Open Your Eyes (Yes album)
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| Studio album by Yes | ||
| Released | November 24, 1997 | |
| Recorded | Summer 1997 | |
| Genre | Progressive rock | |
| Length | 74:12 | |
| Label | Eagle Records (U.K.) Beyond Music (U.S.) |
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| Producer(s) | Yes | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Yes chronology | ||
| Keys to Ascension 2 (1997) |
Open Your Eyes' (1997) |
The Ladder (1999) |
Open Your Eyes is an album by progressive rock band Yes and was released in 1997. The follow-up to the twin projects of Keys to Ascension and Keys to Ascension 2, Open Your Eyes marked Billy Sherwood becoming the official keyboardist and rhythm guitarist in Yes, following Rick Wakeman's departure.
Initially begun as a collaboration between bassist Chris Squire and Sherwood, singer Jon Anderson was impressed by some of the early material and was eager to sing on it. With Steve Howe and Alan White involving themselves, the project became the next Yes album. However, the end result far from satisfied some of the band members.
Both Anderson and Howe still claim that the album was too rushed to incorporate their ideas and suffered as a result. Indeed, Open Your Eyes was received with mixed reaction from both critics and fans upon its November 1997 release, some finding it lacking in trademark Yes qualities, while some still praise the album for its upbeat nature. Nonetheless, Open Your Eyes - the cover of which referenced the band's 1969 debut - was a commercial flop, only reaching #151 in the US while missing the UK charts completely.
Although not officially credited as a member of the band, new recruit Igor Khoroshev - who would feature much more prominently on 1999's The Ladder - contributed to a few of the album's tracks.
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Billy Sherwood, Chris Squire and Alan White.
- "New State of Mind" – 6:00
- "Open Your Eyes" – 5:14
- "Universal Garden" – 6:17
- "No Way We Can Lose" – 4:56
- "Fortune Seller" – 5:00
- "Man in the Moon" – 4:41
- "Wonderlove" – 6:06
- "From the Balcony" – 2:43
- "Love Shine" – 4:38
- "Somehow, Someday" – 4:47
- "The Solution" – 23:47
- The song itself is actually 5:26 long, and is followed - after a two minute break - by 16:21 of nature sounds containing excerpted vocals from all the album's songs
Open Your Eyes (Eagle EAGCD013) reached #151 in the US during a chart stay of 1 week.
The song "Somehow, Someday" incorporates the main melody from Jon Anderson's song "Boundaries" on his Animation album.
[edit] Personnel
- Jon Anderson - vocals
- Chris Squire - bass, vocals
- Steve Howe - lead guitars, vocals
- Billy Sherwood - keyboards, guitar, vocals
- Alan White - drums
with
- Igor Khoroshev - keyboards on tracks 1, 4 & 5
- Steve Porcaro - keyboards on track 2
[edit] Sources
- AllMusicGuide.com
- "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002
| Yes |
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| Jon Anderson | Chris Squire | Steve Howe | Rick Wakeman | Alan White |
| Peter Banks | Tony Kaye | Bill Bruford | Patrick Moraz | Geoff Downes | Trevor Horn | Trevor Rabin | Billy Sherwood | Igor Khoroshev |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Yes | Time and a Word | The Yes Album | Fragile | Close to the Edge | Tales from Topographic Oceans | Relayer | Going for the One | Tormato | Drama | 90125 | Big Generator | Union | Talk | Open Your Eyes | The Ladder | Magnification |
| Live albums: Yessongs | Yesshows | 9012Live: The Solos | Keys to Ascension | Keys to Ascension 2 | House of Yes: Live from House of Blues |
| Compilations: Yesterdays | Classic Yes | Yesstory | The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection |
| Remix albums: Yes Remixes |
| Box sets: Yesyears | In a Word: Yes (1969 - ) | The Word is Live | Essentially Yes |
| Related Articles |
| Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe |
