The Yes Album
by Yes

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The Yes Album by Yes
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-02-19
Overall rank: 518th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 723 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (21st)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (113th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (518th)

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Yes bestography

The Yes Album is ranked 3rd best out of 71 albums by Yes on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Yes is Close To The Edge which is ranked number 86 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 13,384.

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The Yes Album track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Yours Is No Disgrace
Average Rating: 88 (207 votes)Comments: View 2
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The Clap
Average Rating: 79 (159 votes)Comments: View 2
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Starship Trooper: A. Life Seeker / B. Disillusion / C. Würm
Average Rating: 90 (219 votes)Comments: View 4
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I've Seen All Good People: A. Your Move / B. All Good People
Average Rating: 87 (218 votes)Comments: View 2
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A Venture
Average Rating: 79 (153 votes)Comments: View 2
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Perpetual Change
Average Rating: 84 (164 votes)Comments: View 2

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The Yes Album rankings

The Yes Album rankings summary
Overall rank: 518th | 1970s rank: 113th | 1971 rank: 21st  Overall chart history
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The Yes Album ratings

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 !		09/01/2026 15:18 AndyLish79  Ratings distribution  50581/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.9/100, a mean average of 81.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.


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The Yes Album forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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90/100
From 09/13/2017 19:37 | #197903 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
What strikes me about this album is how LISTENABLE it is. While the songs certainly qualify as prog rock, they never fall into the trap of being overly complex and challenging for the sake of it, a criticism that can be made of many of the legendary prog rock groups such as ELP or King Crimson (not to mention later Yes).
As it is, The Yes Album is an exceptionally enjoyable album to listen to. The vocals of Jon Anderson, as well as Steve Howe and Chris Squire in harmony, are a treat to hear. The instrumentation is, of course, excellent.
The standout tracks to me are Starship Trooper and I've Seen All Good People, which expertly mix quite distinct musical sections into cohesive wholes. Both songs have beautiful openings and truly epic conclusions, with Trooper's gradual intensification and I've Seen All Good People's descending key changes being particularly hair-raising moments.
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From 02/04/2018 11:18 | #207141 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I had never heard this album unti this morning. Sitting in my dining room with a strong black coffee listening to a new vinyl on a colld winters Sunday morning is a pleasure indeed, particularly when the quality of instrumentation and production is as good as this! What a debut album this was for Yes. You can pick out every instrument clearly and they all sit just right in the mix. The lead guitar exit at the end of track 1 is superb. Favourite tracks are 'Starship Trooper' and 'Yours is no Digrace' No fillers on this album.
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From 06/06/2013 11:00 | #78205 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Am I the only one here that likes this more than Fragile?!
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From 01/20/2017 17:22 | #183516 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The first of the big five brought us classic Yes in a big way. Right from the first few bars, you can tell this is a very special collection of musicians.
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From 03/13/2012 18:53 | #38263 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
First classic Yes album. Despite not having Rick Wakeman yet, it's such a phenomenal record. 'Yours is Not Disgrace' is a personal favourite!
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