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Yes – House of Yes (Live 1999) (@256)
28 Oct 2007
(Review from progarchives.com)
This double album captures the band on tour for “The Ladder album”, at the House of Blues in 1999.
The set list for this performance includes five tracks from The Ladder, plus a smattering of classics. The show starts off with their classic track “Yours Is No Disgrace”, performed smoothly and energetically. It is a solid and rocking rendition. Steve Howe is absolutely fantastic in his rageous and devastating guitar solo : a great moment and a bloody good opener for a concert.
“Homeworld” from their last album sounds great and is on par with most of the “old” songs represented here. “Perpetual Change” is a nice surprise, since it’s not played live much. “And You and I” sounds a bit heavier and slower than usual.
The highlight of disc two is “Awaken”. Khoroshev’s ability to render a true YesClassic is impressive. Rick Wakeman’s influence is obvious. Khoroshev is really gifted but less pompous and demonstrative than Wakeman (specially during live shows). In one word : sobriety and simplicity. This version is almost perfect with a lot of emotion during the concert. Great time.
The “I’ve Seen” part of the dual song with “Your Move” is a nice and strong closing number. The encores start with two songs from “90125″ : the strong (but short) “Cinema”, their mega hit “Owner of A Lonely Heart” and as for most of their shows since a very long time, it ends with “Roundabout”.
“House of Yes” nicely documents the group that made “The Ladder”. If you want to venture with (yet) another line-up of Yes performing some of their classic stuffs, this album is worth a look.
Line-up:
- Jon Anderson / vocals
- Chris Squire / bass, harmonica, vocals
- Billy Sherwood / guitars, vocals, keyboards
- Alan White / drums, percussion, vocals
- Steve Howe / guitars, steel, mandolin, banjo, vocals
- Igor Khoroshev / keyboards and vocals
Track List:
CD1
01. Yours is No Disgrace
02. Time and a Word
03. Homeworld (The Ladder)
04. Perpetual Change
05. Lightning Strikes
06. The Messenger
07. Ritual – Nous Sommes Du Soleil
08. And You And I
CD2
01. It Will Be A Good Day (The River)
02. Face to Face
03. Awaken
04. Your Move / I’ve Seen All Good People
05. Cinema
06. Owner of a Lonely Heart
07. Roundabout
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about 6 years ago
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about 5 years ago
Thanks for this.The intro is duplicated in track 2(and sounds different?) and cd 2has an extra track.Is this a DVD audio rip maybe?
about 5 years ago
> Is this a DVD audio rip maybe?
Could be, I’m not the ripper, a friend had ripped it for me long time ago.
about 5 years ago
Cool
about 5 years ago
I re-ripped the album from an audio CD for a better quality.
about 3 years ago
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