The Yes Album

bruh

Boring

I had already written that I like Yes, and that hasn't changed. As with some other artists (so far Frank Sinatra, Coldplay, Iron Maiden), however, I can't quite understand the exact selection of albums for the 1001 list. To my knowledge, “The Yes Album” represents the band's breakthrough and therefore, in my opinion, deserves to be on the list, although from today's perspective I would describe it as still a little immature:
- Many typical Yes elements—especially the vocals—are already clearly recognizable here, but
- the rhythm work is not yet as extremely tight as I remember it from later recordings, and
- “Clap” is nice and somehow impressive, but doesn't really fit in with the other songs.
All in all, it was a nice listening experience.

Instrumentally it’s all way too zany for me, playing the same notes in unison before breaking out into mysterious wandering space age prog. The backbone of the band is very much music as a blunt instrument, with lots of frills layered on top of it. Vocally it’s a bit more my speed and helps up the game of the overall sound.

Really good - showy but not too technical, super melodic and songwriting is there as well. There aren't any weak tracks but opener is a big stand out

Some parts of this blew me away with their progginess. On three occasions I had to rewind to re-experience the peak that had just happened: the opening riff on Yours Is No Disgrace; the ending part of Würms; and the panning effect at the 5min mark on Perpetual Change.

The rest of the album is very good too, though a bit uneven -- there are certainly stretches where it meanders a tiny bit.

Extremely solid record overall!!!

Standouts: Yours Is No Disgrace • Starship Trooper: Life Seeker / Disillusion / Würm • Perpetual Change

If you can’t say anything nice then don’t say anything at all.

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

3.75

It was alright. Nothing special but at least it wasn't offensive to my ears

3 ⭐️

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.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Fine but kinda forgetful

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.

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.

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.

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!

More like The No Album (I hope all the reviews say that). This album cover looks cool, like I'm about to enter A-to-Z Video* for a fun VHS tape. But I didn't like Yes's other album, so I'm not hopeful for this one, especially starting off with a 10 minute track.

*I'm 90% this is what our local equivalent of Blockbuster was called, but it is seemingly impossible to find out via Google, like so many things I want to know D;

Well, this album was slightly better than "Fragile", maybe just because my expectations were low. Still, it's a 2 for me.

Highlights: "If the summer change to winter" is a rare subjunctive. Grammar win! 'Starship Trooper' has some good elements. I don't like it here because it makes the songs longer, but the concept of splitting a song into 2-3 named sub-parts (movements?) does appeal to me as a classical fan. I think Meat Loaf did this too, and maybe a few other 60s-80s artists, but it is something I haven't seen (yet?) in post 90s music, and would find charming.

Lowlights: So many guitar breaks; melodies are mostly boring.

I struggle with Jon Anderson over the course of an entire album, but mostly dig what's happening musically even if it's not always stylistically my bag. As cliché as it is, though, "I've Seen All Good People" is such a fucking banger.

3.5/5