| Yes, Friends and Relatives | ||||
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| Compilation album by
Yes
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| Released | August 25, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 2:19:36 | |||
| Label | Eagle - EDGCD034 | |||
| Compiler | Brian Adams for Eagle Rock Entertainment | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Yes, Friends and Relatives is a compilation album featuring songs of progressive rock band Yes and a selection of performances licensed from associated acts.[2][3] The double CD was released in 1998. The album opens with a 1998 Jon Anderson remake of "Owner of a Lonely Heart". Yes only actually feature on two tracks, the closing track on each disc: live versions of "Close to the Edge" on disc 1 and "America" on disc 2.
| Nr. | Title | Artist | Length | From album |
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| Disc one | ||||
| 1 | "Owner of a Lonely Heart" | Jon Anderson | 3:31 | None - 1998 remake |
| 2 | "Ice" | Rick Wakeman | 4:50 | Time Machine |
| 3 | "Red and White" | Steve Howe | 3:33 | Home Brew |
| 4 | "Zone of O" | Esquire | 5:19 | Coming Home |
| 5 | "Up North" | Earthworks & Bill Bruford | 5:22 | Earthworks |
| 6 | "The Pyramids of Egypt" | Rick Wakeman | 7:06 | Seven Wonders of the World |
| 7 | "Roundabout" | Steve Howe | 2:29 | Not Necessarily Acoustic |
| 8 | "Sync or Swim" | Wakeman With Wakeman | 6:05 | Wakeman & Wakeman |
| 9 | "Arthur" | Rick Wakeman | 12:57 | Live at Hammersmith |
| 10 | "Close to the Edge" - The Solid Time of Change - Total Mass Retain - I Get Up, I Get Down - Seasons of Man |
Yes | 19:40 | Keys to Ascension 2 |
| Disc two | ||||
| 1 | "No Expense Spared" | Wakeman With Wakeman | 5:30 | Wakeman & Wakeman |
| 2 | "Say" | Jon Anderson | 3:47 | The More You Know |
| 3 | "Walk Don't Run" | Steve Howe | 3:01 | Quantum Guitar |
| 4 | "Tron Thomi" | Esquire | 7:52 | Coming Home |
| 5 | "10 Million" | Jon Anderson | 3:39 | None |
| 6 | "Excerpts from Tales from Topographic Oceans" - The Revealing Science of God: Dance of the Dawn - The Remembering: High the Memory - The Ancient: Giants Under the Sun - Ritual |
Steve Howe | 9:08 | Not Necessarily Acoustic |
| 7 | "The More You Know" | Jon Anderson | 3:44 | The More You Know |
| 8 | "Journey" | Rick Wakeman | 21:26 | Live at Hammersmith |
| 9 | "America" | Yes | 10:37 | Keys to Ascension 1 |
Friends and Relatives serves up a collection of mostly previously released solo material from Yes's various members. Jon Anderson's 1998 retread of "Owner of a Lonely Heart" is rather pointless, although it's hard to deny Rick Wakeman's epic "Journey." At 22 minutes, it proves that Yes are still capable of turning in portentous, convoluted, synthesizer-driven rock in a beat-driven age. Unfortunately, most of the better tracks here have already been issued on Keys to Ascension, making Friends and Relatives a superfluous compilation. --Everett True
