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Title: the original Key to Ascension
Review: Some may disagree with me, but one of the reasons this Yes live album still outdoes the others they've released is the aforementioned cruddy sound quality. It may not sound pristine and pure, but the music SOUNDS live, not like a studio set with a live audience cut in the way their other live discs sound. It's raw, it has mistakes (check out Jon Anderson's hoarse gasp on "Starship Trooper"), it features great moments of individual virtuosity (Chris Squire's bass solo on "The Fish," a Bill Bruford drum solo and, natch, a Rick Wakeman keyboard extravaganza), and it never fails to remind you that "progressive" doesn't mean "bloodless." Get this album and, to coin a heavy metal axiom, CRANK IT UP!
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