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The Yes Album (Yes) | Extended Play Lounge Ep. 53 (Patreon)

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2023-10-03 23:03:53
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Hi y'all! It has been since Episode 5 since we've featured Yes in the Extended Play Lounge. The Yes Album won our 5-way poll with a majority of the vote! I was very eager to finally listen to this classic album in its entirety. I hope you enjoy! 

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The Yes Album (Yes) | Extended Play Lounge Ep. 53

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Illume Eltanin

While side 2 of Going For The One (Wonderous Stories/Awaken, *always* played one after the other together) is my favorite album side ever, The Yes Album has become my favorite complete album by Yes. For many years it was YesSongs, then Fragile. But I appreciate studio work in repetitive listening, despite the stellar inspired live performances on YesSongs, and I eventually got tired of the solo pieces on Fragile, other than “Mood For A Day” and “The Fish.” The all band tracks on The Yes Album, the quality of the composition, and the overall flow of the album works for me better than any of their others. The one stylistic change to me, other than Howe’s introductory solo, is “A Venture.” To me that’s very much a throw back to the sound of the first two albums with Peter Banks. If you enjoyed the style of “A Venture,” I think you’ll very much appreciate their debut and sophomore albums.

Chris Freeman

The way Steve Howe plays the chords in Wurm, the guitar's open G string rings throughout because of the chord shape he's using. He also plays the chords with the root notes on the A string the first time through. But while he's on the C chord at the end of the first cycle, he shifts the bass note to the fifth on the low E string. He is also playing the fifth on the high E string as well. He describes it as widening the sound by having the fifth on the bottom and the top. The reason the solo pans between right and left is that he recorded two solos, and they discovered that if they played both, but just raised and lowered the faders when they did, that was the best sounding solo. You can still hear a bit of what's going on in each ear because Eddy Offord didn't pull the faders all the way down.

Wolverale12

This is my second favorite Yes album and there's just so many good songs on it!