YES - Yes (1969)

It's hard to imagine a time Beyond and Before Progressive Rock came along. Yesterday and Today, Everyday's a good day with the music of YES, and if there's one band who knows all about Survival, it's this group of Astral Travellers who've been around longer than any other prog band. It hasn't all been Sweetness and light though where Every Little Thing could escalate into arguments and Drama within the group when they came Close to the Edge of splitting up in the mid-1970's, what with so many Fragile egos at stake. Despite many changes of line-up though, YES are still going strong today even though there are no original members remaining in the band. Looking Around at the YES line-up today, Steve Howe is the only semi-permanent presence in the band, having been with YES since 1971. Anyway, it's back now to where it all began with the self-titled YES album from 1969 which features a rare song contribution from drummer Bill Bruford: "Harold Land" - mainly because he came up with the title. 

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 21 2023 at 16:54

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Paul, go watch the movie Buffalo 66.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 21 2023 at 12:03

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Paul, go watch the movie Buffalo 66.  I've never heard of the Buffalo 66 movie. Does it relate to YES in some way? You'll see.  But if you want a spoiler or spoilers here they are............................ Last chance to avoid spoilers. Scroll down for spoilers. The movie features: Sweetness (during closing credits) Heart of the Sunrise Moonchild (KC)

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 21 2023 at 13:01

I love the album, not as good as Time and a Word though. People tend to pair the two together

I prefer time and a word also. I feel like they were moving a bit closer to pure prog at that point and away from psych and pop rock. It's basically up to personal preference though. Some don't like the strings and some (like myself) don't mind them.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - November 21 2023 at 13:23

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Edited by Epignosis - November 21 2023 at 19:18

Great debut album. I See You, Every Little Thing and Survival are my favourites but no bad tracks.

richardh wrote: Great debut album. I See You, Every Little Thing and Survival are my favourites but no bad tracks.

What impressed me most about the debut was the power of their vocal harmonies!   I didn't listen to this one until long after I owned Close to the Edge, and it became a university dorm-room favorite.  

This album is in my Top 3 of Yes. It just connects and resonates with me.