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	Yes Yes 1969 Atlantic Records		Beyond and Before I See You Yesterday and Today Looking Around	Harold Land Every Little Thing Sweetness Survival
Their debut and an interesting one at that. Prog Rock was just beginning to emerge from the Acid Rock movement, so alot of stoners loved this stuff. But listening to this straight is much better because you get to experience everything in the songs and from a more pure level. All that was to come from Yes was based on this record.

	Yes The Yes Album 1971 Atlantic Records		Yours is No Disgrace The Clap Starship Trooper .....a. Life Seeker .....b. Disillusion .....c. Wurm	I've Seen All Good People .....a. Your Move .....b. All Good People A Venture Perpetual Change
After a couple of promising but not completely fulfilling starts, Yes finally found their niche with this album. This would set the tone of the band's work for the next 10 years.

	Yes Fragile 1972 Atlantic Records		Roundabout Cans and Brahms We Have Heaven South Side of the Sky	5 Percent of Nothing Long Distance Runaround The Fish (shindleria praematurus) Mood for a Day Heart of the Sunrise
THE classic Yes album. The proverbial 'if you can only get one Yes album, get this Yes album' situation here. If you don't have this, you're breaking about fifteen federal laws. Get it. Now.

	Yes Close to the Edge 1972 Atlantic Records		Close to the Edge .....i. The Solid Time of Change .....ii. Total Mass Retain .....iii. I Get Up I Get Down .....iv. Seasons of Man	And You and I .....i. Cord of Life .....ii. Eclipse .....iii. The Preacher The Teacher .....iv. Apocalypse Siberian Khatru
Probably my favourite album of the early years. 'And You and I' is glorious, and 'Siberain Khatru' just plain rocks. Plus, the title track is simply epic. Perfection.

	Yes Yessongs 1973 Atlantic Records		Opening (Excerpt from "Firebird Suite") Siberian Khatru Heart of the Sunrise _______________ Mood for a Day Excerpts from "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" Roundabout _______________ Close to the Edge	Perpetual Change And You and I _______________ Your Move All Good People Long Distance Runaround The Fish _______________ Yours is No Disgrace Starship Trooper
First live album chronicling the success of their early years. Oh, and Rick Wakeman's cape is hilarious!

	Yes Tales from Topographic Oceans 1973 Atlantic Records		The Revealing Science of God ..... Dance of the Dawn _______________ The Remembering ..... High the Memory	'The Ancient' ..... Giants Under the Sun _______________ Ritual ..... Nous Sommes du Soleil
Okay. . . Pretentious. Confusing. Extremely drug induced. These all may be true, but you can't get more epic in rock than this record. Not for the faint of heart.

	Yes Yesterdays 1974 Atlantic Records		America Looking Around Time and a Word Sweet Dreams	Then Survival Astral Traveller Dear Father
A collection of early tracks from their first two records and some unreleased stuff. Their version of Paul Simon's 'America' is absolutely breathtaking.

	Yes Relayer 1974 Atlantic Records		The Gates of Delirium	Sound Chaser To Be Over
Another stab at an epic work but on a smaller scale. Didn't succeed too well and didn't capture the splendor of Topographic Oceans.

	Yes Going for the One 1977 Atlantic Records		Going for the One Turn of the Century Parallels	Wonderous Stories Awaken
More rock-oriented, more song and radio-friendly oriented, too. Every song is great except for the excruciating 'Awaken.' Awaken is right. This song puts me to sleep to this day.

	Yes Tormato 1978 Atlantic Records		Future Time / Rejoice Don't Kill the Whale Madrigal Release, Release	Arriving UFO Circus of Heaven Onward On the Silent Wings of Freedom
More radio friendly, more attempts at singles. Last album with Rick Wakeman, too, until 1991's Union.

	Yes Yesshows 1980 Atlantic Records		Parallells Time and a Word Going for the One _________________	The Gates of Delirium ______________
			Don't Kill the Whale Ritual (Part 1)	Ritual (Part 2) Wonderous Stories
Obvious ploy by the record company to rake in as much money as possible from Yes mostly because they didn't have faith that the new record (Drama) would sell. Philistines.

	Yes Drama 1980 Atlantic Records		Macine Messiah White Car Does It Really Happen?	Into the Lens Run Through the Light Tempus Fugit
Okay, Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman call it quits, and the rest of the band wants to continue on. What do they do? Recruit Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes. Who, you ask? Why, The Buggles, of course! And the world shudders with a resounding "Huh?!" Not that The Buggles are bad, it's just so bizarre that no one thought it would work. Ironically, it did - this album is very good. No one can replace Jon Anderson, but Horn does an admirable job with the songs on this record. One of my favourite Yes albums!

	Yes Classic Yes 1981 Atlantic Records		Heart of the Sunrise Wonderous Stories Yours is No Disgrace	Starship Trooper Long Distance Runaround the fish (Schindleria Praematurus) And You and I Bonus 7" Single: Roundabout (live) I've Seen All Good People (live)
A typical 'best of' collection that is really rather good. This was my first Yes album, and it introduced me to all of their wonderful music.

	Yes 90125 1983 Atco Records		Owner of a Lonely Heart Hold On It Can Happen Changes	Cinema Leave It Our Song City of Love Hearts
The monster album that spawned their only Number One hit: 'Owner of a Lonely Heart.' Purists hated this new era of Yes, but I loved it! They rocked!

	Yes 9012Live - The Solos 1985 Atco Records		Hold On Si Solly's Beard Soon	Changes Amazing Grace Whitefish
A live album capitalising on the success of their 1983-84 world tour.

	Yes Big Generator 1987 Atco Records		Rhythm of Love Big Generator Shoot High Aim Low Almost Like Love	Love Will Find a Way Final Eyes I'm Running Holy Lamb (Song for ..Harmonic Convergence)
More 80s Yes, and more purists biting the bullet. I still like this incarnation of Yes and always will. As long as the songs are good, that's all I care about.

	Yes Union 1991 Arista Records		I Would Have Waited Forever Shock to the System Masquerade Life Me Up Without Hope You Cannot ... ... ... ... ... ... Start the Day Saving My Heart Miracle of Life	Silent Talking The More We Live - Let Go Angkor Wat Dangerous (Look in the Light of ........ What You're Searching For) Holding On Evensong Take the Water to the Mountain
Commercialism vs. art: Yes-style! Oringinally intended as the second ABWH album, everyone in the Yes camp decided to have the 80s version of Yes goes round for round with the classic lineup. Now we could hear how closely the commerical part of Yes (the 80s) matched up with the arty part of Yes A fantastic idea and wonderfully executed. Great record!

	Yes YesYears 1991 Atco Records		*Disc One* Something's Coming Survival Every Little Thing Then Everydays Sweet Dreams No Opportunity Necessary, ......... No Experience Needed Time and a Word Starship Trooper Yours is No Disgrace I've Seen All Good People Long Distance Runaround / the fish (schindleria ..... ..... .......... praematurus) __________________	*Disc Two* Roundabout Heart of the Sunrise America Close to the Edge Ritual - Nous Sommes du Soleil Sound Chaser ______________
			*Disc Three* Soon Amazing Grace Vevey, Part One Wonderous Stories Awaken Montreaux's Theme Going for the One Money Abilene Don't Kill the Whale On the Silent Wings of Freedom Does it Really Happen? Tempus Fugit Run with the Fox I'm Down	*Disc Four* Make It Easy It Can Happen Ownder of a Lonely Heart Hold On Shoot High Aim Low Rhythm of Love Changes (live) And You and I (live) Heart of the Sunrise (live) Love Conquers All
The obligtory box set that most mega groups were releasing in the early 90s. Spanning their career, this set also includes unreleased tunes, live versions and b-sides. Only get this if you're a true fan, though. Curious listeners will be bored to death.

	Yes Talk 1994 Victory Records		The Calling I Am Waiting Real Love State of Play	Walls Where Will You Be Endless Dream ... a. silent spring (instrumental) ... b. Talk ... c. endless dream
Why? Did Trevor Rabin need to pay his rent? Did Chris Squire's or Jon Anderson's ego need the boost? These are the only logical explanations I can gather for this mess. Very depressing . . .

	Yes Keys to Ascension 1996 Yes Records		Disc One Siberian Khatru The Revelaing Science of God America Onward Awaken	Disc Two Roundabout Starship trooper *Studio Tracks* Be the One That, That Is
Mostly live, but the attraction is the addition of two new studio tracks with the famous lineup of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, and Rick Wakeman.

	Yes Keys to Ascension 2 1997Yes Records		Disc 1 - Live I've Seen All Good People Going for the One Time and a Word Close to the Edge Turn of the Century And You and I	Disc 2 - Studio Mind Drive Foot Prints Bring Me to the Power Childrenm of Light ... a) Children of Light ... b) Lifeline Sign Language
New studio recordings from the most famous lineup in its history since 1978. Even in its pretentiousness, Yes can still have something to say. However, Disc 1 is a live slab like the many before it, but there are a couple of surprises here.

	Yes Open Your Eyes 1997 Beyond Music Records		New State of Mind Open Your Eyes Universal Garden No Way We Can Lose Fortune Seller Man in the Moon	Wonderlove From the Balcony Love Shine Somehow, Someday The Solution
When Yes decided to release a new album, Rick Wakeman baled for some reason. So, they recruited Billy Sherwood and released what they called an amalgam of their Wakeman and Trevor Rabin years so they could satisfy fans of both of their musical styles. Guess again Batboys! This is a mess of a collection; while some songs are pretty good on their own, tie them together with some of the other stuff and it's a poor excuse for an album.

	Yes The Ladder 1999 Yes / Beyond Music Records		Homeworld (The Ladder) It Will Be a Good Day (The River) Lightning Strikes Can I? Face to Face If Only You Knew	To Be Alive (Hep Yadda) Finally The Messenger New Language Nine Voices (Longwalker)
They must have had their Wheaties. This album is Yes going back to their roots and delivering beautiful, masterful soundscapes for the listener to get lost in. Ranks among their best.

	Yes Magnification 2001 Beyond Music Records		Magnification Spirit of Survival Don't Go Give Love Each Day Can You Imagine	We Agree Soft as a Dove Dreamtime In the Presence of ..... i) Deeper ..... ii) Death of Ego ..... iii) True Beginner ..... iv) Turn Around and Remember Time is Time
In lieu of a keyboardist (Rick Wakeman was unavailable and Tony Kaye was probably too busy suing for 25% of something or other), Yes decided to add a symphony orchestra. Their early works were pretty much symphonic in scope anyway, so this was the next logical step . . . Guess again, batboy! This is a truly difficult album to listen to, let alone like. But at least they tried . . . .


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