Welcome to my next major band survivor - the Yes Survivor 2023 Edition. Hot off the heels of my Genesis Survivor, we'll be going over one of the other big bands of 70s prog that has endured through the decades. Below is the list of albums and songs that will be represented in this survivor.
As usual, each album will have two finalists that automatically advance to the Finals, and a third place song that goes to Consolation. That means 46 finalists from 23 albums, and of the 23 Consolation songs, we will include the top 4 for an even 50 songs in the Finals.
Yes, you read that right - 23 albums. Since *I* am running this Survivor, I've decided to include the albums that I consider are essential to the Yes discography, which includes the sole album from Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, as well as the Keystudio/KTA Studio tracks released in the late 90s. For the former, this version of the band joined "Yes West" for Union, so it feels like an essential part of Yes history, and honestly, they're Yes in all but name. For the latter, the Keys material is some of the best latter-day Yes post-Union, so it would feel odd NOT to include in this survivor.
I did NOT include the "From A Page" EP of four songs (featuring Benoit David and Oliver Wakeman) mostly because it feels like an obscure release and I'm sure not as many people have heard those songs. I'm sure more Yesfans have heard H&E and TQ more than these four songs, and even if I were to include them, I doubt any of those songs would make the Top 50 anyway.
You'll also notice some albums have bonus tracks included, denoted by an asterisk*. I've decided to include the few of these because, for the most part, these are fully finished songs and recordings that have been easily available for most fans to listen to, and I think some of them might even make it consolation, and I just wanted to be thorough anyway. If there are any that I missed, let me know. I did not include the bonus tracks from Tormato or Drama because most of those are edits, or rough versions of songs that would later be reworked by various Yes members on other albums and projects. If anyone misses them, let me know and I'll plug them back in before we get to those albums' survivors.
During the Finals, I'll also run Studio and Live album survivors as well. If there are other Yes live albums that should be included in that survivor, let me know! I've only posted the ones I think most fans are familiar with.
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Yes
01. Survival
02. Yesterday And Today
03. Every Little Thing
04. Looking Around
05. Something's Coming
06. Beyond And Before
07. I See You
Sweetness
09. Harold Land
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Time And A Word
01. Astral Traveller
02. Time And A Word
03. Sweet Dreams
04. The Prophet
05. Everydays
06. Then
07. Dear Father
08. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
09. Clear Days
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The Yes Album
01. Yours Is No Disgrace
02. Starship Trooper
03. I've Seen All Good People
04. Perpetual Change
05. Clap
06. A Venture
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Fragile
01. Heart Of The Sunrise
02. Roundabout
03. South Side Of The Sky
04. Long Distance Runaround
05. The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
06. We Have Heaven
07. Mood For A Day
America
09. Cans And Brahms
10. Five Per Cent For Nothing
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Close To The Edge
01. Close To The Edge
02. And You And I
03. Siberian Khatru
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Tales From Topographic Oceans
01. The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)
02. Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)
03. The Remembering (High The Memory)
04. The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)
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Relayer
01. The Gates Of Delirium
02. To Be Over
03. Sound Chaser
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Going For The One
01. Awaken
02. Turn Of The Century
03. Wonderous Stories
04. Going For The One
05. Parallels
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Tormato
01. On The Silent Wings Of Freedom
02. Onward
03. Don't Kill The Whale
04. Future Times / Rejoice
05. Release, Release
06. Madrigal
07. Arriving UFO
08. Circus Of Heaven
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Drama
01. Machine Messiah
02. Into The Lens
03. Tempus Fugit
04. Does It Really Happen?
05. Run Through The Light
06. White Car
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90125
01. Owner Of A Lonely Heart
02. Changes
03. Hearts
04. Hold On
05. It Can Happen
06. City Of Love
07. Our Song
08. Leave It
09. Make It Easy
10. It's Over
11. Cinema
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Big Generator
01. I'm Running
02. Final Eyes
03. Shoot High, Aim Low
04. Rhythm Of Love
05. Holy Lamb (Song For Harmonic Convergence)
06. Love Will Find A Way
07. Big Generator
08. Almost Like Love
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Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
01. Birthright
02. Quartet
03. Order Of The Universe
04. Themes
05. Brother Of Mine
06. Fist Of Fire
07. The Meeting
08. Let's Pretend
09. Vultures In The City
10. Teakbois
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Union
01. I Would Have Waited Forever
02. Miracle Of Life
03. Shock To The System
04. Lift Me Up
05. Silent Talking
06. The More We Live / Let Go
07. Holding On
08. Dangerous (Look In The Light Of What You're Searching For)
09. Masquerade
10. Take The Water To The Mountain
11. Without Hope You Cannot Start The Day
Saving My Heart
13. Evensong
14. Angkor Wat
Love Conquers All
16. Give & Take
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Talk
01. The Calling
Endless Dream
03. I Am Waiting
04. Real Love
05. Where Will You Be
06. State Of Play
07. Walls
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Keys To Ascension (Keystudio)
01. Mind Drive
02. That, That Is
03. Footprints
04. Be The One
05. Bring Me To The Power
06. Children Of The Light
07. Sign Language
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Open Your Eyes
01. Open Your Eyes
02. New State Of Mind
03. The Solution
04. From The Balcony
05. No Way We Can Lose
06. Somehow, Someday
07. Fortune Seller
08. Universal Garden
09. Wonderlove
10. Man In The Moon
11. Love Shine
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The Ladder
01. Homeworld (The Ladder)
02. New Language
03. Finally
04. It Will Be A Good Day (The River)
05. If Only You Knew
06. The Messenger
07. Face To Face
08. Nine Voices (Longwalker)
09. Lightning Strikes
10. To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)
11. Can I?
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Magnification
Magnification
Dreamtime
03. In The Presence Of
04. Spirit Of Survival
05. We Agree
06. Don't Go
07. Give Love Each Day
08. Can You Imagine
09. Soft As A Dove
10. Time Is Time
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Fly From Here
01 Fly From Here
02. Into The Storm
03. Life On A Film Set
04. Solitaire
05. The Man You Always Wanted Me To Be
06. Don't Take No For An Answer
07. Hour Of Need
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Heaven & Earth
01. The Game
02. In A World Of Our Own
03. Subway Walls
04. Step Beyond
05. Light Of The Ages
06. To Ascend
07. Believe Again
08. It Was All We Knew
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The Quest
01. A Living Island
02. The Ice Bridge
03. Future Memories
04. The Western Edge
05. Leave Well Alone
06. Music To My Ears
07. Minus The Man
08. Dare To Know
09. Damaged World
10. Sister Sleeping Soul
11. Mystery Tour
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Mirror To The Sky
01. Cut From The Stars
02. Mirror To The Sky
03. Circles Of Time
04. Luminosity
05. All Connected
06. Unknown Place
07. Living Out Their Dream
08. Magic Potion
09. One Second Is Enough
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Consolation (Top Four Advance To Finals)
01. Siberian Khatru
02. South Side Of The Sky
03. Tempus Fugit
04. Sound Chaser
05. The Remembering (High The Memory)
06. Hearts
07. Wonderous Stories
08. I've Seen All Good People
09. Don't Kill The Whale
10. I Am Waiting
11. Order Of The Universe
12. Shoot High, Aim Low
In The Presence Of
14. Shock To The System
15. Footprints
16. Sweet Dreams
17. Every Little Thing
Finally
19. The Solution
20. Life On A Film Set
21. Future Memories
22. Subway Walls
23. Circles Of Time
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The Finals
01. Close To The Edge
02. Awaken
03. The Gates Of Delirium
04. And You And I
05. Turn Of The Century
06. Heart Of The Sunrise
07. Siberian Khatru
08. Machine Messiah
09. Roundabout
10. South Side Of The Sky
11. Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)
12. Starship Trooper
13. The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)
14. Yours Is No Disgrace
15. Tempus Fugit
16. Sound Chaser
17. Into The Lens
18. Owner Of A Lonely Heart
19. To Be Over
20. Onward
21. On The Wings Of Freedom
Endless Dream
23. Changes
24. I'm Running
The Calling
26. I Would Have Waited Forever
Fly From Here
28. Final Eyes
Miracle Of Life
30. Quartet
Mind Drive
32. Homeworld (The Ladder)
New Language
34. Birthright
Magnification
36. That, That Is
Dreamtime
Astral Traveller
Time And A Word
40. Into The Storm
Open Your Eyes
42. New State Of Mind
Yesterday And Today
44. Survival
45. The Game
A Living Island
Cut From The Stars
Mirror To The Sky
49. The Ice Bridge
50. In A World Of Our Own
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The Studio Albums
01. Close To The Edge
02. Fragile
03. Tales From Topographic Oceans
04. Going For The One
05. The Yes Album
Relayer
07. Drama
08. 90125
09. Talk
10. Tormato
11. Big Generator
12. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Magnification
14. Keys To Ascension (Keystudio)
15. Union
16. The Ladder
17. Time And A Word
Fly From Here
19. Yes
Open Your Eyes
21. Mirror To The Sky
22. The Quest
23. Heaven & Earth
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The Live Albums
01. Yessongs
02. Yesshows
03. Symphonic Live
04. Union Live
05. Songs From Tsongas
06. Live At Montreux 2003
07. House Of Yes: Live from House Of Blues
08. Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969-1970
09. In The Present - Live From Lyon
10. 9012Live: The Solos
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-Marc.