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Enjoyed it
This was alright - I'm not particular to prog-rock stuff, but this album had it's moments that I enjoyed. I'd give this a 3.5, but I don't feel good giving it a 4.
OK, but it's unlikely that I'll ever wanna listen to this again. ★★★
Not unenjoyable. Lots of guitar. Very 70s rock. I really only loved Your Move. The rest was a lot of guitar and a lot of it blurred together.
only 1 good song that is okayish. first two are just instrumentals but they're pretty nice.
Había algo en los 70 (👃)
Completely acceptable prog-ish rock. I liked some bass and guitar parts, but the constant harmonizing of the voices got old pretty quick. I admit I did a little peek ahead and saw that Yes has 3 albums in the book. Will they deserve the 3 album placements? Who knows. Going middle of the road for now, this album is subject to either stay the same or go down in rating in the future depending on how the other Yes material sounds.
A good album, I liked Perpetual Change the most.
I really love the guitar playing, it's a bit odd to me but I love their sound and it's fun to listen to, sounds like nothing like I've ever heard really :) it's interesting. It's beautiful and i love how there's lots of different instruments and their music sounds more dimensional i guess.? Like im in the room with them 😭😭 ok i love the different styles in the songs it's awesome:p Basically not something I would normally listen to but it's solid 3,5 *_*
estuvo bueno eh, repetiria 3.5/5
Скажите да да да
solide 3. eigentlich ganz gut, aber es fehlt was - die emotionen, die es nicht auslöst
I’ve discovered the older I get the less fond I am of indulgence. And there’s a lot of that here. Time signature changes, ultra technical playing, obtuse lyrics but…. There’s an also moments like the end of starship trooper where they find a groove and stick to it, some may find that indulgent but I found those moments exciting. The harmonies are also machine tooled but really flesh the vocals out. Not for everyone but enough for me
In theory, I'm a fan of prog. Really though, I'm more of a prog snob - I'm picky about the prog I like. All the things I like about prog are here: lengthy epic songs with unusual lyrics, instrumentation, and time signatures. But Yes seems to specialize in songs that change key almost every measure which makes it hard to latch onto a great riff or melody, anything you can groove to or sing along with. Starship Troopers from this release is the best example of this. It's the same problem I have with jam bands like The Grateful Dead - too much noodling and not enough melody. It seems like these kinds of bands intend to rely on more of a overall feeling better experienced as background music, or alternatively as art to be marveled at instead of enjoyed. I dig the guitar and bass work, and the close harmonies are great too, but aside from All Good People, I'd have preferred more to enjoy instead of just appreciate.
It was a lot better than "Owner of a lonely heart". If you like 70s Prog it will probably be for you. Good musicality, none of the melodies stuck, but with prog usually you need more than one listen.
I already liked Yes, this was a good album
Eh kinda mid Fragile is the better album.
A few moments of likeable stuff, some decent guitar work, and honestly not as horrible as I thought it would be. Going to go 3. Suspect they have far worse records in their canon.
It was ok. I don’t really like super long songs but I enjoyed the experimental side to this.
These damn prog rockers and their long ass music
Zone out a fair bit. It's meh
This album is all over the place and I don't mind it anywhere near as much as I thought I would. Started off sounding like an 80s TV theme, obviously had the obligatory gypsy jazz track, some riffs, harmonies and good ol' blues rock. At least it's quite fun at points. Hats off to the pre dated Nirvana riff at the end of Starship Trooper.
Me gusta como juegan con los instrumentos pero no me atrapó del todo. Aún así, es buen album
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.
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
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
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.
0/6 bekannt 6/10 Beste Songs: yours is no disgrace, starship trooper, I’ve seen all good people
Some of the instrumental sections dragged on a bit but overall an enjoyable listen with some good tunes.
Very old but yes, I can say it works.
Very cool guitar work, and I enjoyed the vocals. It was good, and a style I don't mind.
Yes seems a little enthusiastic, I’d say “sure :)”
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.
Really good album, I enjoyed it quite a bit.
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.
Four long prog-rock songs? Yes.
very 70s. kind of Rush-ish before Rush existed. seen all good people of course but good stuff other than that one too
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.
Liked The Clap the best, it was a fun lil diddy. Overall, enjoyed more than expected.
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
Genesis vibes 7/10
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
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
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.
Bon, sans atteindre des sommets
Better than I thought it was going to be. Still overindulgent, but that's Yes for you.
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
Album OK 3/5
thats ok
Mi ricorda la mia amica con cui nn si poteva mai ascoltare canzoni meno di 9 minuti eddaiiiiii
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
Not my fave of theirs, but it is Yes
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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.
Good, but blended together too much
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.
I love a long song but over 6 minutes for 4 out of a 9 song album... kinda crazy
Banger
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.
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.
Interesting listen. 3
najs! svidja mi se pogotovo pesma the clap jer je drugacija od ostalih, neki akusticni momenat. zanimljive dugacke pesme, veoma sedamdesete!
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.
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.
pretty entertaining
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
zu lang, zu instrumental
Stereotypical 70’s.
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.
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.
Yes, regardless of how hard I try to like them, is usually a no for me.
Loved the instruments. Loved
I respect prog rock but I usually don't love it. This was decent.
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.
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
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.
Not so much a yes as it is an "I guess." 3/5
Pretty good album! I think Yes is a great band.
6/10
3 1/2. I enjoyed it.
COOLCOOL. 3.5
7/10
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
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.
Not a fan of prog but it sounded fine
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
sarebbe 3,5 - mi è piaciuto, preferita: i’ve seen all good people: your move, all good people
again not very memorable
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.
the beginning was really long but once you get past all of it and get to the rest of the song you love it. Aside from the 4 really long songs in the begging it is a really good idea love this album the bass is so good I added playlist to one of my favs not amazing but not terrible the clap was just straight instrumentals and I didn't like them that much but that's what a lot fo the album seems to be just a lot of instrumentals that's not necessarily a bad thing but sometimes I like hearing and listening to actual lyrics other then that it is pretty good I really like "starship trooper:a. life seeker, b. disillusion, c. würm" it is structured into three parts just like the name its pretty long thought but that is to be expected with a song separated into three parts. I like this album and would listen it again.
this was good but why does it feel like we’re ONLY listening to the brits lately
Gneedling around...might be technically great but is too cheesy...
Very interesting but I don't enjoy the massive instrumentals
i'm probably influenced by other reviews, but this one doesn't feel particularly distinct - good, yes; memorable, no
It is ok for background music
Bellino, ma senza lode, si vedono le cose che poi ci saranno in Fragile e le Tales
4 hours long but was oddly therapeutic and good for a bus ride home.
I like this more than I remember liking it.
I liked it, on the whole. Many of the songs go on far too long but occasionally spring out with some wonderful phrases which made it worth listening to. 6/10
Wow 70s rock how groundbreaking. I mean it's good but also it's like every other 70s rock album they're all apparently groundbreaking. Like yeah it's good. It's fun it's interesting it's nice. What are they saying. Why is there an instrumental banjo song. Lotta whys with these albums. It was probably the cocaine speaking to them, fair enough. I like this actually, it is funky. Lots of summer mentions in this one. Ok so I'm actually really enjoying this one it's funky fresh af. Favourite: Yours Is No Disgrace Least favourite: Your Move
Enjoyable but standard
favorite - yours is no disgrace 6/10
Im not a big fan of this album outside of the opening track. Will have to give it another listen in the future but not bad just not for me I guess.
One thing I don't like is when album is released or only possible to find in anibersary deluxe or even worse super, deluxe, something,... edition. I like that about albums I like and I want more of their music (as a big fan of Smashing Pumpkins I know what it is to listen to a 3 hour long album or 6 hour long collection). But when I listen to album forbthe first time I just want that shorter version that will tell me what this album has for me and if I want to listen more. I only listened to first and half of the second disch and it wasn't bad. Nothing breathtaking but solid. Some standout tracks were Starship Trooper: Life Seeker /Disillusion /Würm and A Venture. I think someday I will listen to a whole album but not today.
Not bad but not great.
prog rock that doesnt fully suck
Pretty fun to listen to, but I loved the musical flourishes of Fragile more than this album. Lyrics are theatrical and dramatic, with the downside of it being nonsensical gibberish at times.
I wrote in my review for the previous yes album that it fluctuates between being good for driving and trying to be too complicated for that. This album continues the trend with interesting movements that are best not focussed on too deeply as trying to nod along with this stuff for longer than 4 measures is a challenge.
Amazing vocal harmonies and instrumentation. 3.5/5
I felt like I was edged too much. It kinda inspired me to do more guitar—but I know I won’t. This is the kind of album I’d play either at 7AM on a Sunday, or 3AM while smoking.
Soft
pretty good - some songs i didn't even know were them!
intresting prog rock record with a twinge of carole king, soft rocky vibes. makes you feel good but with a tangy sense of longing
I'm not a Yes fan but this is perfectly listenable.
Cool guitars and song structures. The vocals aren’t my favorite.
Hit or miss for me.
mejor de lo que me esperaba, sigue sin ser un rollo pero se deja escuchar
The Clap and Perpetual Change were my favorites. I’m not the biggest fan of prog, so I found this a bit boring especially towards the middle.
I’m not really into Yes all that much but this is prob my favorite from them
A bit boring - too widdly.
I have uncharacteristic little to say about this album. It was fine. Nothing stuck out. I expected to like it more because I like some prog rock a lot (including Bill Bruford's work with King Crimson)... But nah. Just fine. Light 3
Before starting this project, I thought I liked prog rock. I may have been mistaken. I mean, this was fine. There were parts I liked, and I was annoyed at myself for getting annoyed as it went (lol). Maybe it’s the sort of thing you need to be in a specific mood for. If so, I haven’t been in that mood yet
Good album. Cool vibe but songs were quite samey and it blended into the background
On reflection -- and after listening to a number of other albums in this project -- I'm giving this a 3. I still don't plan to revisit this, but it's generally fine, particularly compared to other stuff here.
At first I was surprised and interested in the way there were only six songs on the album, and I liked how each was longer. It wasn’t my favorite album ever, but I do see how it is popular or influential because of how different the sound and writing is. I really liked the storytelling through the music, and I added a couple off this album and their other songs to my playlist!
I find them less tedious and self-indulgent than some of the other 70's prog rock bands I've had to listen to.
I just can’t get into Yes. I like their production and instrumentation, but their songs are just too out there for me. The vocal harmonies are so tight yet they sound so out of place with the backing. Random sections of songs just come in and out. I can appreciate some parts of the album but as a whole, it doesn’t work for me.
This album surprised me! I enjoyed it
Some albums with just a couple of long tracks really seem to get bogged down. But the tracks on this one where a fun groovy mix with plenty of action in between the music
I don't know why the 1001 albums to hear challenge has been making me Prog it up in my ears, but I am all here for it as long as these projects continue to be as good as they are!! I would call myself more of a casual fan of Yes but I think they have always been my second favorite Prog group of the ones I've heard, with Pink Floyd being the first naturally. Yes makes Prog Rock feel so simple and fun on The Yes Album to the point where I didn't even realize I was listening to a Progressive Rock album. It also helps a lot of the bigger tracks are all under 10 minutes in total length making for a very digestible project for those of you with much shorter attention spans. I wouldn't call any of the compositions here all that memorable or even extraordinary but they are solid enough where you want to continue paying attention to what these guys have to offer all throughout the entire 41 minute runtime. There isn't too much to say here other than this is a pretty good starting place for anyone looking to get into Progressive Rock as a whole.
The band retreated to a rented farmhouse in Devon to write and rehearse new songs for their following album.[29] Howe established himself as an integral part of the group's sound with his Gibson ES-175 and variety of acoustic guitars.
Decent enough but damn those are some I-Ron Butterly length songs.
Yes, it is a good album. Does it go on too long for some songs? Yes. Is I've Seen All The Good People the best song on this album? Yes. Yes. 3.4 / 5 stars
jam band? rock. chill. spacey?
A good example of its genre. A lot of great instrumentals. I particularly liked a venture. But in the end probably not going to stick for me.
Interesting
Some great parts when they used electric guitars, although some other bits were very mediocre.
It’s good, but doesn’t grab me as much as the other Yes albums I’ve heard
Indulgent, of it's time but not awful. Not sure i'd repeat listening to it
3.5/5
This was my favourite of the yes albums. Bit less chaotic and settled into it
It’s good
i didn't like this album
Feels more like an EP when you remove the single versions. Not a huge fan of his voice can sound a bit amateurish at times. As far as prog goes it is pretty easy listened so i did enjoy it but nothing stod out for me.
Some great songs but it has a lot of filler so I can't give it more than this
it was okay
Jaime!
Would not buy
FIRST LISTEN NOTES CAUSE I'M LAZY RN :D to preface this before i start listening, I might be in a bit of a mood. I'll try to be nice :) 1st Song - The intro feels spacey and also what I'd expect to play before a breaking news segment. Overall the song is fine, i get the lyrics and stuff, I'm just not a 10 minute song girlie. There's a lot of parts in this I honestly do like, and would probably come back to if it was like 5-6 mins. 2nd Song - this is actually kinda fun, ye haw, but i'm not gonna come back to it. 3rd song - (Picture me reluctantly vibing to this, cause i want to be a bitch but it's actually kinda good). I can't tell who's voice this singer reminds me of, my mom would probably be able to tell me. Probably my favorite so far, but same as the first song, why so long? I am dumb, and I do have a goldfish brain, but even with modern artist like Ethel Cain I almost always have to skip once you just hit 2+ mins of no lyrics. 4th Song - Oh, i hate this intro. I like the first verse and metaphors "don’t surround yourself with yourself" is a pretty good lyric, but i hate the da da di di dah or whatever that is. Oh, I liked how the vibe changed like that. Overall a fine song, but rn there's things throwing me off it. If I can get used to Harry Styles scatting and Djo's Billy Joel impression, i should be able to to get used to this...but is there any real reason i should? not really :). It's fine, but just..meh 5th song - Vibes. I'm chilling with this, like the outro. Oddly, in no way that makes any sense, this kinda somehow reminds me of Weyes Blood? I know it's weird. Slay lyrics tho "A peaceful man would realize alone is no adventure" 6th song - same with 3rd song tbh. Lyrically reminds me slightly of Magdalena Bay tho, which is fun. Overall it's fine. I'll give it a solid 3, there's nothing really wrong with it or anything, but like eh. It's fine Again, as i've said with other things, If I met someone who was like "OMFG, MY FAVE ALBUM" sure i'd give it another go, but rn meh. I'll add the 5th song to a playlist tho. (It is funny to think someone is seething rn reading this tho :D)
ja ganz nices prog album, aber würds nit öfter hören glaubi
I feel every Yes album fills me with the same dread and every one has been surprisingly decent. There was very little prog twaddle which helped.
Better than the other one I listened to. Still giving it a 3.
🩷🩷🩷 and a half (is that an option?) I love the flutes and the harmonies on this prog classic
I liked this more than I thought I would, although I don't like prog rock other than Rush. It had some solid moments that rocked that would inevitably be ruined with their weird noises or meandering away from something great. There wasn't anything memorable for me, but again I didn't hate it so 3 stars.
Ahh the Yes. I'm fond of them
This was ok. I'm not huge into this type of meandering, ever-changing rock songs. They do tend to grow on you if you listen more, but on first listen there were only a couple of segments that were cool. One sign that I"m not into them is that Spotify auto-played a Rush song after the last track on this album and I thought "Now we're getting somewhere!" before realizing it was no longer Yes.
Not their best album but its still a decent listen if youre in the mood.
I like it but I wish it would do something a bit more oomphy. I don't know how to explain what it is that stops me from loving it. Perpetual Change could be awesome but just misses the mark for me. Weirdly reminds me of Queen if they took a slightly different direction.
Sounds of rush and the who. Vocals started to wear on me.
You can hear multiple songs within one song which means I need to get through parts of the song I don’t like to get to the good stuff. The centerpiece of this album is All Good People, a song so good everything pales in comparison.
70s UK rock. I’ll probably add a couple of these to my rock playlist ngl.
A good record. Not a prog fan, but I found that enjoyable. Steve Howe was freakin' amazing.
No thank you
Going into this, all I knew about Yes is the fact that they are a prog rock band, and the only song I knew was I’ve Seen All Good People because it used to play all the time on the local classic rock radio station. Weirdly, that song was kind of the low point for the album. Overall it was a lot better than I expected. Some really good jams happening.
Not a bad album and definitely nice to hear Yes before they started sniffing their own farts. However, this is about on the level of one of the less good Rush albums to me. It's fine. Was kind of weird to learn what the one song I've heard on the radio for years was on here.
I thought this was decent enough. Reminded me of Rush, but better. Overall: 3.3/5
This is ok. It is not bad, and there are some nice moments. Recognize the one big hit, but not sure it carries through enough. This is the classic rock you just leave on in the background. Nobody offended, but nobody singing along.
progrock. meh
Yes
I have seen all good people turn their heads...;) it was an okay album I suppose.
Decent album to play in the background
interessante
A good pop-prog hybrid. It isn’t too nauseatingly technical, and has enough pop sensibility to be engaging throughout. Dare I say… girls may even like this album, which is a rare feat in prog.
Great rock album. A lot I haven't heard before.
i feel like this album is definitely a staple. a must listen, but not something i would play everyday or have in my constant rotation.
They can play and sing it all. Unfortunately I get the feeling, that they did not care much about writing good songs. It is more like "hey, I got 173 ideas, let's play them one after another and call it an Album". And like this their musical abilities become a showing off of their skills, which bores me after some time. But there are really beatiful parts in certain tracks.
This was fine.
I don't know if this one needs to be on the list even though I love it. Close to the Edge and Fragile are better representations of prog. Great hooks though. A good listen.
I enjoyed this album. Another one with a song you have heard a million times but never the whole thing.
This is classic prog rock through and through. I'm kinda lukewarm on the excesses of the genre, which come out in full force on some of the songs here. I like the keyboards though.
Well we had a few days off, but the 70s prog rock is never too far away on this list. I actually think there's an alternative universe in which I could really like Yes. One where they reel it in a bit and learn brevity. I like Jon Anderson's voice and the bass lines are often really fun. Once again my Dad's prog rock love resulted in me thinking I didn't know this album at all but then instantly recognising Starship Trooper the moment it started. I actually really like that track. Or at least I would do if it wasn't so blinking long. I also recognised I've Seen All Good People, with it's heartbeat bass line and key change fade out. I went into this sort of dreading it, but I enjoyed it far more than I expected. It would be more a 2.5 if I had half stars, but the nostalgia kicked in and I'm rounding up 3/5
3 fine
Yes.
Okay
Yes
Wondeful moments in yours is no disgrace, the bass sounds crisp, so good. Once again the vocals are just not my thing and the melodies are not that great I think. I like close to the edge and fragile, haven't like their other stuff. With all that said, nice vocal work in I've seen all good people, the rythm of it is cool. Not my thing, but it's alright compare to some other more generic 70s prog rock I suppose.
Not a yes fan. But couple good songs here
как написал кто-то в рецензии: это как rush, только скучнее. нельзя не согласиться в целом нормально, но как-то скучновато
an alright album, listenable, but not giving me goosebumps
Kind of fun to hear one of the early ventures into prog rock.
Good album.
Liked it more than the other Yes album from this list. More emotion behind each track. Less gratuitous.
Prog. Folk. Classic rock. They don't make them like this anymore. The band knows how to play. There can be a lot going on at times.
After listening to a couple of prog rock albums, I realize I am not a big fan of it. Don't need that much noodling around in my music as it just gets boring after awhile. Extra star for the harmonies, which are solid.
While the album is incredibly technically impressive I think all of the songs could have been cut in half for a more enjoyable experience.
It was alright. Nothing special but at least it wasn't offensive to my ears 3 ⭐️
I haven't been super wowed by any of these Yes albums on this list. There's some good mixed with some bad, and always a lot of noodling. This isn't much different, except there's an oddly placed acoustic solo here near the beginning. "I've Seen All Good People" is fun, recognizable, and a prog rock staple at least.
I like their sound palette. Nothing particularly groundbreaking or spectacular but I like it. 3.3
yes kamma losa
I like prog rock, this one not so much... "ive seen all good people..." and "starship troopers..." were my favorites but as an album is kind of repetitive and not in the interesting progressive rock way, instrumentation is good but overall excesive.
3.5
Meh
Steve Howe's first album with Yes, and everything levels up. That Gibson 175 conjures a majestic cathedral of tone. Quite crisp, indeed...yet in need of some grime, a little danger, a shake of chaos to disturb all this cosmic order.
Didn't absolutely hate this, as I expected. It's decent but not something I would revisit 3*
ok. Typical Yes where my brain tunes out on it's own but it's not bad.
This is a good record. It remains interesting from top to bottom and doesn't lose the listener. There are multiple parts where the instrumentalists go in different directions as they explore the song and take their parts but they do manage to stay on-theme and bring it back. This experimentation is what Yes and ultimately, prog rock, is about. This is a solid example of all that Yes has to offer.
My Project voyage through the world of prog rock is telling me that if you really must listen to prog, you could probably do worse than listen to Yes. It's still got all the things that make it one of the most objectionable genres in artistic history, but it's reined in sufficiently to mean that you can actually enjoy the songs, instead of want to go back in time and encourage Ted Heath to pass a law to ban guitar solos, synths and capes.
I understand why people would like it. It's not for me.
Killer bass riffs and tone. Songwriting is fine but doesn't do much for me. Pleasant enough but not finding it very memorable
Ništa posebno preloše niti predobro, ali prije da ga ne bih opet poslušao nego da bih
1) Yours is No Disgrace: Coming back to this after listening to the whole album, it is maybe the only song I truly like. While jam-bandy, it feels like it has progression/transformation, without being lame/cheesy, notwithstanding the key change towards the end. 2) The Clap: Would I rather contract the clap or listen to the Clap on repeat forever...Idk. 3) Starship Trooper: Too jam bandy by a mile, but I do like the outro guitar riff that starts around ~6 mins in. And then the guitar solo that comes in the last ~2 min, chef's kiss. And the drums just make it harder. Maybe the first half was worth it. After listening to the album through and coming back to this a second time: it's growing on me, a ton. There's more going on here than aimless noodling. Still kinda annoying at times early on, but the back half is fire. 4) I've Seen All Good People: I guess it would be worse if they couldn't play their instruments or sing. They're solid musicians but this is why I don't like jam bandy. 2nd listen: f'%k, even this song is growing on me. 5) A Venture: great opening, nice groove with good rythmic synch among the instruments. If this was the only jam bandy track on the album I'd love it. 6) Perpetual Change: I do not like this, even on 2nd listen. Comically bad lyrics and whatever the bridge thing is that sounds like a marching band takes over for 10 secs, just no.
I’m officially old. I was past 40 by the time I became a dad. There’s hair growing from my ears. But even more important: I don’t hate prog anymore. Like any prog album, it’s all over the map — but also very clearly a record that came about a year after CSNY’s Deja Vu. Similar to The Dead’s American Beauty, the packed, doubled harmonies are so big in the recordings that everything else is dwarfed and tinny. Honest question tho: would it even be “proggy” if each song section went fully into a new track? Cf. tracks 3 and 4, which do the old “we’re so smart that our songs have several names.” Stray thoughts: - Track 1: I’ll go on the record and say that a single guitar line should never be panned back and forth like a shuttlecock. I don’t care how much coke the engineer did. - Track 2 is ridic. If only bc a live track in the middle of an album is 3-days-sleepless madness. - Fascinated by Ev’s grab from track 3 and now I want to find an 80s/90s musician that cites it as an influence.
Accidentally started from the wrong album cause they have albums called both "Yes" and "The Yes Album"- so I started the (correct) album already annoyed. It won me back a bit but I think there are too many 9 minute long songs. Favourite song: A Venture Least: Starship Trooper
Meh
I wanted to like this more than I did. I enjoyed the musicianship of it, but it strayed a little too close to country/bluegrass-y on several occasions for my tastes. It’s not that it was bad, I think I just expected more. A disappointing effort by an exceptional band.
I like the vibe of this a lot, the sound is also great. However, it loses points because each song doesn’t have to be over 6 min…
J'ai pas la hype désolé
Solid album
Me pareció un álbum promedio. Creo que para ser una obra de la gran banda de rock progresivo "Yes" le falta mucha personalidad y cohesión. Me sorprendió que el segundo tema esté grabado en vivo, sacando de lugar la atmósfera que había generado el primer tema. No considero sea un mal álbum, para nada, la ejecución musical es excelente, pero en cuanto a experiencia de álbum me resultó un tanto irrelevante.
Enjoyable bit of prog on a Monday morning. As a child it seemed like Rick Wakeman was a formiddable presence on the TV. He seemed to be part of every panel show, quiz game on the box. And he was a bit annoying. For most of my early years I assumed that was his job. Only later on did I learn he was in a band called Yes, which I assumed based on his TV appearances, would be crap. So it was a pleasant surprised when I later learned that they were not crap at all.
Not sure what the fuss is on this one. It was fine.
Yes on aina mennyt mukavasti taustanauhana ja tosi kovia lekoja tullut bändiltä. Oon aina tykännyt tämmösestä "kokeellisesta" progressiivisesta musasta ja tätäkin levyä kuunnellessa olisi varmaan sienet avannut tätä vieläkin enemmän (ikinä en ole sieniä nauttinut). Tosi kivoja sävelkulkuja ja syntikka-kitara "keskusteluja" tälläkin levyllä. Silti ei tälle millään voi yli kolmosta antaa...
Kyllähän tämän kuunteli, mutta aika keskinkertainen albumi. Ei erityisen hyvä, muttei erityisen huonokaan. Mennään tylsällä kolmosella.
Paikoin ihan jees meininkiä, vähän turhan 70-lukulaista omaan makuun.
Rehellisesti nyt maanantaina ei edes muista perjantaina kuunnellusta albumista mitään, paitsi että jotain progea se oli. Ei juuri napannut.
Ihan jeppis
Their third album. Prog Rock. This one is wonderfully complicated and catchy at times. Inevitably though we get the indulgent masturbatathon that is ten minutes of noodling. In fact we get it on track one. The talent is obviously extremely high here. There have been other Prog albums on this list I have surprisingly really enjoyed. For me, this one is okay. I'd give a 2.5 but happy to round up to a solid 3.
Another Yes album I should be all over but somehow leaves me a little cold.
Classic rock with some songs that run upto 10 mins. Favorite track: starship troopers other picks: yours is no disgrace, I've seen all good people, clap
Man, you guys really like Yes, huh?
Great opening track, but the rest was nothing special. I'm sure this is an unpopular opinion but I actually prefer Limp Bizkit's cover of Behind Blue Eyes.
I usually like the 70's vibe but never managed to get into this album
Better than I expected. Typically found the middle of the songs a bit forgettable but some big build ups at the end of songs sounded great.
3.5
Enjoyable listen. Not my favorite but they're well accomplished and the album is impressive.
Decent music, but could use some editing and more hooks.
Pretty good
un bel discone anni 70.
I love the goofiness of prog rock. But even for me, most of these songs are a couple mins too long. Seems like sometimes another musical section was added just for the hell of it. But still, pretty pleasant listen.
It's a solid album, Yes is always shooting for Mozart and usually ending up around Salieri
Hyvää kevyempää progee! 3/5
Nothing particularly entrancing about the album. The noodling songs that make up this album wander around and don't have poignant messages or chords to me. At the same time, there's nothing particularly negative about them either. Its mid, as they say. Favorite song: A Venture
I enjoyed this, but knowing what Yes would go on to make, it is definitely not their best work. Still a solid listen Fav Track: Yours is no Disgrace 6.9/10
Standouts The Clap I've Seen All Good People
Fine but kinda forgetful
A couple good songs on this one!
Solid album. It's prog but not too prog.
There’s always a fine line for prog rock between pretentious and cool music. This really walks that line but maybe that was also for the time period since bands like Metallica were doing hard cut overs for transitioning between sections. Anyway, overall it was alright.
Decent listen
Decent listen but not really something I would choose
Ok. Sounds busy like the Who.
Sounds like 1971!
See all good people is a banger. There are some very good performances. I feel like they’re figuring out their Emerson Lake and Palmer together this together yet.
It was fine
I've already listened to Yes' album 'Close to the Edge', which I thought was good but lacked consistency in terms of re-listening appeal. A bit too experimental / parts of songs that just hung around for too long. Listening to 'The Yes Album', the opening track 'Yours Is No Disgrace' is good but is immediately followed up by a incredibly dragging acoustic track. Less re-visitable content on this album than on 'Close to the Edge' but not necessarily *bad* content.
TWO 4 ALBUMS INA ROW I’ll stop listen
Cool early prog rock album, super creative writing, performances, and vocal harmonies.
This has been the most difficult album to rate so far. On first listen, it would veer back and forth between terrible, self-indulgent prog rock and great harmonies, often several times on the same track. I gave it several tries and it sounded better but still not all the way through. There were times when I could have rated this one star and others where it was closer to a 4 or a 5. I am going to settle for 3 stars. I generally like complex albums that reward repeated listens. I am undecided whether this justifies further listens. There is too much other great music to listen to.
Alors pourquoi, mais pourquoi ils avaient besoin de chanter toutes les chansons en harmonie ?
6/10 From a technical standpoint, this is a really great album. The quality of the playing is excellent, and they’re a really tight unit. They also create some really great soundscapes and interesting sound palettes, particularly for a record from 1971. But I found that, while I appreciated the technicality of the music, it often didn’t really connect with me on an emotional level, or really have much in the way of memorable motifs that hooked into my brain. They also have a tendency to go wandering off (pretty typically for prog, I suppose) and lose reference to the core thrust of the track here and there. When they allowed themselves to work a little more tightly to a fixed centre, things were better, even when that centre shifted throughout the track like it does over the duration of Starship Trooper’s three parts. There were some sections of these tracks that were superb, and I did find certain instrumental flourishes really grabbing me, but my interest also ebbed and flowed a little too much for things to fully connect. Yours Is No Disgrace - A great attention grabbing intro that messes around with meter and rhythmic emphasis, and then we dive into some proper spacey driving music. It’s really cool. The vocal harmony section is nice enough, but didn’t really grab me, and then they fire back into it. It’s so tight and the playing is so good. The arpeggiated leads are particularly good. Some of the ideas and playing are very good, but things do lull a bit and drift slightly too far away from the core ideas for my tastes. When it’s good though, it’s great. The Clap - This is a nice little piece, with the ebbing and flowing of the tempo really adding a bit of interest to the feel. Supremely talented playing, obviously and reminds me a bit of those old school delta blues players. It doesn’t really have much in the way of a memorable tune, but as a technical exercise, it’s great. Starship Trooper: a Life Seeker, b. Disillusion, c. Würm - Technically, three tracks. This concedes the need for a more central hook to riff around and it benefits from it. They still get to go weird and experiment with effects and synth lines, but things have a more grounded centre. The middle section blends this idea with some of the frantic, technical acoustic playing of The Clap and then the staggered vocal harmonisations build a great bed of sound. The slow build of the final section adds a lot of grit to things and there’s some really great drumming in particular in there. Even though this track did wander about a bit and touch on a load of ideas, it felt more centred and focused than what has come before. I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move, b. All Good People - This has gone quite folksy. Again, it feels like there’s a bit more focus here. It’s a pretty slow build. Some of the vocal rhythms are pretty nice. And then we hit a bluesy swinging development. Solid playing again, but I’m struggling to be massively engaged by it for longer periods while it noodles away. A Venture - This has a nice lilt to it. Again, I find myself admiring the technical nature of it rather than being emotionally engaged. While a lot of the surrounding instrumentation is great, the central vocal theme to this just doesn’t grab me, and then the piano solo bit is just a bit boring. Sounds like a banging guitar solo is about to happen when they fade out too. Perpetual Change - This feels like it’s calling back to the opener with its intro, but it doesn’t develop into something quite as driving. Again, there are some great bits in here. When they get to the call and response vocal part, that’s really nice, but it does, on occasion, become a bit meandering and listless. But there is some fantastic playing. And the bit where it just starts panning the whole track to the left before pilling more stuff around the stereo field is really great.
I’ve seen all good people caught my ear.
Technically impressive but emotionless
Ein Meilenstein für Yes, aber nicht ganz makellos. Die Einführung von Gitarrist Steve Howe bringt frischen Wind und technische Brillanz, besonders in Tracks wie „Starship Trooper“ und „The Clap“. Dennoch leidet das Album stellenweise unter Überlänge und repetitiven Passagen A. Ambitioniert und kreativ, aber nicht durchgehend fesselnd – ein solider, aber nicht überragender Prog-Rock-Einstieg.
Progressive Rock - Jam band-esque with long instrumental. A lot of the strumming also feels kind of folksy. This is the least offended I have been by super long solos due to the variation in the sound.
okay
A good rock album. Not much else to say- it's not really up my alley, and I found it a bit boring.
I quite liked this. Yes just makes great albums, especially the early ones.
I actually have some tolerance and patience for prog rock and find it the natural progression for a lot of melodic verse-chorus-verse songwriting because let’s face it, you do tire of the structure’s limitations. You can find yourself with a plenty good half a song and just want to head off in some other direction and see where else things go instead of a simple bridge/return...it’s just that a lot of prog rockers didn’t have a great gift for melody, let alone have a damn thing of interest to say, but they sure could play a lot of very conventional music very well. Built to Spill, Fugazi, Radiohead, Pile, even prog contemporaries like The Who and Zep all can or could do multi-part epic songs, fusing together bits they’d long abandoned, yet neither their/their audience’s attention wavers. All that said, the individual parts of “I’ve Seen All Good People” are still pretty appealing, so when the prog structure works for one of the ne plus ultra prog groups, it’s successful thanks to the components...still can’t help but feel cheesy as hell when the bluesy B. section starts off, but whaddyado. Otoh I just gave this album’s follow-up a cursory listen and exhaled “God this suuuuuuucks” after 8 long ass minutes.
Each of these songs sounds like they had a thousand ideas and tried to cram them all in at one time. A bazillion notes and riffs. I feel a little sorry for the producer who had to track and mix all of this. The bass is front and centre and seems to be leading the band. Some nice guitar tones to pick from the thousands on offer. Although I wouldn't say I'm a prog fan, and can certainly see myself exploring some more Yes albums.
“A venture” was def my favorite on this album. I’ve never heard this group, but I really like what they were doing here. Very melodic vocals reminiscent of music at the time “almost like yacht rock”, but the instrumental was something a bit different. The rhythmic beat, and lead guitar really bring it all together. Overall a strong 3.
I’m a fan of ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Yes, but it was unfortunately not a part of this album. This was a good listen to explore more of what the band has to offer. I enjoyed the style and music, but didn’t ultimately pick any out to take with me.
I struggle with Yes - the keyboards and choral style of singing make it feel at times like I’m listening to the soundtrack to a carnival ride. So it went with this one. To be fair I was on a road trip with lots of people in the car and therefore didn’t pay my normal attention. I should come back and try again later. 3/5
Did Yes Duffy make an album?
Lo voy a guardar para escucharlo otro día. Hoy ni lo pude analizar ni disfrutar. Solo fue ruido de fondo. Mal día.
Ok
6/10 Favorite: Starship Trooper
meh
músicas gigantes intercaladas com músicas de tamanho normal mas funciona até que bem aqui, hein. esse é mais ""jazzistico"" que os outros, parece. eh bacana, mas achei o close to the edge melhor!