My love for Asia not withstanding, I'm not much of a prog rock guy, so a 2 CD set clocking in at over 2½ hours is definitely overkill for me. 26 tracks covering the band's output from 1969 - 2001. Very similar to the 2004 compilation The Ultimate Yes - 35th Anniversary Collection. I don't love it, but I don't hate it - which, judging from what I've read on online reviews and message boards, is more than I can say for most hardcore Yes fans.
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart
Tracks: I bought this compilation because I wanted recordings of I've Seen All Good People and Roundabout. The 3 songs from 90215 are good, but I already had them. I also dig the songs from Big Generator, but I'm very disappointed that the 1987 Top 40 hit, Love Will Find A Way isn't included here. I probably should have just bought the downloads of those songs, but [shrug] I'm a CD guy. Wait - is that a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's America? Wha??
I once owned a CD copy of the 1980 Yes album, Drama, because the band at that time included Buggles Geoffrey Downes and Trevor Horn. That CD was listened to twice (at most) before being sold. Only one track from that album made this compilation, Tempus Fugit.
CD1 | |||
Song | Album | Year | Hot 100 |
Time And A Word | Time And A Word | 1970 | |
Starship Trooper | The Yes Album | 1971 | |
Yours Is No Disgrace | The Yes Album | 1971 | |
I've Seen All Good People | The Yes Album | 1971 | |
Roundabout | Fragile | 1971 | 13 |
Long Distance Runaround | Fragile | 1971 | |
Heart Of The Sunrise | Fragile | 1971 | |
South Side Of The Sky | Fragile | 1971 | |
And You And I | Close To The Edge | 1972 | |
America (Single Edit) | single release | 1972 | 46 |
Wonderous Stories | Going For The One | 1977 |
CD2 | |||
Song | Album | Year | Hot 100 |
Siberian Khatru | Close To The Edge | 1972 | |
Soon (New Edit) | Relayer | 1974 | |
Going For The One | Going For The One | 1977 | |
Don't Kill The Whale | Tormato | 1978 | |
Tempus Fugit | Drama | 1980 | |
Owner Of A Lonely Heart | 90125 | 1983 | 1 |
Leave It | 90125 | 1983 | 24 |
It Can Happen (single edit) | 90125 | 1983 | 24 |
Rhythm Of Love | Big Generator | 1987 | 40 |
Big Generator (remix) | Big Generator | 1987 | |
Life Me Up | Union | 1991 | 86 |
The Calling (single edit) | Talk | 1994 | |
Open Your Eyes | Open Your Eyes | 1997 | |
Homeworld (The Ladder) (radio edit) | The Ladder | 1999 | |
Magnification | Magnification | 2001 |
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None. This is one of those purchases that I don't necessarily regret, but leaves me scratching my head.
Previously revisited for the blog:
90215 (1983)
Previously revisited for the blog:
90215 (1983)
It's very strange and weird that I bought Highlights - The Very Best of Yes for the same two songs you mention above: "I've Seen All Good People" and "Roundabout". Had them on vinyl but this was a $3.99 CD in the early Nineties so I took the leap.
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