Yesshows
by Yes

Yesshows by Yes
(Live album)
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 12,351st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 54 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (190th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,716th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,351st)

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Yes bestography

Yesshows is ranked 18th best out of 69 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 13,734.

Yes album bestography « Higher ranked (11,389th)
Big Generator
This album (12,351st)
Yesshows
Lower ranked (15,837th) »
Mirror To The Sky

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,351st | 1980s rank: 1,716th | 1980 rank: 190th
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2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 198095/1000
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 61 Music Albums of 198016/614
2026SkernsTop 100 Music Albums of 198095/1000
2026 Robert Anton WilsonTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s48/10011
2026JohnnyoTop 93 Music Albums of 198041/933
2026 RockyRaccoonLive Albums45/100 -
2025mostlymor1980 Part 318/27 -
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Yes (UK) - Ranked33/54 -
2024MetaKoopa99Albums in My Vinyl Collection, Part 370/72 -
2024JunomoogmelloTop 28 Music Albums of 19803/285
2024JohnnyoConnections 2 (From Dean Owens to ???????14/24 -
2023 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 198056/1002
202370proglodyteTop 100 Greatest Music Albums42/10043
2023MetaKoopa99Top 91 Music Albums of the 1980s30/9114
2023MetaKoopa99Top 18 Music Albums of 198011/182
2021JohnnyoThe best live albums of the 80’s23/34 -
2020 LachapelleTop 9 Music Albums of 19807/92
2020 ExTeaSeaF2LF: Roger Dean Album Cover Art29/36 -
2019 Robert Anton WilsonTop 34 Music Albums of 19804/345
2019JohnnyoBest Progressive rock albums of all time44/98 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 24
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 94
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74/100 (from 54 votes)
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11/12/2025 20:41 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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09/25/2023 23:11 Skerns  Ratings distribution  5,08780/100

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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.

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85/100
From 12/11/2023 22:10 | #300431
Strong collection of some of Yes' best material from their heyday in the live scene. Great track listing, great performances, especially on the always-stunning Gates of Delirium. Would have been OK with maybe cutting out some of the "noise" of Ritual (Part 2) to truncate this thing a bit, but I really like everything else. Good starting point for getting into Yes' in their live element during the late '70s.
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From 08/18/2022 16:05 | #288638
Shocking that this is ranked so low! Almost as good as Yessongs. The performances certainly are, the track list is just slightly weaker.
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From 10/29/2017 07:30 | #200269
Brilliant live album. I have the original vinyl version which is still in near mint condition and sounds superb through quality audio kit.
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From 09/24/2012 21:47 | #51100
A very good live album of the classic material from Yes that was not covered by Yessongs - no duplication between these two Yessongs & Yesshows as opposed to nearly all live albums to come. The live version of Gates of delirium herein is well worth it and even more "aggressive" than the original studio version.
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