Open Your Eyes is the seventeenth studio album of the progressive rock band Yes , released in 1997 .
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| Studio Album Yes | ||||
| Date of issue | 24 November 1997 | |||
| Recorded by | Summer 1997 | |||
| Genre | progressive rock | |||
| Duration | 74:12 | |||
| Producer | Yes | |||
| A country |  Great Britain | |||
| Label | Eagle Records (UK) Beyond Music (US) | |||
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Open Your Eyes is the first album featuring session musician guitarist Billy Sherwood as a member of a rock band (he also plays keyboards on this album).
The album was originally planned as a collaboration between Squire and Sherwood, but later, due to contractual obligations, it was redesigned and released under the brand name βYesβ.
Content
Criticism
The album received mixed reactions from critics and fans and failed commercially, reaching only 151 places in the United States, and did not even hit the UK charts. Anderson and Howe explained the failure of the album by the fact that they had little time for the full development of the material, since the album needed to be released urgently.
List of Songs
| No. | Title | Duration |
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| one. | "New State of Mind" | 6 a.m. |
| 2. | "Open Your Eyes" | 5:14 |
| 3. | Universal Garden | 6:17 a.m. |
| four. | "No Way We Can Lose" | 4:56 |
| five. | "Fortune Seller" | 5 a.m. |
| 6. | "Man in the Moon" | 4:41 |
| 7. | "Wonderlove" | 6:06 |
| eight. | "From the Balcony" | 2:43 |
| 9. | "Love Shine" | 4:38 |
| ten. | "Somehow, Someday" | 4:47 |
| eleven. | "The Solution" | 23:47 |
Record Members
Yes
- John Anderson - vocals
- Steve Howe - guitars, banjo, mandolin, vocals
- Billy Sherwood - keyboards, guitar, vocals
- Chris Squire - bass, vocals, harmonica
- Alan White - drums, vocals
Guest Musicians
- Igor Khoroshev - keyboards in Fortune Seller, No Way We Can Lose, and New State of Mind
- Steve Porcaro - keyboards
Notes
- βTop Pop Albums 1955-2001,β Joel Whitburn, c. 2002