Recorded 1969 - 2003 Release date 28 July 2003 | Label Warner Music UK | |
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Released 28 July 2003 (UK)27 January 2004 (U.S.) Length 2:38:01 (UK)2:59:07 (U.S.) Producer Yes, Paul Clay, Tony Colton, Eddie Offord, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin, Paul De Villiers, Jonathan Elias, Bruce Fairbairn and Tom Weidner Similar Yes albums, Progressive rock albums |
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The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection is a triple compilation album by progressive rock band Yes, was released in 2003 in the United Kingdom and in early 2004 in the United States, and covers the length and breadth of the band's thirty-five-year career.
Contents
- The ultimate yes 35th anniversary collection top 5 facts
- Disc one
- Disc two
- Disc three
- US Release
- UK Release
- Personnel
- Additional Personnel
- Personnel on Disc 3 US Release
- New recordings
- Reception
- Certifications
- Songs
- References
Released on Warner Music in the UK as a double CD, the United States edition - on Rhino Records - included a bonus disc of acoustic recordings of old and new material recorded in October 2003. One song from the third disc, "Show Me," is based on a recording from the "Fragile days," according to Jon Anderson in Yesspeak Live: The Director's Cut. Both editions also feature a different track listing and running order.
The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection entered the United Kingdom charts at number ten upon its mid-2003 release, giving Yes their highest charting album there since 1991. The album was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (for over 100,000 copies sold in the UK). In the United States, it reached only number 131.
With a range of material from 1969's Yes to 2001's Magnification - and beyond - The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection supplants earlier non-box set retrospectives such as Classic Yes and Yesstory.
Disc one
- "Time and a Word" (Jon Anderson/David Foster) – 4:33
- "Starship Trooper" – 9:29
- "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson/Squire/Howe/Tony Kaye/Bill Bruford) – 9:41
- "I've Seen All Good People" – 6:56
- "Roundabout" (Anderson/Howe) – 8:32
- "Long Distance Runaround" (Anderson) – 3:31
- "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson/Squire/Bruford) – 10:37
- "South Side of the Sky" (Anderson/Squire) – 7:56
- "And You and I" (Anderson; Themes by Bruford/Howe/Squire) – 10:09
- "America" (Single edit) (Paul Simon) – 4:10
- "Wonderous Stories" (Anderson) – 3:49
Disc two
- "Siberian Khatru" (Anderson; Themes by Anderson/Howe/Rick Wakeman) – 8:56
- "Soon" (New edit) (Anderson/Squire/Howe/Alan White/Patrick Moraz) – 5:44
- "Going for the One" (Anderson) – 5:32
- "Don't Kill the Whale" (Anderson/Squire) – 3:57
- "Tempus Fugit" (Geoff Downes/Trevor Horn/Howe/Squire/White) - 5:16
- "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Trevor Rabin/Anderson/Squire/Horn) – 4:28
- "Leave It" (Squire/Rabin/Horn) – 4:19
- "It Can Happen (Single edit)" (Squire/Anderson/Rabin) – 4:18
- "Rhythm of Love" (Anderson/Kaye/Rabin/Squire) – 4:52
- "Big Generator" (Remix) (Anderson/Kaye/Rabin/Squire/White) – 3:39
- "Lift Me Up" (Rabin/Squire) – 6:31
- "The Calling" (Single edit) (Anderson/Rabin/Squire) – 4:39
- "Open Your Eyes" (Anderson/Squire/Howe/White/Billy Sherwood) – 5:15
- "Homeworld (The Ladder)" (Radio edit) (Anderson/Squire/Howe/White/Sherwood/Igor Khoroshev) – 4:39
- "Magnification" (Anderson/Squire/Howe/White) – 7:19
Disc three
- "Roundabout (Acoustic)" (Anderson/Howe) – 4:18
- "Show Me" (Anderson) – 3:37
- "South Side of the Sky (Acoustic)" – 4:28
- "Australia (Solo Acoustic)" (Howe) – 4:12
- "New World Symphony" (Squire, based on Antonin Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor) – 3:33
Disc one
- "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson/Squire/Howe/Kaye/Bruford) - 9:42
- "Survival" (Anderson) - 6:20
- "Roundabout" (Anderson/Howe) – 8:32
- "Then" (Anderson) - 5:47
- "I've Seen All Good People" – 6:55
- "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson/Squire/Bruford) – 10:36
- "Starship Trooper" – 9:29
- "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)" (Alternate version) (Anderson/Howe/Squire/Wakeman/White) - 21:32
Disc two
- "Siberian Khatru" (Anderson; Themes by Anderson/Howe/Wakeman) – 8:56
- "Long Distance Runaround" (Anderson) – 3:31
- "Wonderous Stories" (Anderson) – 3:49
- "And You and I" (Alternate version) (Anderson; Themes by Bruford/Howe/Squire) – 10:15
- "Soon" (Single edit) (Anderson) – 4:08
- "Going for the One" (Anderson) – 5:32
- "Don't Kill the Whale" (Anderson/Squire) – 3:57
- "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Rabin/Anderson/Squire/Horn) – 4:28
- "Leave It" (Squire/Rabin/Horn) – 4:19
- "Big Generator" (Remix) (Anderson/Kaye/Rabin/Squire/White) – 3:39
- "The Calling" (Single edit) (Anderson/Rabin/Squire) – 4:39
- "Homeworld (The Ladder)" (Radio edit) (Anderson/Squire/Howe/White/Sherwood/Khoroshev) – 4:39
- "Awaken" (Anderson/Howe) – 15:31
US Release
UK Release
Personnel
This list is in chronological order by who first joined the band (or when they joined the band for the first time).
Additional Personnel
Personnel on Disc 3, U.S. Release
New recordings
The later US release included a third disc of new recordings. These included three semi-acoustic band recordings, similar to what the band had been playing live: two versions of old Yes songs ("Roundabout" and "South Side of the Sky") and one new song by Anderson ("Show Me"). Also included was a Howe solo recording, a new version of his solo piece from the 1970s, "Australia", recorded with the help of Oliver Wakeman, Rick's son, who would later join Yes. Finally, "New World Symphony" was a solo recording by Squire, an adaptation of Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E min.
The lyrics to "Show Me" are about the Gulf War.
Reception
The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection (Warner 8122737022/Rhino WTVD 78042) reached #10 in the UK and #131 in the U.S.
Certifications
Songs
1Yours Is No Disgrace9:42
2Survival6:18
3Roundabout8:33