Yes
The Yes Album

THE REVIEW

The artist is a generous man, art that is not shared has no reason to exist. Art elevates man from his material condition, art is an illusion, art is born from the love of life, but above all from the fear of death, from its dark nature... but art is a gift, music is a gift, and every great composition gives "joy and well-being". Here, for me, music is all this... Wandering through the reviews on DeBaser, I discovered with dismay that there was no review of "The Yes Album", so I am compelled to write it myself.

"The Yes Album" is a stunning record, played sublimely, it has nothing to envy of the two subsequent Yes albums, also stunning. Agreed, “Close To The Edge” is a masterpiece, but I find “The Yes Album” superior to “Fragile”, more homogeneous... Steve Howe joined Yes, and the encounter between rock and his Jazz guitar gave birth to irreproducible sounds, melodies, and solos. It would be enough to mention the opening track of the album “Yours Is No Disgrace” to listen to a true masterpiece, made of magically played guitar with repeated solos, stylistically very different from each other, amazing choruses, and fortunate melodies. The album continues to be stunning with the third track, divided into 4 parts “Starship Trooper- Life Seeker-Disillusion-Würm”, with melodic singing and the usual Howe guitar, acrobatic, between rock and jazz, gifting us warm, virtuous notes, but never boring. The track “The Clap”, despite showcasing Howe's eclecticism, in my opinion, feels like a “fish out of water” and interrupts the continuity of the album.

I conclude with the last track of the album “Perpetual Change”, an absolute masterpiece of harmony between vocals, guitar, keyboards, and drums, specifically in this track Howe's Jazz guitar stands out, with two solos of warm and precise notes, as only the greats can do. For the sake of truth, I want to clarify that I consider this album a "masterpiece," not being a fanatic of Yes, but rather of Genesis, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin...