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Yes: Symphonic Music of Yes

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: RCA Records
Released: 1993.08.23
Time:
 55:02
Category: Symphonic-Rock
Producer(s): Alan Parsons, Steve Howe, David Palmer
Rating: *****..... (5/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: yesworld.com
Appears with: Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, Chris Squire
Purchase date: 1994
Price in €: 8,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s

[1] Roundabout (J.Anderson/S.Howe) - 6:09
[2] Close to the Edge (J.Anderson/S.Howe) - 7:38
[3] Wonderous Stories (J.Anderson) - 3:51
[4] I've Seen All Good People (J.Anderson/Ch.Squire) - 3:48
[5] Mood for a Day) - Howe) - 3:01
[6] Owner of a Lonely Heart (J.Anderson/T.Horn/T.Rabin/Ch.Squire) - 4:42
[7] Survival (J.Anderson) - 4:15
[8] Heart of the Sunrise (J.Anderson/B.Bruford/Ch.Squire) - 7:47
[9] Soon (J.Anderson) - 6:16
[10] Starship Trooper (J.Anderson/S.Howe/Ch.Squire) - 7:17
 

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Jon Anderson - Vocals
Steve Howe - Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Dobro, Mandolin, Background Vocals, 12 String Guitar, Producer, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part, Slide Guitar, Performer, Spanish Guitar, Mixing
Bill Bruford - Drums, Performer
David Palmer - Synthesizer, Piano, Arranger, Conductor, Producer, Vocoder, Mixing
Keith West - Background Vocals
Julian Colbeck - Hammond Organ

The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra - Orchestra on [7]
Jeremy Cornes - Percussion
Margaret Cowen - Violin
Dermot Crehan - Violin
Denis Curlett - Trumpet
José-Luis Garcia - Violin, Leader
David Godsell - Viola
Stephanie Gonley - Leader
Ernest Greaves - Cello
Lionel Handy - Cello
Ian Hardwick - Oboe
Tim Harries - Bass
Colin Harrison - Violin
Peter Harvey - Trombone
Robert Hill - Clarinet
Nicola Hurton - Violin
Geoffrey Ilman - Violin
Derek James - Trombone
Russell Jordan - Tympani
Gary Kettel - Percussion
John Kitchen - Violin
Laurence Lovelle - Bass
John Lowdell - Cello
Katherine Loynes - Violin
Joe Maher - Violin
Jaime Martín - Flute
Peter Maunder - Clarinet
Dave McLaren - Violin
Keith Millar - Percussion
Gareth Mollison - Horn
Kevin Morgan - Tuba
Jennifer Nickson - Violin
Leonard Graves Phillips - Violin
Brian Porter - Violin
Kevin Rundell - Bass
Frank Rycroft - Horn
Frank Ryecroft - Horn
Josephine Saint Leon - Viola
Bryan Scott - Bass
Jonathan Snowden - Flute
Streatfeild - Violin
Philip Tarlton - Bassoon
David Theodore - Oboe
Clare Thompson - Violin
Julian Trafford - Violin
Robert Truman - Cello
Dominic Weir - Bassoon
Dominic Wir - Bassoon
Stanley Woods - Trumpet
Robert St. John Wright - Violin, Leader
Dietrich Bethge - Cello
Richard Bissill - Horn
Norbert Blume - Viola
Susan Briscoe - Violin
Stuart Brooks - Trumpet
Stephen Broom - Viola
Francis Bucknall - Cello
Colin Busby - Trombone
Anthony Byrne - Viola
Ronald Calder - Cello
Santiago Carvalho - Cello
Andrew Clark - Horn

The London Community Gospel Choir - Vocals, Choir on [4]
Michael John - Choir, Chorus
Basil Meade - Choir, Chorus
Syble Ramsey-Nicol - Choir, Chorus
Xavier Barnet - Choir, Chorus

Alan Parsons - Producer, Engineer
Ian Anderson - Compilation Producer
Steve Vining - Executive Producer
Peter Smith - Executive Producer
Mark Flannery - Engineer, Mixing
Stan Lubieres - Engineer, Mixing
Mike Smallcombe - Photography
Andrew Taylor - Assistant Orchestra Engineer
Judy Teener - Art Direction
Roger Dean - Paintings

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s

1993 CD RCA 61938-2
1993 CS RCA 61938-4

Recorded at Konk Studios, London, England from July 12 to August 9, 1993.

All songs written or co-written by Jon Anderson and Steve Howe except "I've Seen All Good People" (Chris Squire).



With Alan Parsons in the booth and the London Philharmonic Orchestra backing your band, what could go wrong? A lot, as it turns out. This album was roundly panned upon its release, and time has not proven the critics wrong. The band and the orchestral arrangements take no chances, and that's precisely the problem: if you lived in a Roger Dean landscape, this would be the music playing in the elevators. There are a few bright spots in the passable renditions of "Mood for a Day" and "Heart of the Sunrise," and an interesting reworking of "Soon." But the rest of the album really is just appalling. It's too bad that these twee renditions of the hits has probably put Yes off such projects; if they'd only had the guts to take on a dissonant interpretation of something like "Tales From Topographic Oceans," they may have had something to show for it.

Paul Collins - All Music Guide
 

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