House of Yes: Live from House of Blues

House of Yes: Live from House of Blues is a double live album 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.[3] 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.

House of Yes: Live from House of Blues
Live album by Yes
Released	25 September 2000
Recorded	31 October 1999
Venue	House of Blues, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	111:36
Label	Eagle Beyond Music
Yes chronology
The Ladder (1999) House of Yes: Live from House of Blues (2000) Keystudio (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
PopMatters	(7/10)[2]

The album peaked at No. 154 on the UK Albums Chart. A same-titled DVD of the concert and both formats of the project were generally well-received critically and by Yes's legions of fans. It did, however, omit the footage of Yes playing "Close to the Edge" and "Hearts" at the show.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye, Bill Bruford) – 13:04
2. "Time and a Word" (Anderson, David Foster) – 0:58
3. "Homeworld (The Ladder)" (Anderson, Howe, Billy Sherwood, Squire, Alan White, Igor Khoroshev) – 9:45
4. "Perpetual Change" (Anderson, Squire) – 10:49
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; themes by Bruford, Howe, Squire) – 11:25

   I. "Cord of Life"

   II. "Eclipse" (Anderson; Squire, Bruford)

   III. "The Preacher the Teacher"

   IV. "Apocalypse"

Disc two

1. "It Will Be a Good Day (The River)" (Anderson, Howe, Sherwood, Squire, White, Khoroshev) – 6:29
2. "Face to Face" (Anderson, Howe, Sherwood, Squire, White, Khoroshev) – 5:32
3. "Awaken" (Anderson, Howe) – 17:35
4. "I've Seen All Good People" – 7:28

   a. "Your Move" (Anderson)

   b. "All Good People" (Squire)

5. "Cinema" (Squire, Trevor Rabin, White, Kaye) – 1:58
6. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Rabin, Anderson, Squire, Trevor Horn) – 6:04
7. "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe) – 7:43

House of Yes: Live from House of Blues (Eagle EAGCD158) failed to chart in the US but reached #154 in the UK.

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

References

1. Hill, G. (2011). "House of Yes: Live From House of Blues - Yes | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
2. Felt, Hunter (7 April 2005). "Yes: House of Yes: Live from the House of Blues [DVD] | PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
3. Spencer Patterson (November 29, 2002). "Does prog-rock love Las Vegas? Yes". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2018-02-09.