Yesterdays (Yes album)

Yesterdays
Compilation album by Yes
Released	28 February 1975
Recorded	1969–1970, 1972
Studio	Advision, London
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	44:50
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Paul Clay Tony Colton Yes Eddie Offord
Yes chronology
Relayer (1974) Yesterdays (1975) Going for the One (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Yesterdays is the first compilation album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in February 1975 on Atlantic Records. It consists of material previously recorded for the band's first two studio albums, Yes (1969) and Time and a Word (1970), "Dear Father" their 1970 B-side of the single "Sweet Dreams", and the full version of their cover of "America" by Simon & Garfunkel. "America" was previously unreleased on a Yes album having only been released on an Atlantic Records' sampler album The New Age of Atlantic in 1972 (the inner sleeve note that it was on that album's predecessor The Age of Atlantic is incorrect). Yesterdays is the last Yes album to feature cover artwork by Roger Dean until the 1980 album Drama.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"America"	10:30
2.	"Looking Around"	3:58
3.	"Time And A Word"	4:29
4.	"Sweet Dreams"	3:46

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Then"	5:42
2.	"Survival"	6:18
3.	"Astral Traveller"	5:47
4.	"Dear Father"	4:20

Personnel

• Jon Anderson – lead vocal, backing vocals, percussion
• Peter Banks – electric guitar (2-8)
• Steve Howe – electric guitar ("America")
• Chris Squire – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Tony Kaye – keyboards (2-8)
• Rick Wakeman – keyboards ("America")
• Bill Bruford – drums, percussion

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4]	31
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5]	13
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6]	72
UK Albums (OCC)[7]	27
US Billboard 200[8]	17

References

1. Paul Collins. "Yesterdays". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
2. [1] Archived 5 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
3. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Yes". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 895. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
5. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3959a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
6. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
8. "Yes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2024.

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