic. I didn't think that it was always interesting. However, there are some great moments in here. An awesome riff here or there or a nice harmony was enough to get this album a mediocre rating from me. I think it has great elements throughout, but I wish those moments were more frequent and celebrated.

4 bueno

Well, this is just a bit too much out there for my taste. I don't mind a bit of progressive rock, but I couldn't find enough to be happy about on this album. There isn't anything bad really, but it is just a bit too estranging. 3/5

Did not expect to like this as much as I did but very technically good

Yes, it’s pretty good. Light prog rock with a lot of musicality. However by the end I hardly remember any of it.

Classic prob rock! I really like some of these songs and they have some very interesting harmonies.

Meh

Classic prog vibes

My college roommate was OBSESSED with Yes, to the point that he covered his room in Roger Dean's artwork. At the time, my only frame of reference was their left-field '80s hit, "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (and maybe "Roundabout"). Prog isn't my thing, but this is surprisingly palatable. I don't mind it—which counts as high praise from me. I even listened to the expanded edition tracks! The musicianship is pretty great across the board, and I saved "The Clap" to my playlist of instrumentals.

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

tad weird, psychedelic, almost alien but undoubtedly rock. It sounds as weird as it looks on the album cover. Do I like it? Maybe, or Maybe not. I’m not sure of it myself. Immensely progressive, not just my type maybe.

Wow the songs are long

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!

My left ear enjoyed that one part of Perpetual Change Other than that kind of a mellow album. I wanted to enjoy it

i dont like this country ass type of rock and country rock or prog rock

Great riffs and melodies with some nice vocals added to the mix but I felt they didn't add much and the build up to the showing up in the first song was great just for them to lack. Overall still a nice prog rock album to digest. 6/10, Favorite Song: Yours is No Disgrace

Alright

This is a spectacular album, by a tremendous band. It's not quite as good as Fragile, but damn close.

There are snippets on this album where you can hear that Yes seemingly has the ability to make good songs. However, these are only about 30 seconds long in a 9 minute long song, so then you’re stuck with 8.5 minutes of a bad song. Sure they seem pretty technically competent on all their instruments, but like that all still has to work together and build toward something interesting and good for the music to be good

I've never knowingly heard or bothered with Yes but I must have seen thousands of copies of their albums on vinyl at car boot sales. I'm was aware that they 'do prog' but since that's never really been my thing, they've just passed me by.... much like the album did when I actually listened to it. As one previous reviewer put it.... > Like rush but boring ... a little unfair, this wasn't bad by any means, but nor did it grab me. Perhaps I need to listen to it in a different context, not whilst I'm working and the rain outside is pouring... but them's the breaks... sorry Yes!

This is clearly rubbish, but it was so over the top and daft I found myself quite enjoying myself.

No

This is terrible, although TBF unlike most albums this far down in the one stars there are fleeting moments when listenabilty breaks through…Tom.

it was okay, not my thung

This was quite a fun listen. 40 min just 6 songs, I thought the longer songs would drag more. But I quite like it

Never heard of them! Liked it

Ja wel prima

That’s A no from me

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

Not so much a yes as it is an "I guess." 3/5

sounds like the type of shihh I would expect to be in a GTA radio.

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.

After listening to this 3 or 4 times, its rarely got above background noise, never mind essential listening. The real issue that I have with it is the segues off from a reasonable tune into forgettable bits of drivel before returning to a point where you can't understand why you're still listening to the same song, with Track 1 and 6 being cases in point. Track 3 is a bit better, and probably my favourite, but it still sometimes occasionally meanders into blandness. Track 2 is a live instrumental track, I think. Track 4 is shit. I've listened to Track 5 four times and can't remember anything about it! I like Owner Of A Lonely Heart, so I might give 90125 a listen. This unessential album avoids the ignominy of 1 star through a few decent moments but I won't listen to it again, but I do wonder if Rick Wakeman added a bit more oomph to the keyboard solos on later albums. A low 2☆.

I want to like Yes. They are an amazing band. But I just don’t - too muddy, mushy, messy. That’s because they are great musicians doing complex arrangements, but still….I just can’t connect with this music emotionally and that’s what matters most to me.

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

Pretty good album! I think Yes is a great band.

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

6/10

3 1/2. I enjoyed it.

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.

Yes is one of the "real" rock bands I started listening to as an early teen. When I was about 12 years old (1974ish) a friend started to teach me how to play guitar. Roundabout was the song he initially played for me, and I thought it was so cool. He loaned me his copy of Fragile and I was hooked. I convinced my parents to buy me that album as well as today's album and I played them constantly and memorized them. I had a neighbor who was into prog rock, who then introduced me to other artists of the day. None of the others impressed me the way Yes did. At some point in the next few years I moved on to discover other bands and genres, and Yes kind of got left in the dust. I was very excited to listen to this today, as I haven't played the album in a very long time or really listened to Yes in a very long time. I hoped that I'd be able to go back to the feelings I had about it as a younger teenager. I am very happy to report that I really enjoyed it, singing along to all of the songs (aside from The Clap of course) and smiling the entire time, anticipating the time signature changes and the various instruments coming in as they did. I hoped I wouldn't find it corny and dated and I didn't. The lyrics weren't really the point back then, and still aren't. I really want to jump into Fragile now...

This was fine, nothing special. It got boring and repetitive very quickly though

COOLCOOL. 3.5

"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.

Que deleite fue escuchar este álbum de inicio a fin. La calidad de músicos que tiene Yes es genial y sumado con el nivel de producción que tiene el disco, este se vuelve un viaje muy divertido de escuchar. Las líneas melódicas de cada instrumento (la voz incluida) se presentan como capas de distintas texturas tan diferentes pero tan bien ensambladas y ordenadas que el resultado es increíble. Ahora, se nota que lo trabajaron en una granja. Me gusta el toque granjero que le meten, el progre también puede sonar granjero. Y hablando de eso, me encantaron las canciones con instrumento solo, de eso va el progre justamente, amplificar la virtuosidad del instrumentista y exponer el verdadero potencial de cualquier género o estilo. Muy buen disco.

Nice cock? Affirmative

7/10

So good I listened twice

Definitely want more Yes

Yes is one of those bands I believe I was born to like, Prog Rock with chapters and parts to their songs? Yes please. But then diving into their back catalogue always leaves me wanting. Listening to this I understand why. Some songs like “Ive seen All good People” are excellent while the instrumental “The Clap” is so boring, and irritated me with the wild clapping at the end, like THIS SHOULD BE YOUR LEVEL OF ADULATION FOR THIS SONG SUCKERS. I love the album 90125 so much so will keep trying here. Not given up yet.

first time listening to progressive rock, like the mix of genres

One of the all time best when it comes to Prog Rock!!!

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.

Aight. Early UK rock

Album No. 0137 on my list. I don't really know a lot of stuff by Yes - if I think about it, "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" is the only song I'm aware of. Except for the songs on this album of course, now that I've listened to it. I.e., the whole thing was completely new to me. "The Yes Album" is a classic progressive rock album. Long, complex, multi-part song arrangements, rather abstract, deep lyrics, even that special, "perfectionist" prog rock sound (don't know how to describe it any better). I'm not a big fan of these attributes per se (as they result in a lack of catchiness and dynamism), but I can't deny that they work pretty well together on this album. It definitely deserves its spot on this list. I will add "Staarship Trooper" with its three parts, and "I've Seen All Good People" with its two parts to my playlist. 3/5 stars.

Best Yes album I've had on here. Not really a Yes fan overall but this one was very listenable.

More technically good music that has no heart or soul. Overly long musical masturbation, this time with an acoustic noodle thrown in

Fun, but not as good as some of their other stuff.

Idk, it just sounds tiring after a while. Complex and with talented musicians but doesn't take a pause or actually stop to consider what does a good song sound like

01) Yours Is No Disgrace - 6,5 02) Clap - 5,5 03) Starship Trooper (Life Seeker, Disillusion & Würm) - 5,5 04) I've Seen All Good People (Your Move & All Good People) - 6,5 05) A Venture - 6,0 06) Perpetual Change - 5,5 TOTAL: 5,92 (59/100) Current ranking: 645/805

Not a fan of prog but it sounded fine

Meh

I say YES to Yes 🤭

Eerlijk gezegd veel vetter dan ik van tevoren had gedacht. Clap gaat heel hard, zeker voor een instrumentaal nummer.

Prima. Beetje een grote blend van nummers in elkaar. Dat is best leuk, maar was ook niets ongelofelijk bijzonders

Wel een aardig jam albumpje. Maar met hoe lang het is, vloeien de nummers wel een beetje in elkaar dat het lijkt of je het al gehoord hebt

Yes

The Yes Review.

sarebbe 3,5 - mi è piaciuto, preferita: i’ve seen all good people: your move, all good people

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

No

5/5 inquestionável

Kinda weird and annoying

I feel the same way about this album as I do so many other prog albums: yes, the playing is technically on another level, but there's no emotion here.

This is my reason for doing this. I'd got a prejudice against Yes but hadn't really listened to their stuff. This is really good, maybe not something I'm going to get obsessed by, but can definitely see myself hunting down a best of

Slightly ashamed of my teen self. 40+ years ago I loved this. Still got it on vinyl. Listening to it now it brought back a lot of memories- but it’s not very good.

again not very memorable

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

Great! I was originally a bit intimidated by a Prog album, but this was fun and I will definitely explore some more of this band. I listened to most of this album twice and got a lot more out of the second listen.

Very experimental rock sound with a lot of creative musical ideas, really like it

Nice energy, but not my cup of tea. Starship Troopers is a good song though.

It just sounds like a lot of 70s prog albums to me.