Yes - Fly From Here (2011) [Full Album]

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Fly from Here is the twentieth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes. It was released on 22 June 2011 by Frontiers Records, and is their only album featuring lead vocalist Benoît David and keyboardist Oliver Wakeman. Yes reformed in 2008 after a four-year hiatus with a line-up of David, Wakeman, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, and drummer Alan White. The band prepared material to record for Fly from Here during breaks in touring in 2010 and 2011, during which they enlisted former Yes frontman Trevor Horn as producer. After songs contributed by Wakeman were scrapped in favour of expanding the song "We Can Fly" into a 24-minute six-part "Fly from Here" suite, the band replaced him with former Yes keyboardist Geoff Downes as he co-wrote much of the new material.

Fly from Here received mixed to positive reviews from music critics, and peaked at No. 30 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 36 on the US Billboard 200. Yes promoted the album with a video release of "We Can Fly" and worldwide tours in 2011 and 2012, during which David was replaced by singer Jon Davison after he contracted respiratory illness. An alternative version of the album titled Fly from Here – Return Trip, featuring new lead vocals and mixing from Horn and instrumental parts, was released on 25 March 2018 during the band's fiftieth anniversary tour.

Tracklist:
1. Fly from Here – Overture
2. Fly from Here, Pt. I: We Can Fly
3. Fly from Here, Pt. II: Sad Night at the Airfield
4. Fly from Here, Pt. III: Madman at the Screens
5. Fly from Here, Pt. IV: Bumpy Ride
6. Fly from Here, Pt. V: We Can Fly (Reprise)
7. The Man You Always Wanted Me to Be
8. Life on a Film Set
9. Hour of Need
10. Solitaire
11. Into the Storm

Yes
Benoît David – lead vocals (2011 edition)
Steve Howe – guitars, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Hour of Need", lead vocals on "Don't Take No for an Answer" (2018 edition)
Chris Squire – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "The Man You Always Wanted Me to Be"
Alan White – drums
Geoff Downes – keyboards
Trevor Horn – lead vocals (2018 edition), backing vocals, additional acoustic guitar on "Sad Night at the Airfield"

Additional musician
Oliver Wakeman – additional keyboards on "We Can Fly", "We Can Fly (Reprise)", "Hour of Need", and "Into the Storm"

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