Yes are an English rock band that released twenty-one studio albums between 1969 and 2014. Formed in London in 1968, their original lineup contained guitarist Peter Banks, keyboardist Tony Kaye, drummer Bill Bruford, and two constant members: bassist Chris Squire and singer Jon Anderson. Their early showpieces include “Looking Around,” “Survival,” “The Prophet,” and “Astral […]
Jon Anderson (born Oct. 25, 1944) is an English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Accrington, Lancashire, who rose to fame as the frontman of Yes, appearing on all but one of the band’s 17 proper studio albums between 1969 and 2001. During a break in the band’s activities in 1976, he self-recorded his debut solo […]
Trevor Rabin (born Jan. 13, 1954) is a South African-born/U.S.-naturalized guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer who first emerged in the Johannesburg art-rock/pop band Rabbitt, which he joined in 1972 at age eighteen. Rabbitt scored locally with the chart-topping symphonic-ballad “Charlie” and the album Boys Will Be Boys!, which Rabin wrote, produced, arranged, and largely performed. […]
Patrick Moraz is a Swiss keyboardist and composer who emerged in the post-psych act Mainhorse, which issued a 1971 album on Polydor. He then teamed with the rhythm section of The Nice in the super-trio Refugee, which issued a self-titled album on Charisma in 1974. Months later, Yes hired him as Rick Wakeman‘s replacement for […]
Peter Banks (1947–2013) was an English rock guitarist who co-founded Yes and played on their first two albums: Yes (1969) and Time and a Word (1970). He then formed Flash, which released the 1972/73 albums Flash, In the Can, and Out of Our Hands on Sovereign. In 1973, he collaborated with Focus guitarist Jan Akkerman […]
What did each of these albums bring to the table in rock’s transformation from Beat through psychedelia and the subsequent emergence of suite-driven symphonic progressive (Genesis, ELP, Yes) and orchestral pop (ELO, Alan Parsons Project, Klaatu). The period from 1966 to 1968 was a pivotal moment in rock history, as the “Beat” era of three-minute […]
Yes is the debut album by the English psychedelic-rock band of the same name, released in 1969 on Atlantic. Tracklist: A1. “Beyond and Before” (4:52) A2. “I See You” (6:47) A3. “Yesterday and Today” (2:49) A4. “Looking Around” (3:58) B1. “Harold Land” (5:40) B2. “Every Little Thing” (5:41) B3. “Sweetness” (4:31) B4. “Survival” (6:18) Credits: […]
90125 is the eleventh studio album by English art-rock band Yes, released in 1983 on Atco. Tracklist: A1. “Owner of a Lonely Heart” (4:27) A2. “Hold On” (5:15) A3. “It Can Happen” (5:39) A4. “Changes” (6:16) B1. “Cinema” (2:09) B2. “Leave It” (4:10) B3. “Our Song” (4:16) B4. “City of Love” (4:48) B5. “Hearts” (7:34) […]
Tales from Topographic Oceans is the sixth studio album by English symphonic-rock band Yes, released in October 1973 on Atlantic. Tracklist: A. “The Revealing Science of God – Dance of the Dawn” (20:27) B. “The Remembering – High the Memory” (20:38) C. “The Ancient – Giants Under the Sun” (18:34) D. “Ritual – Nous sommes […]
Relayer is the seventh studio album by English symphonic-rock band Yes, released in 1974 on Atlantic. Tracklist: A. “The Gates of Delirium” (21:55) B1. “Sound Chaser” (9:25) B2. “To Be Over” (9:08) Credits: Jon Anderson — lead vocals Steve Howe — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals Chris Squire — bass guitar, vocals Patrick Moraz — […]
Drama is the tenth studio album by English symphonic-rock band Yes, released in 1980 on Atlantic. Tracklist: A1. “Machine Messiah” (10:27) A2. “White Car” (1:21) A3. “Does It Really Happen?” (6:34) B1. “Into the Lens” (8:31) B2. “Run Through the Light” (4:39) B3. “Tempus Fugit” (5:14) Credits: Trevor Horn — vocals, songwriting, bass Steve Howe […]
Chris Squire (March 4, 1948 — June 27, 2015) was an English bassist who emerged in The Syn, a psychedelic pop band that presaged Yes. Between 1969 and 2014, Squire appeared on twenty-one Yes studio albums. During their 1975 pause for solo activity, he released Fish Out of Water on Atlantic. Background Christopher Russell Edward […]
Time and a Word is the second album by English symphonic/psych-rock band Yes, released in 1970 on Atlantic. “Astral Traveller” – fade-in funky, high triad Gm alternating 7th… Kaye and Square pile on @:20, counter melody on organ presage Andersons vocal line amid upward-running basslines… tomroll heralds Anderson @:45, Leslied vocals (?), windy rapid verses, […]
The Yes Album is the third album by English symphonic-rock band Yes, released in February 1971 on Atlantic. Tracklist: A1. “Yours Is No Disgrace” (9:36) A2. “The Clap” (3:07) A3. “Starship Trooper” (9:23) –a. “Life Seeker” –b. “Disillusion” –c. “Würm” B1. “I’ve Seen All Good People” (6:47) –a. “Your Move” –b. “All Good People” B2. […]
Fragile is the fourth album by English symphonic-rock band Yes, released in November 1971 on Atlantic. Tracklist: A1. “Roundabout” (8:35) A2. “Cans and Brahms (Extracts from Brahms’ 4th Symphony in E Minor Third Movement)” (1:42) A3. “We Have Heaven” (1:39) A4. “South Side of the Sky” (7:56) B1. “Five Per Cent for Nothing” (0:37) B2. […]
Close to the Edge is the fifth album by English symphonic-rock band Yes, released in 1972 on Atlantic. Tracklist: A. “Close to the Edge” (18:12) –i. “The Solid Time of Change” –ii. “Total Mass Retain” –iii. “I Get Up I Get Down” –iv. “Seasons of Man” B1. “And You and I” (10:40) –i. “Cord of […]
Steve Howe (born April 8, 1947) is an English guitarist best known for his recurrent tenures in Yes and Asia. His first recorded stints were in the mid-’60s R&B/beat groups The Syndicats and The In Crowd. The latter morphed into Tomorrow, a seminal psych act that issued two singles and a 1968 self-titled album. After […]
Alan White (1949–2022) was an English drummer and percussionist, best known as a member of Yes from 1972 onward. During their 1975–76 break for solo activity, he recorded Ramshackled with members of his pre-Yes psychedelic band Griffin. Early Life, The Blue Chips White was born on June 14, 1949, in the village of Pelton, County […]
