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Paul Lester

“A leopard doesn’t change its spots. There’s going to be certain levels of diva‑ness. It might be nice if there wasn’t, but there is”: Why Yes decided, after some doubts, to make Heaven & Earth

Yes.

By 2014 Yes had notched up countless line-up changes and famous bust-ups but made it to 45 years as a musical force. Their 21st studio album, Heaven & Earth, was their first with singer Jon Davison, and, sadly, their last with bassist Chris Squire, who died the following year. The godfathers of prog shared the inside story of an album they later generally accepted to be a disappointment, crushed by a lack of time to refine the songs.

"You know what? The first fucking time I heard it in order was yesterday! It sounds good, though.”

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