Yes discography

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Yes discography
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Yes performing at Westbury in 2018
Studio albums23
(+1 mini)
Live albums18
Compilation albums15
Video albums22
Music videos23
EPs1
Singles44

This is a discography of the English progressive rock band Yes. Over the course of their career they have released 23 studio albums, 18 live albums, 15 compilation albums, 44 singles, and 23 videos.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

Release dateAlbum detailsPeak chart position Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
ITA
[6]
JPN
[7] [8]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
US
[13]
25 July 1969 Yes 38
24 July 1970 Time and a Word 452277
19 February 1971 The Yes Album 42046740
12 November 1971 Fragile 7296112284
  • BPI: Platinum [14]
  • MC: Platinum [16]
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [15]
8 September 1972 [17] Close to the Edge 421736141613
7 December 1973 Tales from Topographic Oceans 113426169886
29 November 1974 Relayer 4152227173710185
15 July 1977 Going for the One 116862097108
22 September 1978 Tormato 8223036411791810
22 August 1980 Drama 26941507818111918
7 November 1983 90125 1627932101248735
28 September 1987 Big Generator 174414251418142215
30 April 1991 Union 715151817321615
21 March 1994 Talk 2047451747312933
28 October 1996 Keys to Ascension (live/studio)48225699
3 November 1997 Keys to Ascension 2 (live/studio)62159
24 November 1997 Open Your Eyes 10581151
20 September 1999 The Ladder 3638387099
10 September 2001 Magnification 716481186
22 June 2011 Fly from Here 301649564324313936
16 July 2014 Heaven & Earth 20562337412926
25 October 2019 From a Page (mini album)
1 October 2021 The Quest 20147604654385
19 May 2023 Mirror to the Sky 3053
[24]
1261
[25]
24849

Live albums

Release yearRecording year(s)Album detailsPeak chart position Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[4]
ITA
[26]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[10]
US
[13]
19731972 Yessongs 788912
19801976-1978 Yesshows 223243
19851984 9012Live: The Solos 448881
19971969–1970 Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969–1970
20001999 House of Yes: Live from House of Blues 154
20022001 Symphonic Live
20051969–1988 The Word Is Live
20072003 Live at Montreux 2003
20111991 Union Live
2009 In the Present – Live from Lyon
20142004 Songs from Tsongas
2014 Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome
20151972 Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two 6448
2014 Like It Is: Yes at the Mesa Arts Center 83
20172017 Topographic Drama – Live Across America
20192018 Yes 50 Live
20202019 The Royal Affair Tour: Live from Las Vegas
20211991–1992 Union 30 Live
20241971Yale Bowl '71

Compilation albums

YearAlbumPeak chart position Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[4]
US
[13]
1975 Yesterdays 27311317
1981 Classic Yes 142
1991 Yesyears
1992 Yesstory
1993 Highlights: The Very Best of Yes
2001 Keystudio
2002 In a Word: Yes (1969–)
2003 Yes Remixes
The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection 1082131
2006 Essentially Yes
2013 High Vibration
The Studio Albums 1969–1987
2018 The Steven Wilson Remixes
2023 Yessingles

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionAlbum
UK
[1]
IRL
[27]
AUS
NLD
[28]
US
[29]
US Rock
[29]
Certifications
1969"Sweetness" Yes
"Looking Around"
1970"Time and a Word" [upper-alpha 1] Time and a Word
"Sweet Dreams"
1971"Your Move"3240 The Yes Album
"Yours Is No Disgrace" [upper-alpha 2]
1972"Roundabout"2713 Fragile
"Something's Coming" [upper-alpha 3] Non-album single
"America"46
"And You and I" [upper-alpha 4] 51 [upper-alpha 5] 42 Close to the Edge
1973"And You and I" (live) [upper-alpha 6] Yessongs
1975"Soon" Relayer
1977"Wonderous Stories"76 Going for the One
"Going for the One"2416
1978"Don't Kill the Whale"36 Tormato
"Release Release" [upper-alpha 7]
1980"Into the Lens"104 Drama
1981"Run Through the Light" [upper-alpha 8]
1983"Owner of a Lonely Heart" [upper-alpha 9]
– b/w "Our Song" [airplay]
28
30
14
7
1
1
32
90125
"Changes" [airplay]6
1984"Leave It"56243
"Hold On" [airplay]43
"It Can Happen"92515
1985"Hold On" (live) [promo]27 9012Live: The Solos
1987"Love Will Find a Way"7380301 Big Generator
"Shoot High Aim Low" [airplay]11
"Rhythm of Love"402
1988"Final Eyes" [airplay]20
1991"Lift Me Up"861 Union
"Saving My Heart"979
"I Would Have Waited Forever" [promo]49
"Make It Easy"36 Yesyears
1994"The Calling"3 Talk
"Walls" [promo]24
1997"Open Your Eyes" [promo]33 Open Your Eyes
1999"Homeworld (The Ladder)" The Ladder
"Lightning Strikes" [upper-alpha 10]
2000"If Only You Knew"
2011"We Can Fly" Fly from Here
2021"The Ice Bridge" The Quest
"Dare to Know"
"Future Memories"
2023"Cut from the Stars" Mirror to the Sky
"All Connected"
Source: [30] [31]
Notes
  1. released in UK only
  2. released in NL and ITA
  3. released in NL. Recorded in 1969
  4. UK release in 1974
  5. Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
  6. released in France
  7. released in the US and Canada
  8. released in US and CAN
  9. re-released in 1991
  10. released in UK

Videography

Music Videos

YearSongAlbum
1970"Everydays" Time and a Word
"Then"
"No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed"
"Astral Traveler"
1977"Wonderous Stories" Going for the One
1978"Don't Kill the Whale" Tormato
"Madrigal"
1980"Tempus Fugit" Drama
"Into the Lens"
1983"Owner of a Lonely Heart" 90125
1984"Leave It"
"It Can Happen"
1985"Hold On" (Live) 9012Live: The Solos
1987"Rhythm of Love" Big Generator
"Love Will Find a Way"
1991"Lift Me Up" Union
2001"Don't Go" Magnification
2011"We Can Fly" Fly from Here
2021"The Ice Bridge The Quest
"Dare To Know"
"Future Memories"
2022"A Living Island"
2023"Cut From the Stars" Mirror to the Sky
"All Connected"
"Circles of Time"

Videos

YearTitle
1975 Yessongs
1985 9012Live
1991 Yesyears
1991 Greatest Video Hits
1993 Yes: Live – 1975 at Q.P.R.
1995 Live in Philadelphia
1996 Keys to Ascension
2000 House of Yes: Live from House of Blues
2002 Symphonic Live
2004 Yesspeak
Yes Acoustic: Guaranteed No Hiss
2005 Songs from Tsongas
2007 Live at Montreux 2003
Classic Artists: Yes
2008 Yesspeak Live: The Director's Cut
2009 The Lost Broadcasts
Rock of the '70s
2011 Union Live
In the Present – Live from Lyon
2014Live Hemel Hempstead Pavilion October 3rd 1971
Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome
2015 Like It Is: Yes at the Mesa Arts Center

Other member appearances


Members of Yes have collaborated in a number of other albums and singles. The list includes releases with at least three (current or former) Yes members, and excludes releases by the Yes offshoots Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe.

See also

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