House of Yes: Live from House of Blues
2000 live album by Yes
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House of Yes: Live from House of Blues is a live album and video by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 25 September 2000 by Eagle Records in the United Kingdom and by Beyond Music in the United States. It is a recording of the band's performance at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on 31 October 1999 during their world tour supporting their eighteenth studio album The Ladder.[5] By the time of the album's release, guitarist Billy Sherwood and keyboardist Igor Khoroshev were already out of the band, reducing Yes to a four-piece.
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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| Released | 25 September 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 31 October 1999 | |||
| Venues | House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 111:21 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic [CD] |    [1] |
| AllMusic [Video/DVD] | [2] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
The album peaked at No. 154 on the UK Albums Chart and failed to chart in the US. A DVD of the concert was also released in 2000.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Yours Is No Disgrace" | Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye, Bill Bruford | 13:03 |
| 2. | "Time And A Word" | Anderson, David Foster | 0:58 |
| 3. | "Homeworld (The Ladder)" | Anderson, Howe, Billy Sherwood, Squire, Alan White, Igor Khoroshev | 9:44 |
| 4. | "Perpetual Change" | Anderson, Squire | 10:48 |
| 5. | "Lightning Strikes" | Anderson, Howe, Sherwood, Squire, White, Khoroshev | 5:07 |
| 6. | "The Messenger" | Anderson, Howe, Sherwood, Squire, White, Khoroshev | 6:39 |
| 7. | "Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)" | Anderson, Howe, Squire, Rick Wakeman, White | 0:59 |
| 8. | "And You and I" | Anderson, Bruford, Howe, Squire | 11:22 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "It Will Be A Good Day (The River)" | Anderson, Howe, Sherwood, Squire, White, Khoroshev | 6:28 |
| 2. | "Face To Face" | Anderson, Howe, Sherwood, Squire, White, Khoroshev | 5:32 |
| 3. | "Awaken" | Anderson, Howe | 17:34 |
| 4. | "Your Move / I've Seen All Good People" | Anderson, Squire | 7:27 |
| 5. | "Cinema" | Squire, Trevor Rabin, White, Kaye | 1:57 |
| 6. | "Owner of a Lonely Heart" | Rabin, Anderson, Squire, Trevor Horn | 6:03 |
| 7. | "Roundabout" | Anderson, Howe | 7:40 |
Personnel
Yes
- Jon Anderson – lead vocals
- Steve Howe – lead and acoustic guitars, steel guitar, backing vocals
- Billy Sherwood – guitars, backing vocals
- Chris Squire – bass guitars, backing vocals
- Alan White – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Igor Khoroshev – keyboards, backing vocals
Production
- Biff Dawes – engineer
- Kris Solem – mastering
- Mike Plotnikoff – mixing
- Roger Dean – artwork, cover
- Martyn Dean – design
- Gottlieb Bros. – photography
- Robin Kauffman – photography