Yesterdays (Yes album)

Yesterdays is the first compilation album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in February 1975 on Atlantic Records. It is formed of material previously recorded for the band's first two studio albums, Yes (1969) and Time and a Word (1970), their 1970 B-side "Dear Father", and the full version of their cover of "America" by Simon & Garfunkel. Yesterdays is the last Yes album to feature cover artwork by Roger Dean until 1980.

Yesterdays
Compilation album by
Yes
Released28 February 1975
Recorded1969–1970, 1972
StudioAdvision Studios
(London, England)
GenreProgressive rock
Length45:36
LabelAtlantic
Producer
Yes chronology
Relayer
(1974)		 Yesterdays
(1975)		 Going for the One
(1977)

Track listing

Side one
  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" (Anderson, David Foster) (from Time and a Word, 1970) – 4:32
  4. "Sweet Dreams" (Anderson, Foster) (from Time and a Word, 1970) – 3:50

Side two
  1. "Then" (Anderson) (from Time and a Word, 1970) – 5:45
  2. "Survival" (Anderson) (from Yes, 1969) – 6:20
  3. "Astral Traveller" (Anderson) (from Time and a Word, 1970) – 5:53
  4. "Dear Father" (Anderson, Squire) (b-side of "Sweet Dreams" single, 1970) – 4:21

Personnel

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Rolling Stone(not rated) [2]

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1975 UK Albums Chart 27
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

References
  1. Paul Collins. "Yesterdays". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  2. Archived 5 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  • "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c.2002
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