| "Yours Is No Disgrace" | |
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 Italian single cover, with part 1 on the A-side and part 2 on the B-side | |
| Single by Yes | |
| from the album The Yes Album | |
| B-side | "The Clap" |
| Released | June 1971[1] |
| Recorded | 1970 |
| Studio | Advision, London |
| Genre | Progressive rock |
| Length | 9:41 (album version) |
| Label | Atlantic |
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| Official audio | |
| "Yours Is No Disgrace" (2008 Remaster) on YouTube | |
"Yours Is No Disgrace" is a song by English progressive rock band Yes, which first appeared as the opening song of their 1971 album The Yes Album. It was written by all five members of the band: Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye and Bill Bruford. The song has been a regular feature of Yes' live shows.[2] It has also appeared on many live and compilation albums, including Yessongs, Classic Yes and Yesstory.[3]
The opening track of The Yes Album, "Yours Is No Disgrace" lasts for nearly ten minutes.[3] According to AllMusic critic Dave Thompson, the length and complexity of "Yours Is No Disgrace" was a tester for Yes' longer songs over their next few albums, most notably "And You and I," although he says "at the time of release, however, it was unique – and, listened to in isolation today, it remains so."[3]
Yes appeared on the weekly BBC show Top of the Pops to perform the song on 1 April 1971, although only as promotion of the forthcoming album, as there was no UK single release.[4] The song was also released as a single, however, in Italy and in the Netherlands.
- ^ "Yes singles".
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yeswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Thompson, D. "Yours Is No Disgrace". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ "Top of the Pops: S08E13 1st April 1971". thetvdb.com. Retrieved 22 October 2024.