Tracks
- Yours Is No Disgrace
- The Clap
- Starship Trooper
- I've Seen All Good People
- A Venture
- Perpetual Change
The Yes Album is an intense album. The music is progressive rock. It's a busy mix of bass, guitar, drums and keyboards with each musician doing his utmost to make the most of his instrument.
The music on most of the songs have a grand, epic-scale quality to them. The songs are long, the music is loud and full, the music is constantly being played at breakneck speed and in kind of lock step.
The music has an jaw-dropping quality at first, but it fails to deliver after listening a few more times. By then, it feels like an exercise in self-indulgence. The lyrics are vague and puzzling.
The album is uneven. There are three epic sounding prog rock songs and then some lighter hard rock songs. The two kinds just don't mix well.
I like the album, but less so than when I first heard it long ago. I think it's worth listening to mainly because it's one of the first definitive prog rock albums. Thus, it should be on the 1001 Albums list.
Most of the songs are good. I think the stand outs are: Yours Is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper and I've Seen All Good People.
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
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