Lester Bangs said of YES’s debut album in Rolling Stone 1970: “This is the kind of album that sometimes insinuates itself into your routine with a totally unexpected thrust of musical power. It reached #4 in the U.K. and the Top 40 in the United States.

Widely acclaimed, it has received rave reviews from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Q and many other publications. The Yes Album is included on Q’s list of the “100 Greatest British Albums of All Time.” Highly recommended, I went to the local record shop and asked to listen to the Yes LP in one of the audition booths. Yes guitarist Steve Howe has teamed up with the band’s current frontman, vocalist Jon Davison, for Love Is, his first solo album since 2011.It will arrive in stores on July 31st. Yes' first album, excellent of course. Covers are a good place to begin; you don’t have to write your own stuff until you are more confident. A beginners’ album which got us some headway, and most importantly gave the budding Anderson-Squire writing partnership its first recorded results. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2000 CD release of Yes (The First Album) on Discogs. It was the band's first album to feature guitarist Steve Howe, who replaced Peter Banks in 1970, as well as their last to feature keyboardist Tony Kaye until 1983's 90125. So, all in all, Yes’ first was a simple, naïve affair. Three important LPs were released on that day: Jethro Tull's "Stand Up", Blodwyn Pig's "Ahead Rings Out", and the very 1st album by Yes. On Yes ' first two albums, Yes (1969) and Time and a Word (1970), the quintet was mostly searching for a sound on which they could build, losing one of their original members -- guitarist Peter Banks -- … Progressive Rock band YES' discography of live and studio albums. Jon Anderson in early voice brings it all together. The Yes Album is the third studio album by English progressive rock band Yes, released on 19 February 1971 by Atlantic Records. Bill Bruford so jazzy and cleaver. Great guitar work from Peter Banks, Excellent Hammond and piano from Tony Kaye. Chris Squire rocks his bass as he always did. Great guitar work from Peter Banks, Excellent Hammond and piano from Tony Kaye.

Yes' Steve Howe Still Loves the Guitar, Won't Be Sunbathing on the Yes Cruise ; Album Premiere: Dream-Pop Duo The Receiver Keep Their Heads in the Clouds on 'All Burn' Deep Purple's Ian Paice Remembers Jon Lord, Plus a Live Video of "Burn" Featuring Bruce Dickinson Jon Anderson in early voice brings it all together. Bill Bruford so jazzy and cleaver. Chris Squire rocks his bass as he always did. Yes' first album, excellent of course.

Yes' first album, excellent of course. Jon Anderson in early voice brings it all together.