Release Date: Sep 13, 1972. Label: Atlantic. Genres: Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Pop/Rock. Number Of Tracks: 3. In 1972, Close To The Edge was a flawless masterpiece.

POSTED: 02/27/2007 - 08:58 pm

Release Date: Aug 18, 1980. Label: Atlantic. Genres: British Psychedelia, Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Pop/Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 6. Drama is not only an interesting sample of 'progressive' rock, but features a bit of ironic wit as well.

POSTED: 12/17/2007 - 03:39 am

Release Date: Jan 4, 1972. Label: Atlantic. Genres: Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Arena Rock, Pop/Rock. Number Of Tracks: 9. The band's breakthrough album, dominated by science-fiction and fantasy elements and new member Rick Wakeman, whose organ, synthesizers, Mellotrons, and other keyboard exotica added a larger-than-life element to the procedings.

POSTED: 05/30/2006 - 05:50 am

Release Date: Jul 7, 1977. Label: Atlantic. Genres: Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Pop/Rock. Number Of Tracks: 5. Going for the One is perhaps the most overlooked item in the Yes catalog.

POSTED: 01/11/2008 - 01:11 am

Release Date: Jan 9, 1974. Label: Atlantic. Genres: Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Pop/Rock. Number Of Tracks: 4. When it was released, critics called it one of the worst examples of progressive rock's overindulgent nature.

POSTED: 03/05/2007 - 08:05 am

Release Date: Mar 19, 1971. Label: Atlantic. Genres: Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Pop/Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 6. The album that first gave shape to the established Yes sound, build around science-fiction concepts, folk melodies, and soaring organ, guitar, and vocal showpieces.

POSTED: 10/15/2007 - 02:33 am

Release Date: Sep 20, 1978. Label: Atlantic. Genres: Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Pop/Rock. Number Of Tracks: 8. The '70s model of Yes runs out of gas. Recorded in a morale slump and an impending haze of drink, Tormato's decent tunes are sabotaged by Rick Wakeman's increasing penchant for cheesy textures and the band's thin overall sound.

POSTED: 01/12/2008 - 03:17 am

Release Date: July 25, 1969. Label: Atlantic, WEA. Genres: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock. Number Of Tracks: 08. People often overlook this band's early albums in favor of the more mainstream ones. Yes has a lot to offer musically, even in their infancy.

POSTED: 01/13/2011 - 04:06 am

Release Date: May 4, 1973. Label: Atlantic. Genres: Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Pop/Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 13. The best live album to emerge from the entire early-'70s art rock scene, a compendium of blazing performances covering the previous three studio albums by the group and the accompanying solo career of Rick Wakeman.

POSTED: 02/07/2006 - 03:06 am