Reviews (page 7 of 14)
I enjoyed this much more than I expected! Would like to do 3.5 stars
Oh yeah, this sounds pretty cool -- OH I KNOW THAT SONG (track 4)
This is obviously a style of music you are going to love or hate. I can totally understand why someone would not enjoy it. I really liked it. I knew a lot of these songs from my childhood, but don't recall ever listening to the whole album. It was fun, over the top and self indulgent, certainly, but the overall atmosphere created by the music is something I really appreciate. I think it started dragging only about halfway through the final track.
Yes is a no from me
Musically this album is amazing, would be 5 stars with a different vocal range.
I loved it when they just jammed. But the singing was just meh
Best prog band ever.
i didn't hate this but this is like one of those albums that you find out your parents are passionately in love with and their eyes light up and they start fighting you if you say you didn't think this was 5 stars
omg pleasantly surprised! i thought i would hate it but it's kinda psychedelic and fun! but some songs were boring saaaawwrryyyyyy at the end of the day... white male music is not the Best to me but decent enough LMAO
Dayum! Never sat down with a Yes album before. Top notch musicianship. Tf I’ve been sleeping on these guys! Some really killer breakdowns on this record especially the second half of Perpetual Change. Wtf!!! I also love how normal it was to have a 6 song record that was over 40 mins in the 70s. Rad
Yes is cool. Rick Wakeman is a savant, and prog rock starts with these dudes
⭐️⭐️ 1001 ALBUMS- # 73 Yes means No… I’ll freely admit that my relationship with prog music is rather infantile, a wave of musical trendsetting that was quite before my time as an aging Millennial. Not that I take exception to it, rather I find it difficult to objectively analyze what is beyond the surface noise. This album is apparently widely considered to be the record that launched the band Yes into the forefront of progressive rock. After two earlier albums that leaned more toward psychedelic pop and jazz-infused rock, this third studio album is where the band found its distinctive voice—marked by complex compositions, instrumental virtuosity, and a blend of rock power with classical ambition. It’s also the first Yes album to feature guitarist Steve Howe, whose presence completely transformed their sound. His versatility—sliding seamlessly from acoustic interludes to explosive electric solos—became a defining element of the band’s style moving forward. 🎧 Classic Track: Yours is No Disgrace 🎧 Deep Cut Gem: A Venture 🚫 Skip Track: I’ve Seen All Good People Jon Anderson’s lyrics, while earnest, often descend into near-nonsense. Lines like “I’ve seen all good people turn their heads each day so satisfied I’m on my way” sound profound but don’t hold up under scrutiny. The lyrics serve mood more than meaning, which might be poetic—or might just be filler. Though praised at the time, the production now sounds dated. Compared to the cleaner, more immersive sound of later albums like Fragile, The Yes Album feels a bit thin. Tony Kaye’s organ tones are especially flat by modern standards, and the rhythm section sometimes feels buried or muddy. 🖼️ Album Artwork: A great story behind this one! While repeated listens may eventually win me over on this one and with the band Yes overall, however at this moment if feels much more like a resounding No- as in I don’t really find myself wanting to revisit it.
i don't get it.
I liked this more than I expected to. Feels like a proggier Led Zeppelin, but still fairly restrained. Sure songs occasionally hit the 9 minute mark, but nothing here feels wildly excessive. Might be a record that grows on a relisten.
Rocks
maybe around a 3.25. this is why /5 is a stupid rating system. it was good, but the song writing wasn't as good as some of their other projects, and it didn't feel nearly as ambitious as something like closer to the edge. sometimes with their music it fades into the background a bit for me because it is too cleanly produced and perfectly performed.
Really liked this one. Love the style that they have and just really cool album. 4 stars
Yeah, this is definitely prog rock. In the best and worst ways. Only 6 songs, yet 42 minutes of guitar noodling and genre blending. They nailed it from the get-go. It does make sense that Yes is the first band to show up when you search prog rock bands. However, in typical prog rock fashion, they switched it up. It seems that most songs are not actually heavily guitar-driven. From the first track, Yours Is No Disgrace, you can tell what you’re in for: an album where the band members made great use of every instrument they had available. It seems that the synth, guitar, drums, singing, and even bass are all on the same level in such a way that one can easily discern the overlapping sounds from one another. I’m just saying I’ve never heard bass so clearly, except for during a bass solo. And the singing too, oh my lord. When you have a 9 minute song of synth and guitar solos, you don’t expect so much effort to be put into the vocals, but god do Yes deliver. The Beatles-esque harmonies grant a slight respite from some of the heavier rock sounds, offering a contrast between beautiful, overlapping melodies and the sickest solos. Each song is just structured very well. You see even more sounds and instruments tried out on The Clap, with a more acoustic feel. So, in the first two songs you should really understand exactly what this album and the band are about. And back to the structuring in these songs, I’ve never seen artists lay out the structure of a song in the title eg. with A, B, and C. It makes for a sort of story centered track, sequenced with a beginning, middle, and end. I adore the crescendo at the end of Your Move, transitioning completely into All Good People. Those are the small things that bring this album together. So, the sequencing very interesting and I’m not exactly sure how I entirely feel about it just yet. But it sure is different from what I’m used to. Actually, much of the album feels this way. I think that I could definitely review this album better if I only had more contextualization for not only the band but also prog rock in general. As current, this is my first Yes album, so I have nothing to compare it to on that front. But I have listened to some prog rock. Problem is, only the good stuff: King Crimson, Rush, Pink Floyd. When you’ve only listened to incredible music from bands like these, it’s hard to know what’s on the other side of the spectrum, or even the middle. Yet, I know that all the albums I listened to by these artists (In The Court Of The Crimson King, The Wall, DSOTM, Fly By Night) are better than this Yes album. At least for now. And so it seems, with only the best of the best to compare this album to, it just falls short of expectations. Hopefully I can come back in a few months time and thoroughly enjoy this album for what it is. But now, it’s only middle of the pack for me. Still got some great moments in it though, like the slow, almost jazzy part on Perpetual Change into a more uptempo, gaming-like beat, ooh! Also. Thanks for teaching me chess on Ive Seen All Good People. Ok, yeah, good album, but not great.
I really like Yes and love some songs but find it hard to love everything but this was just joyful and I'm sure could become a 5 in time. I've just not listened enough.
Ugg. I enjoy this. 4.5
I love this album. There are several eras of yes. It feels sacrilegious considering how high rick wakeman is regarded in the household I grew up in... But this is the best yes era. Pre-rick. This and time and a word have their best songs on them and for me this one pips it. If you came up with a riff, you could make a song. If you had 2 one could be a chorus, if you had 3 you could include a bridge. Every yes track here has like 19 and all of them are catchy, it's like a prog abba record. It's great and utterly ridiculous.
I've had a bit of a week of prog and this doesn't quite come up to the standard of the Genesis album yesterday. I enjoyed this but I don't think it's a keeper.
Endnu en positiv overraskelse fra Yes, jeg regnede virkelig ikke med at de var noget for mig
Sjovt lyt! Mega nørdet!
Great - small 4!
6 great songs in 41 minutes? T Hata more than 5 minutes a song! Wow! Another great album!
Another one from when prog was one of my favourite genres as a teenager. I listened to this tons but hadn't heard it in years so I couldn't remember it, but it came back pretty quickly Yes were always one of my favourite prog bands, Chris Squire's very prominent and driving bass (which obviously appealed to me as a bass player) and also helps with the quiet-loud dynamic that they used a lot. I love Jon Anderson's voice as well. Everyone is brilliant at what they do but those 2 are what make the band for me Highlights: Yours Is No Disgrace, Perpetual Chance, I've Seen All Good People
Chill amongst other progressive rock bands. 3/5
Fun times with this one
I am a huge yes fan. And this album is fantastic. Incredibly original. Amazing musicianship. Best Yes album after Close to the edge. Starship trooper. Cmon. Sick. Yours is no disgrace!! Saw Jon Anderson and the geeks recently. Both songs were performed and were fantastic. One of my favorite albums of all time. 5 stars plus.
Loved it
This is musician's music. Very technical guitar solos, harmonizing vocals, peculiar timing beats for the drums to match the chords. This must be a blast to play in a band. Alas, I am not a musician. The lyrics are weird "If the summer change to winter, yours is no disgrace" (???). There's really great stuff to love in this album. The album picks up steam and really nails and epic 9:26 track "Starship Trooper" followed by the hit song "I've seen All Good People".
This was a solid rock album! I’d never listened to Yes as far as I’m aware but I enjoyed this album listen. They kind of had a sound reminiscent of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young but with more rock vibes. I would definitely rock out to this album again in the future!
Excellent. Nothing sounded like this. Totally original.
Outside of the two big songs the album is a bit boring and maybe a bit busy. But the three big songs are so powerful so 3/5
WAS NICE, SEEMS UNDERRATED
Really good album. I've Seen All Good People is a personal favorite. Never listened to any of the other songs on this album, but found them all to be enjoyable to listen to.
Really solid album. Easy to lose yourself in this one. It does bring you back to a different time and place in the rock spectrum but it is an annota le place.
This was ok, had some fun and catchy moments but I don't find it very memorable. Highlights: I've Seen All Good People
This might be controversial, but I think 9 minutes is actually too long for even one song on an album let alone 2! Regardless, the music was great on this one and my fav song was one of these 9 minute songs Fav song: I’ve seen all Good People, Perpetual change
This was incredible! It was rock and roll but so neatly composed... I would def listen to this again.
Holy crap it’s got all good people on it that’s a great song imo! The rest sounds like music the band Rush listens to. My husband who has seen Rush at least 4 times said Geddy played bass for them at the hall of fame induction because there guy died. I guess it’s fitting. It’s not bad but I imagine it sounds absolutely amazing if you just smoked some of the devil’s lettuce.
I know yes have some great songs, but just not on this album
despite all of the Everything about me, i've never really gotten into prog. i have no particular reason for that; i certainly don't abide by any of those thought-terminating clichés oft-touted against the form's defining eccentricities. anyone who has the misfortune of knowing me for long enough will recognize that the easiest way to get me to listen to a record or watch a film is to describe it as "pretentious" or "self-indulgent." i often—not always, but often—conceptualize art first and foremost as a way of really Seeing the artist(s), i desperately Want to hear their dumbest whims and fixations, i don't want artists to rein it in; i want everything, i want you. so yeah, i have no problems with prog. on top of that, i like theatre kid shit. i like impressive musicianship, i like solos, i like sprawling interminable length on both the micro (song) and the macro (album) level. i like concept albums, i like story songs, i like Flutes and Organs and Mandolins and shit. and i've listened to and enjoyed tons of works that circle the Periphery of prog. i like a lot of krautrock and psychedelia. i like the Devin Townsend albums i've listened to—the most classically prog rock styled record that i've actively listened to recently enough to have any real memory of it is Steven Wilson's raven that refused to sing, which is an album that i love dearly. so why haven't i gotten into prog? i literally just haven't gotten around to it. it's not actually complicated. this is an unnecessary indulgence of an opening paragraph. but i like to practice what i preach. it's got the songs, baby! oh yeah, it does! big revelatory standout for me is starship trooper, it's glorious. the melody is just Soaring, all three parts are interlocking and playing off one another, the band sounds fantastic, it's total bliss. the final part (called würm, because prog is the fucking coolest thing in the entire fucking shit) is so good it's this brilliant crescendo to a totally cartoonish and euphoric guitar solo. it rips. i got chills. aside from that track, i like the conspicuously-titled solo guitar rag, "the clap." i think that's a good collection of things for a song to Be. the first track is super strong as well. Chris Squire's bass immediately jumped out to me. i'd sort of known through cultural osmosis and the memetic status of roundabout that Yes had a very prominent and virtuosic bass player, but it's still something that immediately hit me from the start of my listen. i love the harmonies all over this thing too, of course. i always love harmonies. oh and there's a song here that's, like, about chess. or, y'know, it uses the imagery of the chess game as a metaphor to describe th—they wrote a song about chess!! i Love chess!!! five stars.
Interesting one, a good discovery
Where King Crimson said NO, Yes said YES ABSOLUTELY with a big grin and a tambourine. This is prog rock that wants you to feel good about yourself, and that’s exactly where it loses me. It’s too jangly, too sparkly, too eager to uplift. I don’t mind virtuosity or ambition, I live for it sometimes, but I want it dark, not tuneful. This album never clicked with me.
Yes (Нунеплох)
What progressive rock from this period should be. Thank you for being the band that you are.
Summary: Solid 70s prog. I've never actively listened to Yes, so this is the first time I'm noticing just how intricate some of their vocal harmonisations are. Some of the music is a bit complex and alienating to an average listener, but for 1971 I think we can cut musicians a little slack. It was, more than any other year in history, a musical revolution. Lots of influences taken from the likes of the Who, the Beatles, and early Led Zeppelin - as well as being an influence on many artists to come. It's a fun, engaging listen. Friendly on the ears. But it could be friendlier on the mind. Yours Is No Disgrace: Man, such an "early-70s" sound! Energetic, particularly the drumming, and the chords are simple and very rock-oriented until the vocals come in. There's some weird key-changing going on. Reminds me of Elton John's Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding, with electric guitars and organs replacing the dominant piano part. There's a great bass breakdown at around 2:45. The album is essentially a progressive jam track with multiple contrasting sections that don't transition smoothly at all. I guess that's part of the early-70s prog meta. Even so, good stuff. The acoustic breakdown at 7 minutes is very odd but is carried through by the thick, bluesy bass tone. The Clap: A short folky instrumental. Reminiscent of Black Mountain Side (the Led Zeppelin version), a little bit. Super interesting harmony ideas going on here, but texturally about as standard as a prog-rock bands is probably ever willing to go. The applause at the end suggests it was performed live, but amidst a bunch of non-live tracks, it feels out of place. Starship Trooper: A more convincing 10-minute track than Yours Is No Disgrace, though it's pretty close. They're playing around with time signatures and keys here - fun, but is it necessary? Yes (hehe). I can't help but think of Tommy (The Who) during the vocal harmonies, particularly in the section around 4 minutes in. Yes was definitely inspired by that late-60s proto-metal sound. The hook (rapidly ascending major scale) is fun and memorable. Extended outro, with its I-VIb-iv progression, is also really good. I've Seen All Good People: A song very focused on the singing and vocal melodies/harmonies. Everything else in the intro sequence is mixed down to let the singers shine. Even though it's lighthearted like all the others, this song feels completely different - almost ethereal. At least, until the halfway point, when a fast rock-swing is added to shift the mood entirely into jam territory. A Venture: I don't know what to make of this one, other than it sounding very good. Love the guitar tone and the subtle lines placed behind the vocals. And, of course, the piano gets a long jazzish solo during the outro. Interestingly, a guitar solo can be made out in the last 5 seconds as the song fades out. It's so quiet by that point, though, that it's difficult to tell. Would've loved to hear the full solo. Perpetual Change: Thick distortion on the opening suspended chords. It's a distinctive and appetising intro. And the crystal-clear electric guitar tone is back (wahoo!). Middle section sounds like Katy Lied-era Steely Dan, featuring some guitar-piano mishmash and several minutes of excellent (if a little one-dimensional) soloing. I get the feeling the lyrics are important here, but that's for somebody else to figure out. 4/5 Key tracks: Starship Trooper, I've Seen All Good People
Quite good if you like prog rock. Yes brings in really interesting time signatures and tempo changes - at least two songs in one, that sort of thing. I’m just past my prog rock era.
Enjoyed this very proggy album, maybe the vocals weren’t quite my thing else I’d have scored higher, although further listens might also help in that regard.
It's an album I own! Good stuff. Chris Squire's bass drives the train. 4/5 #118
Estuvo duro este, rock progresivo, me hizo acordar a invisible de argentina, me gusto voy a explorar esta banda
M'n derde Yes album. Toen ik de naam zag twijfelde ik even of ik Yes al had gehad, maar zodra ze voor de eerste keer begonnen te zingen wist ik het zeker. Ik weet dus een beetje wat ik kan verwachten en waar dit heengaat. Proggy gepiel. En dat kan gewoon heel gaaf zijn als ze niet te ver doorschieten. Tot nu toe was ik over Yes gematigd enthousiast om het maar zo te noemen. Leuke stukjes met teveel ingewikkeld gedoe er omheen. Ik vind de openingstrack deze keer goed dus dan rol je toch lekker vlotjes zo'n album in. De tweede track voelt als een enigszins misplaatste losse flodder, maar duurt niet lang. Track 3 is meer dan goed en de derde act ('Würm") zou ik zelfs geniaal noemen met die Territorial Pissings-achtige drie akkoorden waaromheen heerlijk wordt uitgepakt. Daarna veer ik niet echt meer op, maar al met al is dit gewoon prima. M'n favoriete Yes album tot nu toe. Ik ga voor 4 sterren.
I'm sorry, I just can't do any more prog. There are Yes fans. Good for them. This list will not convert me into one.
Unexpectedly good
Unmemorable typical 70s sound. Meh.
Throwback, rollerskating
not as noodly as I was expecting
Helt greit. Gir meg lite, men ganske catchy. Beste låt: I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move, b. All Good People
The high harmonies represented in so much British prog rock start to grate on me. I can find solace in the ripping guitar and grooves they find at times, but it’s not enough of a port in a storm.
I am a big Yes fan, and I knew most of these tracks very well before listening to this album today, but I was amazed by 1) how much I loved the songs I hadn't heard before, and 2) the fact that all of these amazing songs were released on the same album. I listened to this twice and it was awesome, five stars.
Litt for plingete plongete. Åpenbart teknisk bra, men treffer ikke meg i det hele tatt. Alternerende mellom kjedelig og masete.
7/10 Another bit of prog rock that I find both pleasing and unimpressive, "Starship Trooper" manages to highlight what I love about prog rock, while other tracks such as "The Clap" leave me hanging.
3.5 rouded up
Listens: 4 or 5 Standout tracks: I've Seen All Good People, Starship Trooper Added To Library: TRUE YES! Second Yes album on the list. I still think I like Closer To The Edge more, but this album is also quite excellent. I just love how "I've Seen All Good People" and "Starship Troopers" are like 2 or 3 songs in one with each part being significantly distinct from the others. I've heard "I've Seen All Good People" before but had never really known it was a Yes song, and so when it came on for the first time I was like Ohhhh shiiit.
I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for some prog, and The Yes Album definitely has its charms, but for me it sits somewhere in that middle ground. Not quite mind-blowing, not quite forgettable. I admire the ambition and the musicianship, no question. There are moments on this record that feel expansive and brilliantly weird, especially on Starship Trooper and Yours Is No Disgrace. I actually really like how they build tension and layer parts in those songs. It feels like you’re getting taken on a trip, even if sometimes it’s a slightly overlong one. Steve Howe’s guitar work is great throughout. I think he’s the standout for me here. That said, I also found myself checking the time more than once during the longer tracks. There’s a fine line between being adventurous and just noodling for too long, and this album dances on that line a lot. Vocally it’s a bit marmite too. Sometimes Jon Anderson’s voice floats nicely over the music, but other times it feels like it’s floating off in its own direction entirely. I get why this record was important for them and for prog fans in general, but I’m not fully swept up in it. I like it in parts, respect it overall, but it doesn’t pull me in emotionally like some other records from the era do.
Instantly recognizable. I’m not a Yes fan but I appreciate the always good music from Yes.
Of all the significant albums by Prog-Rock bands that were released in 1971, this is one of them. "The Yes Album" isn't my most favorite, but I don't dislike it either. It's better than King Crimson, but not as good as Pink Floyd. Most equal to Yes' other pressing from that year, "Fragile."
Your Move is a 5. Everything else is just OK.
7/10 which translates in my system to 4 stars. The guitar is great , but the guy's voice gets on my nerves.
I’ve listened to Yes before but never a full album, and this one really surprised me. An excellent album. Yes is different from many of the other prog bands of the time because they’re so…..chipper?! Upbeat, maybe? While listening to some prog albums feels like doing your maths at the kitchen table on Sunday night, listening to Yes feels like taking a stroll with very close and slightly goofy friends. So much fun. Some prog bands make 9 minutes feel like 30; Yes is not that band. A good hang.
I am big Progressive Rock fan and love this album. But, I can see why some people would not like to listen to really long pieces of music. This album is not a good starting point for people wanting to explore Prog. Listeners should get some Peter Gabriel Era Genesis and some Jethro Tull under their belts. Then come back and listen to this album again.
It’s fine Nice guitars but nothing crazy
This is the 154th album I’m rating. I've only heard Roundabout and that was because of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Adding to my Playlist - Yours is no Disgrace, Clap, Starship Trooper, I've Seen all Good People, A Venture, and Perpetual Change. Not Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. Yours is no Disgrace - Just as good as Roundabout. Yes is a great band. All in all I liked 6/6 songs. Yes is great. Araki is right about them.
++: Clap, Starship Trooper +: Yours Is No Disgrace, I've Seen All Good People +-: A Venture, Perpetual Change 6,3/10
They try some experimental stuff that does feel very after the fact. They attempt some dreamlike socal hippie songs but are too late for the summer of love. 3/5
I love this album, only knew of Roundabout and Owner of a lonely heart and I generally enjoy classic Prog. These guys feels like a solid precursor to Rush, dream theater and a lot of other prog in this same vein. It’s pretty cool to see the evolution over decades and where some it came from. Enough pop and melody to stay interesting without sacrificing the experimentation.
Nice vibe, lite Queen men mer proggigt. Ändå två låtar som åkte in på spellista!
Track 1 - bassline / guitar / synthline / harmonious vocals **** All Good People *** Classic prog-rock and enjoyable listen probably 4 stars
I think this suffers from being prog and simply needing more time to really sink in, but due to the nature of this list and only having one day to listen it kind of gets a rough deal. I feel like this might have some potential on repeat listenings Standouts Perpetual Change 3/5
Good but pretty forgettable. 3/5
I'm borderline at a 5 on this one. Absolutely had a couple of tracks that I very much loved. Perpetual Change has a great rift that enters the world of Jazz, some great notes played. Awesome album.
Owner of a lonely heart
3.5 probably. Leaning towards more 4 than 3.
Decent album
I’m wary of prog, with its usual pretensions and inane, fantastical lyrics, but I’ve got nothing against “complex” song structure, ‘cept when “complex” really means ostentatious, as it often does. In fairness, this has more groove than is typical of its genre, due credit to Chris Squire’s penetrating, melodic bass, and the formidable Steve Howe’s eclectic guitar. Even as the music drags, existing in limbo between defined sections of music patched together to give the vague impression of “complexity,” the interplay between talented musicians grants momentary pleasures. I’m less forgiving of the inane, fantastical lyrics. Top Tracks: I’ve Seen All Good People
Dreadful, over-long, over-blown shite.
Good Yes album, not their best, so a four
Solid
Fuck, yes…Yes! I own several physical Yes albums, this one included. Fragile, Close to the Edge, or Relayer are probably still my favorites, but this a terrific album. Prog Rock can get weird, and that’s sort of the point, but this album perfectly tip toes that line where rock ends and prog begins. I always found Yes to be one of the more easily digestible prog rock bands because their long stuff never seems to linger, and they never go overboard with goofball instruments, I’m looking your way pan flute lovers.
A classic album showing off all the best elements of Yes' music. Virtuoso musicianship, complex but accessible song structures, great vocals and mysterious lyrics you can't help but sing, etc. I love this album.
YES!!! :) It's been a while since I've heard YES. I don't listen to them frequently but have heard some of the songs.
Listened with my headphones on, as another reviewer on here suggested. Not usually my kind of music, but really liked this one – must be the headphones (Cisco, mind!). Standout track: Starship Trooper P.S. Didn't realise they were the outfit responsible for 'Owner of a Lonely Heart'.
Uninteresting prog
Only for 5 minutes i did dream about growing my hair out and living in a sprinter van, which i think is damning for Yes. 2/5
All in all a solid rock album! I liked the tracks that were diff from standard rock; great guitar playing skill. 4/5 will likely be back
Enjoyed it. Fun rock music.
No, I'm not listening to the deluxe edition of this album. I don't need four hours of early 70s prog noodling. I went into this not expecting much but it was better than I expected, the Wurm section at the end of Starship Trooper was the highlight.
pas mal
I guess it’s fine… I can’t really get on board with it though.
It's a decent album and was a pleasure to listen. But, it's not really essential and I probably won't play it again cause there's a lot of more interesting stuff out there. Five star system is not enough to express my opinions on albums. 3 is too little and 4 is too much. I give this album 4 out of 5 but this 4 is closer to a 3 than a 5.
True to the year it was published, this album seems like it would have KILLED for the kids from that 70s show. Less into it myself
overall didn’t really like this very much. a venture is the only song i think i could get behind, but even still i didn’t actually enjoy it that much. perpetual change was very interesting but very challenging and just confusing to listen to, which is cool in its own right. i can hear the similarity to beach boys / blue light orchestra etc, but there was so much going on here. will probably not listen again
More yes! Yes please :D
1-2 good songs, with others being just on the odd/good border.
But for the vocals, I think I enjoyed this album. It is very bass forward and the guitar is excellent. The ten minute songs are interesting enough to keep me listening. I dunno, I get it.
not my jam, no downloads but okay to listen
Silly human race
Remarkable album—glad to hear it again after decades. It’s Progressive Rock, at its finest, whatever that means! Musically strong and well sung and the compositions very good. That’s what comes out now—the compositions are very fine, indeed. That said, I grew less and less interested in the album as it went along and by the end, I had enough of it.
Bedre enn forventet, litt langdrygt
Gotta dig the prog rock vibes of Yes. This album doesn't have Roundabout, which is one of my all time favorite classic rock tunes, but I still like what the record has to offer. Anyone else still think of Mr. Deeds anytime they hear I've Seen All Good People? Random connection forever lodged in my brain.
Interesting moments between less interesting moments
Great listen for Father’s Day. Excited for more
Hell yes, no we're talking! Not my favorite Yes album, but man is it an enjoyable listen. Relative to most of what I've heard so far here, this album is a f***ing 11 out of 5.
With new guitarist Steve Howe YES nails their sound, avoids getting dropped by their label, release a solid album with stellar songs like Yours Is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper & I´ve Seen All Good People ,1971 was a good year for the band. Fragile & Close to the Edge were just around the corner. The Yes Album is YES right before world domination it's not perfect (that would come later that year with Fragile) but it's bloody good. The first essential Yes album.
Fine, but nothing more than just fine.
I really liked this album! All the incredible 70s vibes. So much fun to listen to! Very jammy.
A nije fragile ili close to the ege ali je ok
YES is always such an interesting band to listen to. Their sound is very unique across all the different elements. Somehow, they all just come together and make for a good listening experience. 4/5
Very skipabble for me. The only song I liked was the opening track, and I had high hopes for the rest of the album but no
No question, a classic, both in music overall and in my cannon of progressive rock fandom. The inventiveness of tracks like "Yours Is No Disgrace", "Starship Trooper", "I've Seen All Good People", and "Perpetual Change" is really unmatched given the time period. Wonderful.
Um it's OK, how about a maybe rather than yes.
Experimental, proggy rock. Not sure what to say. Think Supertramp vs the Beatles with some more experimental bits. Pretty good, borderline 3-4 stars Best track - A Venture, Your Move
Listened Before? N Two Yes albums in a row? Meh. This one was better than the other one but I still didn't really love it. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Starship Trooper...
no queria que terminara. fabuloso.
Sparkling with positivity and bodacious vibes, a great mood album. Built for a summer drive through the countryside
Kinda boring, not terrible but not amazing.
Classic
Decent
Boring
I've never gotten the appeal of Yes. I recognize their influence is all over anything remotely progressive since their formation, but it just doesn't do it for me. Perhaps its the voice, perhaps its the multi-layered vocals or something else but I'd have turned it off had it come on the radio. Just not for me.
Excellent album. Didn't realize how many tracks I was already aware of. Would listen to it again.
Interesting but lyrics were odd
Some fun songs, a little long. Prog.
Pretty good, but I like prog.
For many years I would have recoiled at this and all its noodlyness but a few things have changed over the years. I just decided to try and give up on my learned prejudices from my teens and 20s. I really fell in love with Steve Howe's previous group Tomorrow and Bill Bruford's subsequent spell in King Crimson. Then finally I sought out this specific album after hearing Starship Trooper on the TV drama Divorce. It wasn't like the song resonated because of the scene of a middle aged man rediscovering his independence in a dweeby way, I just really liked the track. Maybe I'm a dweeb. Anyway, and the next thing you know, because of Sarah Jessica Parker, I'm getting into Yes .
Gets a 3 for Your Move.
An album out of my comfort zone, and I had never heard the band before but pleasantly surprised and would definitely listen to it again.
Fantastic album
Another boring 70s-Blues-Rock-Band. But with Acoustic-Guitars and Nintendo-Sounds.
Phenomenal from start to finish
Not my style sorry
There are few perfect albums in this world. It would be a shame to ruin this one.
Funky rollin rock
Not a fan back when, but I'm glad I listened to a full Yes album. Now I am certain I do not care for them.
listening to this while also trying to do a work thing that i really reaaaally don't want to do and am procrastinating hard on it (like why did i just read through all my reviews on here instead, come onnnnn). anyway my feelings about this album keep shifting as i listen to it, because sometimes i'm like "yeah this is pretty good" and then 2 minutes later i feel irritated somehow. like a song will start and i'll be kind of enjoying it and then i'll look at this horrible work task for a bit and then i'll get distracted by the internet for a while and then i look at my phone and somehow THE SAME SONG IS STILL PLAYING and i'm like ??? what is happening to time??? yes, who gave you the right?? i kind of admire the audacity of all this even if it's not really for me. let's go 3.
Very enjoyable progressive rock album, though yes van certainly do better with later albums.
Been seeing the light with these guys more and more, their music is really epic! If someone said “do you want me to turn this off?”, I’d say “Yes? No!!” And if they said “do you want me to turn this up?”, I’d say: “yeah!”
Yes is my friends
yes no maybe ,,,,, ,can you repeat the question ///// you're not the boss of me now !!
Sure
Sounds in the way i like! I love that it has 2 voices and strange sizes. Also sometimes it sounds like few boys are playing in the dad’s garage after school (in a good way)
Sophisticated wankery. No idea who would want to hear this. Technical, grandiose and boring
Yes just isn’t my type of music. I can’t deny the group’s musicianship and say it’s not “good.” It’s just not pleasing to my ear. Their sound is very dated to me. I’m really not into the space age-y rocket-ship type 70s rock. Is that prog rock? If so, I think it’s not my jam. I’m sad to see there are two more Yes albums on the list.
quite boring
Psych/folk/prog of the cheesy kind.
Know the band Yes, and a handful of their songs. Fun little album to zone out with. 3.25/5
Amazing Every song is grandiose and progressive, never boring and endlessly cool
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I’m a sucker for this band. This album was a blast; I’ve seen all good people is still one of the greatest. That organ!
I was not happy to see this one come up. I expected some self indulgent experimental prog rock. Instead this an absolute banger. Will definitely be playing again
yes has grown on me honestly
A staple of my youth that I've not listened to for decades!! You weren't cool at school if you didn't like this, I was one of the few in my circle that didn't own a copy but it was hard to avoid it everywhere else. Far from the worst example of prog rock & it hasn't aged as badly as most or as badly as I feared. 3's a tad generous but hey ho.
The first song sounded very Rush-esque. I liked the banjo on The Clap. I really like the song I've Seen All Good People. Perpetual Change was also good. It was an interesting album in that it bounced between long songs to songs more typical in length. The back and forth was good, making it feel not too long but also getting some good guitar riffs in the album.
I don't hate Yes as much as I used to. This album has it's moments but overall tastes like alot of prog soup to me. The vocals are really great on Seen All Good People.
This album is fine for what it is but the further I go on with this project, the more I realize that I simply DO NOT like prog. Songs meander and drift along forever while never really offering a decent hook. Yes and Genesis, two titans of prog in the 70’s, both made accessible pop albums in the 80’s that I thoroughly adore. Let’s be honest, Phil Collins is not going to be remembered for a long time to come because he was a baller prog drummer in the 70’s, he’s going to be remembered for the fact that he wrote pop banger after pop banger after pop banger in the 80’s, with Genesis and solo. Yes will be remembered for their prog to be sure, but the first song on anybody’s mind will be Owner Of A Lonely Heart, a true 80’s pop masterpiece.
I think I'm a Maybe on Yes. The songs are sooooo long, and I don't find this musical style very interesting. They have some cool jams, but the songs tend to lose me the longer they go on. I do like the track I already knew, I've Seen All Good People. And generally it's not unpleasant, just not totally my jam.
Still great!
Not usually a prof fan but I liked this. I’ve Seen All Good People is a jam
the 70s blues/rock guitars are cool; the acoustic instrumental an obvious demonstration of skill. but the bloated, overtheatrical, cringe-inducing harmonies are all present in embryonic form here. the whole prog flavor of yes- rush- genesis- gentle giant is thoroughly offputting to me. the organs and vocals are enough to ruin this for me. no no no no no.
Fuck rating albums. Just let me listen.
Not very exciting but easy to listen to
Fragile and Close to the Edge easily clear, but I still like it.
This was like a mellower Rush. Not bad
I know more Yes than I realized. Short album, but a good one.
A great debut album form progressive rock legends: "Yes". Each song has its own unique feel to it and the guitar playing is great i also like the lyrics theyre philosphical whilst also remaining quite unserious 8/10 Favourite: Yours is No Disgrace Least Favourite: The Clap
• 4/5 • seen All Good People is the standout for me, but every song is good • one of the rare albums of non-ponderous prog
Great prog rock album. Not my favorite from Yes, but it's still a good one. 8/10 fav song : the Starship Trooper trio
Enjoyable but I was expecting more from the lesser known songs and I was disappointed
This felt like a prog version of Crosby Stills and Nash. I'm not a fan of Yes, but I made it through the meandering album. Some parts were nice...until they sharply veered into something discordant in the next measure.
Less on-target than Rush, but this is pretty much the definition of prog rock.
Have never been a huge Yes fan...just ok.
PDB. Fantastic musicians playing fabulous music.
As I understand it, this is the point where Yes abandoned their psychedelic cover band roots and swapped some members as their label was threatening to drop them. They emerged as a prog rock band making their own music. It's maybe not the most compelling story in the history of recorded music but they obviously went on to make a name for themselves. It's a decent prog rock album. I was leaning towards 3 stars but I really like "Starship Troopers" enough to bump them up an extra point.
Fond memories of painting to this record with my first teenage crush.
I just really like Yes, their clasic albums always feel so complete to me. There's not much more you could ask from them.
Goated prog rock. Muymuy bueno. Tengo q escucharlo más pero me emcanta el estilo de yes y de este album
An album regarded, by me at least, as the first of the "proper" yes albums, with strong portents of what was to follow.
Someone else said like rush but boring
Wakeman shouldn't have been allowed to express himself: stick to the piano on Hunky Dory
Complex songs and talented musicians, but a little dense to dig into in a day. Clap is an amazing acoustic guitar track and was my favourite from the album but also sounds a little out of place when everything else is prog rock.
Not bad but it just didn't seem too interesting.
Yes more like No Thank You
Dit album kon mij totaal niet boeien. Erg gedateerd en te saai. Soms met vlagen facinerend geluid maar resulteerd niet in een boeiend liedje
Mediocre
Idk its not that good imo, I think the close to the edge album was better. It feels more inspired by the Beatles, and proto-Queen pop than it feels like a prog-rock album. Just too classic blue rocky, which is not really what I think they are good for. also the dude from red era king crimson is the drummer on here, which is good, I did actually notice the good drumming. Favourite song: yours is no disgrace. Overall around 5/10
4/5
A pretty interesting Yes album. Less grand than their albums "Close to the Edge" and "Fragile" but still very weird arrangments/excellent prog playing.
A pompous early effort. Fortunately not the super deluxe edition. Shining, flying, purple wolfhound…eh? Some good ideas here and there but they don’t come together well. Sounds a bit like CSN in some of its folkier moments. They get it right a couple albums later but they’re not there yet.
Decent
New album for me! Dynamic and interesting rock but just not my usual cup of tea, probably because I don't traditionally love prog rock all that much. However, I know that there is tons of talent needed to go into a prog album, and this is no exception. Not a whole lot that stuck out to me other than the neat titles and long, complex songs. This may resonate with me more on a subsequent listen. 3/5 (3.5 on RYM). For more detailed music reviews and journalism, check me out at annasmithwriting.com!!
Best: perpetual change Worst: -
found a new one I didn't know! amazing
This was fun! Will be a re-listen.
It's the epitome of 70s alt rock with included radio versions! It is a great album but not something I seek out.
The Yes Album by Yes tönt eher wie es The Naja Album by Naja. Ned gross öppis im Gedächnis blibe und hüt morge bim nahlose hanis Album nüm gfunde ussert e 4 Stunde delux version. Daher vlt biz schwirig das denn z bewerte, aber tönt chli nach zwei Maybes
Haha, danke. Wieder mal namensgebig mit 70er humor. The yes album by yes Ehhhm oke, how was the album? Yes
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Listened to this album many times, never disappoints. Yes' flagship album, great compositions and hits. -Yours is No Disgrace -I've Seen all Good People -Your Move
I liked this album. I wanted to give it a 4 but I can't. 3.5
Another great Yes album
Lame
I'm supposed to like progresive rock and i still think i do but yes really dosent do much for me yet again. The tracks fade into background and dont ever grasp my attention. I played this multiple times hoping it hits, na da
yes, toen ze nog niet helemaal verzand waren in gitaargepriegel en over-uitgerekte songs... hier en daar viel zelfs een nootje rock te rapen...3.5 sterren
This must be the jolly/fun end of the prog-rock spectrum. And it's decent for it. Bright sound, tight playing, tales of seafaring etc. Crisply recorded and not overlong. Flecks of diverse influences (jazz? bluegrass?). Not bad at all; one to come back to.
YES!
There are definitely aspects of yes that are incredible and really engaging. I guess my initial problem with listening to any album by them is that I feel like I'm waiting for the fun. It's real fun when it's there. It's just a long road sometimes between the fun spots.
4.3 - I'm liking this band, gonna listen to more and research
This was great. I was listening slightly passively whilst working, but then I went back diving into each of the tracks and I found it all very enjoyable. I'm more familiar with their next two albums - but this seems to be a really underrated gem in their catalogue. Well I guess not underrated, its on the list. Fave Tracks: I think I liked elements of all of them 4.6/5
A letdown compared to the last two albums I reviewed. "The Yes Album" is still a great record, though. The vocals are pretty good, along with the instrumentation. So I enjoyed this album. Unrelated note: Do not let AI music kill human creativity. 4 stars for "The Yes Album".
The opposite of yesterday's album in many ways (Surfer Rosa by the Pixies)... the Yes album is tight, meticulously produced, perfect harmonies before the age of pitch correction, and some virtuosic instrumental work.
Wow, did that last comment come back to bite me super quick.
Whatever.
people call a lot of things dad rock but i cant imagine thinking of something more fatherly than Yes if i tried so in the spirit of me having now listened to every Yes album on the list, i will write my thoughts in the character of a fatherly man leaving a youtube comment SAW THESE GUYS IN CONCERT 19 72 . AMAZING THEY SHREDDED YOU COULD NOT MAKE MUSIC LIKE THIS THESE DAYS .BUT THESE BOYS KEEPT IT REAL MY DAUGHTER HATES IT WHEN I PLAY THIS.LOUD AND PROUD ! THREE STARS OUT OF FIVE !!!
oh yes
Second Album de Yes proposé par le générateur, après 'Close to the Edge' dans lequel j'avais trouvé les 19mn du morceau éponyme pas très réussies. Dans ce nouvel album, les morceaux les plus long sont à un peu plus de 9 mn, ce qui permet de développer les idées musicales sans finir par lasser l'auditeur: j'ai vraiment apprécié les 4 plus longs. Et quel son et lignes de basse ! Un vrai plaisir. Parmi les plus courts, j'ai trouvé 'Clap' peu intéressant (guitare acoustique solo, totalement différent du reste des morceaux), mais l'autre (A venture) est plutôt bien. Bonne découverte donc, qui pourrait rejoindre ma collection. =>4/5
No Need to listen to this one. Know every note by heart I love it so much. Not my favourite Yes album but certainly in my top ten all time favourites and Yes are in my top three favourite groups. I bought this album day of release from the famous Record Bar, Wakefield. It was an album I was eagerly anticipating after getting into Yes through their previous album Time and a Word. I was not disappointed as there is lots of spine tingling climatic music to be heard. I was in a hostel in Wakefield whilst a Police Cadet where a friend of mine at the time and we would lay on our beds in the dark continually listening to this album. This is why I know the album so well. I am an unashamedly a Progressive Rock nut so like others of my kind I figuratively wear this album like a badge of honour and consider it a rite of passage to know intimately. Regular readers of my reviews (that’s me only) will know it was my birthday yesterday and I so much wanted a classic album like this but instead I got Ramblin’ Jack Elliot. But fortunately I am still very much in a birthday mood as I am off into Leeds soon so watch and applaud the mighty Leeds United parade their Championship Trophy around the City. No doubt “ I’ve Seen All Good People” will be reverberating around my head as I cheer my heroes. There could be no better soundtrack to join my love of football and music together. 5/5 5/5/25
Another 60/70’s rock album with not much substance
One of my favorite eras in music history. There is something brilliant about the non-complicated mix combined with music mastery, and virtually no limitations in track length. Makes me miss the times I never experienced
Just really not my style. But they're talented for sure.
I knew nothing about yes before this, I was usually a no man. But this is really good. Some songs are really amazing, but it's a bit hampered by being prog without progressing much (just making songs long)
Better than Coldplay!
I didn't think I knew this band, but then the album cover looked super familiar and I recognized at least two of the songs on it ("Your Move" and "Starship Trooper: Life Seeker") so I guess Spotify has probably shuffled them into various "recommended for you" playlists in the past. It's not a bad album. I agree with the reviews that say that they sound a lot like Rush but not as good. The two songs I recognized were definitely the best on the album, and I did think it got better as it went. I don't think it was a particularly stand-out album, but I wouldn't turn it off if I heard it again.
Yes continues to impress me, so much so this gets a resounding 'yes' from me.
It's at least a Maybe. I do like the sound. The tracks are completely overstuffed though. I was going to say it feels kind of disjointed, but I think it might just be "The Clap" driving that feeling.
Yes!
Very good, probably will only get better with further listens. There’s a song about chess on this one! This album is a nerd’s wet dream
There’s a kitsch value to a song vaguely about chess. Yes leans more on the side of pop than pure prog rock. Still - not my favorite and not one I’m going to want to listen to again.
Prog rock, doesn't move the needle at all
Prog rock at its best.
Meandering and pretentious.
I have liked other songs from this band. This album isn't super impactful for me personally.
I like a bit of Yes but they aren’t really my favourites. This is a decent album but sometimes it drags. The songs go on for a while and they just aren’t interesting enough to do so
Always liked this band! that 70s-80s styx Jethro-ish genre though is so dated and this now sounds weird but I still love the classics and Jon Anderson's voice is inimitable
It's very much of the early 70s era. I picture a VW van, lots of avocado green and burnt orange, the whole thing... but alas, it's not my vibe.
1 star review - Wow. That must have been really hard to make. 2 star review - I think back to Amadeus (the film) and the Emperor's proclamation that - after listening to Moz's most recent composition - it has "too many notes". The payoff of that interaction is of course Mozart's question - "which notes should I remove?". I don't know. And I don't know the answer here either. I'm just saying there's so many notes. So many parts. Some are beautiful. Some are maddening. Some just feel indulgent. But don't worry - if there's a part you like it will probably come around again. There are even some songs that I would say are good wholesale - but I can't forgive them for crimes committed. While sometimes the immaculate playing holds beautiful moments loft - the moments are a slog to get through. 3 star review - Wow. That must have been really hard to make. 4 star review - to think this predates "Hits from a Bong" by 20 yrs. 5 star review - Wow! That must have been really hard to make.
More self indulgent, Prog Rock wank. Not today! No thanks.
This was tough to get through - not a fan
It's way more accessible than Fragile and really easy to the ear. Really like it a lot.
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Helt bra prog album har sina moments Stark 3
Zaczynam myśleć że progresywny rock oznacza że moja irytacja narasta z każdym utworem. Czemu oni nagrywają takie długie utwory? Czemu wszystkie te zespoły brzmią podobnie? Czemu ciągle muszę się z nimi mierzyć w tym zestawieniu? Nigdy tego nie zrozumiem. Może dlatego że nie jestem mężczyzną, lat 50, któremu się wydaje że jest bardziej wyjątkowy i alternatywny od innych. 5/10
Incredible!
Pretty normal upbeat singing with music. Sounds good. Not phenomenal. 3/5
more like The YES Album. 4/5
The guys are so cool in the nerdiest way possible.
Yes was my dad's favorite band. In fact I was named after the lead singer. As a teenager getting into music I felt irrationally compelled to dislike his music, but with time I came to love lots of it. First it was the likes of Led Zeppelin and The Who; prog rock took longer, but with some more time I came to love Pink Floyd too. Yes is a band I never got. To me they sounded like a collection of extremely talented musicians more invested in demonstrating how great they are than making good songs. I don't get that from this album so I liked it more than I was expecting, but they're still a band that just don't do anything for me. I think it's largely part to my namesake's vocals sounding like his vocal chords are strung too tightly. Sorry, dad - I tried
The increased depth and genre diversity present on this album is the catapult Yes needed to cement their legacy. It adds the perfect amount of character and inflection to their early prog that makes it more approachable and interesting
Great debut from Yes.
Love yes
Not for me
Good. Didn’t hate it. Might listen to more YES
Fun 70s British rock, a little one-dimensional even though their sound is unique. Includes the iconic "I've seen all good people".
This was a tough one to rate... on the one hand, the playing on this record is really impressive... the instrumentals are just fuckin cool.... I almost think the record would be better if it was just an instrumental album (my favourite track is Clap, the live instrumental acoustic folk extravaganza). Because on the other hand, the vocals and lyrics are hippy garbage. These vocals do not fit the instrumental and are a mix of annoying and forgettable. It almost sounds like they're ripping off crosby, stills, nash and young... but doing a shit job at it, in a genre where it doesn't make sense. I also feel like this album influenced a ton of prog-wankery over the years which is hard to dismiss.
Big, theatrical, progressive rock. Not really my vibe but a fun listen, all things considered.
Fun album
Irritating.
I always loved this album. It was my favorite progressive rock album that I first heard around 1981cor so.
This felt like the prog rock equivalent of a jazz master. Endless noodling on instruments, songs longer than they needed to be, and nothing you can really dance or jam to. Some of it sounded like prog background music. I only recognized one song, and it's not one I'll stick in regular rotation. Sorry guys.
Fuck it, I love Yes. “Starship Trooper” earns this album its 5. This isn’t even my favorite Yes album, that would go to Close to the Edge, but this one has so many of the elements that I love them for. Anderson’s voice, Howe’s guitar, Squire’s bass. All incredible. That guitar lick all over “Starship Trooper” is so delicious. Anyway, again, I technically don’t think this is a perfect album but I still loved it so much. ML #122.
More like maybe
You say yes I say no You say stop I say go go go
Yeah
This is the third Yes album I've gotten from the generator and I think I'm a Yes fan? I never would've guessed. Their approach to prog rock just works for me. It's not often I describe a 9+ minute song suite as a "crazy banger," but "Starship Trooper" is a crazy banger.
Tinseltown in the rain is a bop
Too self indulgent and did not justify its long run times. Some amazing sounds but lord were they long songs.
It was mostly ok. I liked parts of songs but they didn't seem to land anywhere.
Great album all the best parts of Yes that would be built upon in subsequent albums
Average. No bangers, no complete disasters either.
To long
Fell asleep 🤦🏻♂️
Definitivamente no es lo mío, hard pass, lo siento.
Prog rock really not my jam. Sure it’s a good album if you enjoy that style though.
classic 70-e rock
interesting. not much of a prog rock guy, and as such i appreciate some of what’s going on here but this kind of thing always starts to feel to me like it’s spinning its wheels after a while. cool ideas in and out, but sometimes i’m not really sure why it’s repeating itself for so long at a time or why anything is happening. but the production concepts at times are really cool. not the record to invite me into giving prog another shot, but i enjoyed pieces of it for what it is.
fine! Feels straight out of the 80's, very time specific
Not bad, lots of energy. Long jams. Great guitar work
wow, did not expect the amount of different genres on that record. also listened while on vacation, maybe that makes a lil difference but quite enjoyed it!
I really want to like Yes, but I sadly just don’t quite get it. It kind of just feels like a bunch of talented people just screwing around in a studio? Which sometimes works, but like, it’s not the kind of thing I look for in music. Plus I just don’t like the vocals
Never heard this before. Starship Trooper was pretty cool, but the rest was unremarkable.
Broadcaster and John Peel collaborator John Walters once said he wanted to review a Yes album with the single word No. I feel pretty much the same. This right here is exactly where music went right off the rails in the early 1970s. You know what to expect and it delivers. Tight and musically competent but pretentious, though heaven knows the worst was yet to come. Most disturbingly you can hear in places where the execrable Rush got their sound from.
Gotta give ‘em 5 stars. Love Yes.
Very good!
Yes
Just ok, not as bad as bjork
Great prof rock, already know the album well, lots of fantastic songs in spite of many being 8min plus
Wow. What a lame album. Nothing about it is bad, it’s just eh prog rock. “Oh don’t judge prog rock on its first listen”, many will say, however it’s just not my cup of tea. Cool ideas over some songs but others (like I’ve seen all the good people) are just like… WHEN IS THIS GONNA ENDDDDD haha
Hell, Yes, these guys know how to rock. The start and end of the album are cool and contain a nice mix of elements; however, the middle felt like a bit of a drag.
Ett jävla pågående. Orkar knappt lyssna klart