Keys to Ascension

by Yes

Type: Album
Released: 28 October 1996
Label: Essential
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 1:56:05
Community rating: 3.57/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Rick Wakeman, Tom Fletcher, Chris Squire, Alan White

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking the highly anticipated reunion of the band's classic 1970s lineup, this performance at the Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo blends expansive live renditions of staple epics with two newly recorded studio tracks. The concerts signaled a deliberate return to their most celebrated, complex progressive rock sound after years of pop-oriented detours. It effectively rejuvenated the group's standing among legacy prog audiences.

Genres

Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, improvisation, complex, fantasy, technical, melodic

Tracklist

Credits

Chris Squire - bass guitar, vocals, written-by, vocal
Alan White - drums, vocals, written-by, drums (drum set), vocal
Steve Howe - electric guitar [6 and 12 string], acoustic guitar [6 and 12 string], steel guitar [steel and pedal steel], bass [5 string], vocals, written-by, pedal steel guitar, 12 string guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, vocal
Rick Wakeman - keyboards, written-by, keyboard
Jon Anderson - lyrics by [lyricist], vocals, guitar, harp, written-by, vocal
Roger Dean - painting, artwork [logos], lettering
Paul Simon - written-by