The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection

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The Ultimate Yes:
35th Anniversary Collection
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Box set by
Yes
Released28 July 2003 (UK)
27 January 2004 (US)
Recorded1969–2003
Genre Progressive rock
Length2:38:01 (UK)
2:59:07 (US)
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Producer
Yes chronology
In a Word: Yes (1969–)
(2002)		The Ultimate Yes:
35th Anniversary Collection
(2003)		 Yes Remixes
(2003)
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The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection is a compilation album by the English progressive rock band Yes. It was originally released on 2 CDs on 28 July 2003 by Warner Music in the United Kingdom. A 3 CD edition with additional material, including new recordings from October 2003, was released in the US on 27 January 2004 by Rhino Records.

Contents

The album was a commercial success in the UK, reaching No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart to become their highest performance on the chart since Union in 1991. It is certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for selling 100,000 copies. In the US, it peaked at No. 131 on the Billboard 200. The Ultimate Yes was supported with a one-off acoustic performance recorded on Yes Acoustic: Guaranteed No Hiss (2004) and their 35th Anniversary Tour, covering Europe and North America through 2004.

U.S. track listing

Disc one

  1. "Time and a Word" (Jon Anderson/David Foster) – 4:33
  2. "Starship Trooper" – 9:29
    a. "Life Seeker" (Anderson)
    b. "Disillusion" (Chris Squire)
    c. "Würm" (Steve Howe)
  3. "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson/Squire/Howe/Tony Kaye/Bill Bruford) – 9:41
  4. "I've Seen All Good People" – 6:56
    a. "Your Move" (Anderson)
    b. "All Good People" (Squire)
  5. "Roundabout" (Anderson/Howe) – 8:32
  6. "Long Distance Runaround" (Anderson) – 3:31
  7. "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson/Squire/Bruford) – 10:37
  8. "South Side of the Sky" (Anderson/Squire) – 7:56
  9. "And You and I" (Anderson; Themes by Bruford/Howe/Squire) – 10:09
    I. "Cord of Life"
    II. "Eclipse" (Anderson/Bruford/Howe)
    III. "The Preacher the Teacher"
    IV. "Apocalypse"
  10. "America" (Single edit) (Paul Simon) – 4:10
  11. "Wonderous Stories" (Anderson) – 3:49

Disc two

  1. "Siberian Khatru" (Anderson; Themes by Anderson/Howe/Rick Wakeman) – 8:56
  2. "Soon" (New edit) (Anderson/Squire/Howe/Alan White/Patrick Moraz) – 5:44
  3. "Going for the One" (Anderson) – 5:32
  4. "Don't Kill the Whale" (Anderson/Squire) – 3:57
  5. "Tempus Fugit" (Geoff Downes/Trevor Horn/Howe/Squire/White) – 5:16
  6. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Trevor Rabin/Anderson/Squire/Horn) – 4:28
  7. "Leave It" (Squire/Rabin/Horn) – 4:19
  8. "It Can Happen (Single edit)" (Squire/Anderson/Rabin) – 4:18
  9. "Rhythm of Love" (Anderson/Kaye/Rabin/Squire) – 4:52
  10. "Big Generator" (Remix) (Anderson/Kaye/Rabin/Squire/White) – 3:39
  11. "Lift Me Up" (Rabin/Squire) – 6:31
  12. "The Calling" (Single edit) (Anderson/Rabin/Squire) – 4:39
  13. "Open Your Eyes" (Anderson/Squire/Howe/White/Billy Sherwood) – 5:15
  14. "Homeworld (The Ladder)" (Radio edit) (Anderson/Squire/Howe/White/Sherwood/Igor Khoroshev) – 4:39
  15. "Magnification" (Anderson/Squire/Howe/White) – 7:19

Disc three

  1. "Roundabout (Acoustic)" (Anderson/Howe) – 4:18
  2. "Show Me" (Anderson) – 3:37
  3. "South Side of the Sky (Acoustic)" – 4:28
    I. "South Side of the Sky" (Anderson/Squire)
    II. "South Side Variations" (Wakeman)
  4. "Australia (Solo Acoustic)" (Howe) – 4:12
  5. "New World Symphony" (Squire, based on Antonin Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor) – 3:33

UK track listing

Disc one

  1. "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson/Squire/Howe/Kaye/Bruford) – 9:42
  2. "Survival" (Anderson) – 6:20
  3. "Roundabout" (Anderson/Howe) – 8:32
  4. "Then" (Anderson) – 5:47
  5. "I've Seen All Good People" – 6:55
    a. "Your Move" (Anderson)
    b. "All Good People" (Squire)
  6. "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson/Squire/Bruford) – 10:36
  7. "Starship Trooper" – 9:29
    a. "Life Seeker" (Anderson)
    b. "Disillusion" (Squire)
    c. "Würm" (Howe)
  8. "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)" (Anderson/Howe/Squire/Wakeman/White) – 21:32

Disc two

  1. "Siberian Khatru" (Anderson; Themes by Anderson/Howe/Wakeman) – 8:56
  2. "Long Distance Runaround" (Anderson) – 3:31
  3. "Wonderous Stories" (Anderson) – 3:49
  4. "And You and I" (Alternate version) (Anderson; Themes by Bruford/Howe/Squire) – 10:15
    I. "Cord of Life"
    II. "Eclipse" (Anderson/Bruford/Howe)
    III. "The Preacher the Teacher"
    IV. "Apocalypse"
  5. "Soon" (Single edit) (Anderson) – 4:08
  6. "Going for the One" (Anderson) – 5:32
  7. "Don't Kill the Whale" (Anderson/Squire) – 3:57
  8. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Rabin/Anderson/Squire/Horn) – 4:28
  9. "Leave It" (Squire/Rabin/Horn) – 4:19
  10. "Big Generator" (Remix) (Anderson/Kaye/Rabin/Squire/White) – 3:39
  11. "The Calling" (Single edit) (Anderson/Rabin/Squire) – 4:39
  12. "Homeworld (The Ladder)" (Radio edit) (Anderson/Squire/Howe/White/Sherwood/Khoroshev) – 4:39
  13. "Awaken" (Anderson/Howe) – 15:31

Song origins

US release

UK release

Personnel

This list is in chronological order by who first joined the band (or when they joined the band for the first time).

Additional personnel

Personnel on Disc 3, U.S. Release

New recordings

The later US release included a third disc of new recordings. These included three semi-acoustic band recordings, similar to what the band had been playing live: two versions of old Yes songs ("Roundabout" and "South Side of the Sky") and one new song by Anderson ("Show Me"). Also included was a Howe solo recording, a new version of his solo piece from the 1970s, "Australia", recorded with the help of Oliver Wakeman, Rick's son, who would later join Yes. Finally, "New World Symphony" was a solo recording by Squire, an adaptation of Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E min.

The lyrics to "Show Me" are about the Gulf War. [3]

Charts

Chart performance for The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection
Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 82
Scottish Albums (OCC) [5] 13
UK Albums (OCC) [6] 10
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [7] 3
US Billboard 200 [8] 131

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [9] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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