Yes (band)
| Yes | |
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 Yes, live in Indianapolis, 1977 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Progressive rock , art rock |
| founding | 1968, 1983 |
| resolution | 1980 |
| Website | www.yesworld.com |
| Founding members | |
| Jon Anderson (until 1979; 1983–1988; 1991–2008; 2017) | |
Bass , vocals |
Chris Squire (until 1980; from 1983; † 2015) |
| Tony Kaye (until 1971; 1983–1994) | |
guitar |
Peter Banks (until 1970; † 2013) |
| Bill Bruford (until 1972; 1991–1992) | |
| Current occupation | |
Guitar, vocals |
Steve Howe (1970–1981; 1991–1992; 1995–) |
Drums |
Alan White (1972-) |
Keyboard |
Geoff Downes (1980–1981; 2011–) |
singing |
Jon Davison (2012-) |
Bass, vocals |
Billy Sherwood (1996-2001; 2016-) |
| former members | |
Drums |
Tony O'Reilly (1968) |
Singing, bass, trumpet |
Trevor Horn (1980-1981) |
Keyboard |
Rick Wakeman (1971–1974; 1976–1980; 1990–1992; 1995–1997; 2002–2004) |
Guitar, keyboard, vocals |
Trevor Rabin (1982-1994) |
Keyboard |
Igor Khoroshev (1997-2001) |
Keyboard |
Oliver Wakeman (2009-2011) |
Vocals, guitar |
Benoît David (2009–2012) |
Keyboard |
Patrick Moraz (1974–1977) |
Yes is a British rock band from the area of progressive / art rock . The group formed the style for the genre mainly in the 1970s and still has a great influence on the style of progressive rock today.
The classical rock group Yes was founded in 1968 by Jon Anderson and Chris Squire with accompanying musicians Peter Banks, Tony Kaye and Bill Brudford.
There were two different formations under the name Yes until the beginning of 2020 : one with the members Steve Howe , Alan White, Geoff Downes, Billy Sherwood, Jon Davison and a formation with the former members Jon Anderson , Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman under the name Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman . However, according to Rabin, the latter was dissolved in early 2020.
history
The history of Yes is marked by repeated changes in line-up and sometimes considerable style changes. The band's creative and artistic high point was the 1970s, when some of progressive rock's outstanding albums were recorded, while their greatest commercial success came in 1983.
1968-1980
Yes has its roots in the British psychedelic rock band Mabel Greer's Toyshop, which was founded in 1966. In 1967 Chris Squire (bass) and Peter Banks (guitar) joined the band after their own group The Syn broke up. In early 1968 Jon Anderson and Chris Squire met at London's La Chasse Club; Anderson also joined Mabel Greer's toyshop a little later. At the time of their last appearance as Mabel Greer's Toyshop in May 1968, the band consisted of Peter Banks, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson, Clive Bailey and Bob Hagger. Peter Banks was to replace Clive Bailey entirely. A little later Tony Kaye was added as keyboardist, Bill Bruford replaced Bob Hagger on drums. At Peter Banks' suggestion, the band then called themselves Yes! around.
The first two albums Yes (1969) and Time and a Word (1970) were still influenced by beat and psychedelic rock in the style of The Who , The Beatles or Pink Floyd . This applies especially to songs like Sweet Dreams or Time and a Word . Nevertheless, the first signs of the later progressive rock style were already showing in some pieces, especially Survival from the debut album and the complex Then from Time and a Word .
On the second album there was additional string support , which the guitarist Peter Banks didn't like, who couldn't do anything with the "violin smack", as he described it. So dissatisfied with the direction he was taking, he left Yes as the first member in 1970.
The engagement of Steve Howe as the new guitarist turned out to be a stroke of luck for Yes, who felt the pressure of the record company after their second album to finally achieve a first success with their third album. Steve Howe was supposed to enrich Yes with his virtuoso and versatile style, which was mainly influenced by country and guitar music of the 1930s. The following compositions became longer, more complex and more layered. The song lengths now reached the ten-minute mark and left a lot of leeway for solo interludes . Steve Howe's guitar playing quickly became one of Yes's trademarks. Jon Anderson's high ( falsetto ) voice and Chris Squire's bass playing completed the band's sound. Chris Squire subsequently developed the bass into an equal solo instrument and also took on melody-leading tasks.
The album , simply titled The Yes Album , from 1971 contains exclusively original compositions for the first time and was the big breakthrough for Yes. The band had found their own identity and set about defining the progressive rock genre.
After the successful third, the staff carousel turned again at Yes. Keyboardist Tony Kaye left the band and formed the less successful band Badger . The classically trained Rick Wakeman was hired as the new keyboard player (organ, piano and synthesizer) . As with Steve Howe before, Wakeman's engagement turned out to be a stroke of luck for Yes, as he brought a number of classic elements into the already very eclectic sound of Yes.
The album Fragile (January 1972), which stayed in the top four of the US bestseller list for three months, continued the development of the previous album . Progressive Rock seemed even more mature: the compositions became denser, the longer pieces more uniform, no longer just in suites like on the previous album . The shortened version of the almost ten-minute title Roundabout also resulted in a moderate single hit , which was a rare success for an album-oriented band like Yes. Fragile was also the first album with a cover from the pen of fantasy artist Roger Dean, which will be typical for Yes in the future .
In September 1972, the album Close to the Edge was released, the first LP side of which contained the more than 18-minute sonata of the same name . Yes were now at a creative peak and the musicians let their ideas run free on the albums, unhindered by commercial constraints or demands from their record company. Close to the Edge is considered to be one of the best works by Yes, representative of the symphonic - classical variant of progressive rock. The album is still the subject of musicological studies to this day.
Drummer Bill Bruford was tired of the band's time-consuming perfectionism, but at the same time was so convinced of Close to the Edge that he came to the conclusion that his own artistic peak with the band had now been reached, and therefore looked for a new challenge. He left Yes to play for King Crimson . Yes, who were on tour at the time, were briefly shocked, but were able to win a new drummer in Alan White very quickly. White had previously including in the Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon played. According to Bill Bruford's jazz approach, he should integrate more rock elements into the music of Yes.
In 1973 Yes first released the 3- piece live album Yessongs , which documented the band 's live abilities. A few months later, the "Magnum Opus" Tales from Topographic Oceans was published . The very ambitious double album was influenced by Indian philosophy and mysticism. It contains only four compositions, each lasting around 20 minutes. Within the pieces, traditional western listening habits were partly abandoned and influences that are close to today's world music were explored .
Keyboardist Rick Wakeman was dissatisfied with the music on Tales from Topographic Oceans and eventually broke up with the band. In an interview with the Daily Mail , he attributed this dissatisfaction to the band's musical direction at the time, which he described as the free jazz form . Days before, Wakeman had caused a stir when he ate a curry (Chicken Vindaloo) in the middle of one of the long instrumentals on the stage behind his keyboard . His exit caused some commotion in the English music press. Yes, however, did not let this sensitive loss stop them. The search for a keyboard player first led to the Greek Vangelis . When the collaboration with this turned out to be too difficult, however, the Swiss Patrick Moraz was finally engaged , who left the band Refugee for his new role . However, Jon Anderson stayed in contact with Vangelis and both recorded a number of successful albums as Jon & Vangelis .
Together with Moraz, Yes recorded the album Relayer , which was released in 1974. Relayer returned to the format of Close to the Edge : It consisted of a page-filling composition and two songs of ten minutes each. Gates of Delirium was based on Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace and showed Yes from its very dynamic side, while Sound Chaser made excursions into fusion jazz . At Moraz's suggestion, elements of the musique concrète were even used .
After the tour that followed, it was agreed within the band to take a little break in which each of the individual band members wanted to record a solo album. Jon Anderson published Olias of Sunhillow , Steve Howe Beginnings , Chris Squire Fish Out of Water , Alan White Ramshackled and Patrick Moraz The Story of I . Bill Bruford recorded his first solo LP Feels Good to Me in 1977 .
In 1977 Yes got together again to record a new studio album, for tax reasons in Switzerland. Patrick Moraz was initially there before he left for reasons that were not entirely clear. Yes brought Rick Wakeman back on board, initially only as a session musician . Soon after, he became a regular member again. With Going for the One , a first step was made towards somewhat shorter compositions, even if the 15-minute Awaken was still clearly assigned to progressive rock.
At this time, the emerging punk wave and the changing taste in music had an effect: in 1978 what was once commercially very successful progressive rock was in decline. Yes tried to adapt to the zeitgeist by concentrating even more on shorter and more straightforward songs on the album Tormato than on its predecessor, which was a definitive departure from the overly long, artistic pieces of the past years.
When in 1979 the band's efforts to record a new album, the Paris Sessions , together with producer Roy Thomas Baker in Paris failed due to internal tensions , singer Jon Anderson and keyboardist Rick Wakeman left the band. This started a phase in which Yes consisted of a series of projects, in particular the albums Paris Sessions , Drama , XYZ , 90125 , Big Generator and Union . Despite the departure of Jon Anderson, who had previously been one of the central figures in Yes, the rest of the band was not confused. Howe, Squire and White tried again by to replace members of the Pop - duo The Buggles , previously with Video Killed the Radio Star had become known, recruited: Trevor Horn , who later diverse as producer pop artists (including Frankie Goes to Hollywood , The Art of Noise , Grace Jones , Seal or later also tATu ) made a name for itself , replaced Jon Anderson as singer, while Geoff Downes took over the keyboards.
This formation brought out only one album with Drama (1980). Trevor Horn, Alan White and Chris Squire then left the band one after the other, the remaining members Steve Howe and Geoff Downes finally dissolved Yes in December 1980 officially.
1981-1992
After leaving the band, Jon Anderson founded the Jon & Vangelis project with Vangelis , which also enjoyed chart success with hits like I'll Find My Way Home and State of Independence . Steve Howe was a central figure in the so-called “supergroups” in which former band members, mainly from the field of progressive rock, came together in various combinations in the late 1970s to devote themselves to mainstream rock . Howe first founded the band Asia with John Wetton from King Crimson, Geoff Downes from Yes and The Buggles and Carl Palmer from Emerson, Lake and Palmer , which was one of the most commercially successful bands in the early 1980s. He later formed the band GTR with Steve Hackett , former Genesis guitarist , and others .
Chris Squire and Alan White stayed together. They briefly rehearsed with the former guitarist of Led Zeppelin , Jimmy Page , under the name XYZ , but this did not lead to a long-term engagement, as Robert Plant , who joined after a while, thought the material was too cerebral. Some of the song ideas later appeared as bootlegs and on albums by The Firm and Yes. Squire and White continued to work under the project name Cinema before they were introduced to the South African guitarist Trevor Rabin , a former member of Rabbitt . When the former Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye was added, the project took on more concrete shape. Still under the name Cinema and using the young Trevor Rabin's latest song ideas, which had great commercial potential, a new album was prepared before Jon Anderson suddenly joined them again. Anderson was taken with the new songs and offered to sing for the band. In this context, the musicians decided to reactivate the name Yes, since a familiar name was easier to promote than an unknown band called Cinema.
The 1983 album 90125 was a million-fold sales success for Yes, who now played relatively straightforward rock music that could also be played on the radio without any problems. The band had turned away from the collective method of composition that had shaped their style in the 1970s. Progressive rock was out of fashion at the time. Logically, the album release Owner of a Lonely Heart also became the band's biggest single. The live video 9012Live: The Solos of the following concert tour, shot by director Steven Soderbergh , was nominated for a Grammy . Trevor Rabin, who had composed a large part of the songs and gradually took over the musical direction of the band after Jon Anderson had previously played this role in Yes, was primarily responsible for the commercial success. Trevor Horn acted as a congenial producer of the album.
After the end of the 90125 tour, the band took a break before starting work on the next album. While Yes had been a series of (partly failed) projects ( Drama , XYZ ) from the failure of the Paris Sessions until the 90125 line- up stabilized , there has been no stable band since the mid-1980s. To this day, various musicians can be found again and again on recordings and tours under the name "Yes" - or " Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe ", " Circa: ". There are also numerous solo projects by the Yes members. Some of the former bandmates are involved - together in changing line-ups, but there hasn't been a constant band since then.
The 90125 line-up recorded another rock album in difficult and lengthy sessions with Big Generator (1987), which, however, could not repeat the success of 90125 . There was also no major single hit. Jon Anderson was increasingly unhappy with his role in the group. Trevor Rabin dominated Yes and did not want to allow many ideas from Anderson, which is why he left Yes for the second time in 1988.
Jon Anderson then gathered former Yes members Steve Howe, Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman to record a new album. At the same time, however, Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire, Tony Kaye and Alan White continued to rehearse. So there were two bands that could both claim to be Yes. There has been some argument in court over the band name. The naming rights to Yes were, however, with Chris Squire, who did not want to give them up either, which is why the 1989 album by the musicians around Howe had to be released as Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe . Tony Levin , who had already worked with various musicians of the genre such as Peter Gabriel , and who at that time formed the rhythm section of King Crimson with Bruford, played the bass . The album tried to sound a bit more progressive again, which in the eyes of the old fans was completely successful.
In the early 1990s, both Yes factions prepared new pieces. The second album by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe, Dialogue , however, never came about because the two camps merged in 1991 due to an idea from Anderson. It was the third time in the history of Yes that an album that was in the middle of preparation could not be completed. Instead, eight of them released the album Union (1991), which featured Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, Bill Bruford, Alan White, Tony Kaye and Trevor Rabin, but never played together in the studio to have. In fact, the songs were produced and recorded separately. The parts recorded by Wakeman, probably also many of Bruford and Howe, were replaced by session musicians (including guitarist Jimmy Haun, who founded the band Circa: in 2006 with White, Kaye and later Yes member Billy Sherwood ) - which was from the beginning caused tension. A world tour followed with all eight members.
1992 until today
Immediately after the tour, the line-up of the band was changed, not least due to pressure from the record company. Steve Howe and Bill Bruford left voluntarily, Rick Wakeman, whose whereabouts in the band remained unclear for a long time, had to leave some time later. One promised greater commercial success with Trevor Rabin as the band leader. The album Talk followed in 1994, but it was no longer a great success. With Talk criticism continued on drums play Alan White's back, which was never quite silent since his debut as a replacement for Bill Bruford in 1972, it has since grown with each release: His game is too simple, too unimaginative. In addition, Trevor Rabin and Yes parted ways soon after the release. After a heart attack due to his alcohol problems Squires shortly before the talk tour, his remaining in the band was briefly questioned, but he recovered, and Yes went on a tour, which was terminated prematurely due to a lack of audience interest; there were no concerts in Europe. Then the band split up again. While Rabin subsequently made a name for himself as a film composer , especially for films by producer Jerry Bruckheimer , the remaining musicians tried again and again to start over. The "classic" line-up with Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman and White got back together.
In 1996 and 1997 two albums with current live recordings and new studio tracks were released, which seemed to herald a return to the progressive rock of the 1970s. Rick Wakeman, who had only contributed to the new studio tracks from afar and participated in the three Keys-to-Ascension concerts, left after the two albums Keys to Ascension and Keys to Ascension 2 and one under the title Know-Tour announced, but then canceled tour the band again. It followed, with Billy Sherwood (guitar) and Igor Khoroshev (keyboards), the pop album Open Your Eyes , actually intended for publication under the name of a side project by Squire and Sherwood, Conspiracy , and at the last moment converted into a Yes album "; the record company had insisted on a new album in the face of a planned tour, the largest since 1971. The follow-up album The Ladder also tried to appeal to the 1980s pop faction among Yes fans, even if it was announced and marketed as a fusion of the 1970s ( Roger Dean cover ) and 1980s styles. But these two attempts to be commercially successful failed, as did the last one so far: Both Sherwood and Khoroshev left Yes before the formation, for the first time in the band's history without their own keyboard player, released the album Magnification in 2001 . She tried her hand at a fusion of rock instruments and symphony orchestra. Yes, orchestral music seemed predestined for this approach. A Yessymphonic Tour followed , in which the band's classics were also presented with orchestral support.
In 2002, Rick Wakeman finally decided to join Yes for the fifth time. Until 2004 Yes gave regular concerts in the USA and Europe in the "classic" line-up of Anderson, Howe, Squire, Wakeman and White, including on July 14, 2003 at the Montreux Jazz Festival (the recording was made in the Live-at-Montreux series released). After that it became quiet around the band, even if its members very actively pursued their own solo and side projects:
- After recovering from some health problems, Jon Anderson toured alone and as a duo with Rick Wakeman, who also continued his solo career, but had stopped regular performances apart from Yes for health reasons.
- Steve Howe has returned to the original line-up reformed Asia, who went on a world tour in 2006 and released a new studio album in 2008.
- Chris Squire reformed his 1960s band The Syn with Stephen Nardelli, Martyn Adelman, Gerard Johnson and Peter Banks in spring 2004 , but left it again in 2006. He is also no longer involved in the Conspiracy project. Billy Sherwood will continue the project alone, guest appearances by Tony Kaye , Peter Banks, drummer Jay Schellen (World Trade, formerly Asia and Hurricane) and guitarist Gary Green (formerly Gentle Giant ) have been announced for a new album . Sherwood also continues to work on numerous tribute albums . Chris Squire has since worked with Gerard Johnson on a second solo album, while The Syn continues to work with a new line-up.
- Alan White started his band project White with members of MerKaBa.
- Several (former) Yes musicians have formed a new band under the name Circa: Billy Sherwood (bass, vocals), Alan White (drums, vocals), Tony Kaye (Hammond, keyboards) and Jimmy Haun (guitar, vocals) , previously heard on Union and the Chris Squire Experiment ). The debut album Circa: 2007 was released in August 2007, the successor Circa: HQ 2009. The band is planning more than just a temporary collaboration.
There was always talk of a new Yes album, as well as a film project with the English cover artist Roger Dean or even the breakup of the band. In spring 2007, however, it was announced that there were plans for a world tour for 2008 (the band's 40th anniversary). Concerts in Eastern Europe (specifically in Prague ) and North America (possibly including Mexico ) were announced. In between it seemed that the band's long abstinence from the stage is less due to the health problems of Anderson (and Wakeman), but is due to Anderson's spiritual guide, the "Divine Mother" Audrey Kitagawa, who, as he himself tells him, did , helps "look into the fourth dimension", strongly advised against performing live before 2008. At least that was what Anderson gave as a reason for canceling a gig at the PG School of Rock Music in July 2007, and something similar had been heard from him before. In the meantime, due to the annoyance of many fans (and the other band members, especially Howe, Squire and White), the management has refrained from this explanation and brought the health reasons back into play.
The comeback tour planned for summer 2008 was canceled on June 4th due to Anderson's health problems. A few weeks earlier, he had been hospitalized with an acute asthma attack and the doctors had advised him not to go on a concert tour.
In September 2008 it was announced that Benoît David, the singer of the Canadian Yes cover band Close to the Edge and the art rock band Mystery , would replace Anderson on future tours.
In October 2009 the long-planned comeback tour finally began. Rick Wakeman, who like Anderson could not be there for health reasons, was to be replaced by his son Adam, who had to cancel due to time constraints. Eventually, Rick's youngest son, Oliver, took his father's place. Anderson has been replaced by Benoit David as announced. Due to the absence of Anderson, the band had the first opportunity to play pieces from albums that were not originally sung by Anderson.
For the album Fly from Here , released in July 2011, Yes found themselves together again in the cast of Drama : Geoff Downes came back into the band for Oliver Wakeman, initially without his knowledge. Trevor Horn was hired as producer. The title track of the album, We Can Fly from Here , is from the recordings for Drama , but has not yet been released on a studio album.
In February 2012, Chris Squire announced that Benoît David had also left Yes for health reasons and Jon Davison ( Glass Hammer ) had taken his place.
Meanwhile, the two former members Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson are working on the joint project "ARW" with Trevor Rabin, for which the first recordings have already been completed.
Founding member Chris Squire died of leukemia on June 28, 2015 .
In December 2016, Yes was honored with the induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . The official event took place on April 7, 2017.
In 2017 former members Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman founded a second Yes formation under the name ARW and toured the UK with live concerts for the band's 50th birthday. So they stepped u. a. at the O2 Apollo Manchester .
The official Yes formation around Steve Howe and Alan White took the multi-instrumentalist Billy Sherwood into the band as bassist after Chris Squire's death and continued touring with Geoff Downes and Jon Davison, with Jay Schellen often taking over the drum parts from Alan White, who was in poor health. In 2016 the albums Fragile and Drama were performed, in 2017 Drama and half by Tales from Topographic Oceans. A tour with Relayer's material planned for 2020 has been postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1969 | Yes | - | - | - | - | - |
38th in Australia
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| 1970 | Time and a Word | - | - | - |
UK45 (3 weeks) UK |
- | |
| 1971 | The Yes album | - | - | - |
UK4th  (34 weeks)UK |
US40  (50 weeks)US |
Entry into the US chart in 1972
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| Fragile | - | - | - |
UK7th (16 weeks)UK |
US4th × 2
(46 weeks)US |
Entry into the US chart in 1972
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| 1972 | Close to the edge |
DE36 (12 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK4th (13 weeks)UK |
US3 (32 weeks)US |
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| 1973 | Tales from Topographic Oceans |
DE26 (12 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK1  (17 weeks)UK |
US6th (27 weeks)US |
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| 1974 | Relayer |
DE27 (28 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK4 (11 weeks) UK |
US5 (16 weeks)US |
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| 1977 | Going for the one |
DE6 (20 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK1 (28 weeks)UK |
US8th (21 weeks)US |
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| 1978 | Tormato |
DE36 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK8th (11 weeks)UK |
US10 (14 weeks)US |
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| 1980 | drama |
DE50 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK2 (8 weeks)UK |
US18 (19 weeks) US |
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| 1983 | 90125 |
DE2 (25 weeks)DE |
AT9 (12 weeks)AT |
CH3 (22 weeks) CH |
UK16 (28 weeks)UK |
US5 × 3
(53 weeks)US |
Grammy for the track Cinema
(Best Rock Instrumental Performance) |
| 1987 | Big generator |
DE25 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH22 (3 weeks) CH |
UK17 (5 weeks) UK |
US15th (30 weeks)US |
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| 1991 | union |
DE15 (15 weeks) DE |
- |
CH16 (7 weeks) CH |
UK7 (6 weeks) UK |
US15th (19 weeks)US |
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| 1994 | Talk |
DE45 (10 weeks) DE |
- |
CH29 (7 weeks) CH |
UK20 (4 weeks) UK |
US33 (8 weeks) US |
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| 1997 | Open your eyes | - | - | - | - |
US151 (1 week) US |
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| 1999 | The Ladder |
DE38 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK36 (1 week) UK |
US99 (2 weeks) US |
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| 2001 | Magnification |
DE64 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK71 (1 week) UK |
US186 (1 week) US |
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| 2011 | Fly from here |
DE16 (4 weeks) DE |
- |
CH39 (3 weeks) CH |
UK30 (2 weeks) UK |
US36 (3 weeks) US |
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| 2014 | Heaven & Earth |
DE23 (2 weeks) DE |
AT56 (1 week) AT |
CH29 (1 week) CH |
UK20 (1 week) UK |
US26 (2 weeks) US |
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| 2019 | From a page |
DE? (? Where.) DE |
AT? (? Where.) AT |
CH? (? Where.) CH |
UK? (? Where.) UK |
US? (? Where.) US |
Previously unreleased songs from 2008 to 2011
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More studio albums
- 2004: Keystudio (Contains the studio recordings of Keys to Ascension 1 & 2 )
- 2011: Astral Traveler
- 2008: Yes + Friends
Concert tours
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Early Shows
August 3, 1968 to April 18, 1970 (295 shows)
(Recorded on The Word Is Live) -
The Yes Album Tour
July 17, 1970 to July 31, 1971 (164 shows)
(Recorded on The Word Is Live) -
Fragile Tour
September 24, 1971 to March 27, 1972 (111 shows)
(recordings on Yessongs ) -
Close to the Edge Tour
July 30, 1972 to April 22, 1973 (95 shows)
(Recordings on Yessongs ) -
Tales from Topographic Oceans Tour
November 1, 1973 to April 23, 1974 (78 shows) -
Relayer Tour
November 8, 1974 to August 23, 1975 (89 shows)
(Recordings on The Word Is Live and Live at the QPR) -
1976 (Solo Album) Tour
May 28, 1976 to August 22, 1976 (53 shows)
(Recordings on Yesshows, Yesyears and The Word is Live) -
Going for the One Tour
July 30, 1977 to December 6, 1977 (89 shows)
(recordings on Yesshows) -
Tormato Tour
August 28, 1978 to June 30, 1979 (102 shows)
(Recordings on Yesshows, The Word is Live and the DVD Live in Philadelphia) -
Drama Tour
August 29, 1980 to December 18, 1980 (65 shows)
(Recorded on The Word is Live) -
90125 Tour
February 28, 1984 to February 9, 1985 (139 shows)
(Recordings on 9012Live: The Solos and the 9012Live DVD) -
Big Generator Tour
November 14, 1987 to April 13, 1988 (67 shows)
(Recorded on Yesyears and The Word is Live) -
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Tour (An Evening of Yes Music Plus…)
July 29, 1989 to March 23, 1990 (74 shows)
(Recordings on An Evening of Yes Music Plus… ) -
Union Tour (Round the World in Eighty Dates)
April 9, 1991 to March 5, 1992 (84 shows)
(recordings on the DVD Union Tour Live) -
Talk Tour
June 18, 1994 to October 11, 1994 (76 shows) -
San Luis Obispo Shows
March 4 to 6, 1996 (3 shows)
(Recordings on Keys to Ascension and Keys to Ascension 2 ) -
(Know Tour)
failed -
Open Your Eyes Tour
October 17, 1997 to October 14, 1998 (147 shows) -
The Ladder Tour
September 6, 1999 to March 25, 2000 (83 shows)
(Recordings on House of Yes - Live from House of Blues ) -
Masterworks Tour
June 20, 2000 to August 4, 2000 (30 shows)
(Recordings on The Masterworks and the Extended Version of Magnification ) -
Magnification Tour
July 22, 2001 to December 13, 2001 (69 shows)
(recordings on the Symphonic Live DVD) -
Yes 2002 / Full Circle Tour
July 17, 2002 to October 4, 2003 (97 shows) -
35th Anniversary Tour
April 15, 2004 to September 22, 2004 (64 shows)
(Recordings on Yesspeak and the Songs from Tsongas -DVD) -
Close to the Edge and Back (40th Anniversary) Tour
Failed -
In the Present Tour
November 4, 2008 to July 15, 2010 (129 shows) -
In the Present World Tour South America 2010
November 17 to December 4, 2010 (10 shows)
5 of them in Argentina (Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba, Mendoza), 2 in Brazil (Florianópolis, São Paulo), 1 each in Chile ( Santiago de Chile), Paraguay (Asunción) and Venezuela (Caracas)
Literature (selection)
- Dan Hedges: Yes. The authorized biography. London 1981, ISBN 0-283-98761-8 .
- Tim Morse: Yesstories. Yes in their own words. New York 1996, ISBN 0-312-14453-9 .
- Thomas J. Mosbø: Yes - but what does it mean? Exploring the music of Yes. Milton WI 1994
- Bill Martin: Music of Yes. Structure and vision in progressive rock. 2nd edition, Chicago / La Salle 1997, ISBN 0-8126-9333-7 .
- Michael Rudolf : Round about jute sack. Yes, "Yessongs". (= The Essence of Rock , Volume 1) Wehrhahn, Hannover 2001, ISBN 3-932324-81-1 .
- Chris Welch: Close to the Edge. The story of Yes. London / NY / Sydney 1999, ISBN 0-7119-6930-2 .
- David Watkinson: Perpetual change - 30 years of Yes. London 2001, ISBN 0-85965-297-1 .
Web links
- Yesworld: Official website (English)
- Yes at Allmusic (English)
- Yes at Discogs (English)
- Website explaining Yes' album art. ( Memento from November 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- Yes on the baby blue pages
- Yes at Musik-Sammler.de
- Yes at laut.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Wieland Harms: The Unplugged Guitar Book. 20 of the most beautiful songs for acoustic guitar. Gerig Music, ISBN 3-87252-249-3 , p. 102.
- ↑ https://www.regioactive.de/themen/yes
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