Yes Albums - reviewed & ranked by emptysquares
I started listening to Yes when they were still considered pretty cool and their intricate music, strange lyrics and ethereal vocal harmonies sounded to me to be something new. With the coming of punk rock in the late 70’s, Yes quickly became super uncool and in the UK the gestapo-like music press would keep it that way for the next 25 years.
In the 80’s, Yes began chasing US commercialism but Trevor Rabins ‘boy band pop with added guitar shredding’ formula held little appeal for me and it seemed that a group that once strived for originality were now trading in clichés. And so it was that I lost interest in Yes for the next 35 years or so.
In 2020, when the Covid-19 lockdown gave me some enforced free time I thought it might be interesting to catch up on the 10 or so studio albums that passed me by. Listening to their catalogue I was struck by how much time and energy they spent trying to repeat their brief 1983 commercial success when it must have been pretty obvious to everyone that their shelf-life as chart popsters was always going to be fleeting - what manner of teenager wants a poster of fucking Yes on their wall?
It seems to me that while Yes may have started life as idealistic 60’s dreamers, these particular hippies became accustomed to expensive lifestyles… and an existence as cult musicians from a bygone era was never going to pay the bills. And so began the long & futile chase for radio-friendly songs aimed to please an audience that was no longer interested. Sadly, much of their later material is compromised to some degree due to this.
Despite all this, the Yes back catalogue has a lot to offer and the band created some truly unique moments in rock history – and who knows, there may still be life in the old dogs yet.
- Chart updated: 02/07/2024 17:45
- (Created: 06/12/2020 11:23).
- Chart size: 29 albums.
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V:Jon Anderson; g:Steve Howe; b:Chris Squire; k:Rick Wakeman; d:Bill Bruford [First added to this chart: 06/12/2020]
V:Jon Anderson; g:Steve Howe; b:Chris Squire; k:Tony Kaye; d:Bill Bruford [First added to this chart: 06/12/2020]
V:Jon Anderson; g:Steve Howe; b:Chris Squire; k:Rick Wakeman; d:Alan White [First added to this chart: 06/12/2020]
V:Jon Anderson; g:Steve Howe; b:Chris Squire; k:Rick Wakeman; d:Bill Bruford [First added to this chart: 06/12/2020]
V:Jon Anderson; g:Peter Banks; b:Chris Squire; k:Tony Kaye; d:Bill Bruford; Royal College of Music Strings [First added to this chart: 06/12/2020]
V:Jon Anderson; g:Steve Howe; b:Chris Squire; k:Patrick Moraz; d:Alan White [First added to this chart: 06/12/2020]
S:Patrick Clahar; b:Mark Hodgson; k:Steve Hamilton; d:Bill Bruford [First added to this chart: 08/24/2020]
B&v:Chris Squire; k:Andrew Pryce-Jackman, Patrick Moraz, Barry Rose; d:Bill Bruford; s:Mel Collins [First added to this chart: 08/16/2020]
V:Trevor Horn; g:Steve Howe; b&v:Chris Squire; k:Geoff Downes; d:Alan White [First added to this chart: 06/12/2020]
V:Jon Anderson; g:Steve Howe; b:Chris Squire; k:Rick Wakeman; d:Alan White [First added to this chart: 06/12/2020]
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Yes Albums - reviewed & ranked composition
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1930s | 0 | 0% | |
1940s | 0 | 0% | |
1950s | 0 | 0% | |
1960s | 1 | 3% | |
1970s | 12 | 41% | |
1980s | 4 | 14% | |
1990s | 6 | 21% | |
2000s | 2 | 7% | |
2010s | 2 | 7% | |
2020s | 2 | 7% |
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Yes | 23 | 79% | |
Chris Squire | 1 | 3% | |
Jon Anderson | 1 | 3% | |
Rick Wakeman | 1 | 3% | |
Steve Howe | 1 | 3% | |
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe | 1 | 3% | |
Bill Bruford's Earthworks | 1 | 3% |
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Very descriptive analysis and sincere approach to evaluating the work of this group. Tip of The Cap!
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