''Essentially Yes'' is a

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by progressive rock band

Yes Yes or YES may refer to: * An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no Education * YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US * YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talente ...

. It was released in 2006 by

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. It contains five discs, four of which are previously released studio albums; ''Talk'', ''Open Your Eyes'', ''The Ladder'', and ''Magnification'', though not in chronological order. However, it would be in chronological order if one instead uses the 2002 release date of the ''Talk'' reissue, which would put the record between disc 3 (2001) and disc 5 (2003) even though ''Talk'' was originally released in 1994. The fifth disc is a single CD version of what was later released as the 2CD live album ''

Live at Montreux 2003 ''Live at Montreux 2003'' is a 2007 live album and video from the English progressive rock band Yes. It is a live recording of the group's headlining concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival on 14 July 2003. The performance was filmed and is also ...

''.

Track listing

* Disc 1: '' Open Your Eyes'' * Disc 2: ''

The Ladder A ladder is a runged climbing aid. Ladder, The Ladder, or Ladders may also refer to: Art, entertainment and media Film and television * "Ladders" (''Community''), the first episode of the sixth season of the sitcom ''Community'' * ''Ladders'', a ...

'' (includes '' Homeworld'' preview) * Disc 3: ''

Magnification Magnification is the process of enlarging the apparent size, not physical size, of something. This enlargement is quantified by a calculated number also called "magnification". When this number is less than one, it refers to a reduction in siz ...

'' * Disc 4: ''

Talk Talk may refer to: Communication * Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people * Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people * Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct ...

'' (includes 2002 bonus track) * Disc 5: ''

'' (single-disc version)

Personnel

Jon Anderson John Roy Anderson (born 25 October 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes, which he formed in 1968 with bassist Chris Squire. He was a member of the band across thre ...

: Vocals on all discs. * Chris Squire: Bass on all discs. * Steve Howe: Guitar on discs 1, 2, 3, and 5. * Trevor Rabin: Guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, and string arrangements on disc 4. * Tony Kaye: Hammond organ on disc 4. *

Rick Wakeman Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist best known as a former member of the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004, and for his solo albums released in the 1970s. Born and raised ...

: Keyboards on disc 5. * Igor Khoroshev: Keyboards on disc 2. *

Billy Sherwood William Wyman Sherwood (born March 14, 1965) is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, record producer and mixing engineer. He is best known for his tenures in the English progressive rock band Yes (band), Yes as guitarist and ke ...

: Guitar and keyboards on discs 1 and 2. * Alan White: Drums on all discs. with *

Steve Porcaro Steven Maxwell Porcaro (born September 2, 1957) is an American keyboardist, songwriter, and film composer, known as one of the founding members of the rock band Toto and the last surviving Porcaro brother (after the deaths of Jeff in 1992 and M ...

: Keyboards on disc 1 track 2. * Larry Groupé: Orchestra conductor on disc 3.

References

* {{Yesband Albums with cover art by Roger Dean (artist) Albums produced by Trevor Rabin Albums produced by Bruce Fairbairn Yes (band) compilation albums 2006 compilation albums