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	Yes Keys to Ascension 2 Genres: International Music, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock The essential live release from the progressive rock pioneers featuring the classic Yes lineup of Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and Alan White. Recorded in 1996, Keys To Ascnesion highlights a series... more » « less
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All Artists: Yes
Title: Keys to Ascension 2
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Castle
Genres: International Music, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Europe, Britain & Ireland, Progressive, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR), Arena Rock
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2

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The essential live release from the progressive rock pioneers featuring the classic Yes lineup of Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and Alan White. Recorded in 1996, Keys To Ascnesion highlights a series of brilliantly-staged live concerts at The Fremont Theatre in California's San Luis Obispo. Great vision, stunning technical ability, incredible improvisational skills and imaginative presentation of ideas make this Yes at its best! Songs: I've Seen All Good People: Your Move/All Good People Going for the One Time and a Word Close to the Edge: The Solid Time of Change/Total Mass Retain/I Get Up, I Get Down/Seasons of Man Turn of the Century And You and I: Cord of Life/Eclipse/The Preacher the Teacher/Apocalypse Mind Drive Foot Prints Bring Me the Power Children of Light/Lifeline Sign Language.

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CD Reviews

Another angry Wakeman!

James M. Gifford | Phoenix, AZ USA | 04/02/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"With all honesty, the album is wonderful, and looks wonderful as it's predecessor from 1996. The live tracks here are beautifully performed, in fact the best version of "Time and a Word" in my opinion ever done. Somewhere along the line Rick again was outvoted as he wanted this record to stand on it's own. As a result, Rick left YES again, but this time it didn't matter- as I reviewed in Keys One- this was the Grand Finale' of Yes.

The Engineers toyed with the CD production at some point, and like the other reviewer I was fortunate to get the 1997 version, as I noticed one of the songs was given a hatchet job in the later release, and another a piece added. Nonetheless, the album is a full blown YES effort, despite "Mind Drive" from the studio being in it's 18 minutes somewhat dull- it has some amazing musical moments.

Keys to Ascension One and Two, aptly titled and packaged, are YES at the end of their career. Although I forced myself to buy "The Ladder..." it was like a replay of the 80's.

YES has given us masterworks of musical art. My story of YES ends here. But the collection of remasters and memories carry on. "High the memory.""