Yes discography explained

Artist:Yes
Studio:23
(+1 mini)
Live:18
Compilation:15
Video:22
Music Videos:23
Ep:1
Singles:44

This is a discography of the English progressive rock band Yes. Over the course of their career they have released 23 studio albums, 18 live albums, 15 compilation albums, 44 singles, and 23 videos.

Albums

Studio albums

Release dateAlbum detailsPeak chart positionCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
ITA
[6]
JPN
[7] [8]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
US
[13]
25 July 1969Yes38
24 July 1970Time and a Word452277
19 February 1971 The Yes Album42046740

Platinum[15]

12 November 1971Fragile7296112284
  • BPI: Platinum
  • MC: Platinum[16]
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
8 September 1972[17] Close to the Edge421736141613
  • BPI: Platinum
  • MC: Platinum[18]
  • RIAA: Platinum
7 December 1973Tales from Topographic Oceans113426169886
  • BPI: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
  • SWI: Gold[19]
29 November 1974Relayer4152227173710185
  • FRA: Gold[20]
  • RIAA: Gold
15 July 1977Going for the One116862097108
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Gold[21]
  • FRA: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
22 September 1978Tormato8223036411791810
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAA: Platinum
22 August 1980Drama26941507818111918
  • BPI: Silver
7 November 1983901251627932101248735
  • BPI: Gold
  • BVMI: Platinum[22]
  • FRA: Gold
  • JP: Platinum
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
28 September 1987Big Generator174414251418142215
  • JP: Gold
  • MC: Platinum[23]
  • RIAA: Platinum
30 April 1991Union715151817321615
  • RIAA: Gold
21 March 1994Talk2047451747312933
28 October 1996Keys to Ascension (live/studio)48225699
3 November 1997Keys to Ascension 2 (live/studio)62159
24 November 1997Open Your Eyes10581151
20 September 1999The Ladder3638387099
10 September 2001Magnification716481186
22 June 2011Fly from Here301649564324313936
16 July 2014Heaven & Earth20562337412926
25 October 2019From a Page (mini album)
1 October 2021The Quest20147604654385
19 May 2023Mirror to the Sky3053
[24]
1261
[25]
24849

Live albums

Release yearRecording year(s)Album detailsPeak chart positionCertifications
UK
AUS
CAN
ITA
[26]
NLD
NOR
US
19731972Yessongs788912
  • BVMI: Gold
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • SWI: Gold
19801976-1978Yesshows223243
  • BPI: Silver
19851984448881
19971969–1970
20001999154
20022001Symphonic Live
20051969–1988The Word Is Live
20072003Live at Montreux 2003
20111991Union Live
2009In the Present – Live from Lyon
20142004Songs from Tsongas
2014
201519726448
201483
20172017Topographic Drama – Live Across America
20192018Yes 50 Live
20202019
20211991–1992Union 30 Live
20241971Yale Bowl '71

Compilation albums

YearAlbumPeak chart positionCertifications
UK
AUS
CAN
US
1975Yesterdays27311317
1981Classic Yes142
  • BPI: Silver
  • RIAA: Platinum
1991Yesyears
1992Yesstory
1993
  • RIAA: Gold
2001Keystudio
2002
2003Yes Remixes
1082131
  • BPI: Gold
2006Essentially Yes
2013High Vibration
The Studio Albums 1969–1987
2018The Steven Wilson Remixes
2023Yessingles

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionAlbum


[27]


[28]


Certifications
1969"Sweetness"Yes
"Looking Around"
1970"Time and a Word"Time and a Word
"Sweet Dreams"
1971"Your Move"3240The Yes Album
"Yours Is No Disgrace"
1972"Roundabout"2713Fragile
"Something's Coming"Non-album single
"America" 46
"And You and I"5142Close to the Edge
1973"And You and I" (live)Yessongs
1975"Soon"Relayer
1977"Wonderous Stories"76Going for the One
"Going for the One"2416
1978"Don't Kill the Whale" 36Tormato
"Release Release"
1980"Into the Lens"104Drama
1981"Run Through the Light"
1983"Owner of a Lonely Heart"
– b/w "Our Song"
28
30
14
7
1
1
32
90125
"Changes" 6
1984"Leave It"56243
"Hold On" 43
"It Can Happen"92515
1985"Hold On" (live) 27
1987"Love Will Find a Way"7380301Big Generator
"Shoot High Aim Low" 11
"Rhythm of Love"402
1988"Final Eyes" 20
1991"Lift Me Up"861Union
"Saving My Heart"979
"I Would Have Waited Forever" 49
"Make It Easy"36Yesyears
1994"The Calling"3Talk
"Walls" 24
1997"Open Your Eyes" 33Open Your Eyes
1999"Homeworld (The Ladder)"The Ladder
"Lightning Strikes"
2000"If Only You Knew"
2011"We Can Fly"Fly from Here
2021"The Ice Bridge" The Quest
"Dare to Know"
"Future Memories"
2023"Cut from the Stars" Mirror to the Sky
"All Connected"
Source:[29] [30]
Notes

Videography

Music Videos

YearSongAlbum
1970"Everydays"Time and a Word
"Then"
"No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed"
"Astral Traveler"
1977"Wonderous Stories"Going for the One
1978"Don't Kill the Whale"Tormato
"Madrigal"
1980"Tempus Fugit"Drama
"Into the Lens"
1983"Owner of a Lonely Heart"90125
1984"Leave It"
"It Can Happen"
1985"Hold On" (Live)
1987"Rhythm of Love"Big Generator
"Love Will Find a Way"
1991"Lift Me Up"Union
2001"Don't Go"Magnification
2011"We Can Fly"Fly from Here
2021"The Ice BridgeThe Quest
"Dare To Know"
"Future Memories"
2022"A Living Island"
2023"Cut From the Stars"Mirror to the Sky
"All Connected"
"Circles of Time"

Videos

YearTitle
1975Yessongs
19859012Live
1991Yesyears
1991Greatest Video Hits
1993
1995Live in Philadelphia
1996Keys to Ascension
2000
2002Symphonic Live
2004Yesspeak
2005Songs from Tsongas
2007Live at Montreux 2003
2008
2009The Lost Broadcasts
Rock of the '70s
2011Union Live
In the Present – Live from Lyon
2014Live Hemel Hempstead Pavilion October 3rd 1971
2015

Other member appearances

Members of Yes have collaborated in a number of other albums and singles. The list includes releases with at least three (current or former) Yes members, and excludes releases by the Yes offshoots Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe.

See also

References

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  4. Web site: Search: RPM. Library and Archives. Canada. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.
  5. Web site: Yes- Mirror to the Sky -. . 26 May 2023.
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  14. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx BPI Certified Awards Search
  15. Web site: Searchable Database . . 2009-05-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH . 2007-06-26 . Note: User must define 'Artist' search parameter as "YES".
  16. Warner /Elektra /Atlantic Sets Canada's AII- Time,12 -Month Sales Record - 44 Gold and Platinum Albums:Platinum-Album. March 10, 2024. Billboard. October 2, 1976. 63.
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  19. A Party for the Yes. March 10, 2024. Billboard. May 11, 1974. 54.
  20. Web site: InfoDisc : Les Certifications (Albums) du SNEP (Bilan par Artiste) . 2011-07-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090601152354/http://www.infodisc.fr/CD_Certif.php . 2009-06-01 .
  21. Yes Mines Canadian Gold. March 10, 2024. Cash Box. May 12, 1979. 45.
  22. Germany. Yes. March 20, 2024.
  23. Web site: Yes Big Generator WEA Canada Platinum Award.
  24. Web site: Longplay Charts vom 30. Mai 2023. 8 November 2019 . Ö3 Austria Top 40. 30 May 2023.
  25. Web site: Album – Classifica settimanale WK 21 (dal 19.05.2023 al 25.05.2023). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. 27 May 2023.
  26. Italian albums:
  27. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know . 2022-10-23 . www.irishcharts.ie.
  28. Web site: Single Top 100.
  29. Web site: Yes. Discogs.
  30. Web site: Yes Discography - USA - 45cat.
  31. . . 1972 . Liner notes . . Santa Monica, California.

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