Yes (Yes album)

Yes is the eponymous debut album from British progressive rock band Yes, released in 1969.

Contents
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 * 1 Overview
 * 2 Track listing
 * 3 Personnel
 * 4 Notes
 * 5 Reissues
 * 6 References
 * 7 External links

Overview[edit]
Yes is considered among the first progressive rock albums. The original line-up of vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Peter Banks, keyboardist Tony Kaye, and drummer Bill Bruford remained intact for the album's recording.

Lester Bangs favourably reviewed the album in Rolling Stone, writing that it was "the kind of album that sometimes insinuates itself into your routine with a totally unexpected thrust of musical power."[2]

Anderson is credited on the original LP as "John Anderson" as he hadn't adopted the "Jon" spelling at this time.

Personnel[edit]

 * John Anderson: lead vocals, percussion
 * Peter Banks: guitars, vocals
 * Chris Squire: bass guitar, vocals
 * Tony Kaye: organ, piano
 * Bill Bruford: drums, vibraphone

Notes[edit]
In a news/blog post on 20 September 2010, Bill Bruford commented about the track "Harold Land" - "Harold Land was a hard-bop tenor saxophone player, dead now, but quite why we named a song after him I can't remember".[4] The song is about the effects of war on the named character, and bears no relation to the life of the sax playerHarold Land.

"Every Little Thing" (starting at 1:55) contains the main guitar riff from The Beatles song "Day Tripper".

"Sweetness" is featured in Vincent Gallo's first movie as a director, Buffalo '66.

Reissues[edit]

 * 1989 - Atlantic - CD
 * 1994 - Atlantic - CD (Remastered)
 * 2003 - Rhino - CD (Remastered with bonus tracks)
 * 2013 - Rhino - CD as part of The Studio Albums 1969-1987