Highlights: The Very Best of Yes

Highlights: The Very Best of Yes
Highlights: The Very Best of Yes
Compilation album by Yes
Released	21 September 1993
Recorded	1969–1987 at various locations
Genre	Progressive rock, Pop rock
Length	65:57
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Paul Clay; Tony Colton; Yes; Eddy Offord; Trevor Horn; Trevor Rabin; Paul DeVilliers; Yves Beauvais (exec.);
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Highlights: The Very Best of Yes is the fourth compilation album by English progressive rock band Yes, released in September 1993 on Atlantic Records. It contains 12 tracks that span most of the group's history, from their debut album Yes (1969) to Big Generator (1987). The set reached gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 500,000 copies in the US.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Survival"	Jon Anderson	Yes	6:18
2.	"Time and a Word"	Anderson, David Foster	Time and a Word	4:31
3.	"Starship Trooper" "Life Seeker" "Disillusion" "Würm"	Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe	The Yes Album	9:26
4.	"I've Seen All Good People" "Your Move" "All Good People"	Anderson, Squire	The Yes Album	6:53
5.	"Roundabout"	Anderson, Howe	Fragile	8:31
6.	"Long Distance Runaround"	Anderson	Fragile	3:33
7.	"Soon" (single edit)	Anderson	Relayer	4:06
8.	"Wonderous Stories"	Anderson	Going for the One	3:45
9.	"Going for the One"	Anderson	Going for the One	5:32
10.	"Owner of a Lonely Heart"	Trevor Rabin, Anderson, Squire, Trevor Horn	90125	4:27
11.	"Leave It"	Squire, Rabin, Horn	90125	4:10
12.	"Rhythm of Love"	Anderson, Squire, Rabin, Tony Kaye	Big Generator	4:45
Total length:				65:57

Personnel[edit]

Jon Anderson – lead vocals on all tracks
Chris Squire – bass and backing vocals on all tracks
Peter Banks – guitars on 1–2
Steve Howe – guitars and backing vocals on 3–9
Trevor Rabin – guitars, lead and backing vocals on 10–12
Tony Kaye – keyboards on 1–4, 10–12
Rick Wakeman – keyboards on 5–6, 8–9
Patrick Moraz – keyboards on 7
Bill Bruford – drums and percussion on 1–6
Alan White – drums and percussion on 7–12

Certifications[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[2]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Highlights: The Very Best of Yes – Yes | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
^ "American album certifications – Yes – Highlights: The Very Best of Yes". Recording Industry Association of America.

[1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Highlights: The Very Best of Yes – Yes | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

[United_StatesYesHighlights:_The_Very_Best_of_YesalbumCertRef-2] "American album certifications – Yes – Highlights: The Very Best of Yes". Recording Industry Association of America.

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Steve Howe Geoff Downes Billy Sherwood Jon Davison Jay Schellen Jon Anderson Chris Squire Peter Banks Bill Bruford Tony Kaye Rick Wakeman Alan White Patrick Moraz Trevor Horn Trevor Rabin Igor Khoroshev Benoît David Oliver Wakeman
Studio albums	Yes Time and a Word The Yes Album Fragile Close to the Edge Tales from Topographic Oceans Relayer Going for the One Tormato Drama 90125 Big Generator Union Talk Keys to Ascension Keys to Ascension 2 Open Your Eyes The Ladder Magnification Fly from Here Heaven & Earth The Quest Mirror to the Sky
Mini albums	From a Page
Live albums	Yessongs Yesshows 9012Live: The Solos Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969–1970 House of Yes: Live from House of Blues Symphonic Live Greatest Hits Live Live at Montreux 2003 Songs from Tsongas Union Live In the Present – Live from Lyon Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome Progeny: Highlights from Seventy-Two Like It Is: Yes at the Mesa Arts Center Topographic Drama – Live Across America Yes 50 Live The Royal Affair Tour: Live from Las Vegas
Compilation albums	Yesterdays Classic Yes Yesstory Highlights: The Very Best of Yes Keystudio The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection Yes Remixes Yes, Friends and Relatives Yessingles
Box sets	Yesyears In a Word: Yes (1969–) The Word Is Live Essentially Yes High Vibration The Studio Albums 1969–1987 Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two The Steven Wilson Remixes
Singles	"Your Move" "Roundabout" "America" "And You and I" "Soon" "Wonderous Stories" "Don't Kill the Whale" "Into the Lens" "Owner of a Lonely Heart" "Leave It" "It Can Happen" "Love Will Find a Way" "Rhythm of Love" "Lift Me Up" "Saving My Heart" "Make It Easy" "The Calling" "Walls" "Open Your Eyes" "Lightning Strikes" "We Can Fly"
Other songs	"Yours Is No Disgrace" "Starship Trooper" "I've Seen All Good People" "South Side of the Sky" "Five Per Cent for Nothing" "Long Distance Runaround" "Heart of the Sunrise" "Close to the Edge" "Siberian Khatru" "The Gates of Delirium" "Run with the Fox" "Changes" "Cinema" "Our Song" "Hold On" "Big Generator" "Shoot High Aim Low" "The Solution" "Fly from Here" "Mirror to the Sky"
Video releases	Yessongs 9012Live Yesyears Greatest Video Hits Yes: Live – 1975 at Q.P.R. Live in Philadelphia Keys to Ascension Yesspeak Yes Acoustic: Guaranteed No Hiss Classic Artists: Yes Yesspeak Live: The Director's Cut The Lost Broadcasts Rock of the '70s
Tours	The Yes Album Tour Fragile Tour Close to the Edge Tour 1960s–70s 1980s–90s 2000s–10s 2020s
Related bands	The Syn Mabel Greer's Toyshop Flash Badger King Crimson The Buggles XYZ Jon and Vangelis Asia Cinema GTR Esquire Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Conspiracy Circa Yoso Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman
Managers	Roy Flynn Brian Lane
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