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The Ultimate Yes
In its day, the British prog-rock band Yes's three-letter name was a four-letter word to many diehard rock & roll fans. In time, though, its musical hallmarks have become intrinsic to college radio, that arbiter of cool. Its epic instrumental suites foretold jam bands, and its rapturously twee vocals were echoed in later groups like the Flaming Lips and the Polyphonic Spree. Packed into this three-CD set are tracks dating from Yes's origin as a uniquely virtuosic folk-rock act, covering Simon & Garfunkel's "America" of all things, to its resurrection in the mid-1980s in the hands of producer Trevor Horn, who would later gain renown with Art of Noise and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. In between are its cornerstone hits, the suite-like "I've Seen All Good People," "Long Distance Runaround," and "Yours Is No Disgrace." Inevitably, the later work, from the early 1990s on, fails to match the joy and rawness of the earlier recordings (sounds amplified thanks to remastering), but there are some new treats, including a spirited acoustic rendition of the band's signature "Roundabout." --Marc Weidenbaum
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Tracks| 1 | Time and a Word | | 2 | Starship Trooper | | 3 | Yours Is No Disgrace | | 4 | I've Seen All Good People | | 5 | Roundabout | | 6 | Long Distance Runaround | | 7 | Heart of the Sunrise | | 8 | South Side of the Sky | | 9 | And You and I | | 10 | America | | 11 | Wonderous Stories | | 12 | Siberian Katru | | 13 | Soon | | 14 | Going for the One | | 15 | Don't Kill the Whale | | 16 | Tempus Fugit | | 17 | Owner of a Lonely Heart | | 18 | Leave It | | 19 | It Can Happen | | 20 | Rhythm of Love | | 21 | Big Generator | | 22 | Lift Me Up | | 23 | The Calling | | 24 | Open Your Eyes | | 25 | Homeworld (The Ladder) | | 26 | Magnification | | 27 | Roundabout (Acoustic) | | 28 | Show Me | | 29 | South Side of the Sky (Acoustic) | | 30 | Australia (Solo Acoustic) | | 31 | New World Symphony |
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