9012Live: The Solos

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9012Live: The Solos
9012Live: The Solos cover
Live album by Yes
Released November 7, 1985 (US)
March 17, 1986 (UK)
Recorded 1984
Genre Pop rock
Length 33:55
Label Atco Records
Producer Yes
Professional reviews
Yes chronology
90125
(1983)
9012Live: The Solos
(1985)
Big Generator
(1987)

9012Live: The Solos is the third live album by Yes, albeit one with a difference. Released as a mini LP in 1985, the album was primarily meant to feature all five current members in a solo fashion (hence the title), while also including two performances from their blockbuster 90125 album.

Its shunning of live versions of well-known songs baffled critics and fans, and compared with previous releases, 9012Live: The Solos was not a success.

Currently out of print (save for a pricey Japanese import), the album is rumoured to be reissued by Rhino Records in the coming months[citation needed]. Bonus tracks could be classic live tracks from that tour. The companion video has been released on DVD by Image Entertainment with previously unseen material and a director's cut without the 1950s stock footage.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Hold On" (Trevor Rabin/Chris Squire/Jon Anderson) – 6:44
  2. "Si" – 2:31
  3. "Solly's Beard" – 4:45
    • Trevor Rabin solo
  4. "Soon" – 2:08
    • Originally the closing section of "The Gates of Delirium" from 1974's Relayer
    • Jon Anderson solo
  5. "Changes" (Trevor Rabin/Jon Anderson/Alan White) – 6:58
  6. "Amazing Grace" (Trad. Arr., Public Domain) – 2:14
    • Chris Squire solo
  7. "Whitefish" – 8:33
    • Features a medley of past Yes songs: "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)", "Tempus Fugit" and "Sound Chaser"
    • Chris Squire/Alan White solo

† - Recorded at Edmonton, Canada at Northlands Coliseum 1984, as part of the soundtrack of the movie '9012Live'

‡ - Recorded at Dortmund, Germany 1984

9012Live: The Solos (Atco 790 474) reached #44 in the UK. It also reached #81 in the US during a chart stay of 11 weeks.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Guest Performers

  • Casey Young: Additional keyboards

[edit] Sources

  • AllMusicGuide.com
  • "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c.2002