Keys to Ascension 2

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Keys to Ascension 2
Live album (double, with studio tracks) by Yes
Released	November 3, 1997
Recorded	March - November 1996
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	101:51
Label	Essential Records
Producer	Yes and Billy Sherwood
Professional reviews
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Yes chronology
Keys to Ascension (1996) Keys to Ascension 2 (1997) Open Your Eyes (1997)
Booklet

Keys to Ascension 2 is a double album by the British progressive rock group Yes and was released in 1997. It is the successor to the critically-acclaimed Keys to Ascension 2-CD set from 1996.

Like the first seven tracks on the previous album, the first six tracks on Keys to Ascension 2 were recorded live in San Luis Obispo, California in March 1996. The second disc features studio recordings made in Autumn 1996. Rick Wakeman wanted these studio tracks to be released with Jon Anderson's working title Know, with the disc of live tracks thrown in as a bonus. Wakeman's preference was not honoured and by the time Keys to Ascension 2 was released, he was no longer in the band. [1]

Keys to Ascension 2 features cover art by Roger Dean on an outer sleeve that fits around the package. On the sleeve, the image's predominant colour is magenta, but the booklet features the painting in its original blue colouration.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Personnel 3 Miscellanea 4 Sources

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "I've Seen All Good People" – 7:15
   1. "Your Move" (Jon Anderson)
   2. "All Good People" (Chris Squire)
2. "Going for the One" (Jon Anderson) – 4:59
3. "Time and a Word" (Jon Anderson/David Foster) – 6:23
4. "Close to the Edge" (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe) – 19:41
   1. "The Solid Time of Change"
   2. "Total Mass Retain"
   3. "I Get Up I Get Down"
   4. "Seasons of Man"
5. "Turn of the Century" (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe/Alan White) – 7:55
6. "And You And I" (Jon Anderson; Themes by Bill Bruford/Steve Howe/Chris Squire) – 10:50
   1. "Cord of Life"
   2. "Eclipse" (Jon Anderson/Bill Bruford/Steve Howe)
   3. "The Preacher the Teacher"
   4. "Apocalypse"

[edit] Disc two

1. "Mind Drive" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Alan White/Steve Howe/Rick Wakeman) – 18:37
2. "Foot Prints" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Alan White/Steve Howe) – 9:07
3. "Bring Me to the Power" (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe) – 7:23
4. "Children of Light" – 6:03
   1. "Children of Light" (Jon Anderson/Vangelis/Chris Squire)
   2. "Lifeline" (Rick Wakeman/Steve Howe)
5. "Sign Language" (Steve Howe/Rick Wakeman) – 3:28

Keys to Ascension 2 (Essential EDF CD 457) reached #62 in the UK.

[edit] Personnel

• Jon Anderson - lead vocals
• Steve Howe - guitars, backing vocals
• Rick Wakeman - keyboards
• Chris Squire - bass, backing vocals
• Alan White - drums

[edit] Miscellanea

"Mind Drive" was originally a concept that the band XYZ, which featured Chris Squire, Alan White and Jimmy Page, wrote and demoed in 1981.

"Lightning", Rick Wakeman's introduction to "Children Of Light", was mixed out before the album's release. "Lightning" was restored to the track on the 2001 compilation Keystudio. The "Distant as the distant thunder..." introduction, as heard on Keys to Ascension 2, was mixed out on the Keystudio version.

[edit] Sources

• AllMusicGuide.com
• "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002

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