Top 5 Alan White Yes Songs

[Mr. Holland]

Purely from a drummimg point of view, what are your five favourite Yes songs when it comes to Alan White's performance?

[Enlighten]

This is so hard to narrow down to 5, Arno. I’m going with my top ten.

1. Does It Really Happen

2. On the Silent Wings of Freedom

3. Parallels

4. Sound Chaser

5. Tempus Fugit

6. Going for the One

7. Machine Messiah

8. Awaken

9. I’m Running

10. Endless Dream

[JMKUSA]

Ritual
Sound Chaser
On the Silent Wings of Freedom
Machine Messiah
Homeworld

[patrickq]

including chromatic percussion as well as drums:

1. Cinema
2. Gates of Delirium
3. Into the Lens
4. Sound Chaser
5. Mind Drive

The albums where he and his parts are really notable areTales from Topographic Oceans, Relayer and Drama. He was always a good rock drummer, largely supporting the rest of the band.

[Soundwaveseeker]

For best Alan moments, we'll have to go whole albums instead of just top 5 songs:

Talk
Drama
90125
Relayer
Big Generator


pick any 5 songs from any of the above albums for the answer.

[Drone Decipher]

Does It Really Happen?
That, That Is
Soundchaser
Release, Release
Changes

[Yesed]

Soundchaser
OTSWOF
Into the Lens
The Ancient
Saving my Heart

[michelforest]

In chronological order:

1-Ritual
2-Gates
3-Tempus Fugit
4-Cinema
5-Real Love

[pjt]

Ritual
Machine Messiah
Tempus Fugit
Gates of Delirium
That, That Is

And this can change whenever I think of another song...

Like Release, Release. Alan's drumming is the only redeeming on that song.

[patrickq]

Like Release, Release. Alan's drumming is the only redeeming on that song.

To me, the “lost and won’drin’, baby, how it is” part is awesome. I’ve wished that they could’ve (somehow) worked that into “On the Silent Wings of Freedom” instead of “where we are coming from or where we go.”

[Mr. Holland]

Gates of Delirium
Soundchaser
Machine Messiah
Endless Dream
Big Generator

[Frumious B]

“Sound Chaser”
”Cinema”
”Ritual”
”Shoot High, Aim Low”
”Into The Lens”

[Ceasar’s Palace]

Ritual (most of all the ending)
Soundchaser
Wonderous Stories (subtle!)
Tempus Fugit
I’m Running

[Oldie on the Goldie]

Cinema
Ritual
Gates
I'm Running
Hold On

[Oldie on the Goldie]

What about Bruford?