Yesstory

Yesstory is a double CD and triple LP career-spanning distillation of music by progressive rock band Yes that had originally appeared on the 1991 box set Yesyears. Yesstory was issued in 1992 lacking the rarity material that had characterized its parent release.

Yesstory
Compilation album by
Yes
Released15 September 1992
Recorded1969 - 1987
GenreProgressive rock
Length147:44
LabelAtco
ProducerYes, Paul Clay,
Tony Colton, Eddie Offord, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin and Paul De Villiers
Yes chronology
Yesyears
(1991)		 Yesstory
(1992)		 Symphonic Music of Yes
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Yesstory is still available, although Yesyears was deleted and replaced by the 2002 Rhino Records box set In a Word: Yes (1969 - ).

Track listing (CD version)

Disc one
  1. "Survival" (Jon Anderson) – 6:18
  2. "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens) – 4:48
  3. "Time and a Word" (Anderson/David Foster) – 4:31
  4. "Starship Trooper" – 9:26
    a. "Life Seeker" (Anderson)
    b. "Disillusion" (Chris Squire)
    c. "Würm" (Steve Howe)
  5. "I've Seen All Good People" – 6:53
    a. "Your Move" (Anderson)
    b. "All Good People" (Squire)
  6. "Roundabout" (Anderson/Howe) – 8:31
  7. "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson/Squire/Bruford) – 10:31
  8. "Close to the Edge" (Anderson/Howe) - 18:34
    a. "The Solid Time of Change"
    b. "Total Mass Retain"
    c. "I Get Up I Get Down"
    d. "Seasons of Man"

Disc two
  1. "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)" (Words by Anderson/Howe; Music by Anderson/Squire/Howe/Rick Wakeman/Alan White) – 21:33
  2. "Soon" (Single edit) (Anderson) – 4:06
  3. "Wonderous Stories" (Anderson) – 3:49
  4. "Going for the One" (Anderson) – 5:32
  5. "Don't Kill the Whale" (Anderson/Squire) – 3:54
  6. "Does it Really Happen?" (Howe/Squire/White/Downes/Horn) - 6:34
  7. "Make it Easy" (Rabin) - 6:08
  8. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Trevor Rabin/Anderson/Squire/Trevor Horn) – 4:27
  9. "Rhythm of Love" (Anderson/Kaye/Rabin/Squire) – 4:46
  10. "Changes (live version) (Rabin/Anderson/White) - 7:34

Yesstory (Atco 792 202) failed to chart in the U.S. or UK.

Track listing (vinyl version)

The vinyl version has a slightly different running order and a reduced track listing due to time constraints. This version has also been released as a double CD; with LP 1 and the first side of LP 2 making up disc one and the second side of LP 2 and LP 3 making up disc two:

LP 1 Side 1

  1. "Survival" (Anderson) – 6:18
  2. "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" – 4:48
  3. "Time and a Word" – 4:31
  4. "Starship Trooper" – 9:25

LP 1 Side 2

  1. "I've Seen All Good People" – 6:53
  2. "Roundabout" – 8:31
  3. "Heart of the Sunrise" – 10:35

LP 2 Side 1

  1. "Close to the Edge" – 18:34

LP 2 Side 2

  1. "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)" – 21:33

LP 3 Side 1

  1. "Soon" (Single edit) – 4:06
  2. "Wondrous Stories" – 3:49
  3. "Going for the One" – 5:32
  4. "Don't Kill the Whale" – 3:54
  5. "Does It Really Happen?" (Geoff Downes/Horn/Howe/Squire/White) - 6.34

LP 3 Side 2

  1. "Make It Easy" (Rabin) — 6.08
  2. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" – 4:27
  3. "Rhythm of Love" – 4:46
  4. "Changes (Live)" (Rabin/Anderson/White) - 7.34

References
  1. Collins, P. (2011). "Yesstory - Yes | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
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