Yes: The Ladder (1999)

Yes, it's another Yes album thread, but I just wanted to show some love and give a well-deserved mention for my favourite Yes album "The Ladder" (1999). It's the only Yes album to feature the six-piece line-up of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, Billy Sherwood and Igor Khoroshev. It's the 18th Yes studio album and represents a real return to creative form for the band. I've only recently discovered this superb album after hearing some of the songs from the album on a 2-CD Live compilation:- "Yes: The Collection" (shown below), which also comes highly recommended. I hope all of the many Yes fans here enjoy "The Ladder" album just as much as I do, and if you haven't already had the opportunity to listen to the album before, you can check it out below.  

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 24 2020 at 08:48

When I think of The Ladder, Homeworld and New Language come to mind, but this is a solid Yes album overall.
And whatever happened to Igor ?? Didn’t he do something unforgivably stupid ??

His playing style and (most) choices of his sounds fit Yes well.
I actually thought he hooked-up with some underage groupie ??
Should look that up...

Edited by Tom Ozric - July 03 2020 at 18:27

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Tom Ozric wrote: His playing style and (most) choices of his sounds fit Yes well. I actually thought he hooked-up with some underage groupie ?? Should look that up... No, Psych Paul is pretty close. I heard it was one female security guard and more like sexual harassment though. I don't know all the details but I do know it was the main reason(maybe only)that he was let go from the band. Hooking up with underage groupies was Andy Summers from the Police. Maybe you read his autobiography but forgot who wrote it.

O.K. Thanks for clarifying. That’s a shame.
No, I haven’t read much about Andy Summers, but I guess many dudes in bands hook-up with young chicks (who probably look older than they are......)

Tom Ozric wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Tom Ozric wrote: His playing style and (most) choices of his sounds fit Yes well. I actually thought he hooked-up with some underage groupie ?? Should look that up... No, Psych Paul is pretty close. I heard it was one female security guard and more like sexual harassment though. I don't know all the details but I do know it was the main reason(maybe only)that he was let go from the band. Hooking up with underage groupies was Andy Summers from the Police. Maybe you read his autobiography but forgot who wrote it.  O.K. Thanks for clarifying. That’s a shame. No, I haven’t read much about Andy Summers, but I guess many dudes in bands hook-up with young chicks (who probably look older than they are......)

The first time I saw Yes play live was on that tour. I remember them playing some of TFTO and thinking this was a lot better than I expected. It was a good line up. 

Psychedelic Paul wrote: richardh wrote: The first time I saw Yes play live was on that tour. I remember them playing some of TFTO and thinking this was a lot better than I expected. It was a good line up.    I was pleasantly surprised too. I never expected a Yes album from 1999 to sound just as good as - if not better than - some of their classic albums from the early 1970's era.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: richardh wrote: The first time I saw Yes play live was on that tour. I remember them playing some of TFTO and thinking this was a lot better than I expected. It was a good line up.    I was pleasantly surprised too. I never expected a Yes album from 1999 to sound just as good as - if not better than - some of their classic albums from the early 1970's era. I think richardh is talking about the line-up and Ladder tour, he's not praising the album. And no, The Ladder does not come close to any 70s albums. Not even the 80s ones.  Oh well, I can't please everyone all of the time and you're perfectly entitled to your opinion. Thanks for your post anyway.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: What's wrong with trying to please people?   Talking of "Banks", I'll have a Tony Banks albums thread coming up just as soon as I've listened to all of his albums.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: What's wrong with trying to please people?   Talking of "Banks", I'll have a Tony Banks albums thread coming up just as soon as I've listened to all of his albums. I was talking about Peter Banks and early Yes.  You're not paying attention.  I knew you were talking about Peter Banks.