Yes (studio album)
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Yes by Yes
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 2,149th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 225 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (56th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (200th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,149th)

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Yes bestography

Yes is ranked 8th best out of 57 albums by Yes on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Yes is Close To The Edge which is ranked number 87 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 13,998.

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 225 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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85/100
From 08/01/2023 19:34
Não conhecia esse debut maravilhoso!! Deveria ser mais comentado!
#298440 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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90/100
From 12/06/2022 01:06
underrated
#291788 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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90/100
From 09/20/2022 14:41
WAY better than i remembered. Recommended. Not yet so proggy, a somewhat poppier and rockier?
#289823 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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80/100
From 08/18/2022 15:49
A solid debut album with a handful of really nice tracks like Looking Around and Survival. But the best was certainly yet to come!
#288624 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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90/100
From 07/30/2022 17:15
Exceptional debut album. Clearly there are lots of Yes’ proggy/folky roots all over this album, but you also get to hear a little bit of a harder side of the band that you don’t really get on later records. I’d say the stand out tracks are the edgy prog number Looking Around and an absolutely rocking cover of I See You. But every track is worth listening to.
#287967 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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90/100
From 11/28/2020 17:38
Yes, para mi la mejor banda de rock alternativo y sinfónico.
Este disco está subvalorado, es muy bueno en cuanto a calidad y entretenidísimo. Para mi, todos los músicos son los mejores que hubo en alguna banda entre el 67 y el 73: John Anderson es escuchar una flauta traversa cantar, Chris Squire fué uno de los bajistas que más influyó al rock de los 70s y 80s, y así.
Jazz rock, Rock Progresivo, sinfónico, Clásico, no aburre. Para mi debiese estar número 7 u 8 de este año...
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90/100
From 06/28/2020 09:42
This often overlooked album is a chameleon, cleverly switching seamlessly between styles. The opening track has a psychedelic feel, the next is very much a jazz feel and the next has a much more acoustic and melodic feel where Jon Anderson's vocals could well be the best on any Yes album. And this interchanging of styles continues throughout. The instrumentation on this album is as good as on the 'classic' Yes albums. It actually gets more spins in my house than Close To The Edge and Fragile!
#254659 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 06/09/2020 14:45
This album is so damn underappreciated. I love it. Have since my first listen. The playing on here is brilliant too.
Amazing album!
#253179 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 09/21/2018 21:40
This album is quite underrated. The first track is always a ton of fun.
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90/100
From 04/08/2018 11:31
Fantastic album, great Beatles cover and great originals... 8/10.
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