YES
ANNOUNCE JULY RELEASE OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
Seminal prog heroes YES have announced
the UK release of their 21st studio album, ‘Heaven and Earth’, available on CD and download from 21st July through
Frontiers Records.
With a career spanning over four
decades and over 40 million albums sold worldwide, YES’ trademark symphonic
prog rock is still as current and fresher than ever. ‘Heaven and Earth’ features 8 new tracks, each boasting their unique
sound and excellent musicianship. YES’ distinctive layered music, swirling
arrangements, brilliant vocals and harmonies abound on this record, which is
sure to please fans old and new.
YES enrolled legendary Grammy Award
winner Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, The Cars, Guns N’ Roses, Foreigner, Smashing
Pumpkins, Alice Cooper) for production duties on
Heaven and Earth. The
album was mixed by Billy Sherwood (Toto, Paul Rodgers, Air Supply). The
artwork is once again the creation of world-renowned artist Roger Dean.
Heaven and Earth tracklisting: Believe Again; The Game; Step Beyond; To Ascend; In A World Of Our Own;
Light Of The Ages; It Was All We Knew; Subway Walls.
YES are:
STEVE HOWE - Electric, Acoustic, & Steel Guitars.
Backing Vocals
CHRIS SQUIRE - Bass Guitar. Backing Vocals
ALAN WHITE - Drums. Percussion
GEOFF DOWNES - Keyboards. Computer Programming
JON DAVISON - Lead & Backing Vocals. Acoustic
Guitar
Multiple award winners YES formed in
1968 in England. Since its inception the band went on to create some of the
finest, most legendary work in the history of prog and symphonic rock, including
‘The Yes Album’, ‘Fragile’, ‘Close To The
Edge’, ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’, ‘Relayer’ and ‘Going For The One’. Amongst their essential hits are ‘Roundabout’, ‘Owner of a Lonely Art’,
‘Starship Trooper’, ‘I’ve Seen All Good People’. YES continue to be a major
source of inspiration for the genre and beyond, with a wide range of artists -
from Dream Theatre to Earth Wind and Fire - citing them as influences.
No comments:
Post a Comment