The Yes album was my second Yes album. Which means...yess! Relayer isn't all alone now! Woot! (Did I just say the word of woot...?) So anyway - I got it at my friend Nikki's suggestion. See, she pretty much got me into Yes and she said that The Yes Album was an awesome album...so I got it. Yeah, it's pretty good. It makes me happy whenever I hear it. Which is a fairly hard task...so yeah, it's rather good.
Yours Is No Disgrace: From the very first note of this song, I knew I was going to like this. Seriously. That's not some over-exaggeration or anything. That's what I thought. Anyway - I'm fairly certain this song is about what happens after war and stuff...It's not a very cheery topic, yet the song itself makes me smile. This is a paradox, but then again, Yes is something of a paradox itself.
Clap: A live track on a studio album? That's odd. Anyway - another song that makes me smile! I could never play guitar that good...Steve Howe is awesome...Actually, it's kind of cool that it's an instrumental, because it sounds like it should have lyrics. Which means that I can write my own lyrics to it! Cool! Darned catchy, too.
Starship Trooper: Starship Trooper is probably my favorite Yes song and definitely the best song on the album. It's just so Yes-ish. I have no idea what it means. But I don't care. This song is too good for in-depth probing. Also, with most songs, a transition from the first part to the middle part of this song would seem weird at least. Not so with this. In Starship Trooper, it seems like the most natural thing in the world to do. Definitely the album's highlight (for me, anyway).
I've Seen All Good People: Indeed I have seen all good people. This song seems to be comparing life to - chess? Interesting comparison...but I like it.
A Venture: This seems to be the most straightforward song on the whole album. So it's about a fellow who - the song makes it sound like he's an alcoholic or something. And he's telling his sons not to do the things that he did wrong. So it's a straightforward, philosophical piece. It's rather easily overlooked, and it's not the first thing I think when I think "Yes Album", but I've found myself playing this through my head at times. Which means it stuck in there.
Perpetual Change: At times I almost think this song is trying to be a restatement of the album's theme. What theme I don't know, as it doesn't seem to have one. Or maybe it does. Take yer pick. Maybe it's just the line "as we look on as pawns of their game" (slightly remnsicent of "I've Seen All Good People"). It's not a great song. But it's a good closer and wraps up the album quite nicely.
Best tracks: Yours is No Disgrace, Clap and Starship Trooper.
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