Yesterdays

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Yesterdays
Compilation album by Yes
Released	February 28, 1975
Recorded	1969-1970, 1972
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	45:36
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer(s)	Paul Clay, Tony Colton, Yes and Eddie Offord
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
Yes chronology
Relayer (1974)	Yesterdays (1975)	Going for the One (1977)
Back cover

Yesterdays is a 1975 compilation album by the British progressive rock band Yes. Released as the band were about to explore their own solo projects, it consists mostly of material from their first two albums, Yes and Time and a Word. In addition, it features the b-side "Dear Father" and their cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "America" which was featured on an Atlantic Records sampler album in 1972 called "The New Age of Atlantic" (see AMG for track listing of this album). An edit of this extended recording was also released as a US single that year.

All of the tracks on this album feature Yes’s original line-up with Peter Banks and Tony Kaye except "America," which includes Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman.

This was the last Yes album until Drama (1980) to use cover artwork by Roger Dean. The front cover incorporates imagery from the cover of Time and a Word, while the back cover was designed to be used as an alternate front cover.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Sources 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

1. "America" (Paul Simon) (from The New Age of Atlantic, 1972) – 10:30
2. "Looking Around" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire) (from Yes, 1969) – 4:00
3. "Time and a Word" (Jon Anderson/David Foster) (from Time and a Word, 1970) – 4:32
4. "Sweet Dreams" (Jon Anderson/David Foster) (from Time and a Word, 1970) – 3:50
5. "Then" (Jon Anderson) (from Time and a Word, 1970) – 5:45
6. "Survival" (Jon Anderson) (from Yes, 1969) – 6:20
7. "Astral Traveller" (Jon Anderson) (from Time and a Word, 1970) – 5:53
8. "Dear Father" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire) (b-side of "Sweetness" single (taken from Yes), 1970) – 4:21

[edit] Personnel

• Jon Anderson - vocals
• Peter Banks - guitar on 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
• Tony Kaye - keyboards on 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
• Chris Squire - guitar, vocals
• Bill Bruford - drums
• Steve Howe - guitar on 1
• Rick Wakeman - keyboards on 1

[edit] Sources

• AllMusicGuide.com
• "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c.2002 ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1975	UK Albums Chart	27
1975	Billboard Pop Albums	17

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1972	"America" Single version to be found on expanded Close to the Edge	Billboard Pop Singles	46

Yes
Jon Anderson | Chris Squire | Steve Howe | Rick Wakeman | Alan White
Peter Banks | Tony Kaye | Bill Bruford | Patrick Moraz | Geoff Downes | Trevor Horn | Trevor Rabin | Billy Sherwood | Igor Khoroshev
Discography
Studio albums: Yes | Time and a Word | The Yes Album | Fragile | Close to the Edge | Tales from Topographic Oceans | Relayer | Going for the One | Tormato | Drama | 90125 | Big Generator | Union | Talk | Open Your Eyes | The Ladder | Magnification
Live albums: Yessongs | Yesshows | 9012Live: The Solos | Keys to Ascension | Keys to Ascension 2 | House of Yes: Live from House of Blues
Compilations: Yesterdays | Classic Yes | Yesstory | The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection
Remix albums: Yes Remixes
Box sets: Yesyears | In a Word: Yes (1969 - ) | The Word is Live