Yes, Friends and Relatives explained

Yes, Friends and Relatives
Type:Compilation
Artist:Yes
Cover:Yes, Friends and Relatives album cover.jpg
Released:August 25, 1998
Genre:Progressive rock
Length:2:19:36
Label:Eagle - EDGCD034
Compiler:Brian Adams for Eagle Rock Entertainment
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Prev Year:1997
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Next Year:1999

Yes, Friends and Relatives is a compilation album featuring songs of progressive rock band Yes and a selection of performances licensed from associated acts.[1] [2] The double CD was released in 1998. The album opens with a 1998 Jon Anderson remake of "Owner of a Lonely Heart". Yes only actually feature on two tracks, the closing track on each disc: live versions of "Close to the Edge" on disc 1 and "America" on disc 2.

Track listing

Nr.TitleArtistLengthFrom album
Disc one
1 "Owner of a Lonely Heart" 3:31 None - 1998 remake
2 "Ice" 4:50 Time Machine
3 "Red and White" 3:33 Home Brew
4 "Zone of O" 5:19 Coming Home
5 "Up North" 5:22 Earthworks
6 "The Pyramids of Egypt" Rick Wakeman 7:06 Seven Wonders of the World
7 "Roundabout" Steve Howe 2:29 Not Necessarily Acoustic
8 "Sync or Swim" Wakeman With Wakeman 6:05 Wakeman & Wakeman
9 "Arthur" Rick Wakeman 12:57 Live at Hammersmith
10 "Close to the Edge"
- The Solid Time of Change
- Total Mass Retain
- I Get Up, I Get Down
- Seasons of Man
Yes 19:40 Keys to Ascension 2
Disc two
1 "No Expense Spared" Wakeman With Wakeman 5:30 Wakeman & Wakeman
2 "Say" 3:47 The More You Know
3 "Walk Don't Run" Steve Howe 3:01 Quantum Guitar
4 "Tron Thomi" 7:52 Coming Home
5 "10 Million" Jon Anderson 3:39 None
6 "Excerpts from Tales from Topographic Oceans"
- The Revealing Science of God: Dance of the Dawn
- The Remembering: High the Memory
- The Ancient: Giants Under the Sun
- Ritual
Steve Howe 9:08 Not Necessarily Acoustic
7 "The More You Know" Jon Anderson 3:44 The More You Know
8 "Journey" Rick Wakeman 21:26 Live at Hammersmith
9 "America" Yes 10:37 Keys to Ascension 1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Friends and Relatives . 14 December 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070622115408/http://www.ziplink.net/~mputzel/FriendsAndRelatives.html . June 22, 2007 .
  2. Web site: Friends & Relatives: Editorial Reviews . Amazon.com . Friends and Relatives serves up a collection of mostly previously released solo material from Yes's various members. Jon Anderson's 1998 retread of "Owner of a Lonely Heart" is rather pointless, although it's hard to deny Rick Wakeman's epic "Journey." At 22 minutes, it proves that Yes are still capable of turning in portentous, convoluted, synthesizer-driven rock in a beat-driven age. Unfortunately, most of the better tracks here have already been issued on Keys to Ascension, making Friends and Relatives a superfluous compilation. --Everett True.