Yes The Album Analysis
GREAT ALBUM OF ROCK AND SOUL
I have been a Yes fan, more than I have been any other band’s fan. Even in this era of innumerable options to diversify and expand your music collection, the band has continued to keep a hold on my mind. So, when I listened to Yes the Album, I believe that words are simply not enough to describe my ecstasy. For a band who had pretty much been struggling to find their feet with their last two albums, it actually seemed like they had suddenly discovered their direction. Never before had they sounded as professional and mature as they did in the major part of the album, especially in the starting notes of Yours is No Disgrace.
Yes the Album was released back in February 1971 by the Yes, an English rock band on Atlantic …show more content…
Yes spent most of the summer of 1970 writing, composing and rehearsing their work and finally ended up recording their album at the Advision Studios later that year (Welch, 169). One of the best things about Yes the Album was how cleverly the band had put together their old and new techniques. The album not only did retain Kaye’s brilliant Hammond organ and melodic bass playing by Squire, but also was able to include jazz piano and acoustic and funky music in a style like never before (Anderson, 8:50). Although, the best contribution undoubtedly came from Howe in the form of a large variety of extremely diverse guitar styles, including the very famous one called the Portuguese guitar (Howe, 4). His guitar solo, powerful enough to give anyone thrills, at the end of the first side is one of his best works that he has ever …show more content…
While writing for Rolling Stone, John Koegel graciously praised the instrumental coordination and unity that was seen between Kaye, Howe and Squire in almost all of the tracks (Koegel). Tom Moon also further emphasized the beauty of their instrumental unity which he felt had previously been lacking in their work. He has also appraised Anderson’s vocals in “I’ve Seen All Good People”, where he felt that his voice has made the lyrics ‘singable yet deep’. The album also became Yes’s only work which was able to appear in 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (Moon,
I have been a Yes fan, more than I have been any other band’s fan. Even in this era of innumerable options to diversify and expand your music collection, the band has continued to keep a hold on my mind. So, when I listened to Yes the Album, I believe that words are simply not enough to describe my ecstasy. For a band who had pretty much been struggling to find their feet with their last two albums, it actually seemed like they had suddenly discovered their direction. Never before had they sounded as professional and mature as they did in the major part of the album, especially in the starting notes of Yours is No Disgrace.
Yes the Album was released back in February 1971 by the Yes, an English rock band on Atlantic …show more content…
Yes spent most of the summer of 1970 writing, composing and rehearsing their work and finally ended up recording their album at the Advision Studios later that year (Welch, 169). One of the best things about Yes the Album was how cleverly the band had put together their old and new techniques. The album not only did retain Kaye’s brilliant Hammond organ and melodic bass playing by Squire, but also was able to include jazz piano and acoustic and funky music in a style like never before (Anderson, 8:50). Although, the best contribution undoubtedly came from Howe in the form of a large variety of extremely diverse guitar styles, including the very famous one called the Portuguese guitar (Howe, 4). His guitar solo, powerful enough to give anyone thrills, at the end of the first side is one of his best works that he has ever …show more content…
While writing for Rolling Stone, John Koegel graciously praised the instrumental coordination and unity that was seen between Kaye, Howe and Squire in almost all of the tracks (Koegel). Tom Moon also further emphasized the beauty of their instrumental unity which he felt had previously been lacking in their work. He has also appraised Anderson’s vocals in “I’ve Seen All Good People”, where he felt that his voice has made the lyrics ‘singable yet deep’. The album also became Yes’s only work which was able to appear in 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (Moon,