What is your rating of the album Yessongs?

[BrianD]

This has been done before but not in a way to keep track of the scores - hopefully this will overcome that by allowing you to choose one score per album.

You can base your evaluation on any version of the album

[stevie]

Yessongs is excellent. I think some of the studio tracks really come to life on Yessongs epecially the tracks from The Yes Album, Starship Trooper, Yours Is No Disgrace and Perpetual Change.

[True Believer]

LOVE IT! The perfect live album.

[prem895]

LOVE IT! The perfect live album.
Agreed

[YesfanAndy]

ok I lied. I did not give this a 10. it got a 9. The only reason being the sound/production of it. It's a nice piece to listen to get the early live sound of YES.

[gathernear]

Super! Some of the best moments in recorded music history are contained here.


Larry

[heartofthesunrise]

Best live version of Perpetual Change, and love Wakey's solos. Big ol' 9.

[cinderella]

Great bunch of music. I gave it a 10.

[yessongs72]

I voted a 10 but a solid 10.5!

[Hill St.]

10!Best live album ever IMHO!

[Albedo]

It has to be a 10 because it has my favorite performance of CTTE ever, and the rest ain't bad either.

[Jonah]

An 8

[Whitefish]

My first Yes album! A 10!

[Timmo]

ok I lied. I did not give this a 10. it got a 9. The only reason being the sound/production of it. It's a nice piece to listen to get the early live sound of YES.Understandable.

But for those of us who were there in the early 70s, we can listen 'through' the not-so-stellar production. Which wasn't all that bad for the times, btw.

I give it an 11. I got it right after my first Yesshow, which was the Tales tour, and wore it out.

The renditions of "The Fish" and "Close to the Edge" alone are worth the price of admission. Can you believe how FAST they were playing those tunes?

A fantastic band at the top of their game.

[Jackaranda]

Yessongs gets a 10.

It was the first Yes album I got into, and, for me, many of the songs are better than the originals. Alan and Rick have a lot to do with that.

The Yessongs version of Starship Trooper is my favorite Yes song ever.

[DaveJB]

I gave it a 10 because I've always thought this is what a live album should be. They expand on the studio versions and the album builds in intensity as it goes. A perfect statement of the band at that point in their career. Quite possibly never surpassed by any of their subsequent live efforts.

[Timmo]

Yessongs gets a 10.

It was the first Yes album I got into, and, for me, many of the songs are better than the originals. Alan and Rick have a lot to do with that.

The Yessongs version of Starship Trooper is my favorite Yes song ever.I'd have to give my #1 to the studio version of Gates, but the Yessongs versions of "The Fish" and "Close to the Edge" are definitely up there.

A few months back I was listening to Yessongs in my car, and was totally rocking out to CTTE. This guy pulls up next to me, starts laughing, and motions me to roll down my window. I turn it down and roll down my window and he says "Close to the F*cking Edge! Yessongs RULES!"

[Ktrek]

I gave it a 9 only because I think YesShows is a better live recording. I love the album though. Probably mostly nostalgia. I remember my friends and I sitting around smoking pot and listening to this. I also somewhat recall attending a showing of the movie YesSongs at one of the local theaters. We were all high as kites but loved every minute of it.

Kevin

Disclaimer: This is not an endorsement for using drugs but only relaying what I actually experienced at that time of my life.

[JL]

10, without reservation.

I think that with the exception of And You And I and Roundabout, every piece is way ahead of the studio version, in large part due to Chris kicking it into 15th gear.

Highlights on an album of highlights: Perpetual Change, CTTE (way better than the studio, and that really takes some doing), Starship Trooper.

There was a time in my life, around 1984-85, when there was pretty much never a 36 hour period where Yessongs didn't get at least a one song trip to the turntable. It was, for all intents and purposes, the soundtrack to my sophmore year in high school.

[sparky]

I absolutely love this album and it was the one that introduced me to Yes. The performances are excellent and the packaging must be the best in Prog history. I gave it a 9 because of the sound quality. Not that I really care - it just means I can´t give it a 10.

[breadboy526]

had to be a 10...god, im getting old....

[Steve St Thomas]

I can't rate it! Some bastard borrowed my vinyl copy years and years ago and never gave the damn thing back. I've only lent out 2 albums in my entire life. That's one of the reasons I do it no more!!!!

[Hacman]

I gave it a nine. My 1st Yes album. I played in a band at the time it came out and I had trouble believing that this was a live album. Nobody I've ever seen or heard could play like that.

[BrianD]

Yessongs currently rates 9.48

[yesyadda]

Kaching! A 10-spot.
Richter, eat yer heart out. ("Can cause serious damage in areas several hundred kilometers across.")

So much fire and brimstone like I've not heard on any other recording.

[BrianD]

After 53 votes, an average of 9.51

[Sad Preacher]

the live version of Your's Is No Disgrace is perhaps my favorite live YES tune....Steve Howe is my god..............

[SonicDeath10]

Gave it a 9. Damn good live album, probably prog rock's best.

[Sad Preacher]

i only gave it a nine cuz they did not do Yours Is No Disgrace twice....by far one of the best live albums i have ever heard....

[nicmin64]

This was my first Yes live album I got it the next day after I went to my first Yes concert,when I was sixteen many years ago.I was not YESFAN when I went in I was talkt in to going but I cme out a YESFAN.

[hailhail]

LOVE THIS

Just after we bought this we ( my friends and I ) went to see the film
too young to be allowed to go to gigs just yet

LOVED THAT

So many happy memories of that time

Had to be a 10
bit rough in places but allowed considering how archiac tools where in those days halcyon though they were

[BrianD]

On January 7 2006 after 61 votes Yessongs rates 9.38

[gitsy]

A solid 9 wow and what a gatefold cover.

[Yes2Yes]

This album was the first Yes music that I ever heard. The first song that my older brother played for me was CTTE on the headphones. The rest as they say is history!

[Jackaranda]

LOVE IT! The perfect live album.

Yep. A masterpiece.

:headset:

[Jackaranda]

Yessongs gets a 10.

It was the first Yes album I got into, and, for me, many of the songs are better than the originals. Alan and Rick have a lot to do with that.

The Yessongs version of Starship Trooper is my favorite Yes song ever.

Let me repeat myself. It's a 10!

[True Believer]

I second that, Jack!

[allen toth]

May I third that??

[CybrKhatru]

Allen, if they let you third it, maybe they'll let me fourth it.

I used to bag on the sound quality of Yessongs...but if it sounds dull to you, just turn up the bass and treble a bit. Voila!

:lmao:

We found a Japanese LP pressing of this that is pretty stunning.

--Matt

[PT Fan]

I gave it a 10. This is my all time favorite Yes album. I also think it's one of the best live albums ever made!

Kevin:headset:

[Bradders]

Perfection absolute perfection.

[cvp18]

i had Yessongs on vinyl when it first came out. it reminds me of when i saw then back in '74. justt recently got it on cd too!

[Joe]

Dam I love that album! It's so raw. It brings back the old days.
Man do I miss those daze! :hippy:

I had hair down to my a$$.
Now......my a$$ has hair!
That's a good one God!
Your a funny guy!

[cvp18]

Dam I love that album! It's so raw. It brings back the old days.
Man do I miss those daze! :hippy:

I had hair down to my a$$.
Now......my a$$ has hair!
That's a good one God!
Your a funny guy!


yes, those were the days being 17 without a care in the world.

carol

[Purple Wolfhound]

Ok - slay me - I gave it a 9. Other than Siberian Khatru, I don't really care for the CTTE material, but the Bruford tracks and Yours Is No Disgrace are stellar, making this the best officially released Yes live album.

[MrZuLu]

before I click buy now is the remaster any better?
http://www.amazon.com/Yessongs-Yes/dp/B000002J1Y

[MrZuLu]

nevermind...

what is life with out risk.

I need a copy anyway... if it is worse than the cassette I currently own then I will return it!

[yes_angel]

The BIG 10! Great album indeed!

[SadPreacher]

i gave it a 9....it is about as perfect as any live album can be

[Ian B]

10. It got me into the band, it's been a 30 year association. I might quibble about the production, but it's really just splitting hairs.

[hailhail]

:stick:When did they do a "re-mastered" version ??????
Why do none of my local "superstores" have it ?????


Some-one is gonna pay for this !!!!

:greenchai

[MrZuLu]

Update on the Remaster

It is Atlantic's Digital remaster

It is completely remixed!

Howe's solo in Perpetual Change it no longer muddy and the synth part after "i get up..." section is almost as upfront and clear as the Studio version!

Well worth $25

[gathernear]

:stick:When did they do a "re-mastered" version ??????
Why do none of my local "superstores" have it ?????


Some-one is gonna pay for this !!!!

:greenchai

It was done back in the 90's.

[BMiz]

The audio quality of Yessongs is poor -- for the same stuff, you have to get An Evening of Yes Music Plus. I was able to get it from secondspin.com for only $6.99 (plus $2.50 s/H).

Yeah, no booming bass and harmonies from Squire...but pretty damn good.

[allen toth]

The audio quality of Yessongs is poor -- for the same stuff, you have to get An Evening of Yes Music Plus. I was able to get it from secondspin.com for only $6.99 (plus $2.50 s/H).

Yeah, no booming bass and harmonies from Squire...but pretty damn good.

IMHO, Yessongs Rules!

[Glass House]

11/10

Let's see, did anyone beat me to that stupid joke....

[pianozach]

Yessongs gets a 10.

It was the first Yes album I got into, and, for me, many of the songs are better than the originals. Alan and Rick have a lot to do with that.

The Yessongs version of Starship Trooper is my favorite Yes song ever.


I'll second that, jack!

[Professor Yessor]

10.

Felt the drum solo in Perp. Change was lame.
The Fish loses a lot when not watching Squire
perform it.

Having said these minor criticisms, Yessongs
is my favorite MOVIE of all time. PERIOD.

Yessongs is my favorite LIVE album of all time, PERIOD.

Alas, and it took nearly 30 years of searching but I finally
did find an album I liked better than Yessongs:

furu PARACHINA -- Akino Arai

I'll talk more about her in the appropriate section.

[Jackaranda]

LOVE IT! The perfect live album.

Yep.

[Jackaranda]

I'll second that, jack!

Thank you!

[CybrKhatru]

10.

Felt the drum solo in Perp. Change was lame.


I used to feel this way too....now I find it extremely musical. Bill was young and always trying new things.

IMO some of the Yessongs performances are still definitive, Perpetual Change being one of them.

[Joe]

:yesbird: Yessongs is an awesome recording of YES history.

It's so raw.....so real.

[Purple Wolfhound]

I used to feel this way too....now I find it extremely musical. Bill was young and always trying new things.

IMO some of the Yessongs performances are still definitive, Perpetual Change being one of them.
An unequivocal Yes on both counts, Matt! One of my favourite drum solos ever and one of the best live renditions of a Yessong ever recorded. :thumbs:

[Wakey's #1 Fan]

It should get an 11, because of Rick's Excerpts of the six Wives, I've seen all good People and Yours is no Disgrace! What a great Live album!
I've voted for 10.

[Steve Mahoney]

Fantastic Yes product.
The Music,The Artwork.

Steve

[yesyadda]

Mighty dandy.

[BrianD]

On July 1 2008 after 109 votes, average 9.24

[orpheus]

It's gotta be a 10. I've loved this album since early high school. The album has the best versions I've heard of my favorite Yessongs. I love the intro to YIND especially and St in it's entirety.

[LJG]

No doubt of THE great live albums of all time.

Can we ban the people who gave it a 2?

[Robbie693]

A totally brilliant audio document of 70's Yes, with a superb, original triple gatefold sleeve by the master himself. Absolute quality.

The Wakeman solo is awesome!

[happytheman]

Great album, to date ranks at the top of the heap for the "times". Superb collection of songs. My only problem.. the sound is marginal at times. From my understanding there were "other" tapes from which to choose from. Close to the Edge sounds like there's a paper bag over the entire recording.

[TOBYSGRAPHICGOKART]

A totally brilliant audio document of 70's Yes, with a superb, original triple gatefold sleeve by the master himself. Absolute quality.

The Wakeman solo is awesome!

Great album, to date ranks at the top of the heap for the "times". Superb collection of songs. My only problem.. the sound is marginal at times. From my understanding there were "other" tapes from which to choose from. Close to the Edge sounds like there's a paper bag over the entire recording.

Totally agree with both of the above and wanted to give it 11 out of 10 but,because of the somewhat dubious sound quality in places,could in all fairness only manage an 8.

[Mike Watkins]

Gave it an 8.

10 for the energy and performance, but a 6 for production.

[mike on the goldie]

I regard this as the greatest live rock album of all time.

[Senor Mono]

I think the sound is aweful compared to Yesshows (my fav.).

Great performance and energy though.

[Meng]

I gave it 7. Some great performances to be sure (Trooper, Disgrace, Fish) but I had to drop points for the iffy recording quality and the mix-and-match from two different tours.

Nevertheless, essential Yes.

[bob_32_116]

6/10.

That's because I am simply not a fan of live albums in general, and there is nothing on here that would make me want the live recording of it over the studio recording.
As a matter of fact, stupid me - I actually bought this album thinking Wow, a good value double compilation, without realising it was a live recording.

So I give it a pass mark because most of the songs are great songs, I just don't particularly enjoy listening to people clapping their hands and stamping their feet while the music plays. The only time I want to hear that, is if I am in a position to clap and stamp along with them, i.e. at a concert.

[90125yes]

8/10

sound quality stops it from being a 10

[ACK!]

Best live version of Perpetual Change, and love Wakey's solos. Big ol' 9.

Bill Bruford's drum solo in "Perpetual Change" is amazing. Nice they included a couple of tracks with Bill.

I would love to hear a live album from the Fragile tour with Bill on drums. Alan's a great drummer, but Bill's always been my favorite.

Yessongs is a great live album. And my first triple live album back in the LP days. Over two hours of music and a triple gatefold sleeve to beat all others.:appl[1]:

[relayeire]

I'd almost need to go through this track by track to explain why I'd give it a 7.5... that's up a bit from what I originally thought...

[Soleil3]

Niner.

Some of the craziest best Howe ever recorded!

[IAmACanOpener]

As live albums go, Yessongs is second only to Raunch 'N' Roll by Black Oak Arkansas. :git[1]:

[ACK!]

Part of the appeal of Yessongs to me is that by Yes standards, it has a pretty raw sound. It's not as polished as later live albums would be.

Part of that I'm sure was due to the technology of the time, but I like the fact that Steve Howe's guitar has a nice, rough sound in spots.

[yarstruly]

This was my 1st Yes album...(I dove right in, didn't I) so it is the standard by which the others have been judged...

[tardistraveler]

Has to be a 10 - LOVE the performances on this one!

IMO, Yes is ALWAYS better LIVE!!!! :winknudge