Yes - Don't Kill The Whale (Official Music Video)

DON'T KILL THE WHALE
You're first
I'm last
You're thirst
I'm asked to justify
Killing our last heaven beast
Don't hunt the whale

In beauty
Vision
Do we
Offer much
If we reason with destiny, gonna lose our touch
Don't kill the whale

Rejoice
They sing
They worship their own space
In a moment of love, they will die for their grace
Don't kill the whale

If time will allow
We will judge all who came
In the wake of our new age to stand for the frail
Don't kill the whale

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Tormato

CD/VINYL SIDE ONE/TWO
1. "Future Times/Rejoice" (Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and Alan White/Anderson) 6:46
2. "Don't Kill the Whale" (Anderson and Squire 3:56
3. "Madrigal" (String arrangement by Andrew Pryce Jackman from an original idea by Wakeman.) (Anderson and Wakeman) 2:25
4. "Release, Release" (Anderson, White and Squire) 5:44
5. "Arriving UFO" (Anderson, Howe and Wakeman) 6:07
6. "Circus of Heaven" (Featuring the voice of Anderson's son, Damion.) (Anderson) 4:31
7. "Onward" (Arrangement and orchestration by Jackman.) (Squire) 4:05
8. "On the Silent Wings of Freedom" (Anderson and Squire) 7:47


CD REMASTER BONUS TRACKS
9. "Abilene" (B-side to "Don't Kill the Whale".) (Howe 4:02
10. "Money" (Squire, Anderson, White and Wakeman 3:15
11. "Picasso" (Anderson) 2:12
12. "Some Are Born" (Anderson) 5:42
13. "You Can Be Saved" (Squire) 4:20
14. "High" (Howe) 4:30
15. "Days" (Anderson) 1:00
16. "Countryside" (Anderson, Howe, Squire, and White) 3:11
17. "Everybody's Song" (Anderson, Howe, Squire and White) 6:48
18. "Onward (Orchestral version)" (Hidden track) (Squire) 3:06


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PERFORMED BY
Jon Anderson: vocals, percussion, Alvarez ten-string guitar
Steve Howe: Gibson Les Paul Custom, Martin 00045, Spanish Guitar, Fender Broadcaster, acoustic Gibson guitar, Gibson ES-175, mandolin, vocals
Chris Squire: Rickenbacker bass guitar, Pitch shifter, piano (on 'Don't Kill the Whale'), bass pedals, vocals
Rick Wakeman: piano, Hammond organ, Polymoog, Birotron, harpsichord, RMI Electra Piano
Alan White: drums, glockenspiel, crotales, cymbals, bell tree, drum machine, gongs, vocals

PRODUCED BY Brian Lane & YES

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Released 20 September 1978
Recorded December 1977--June 1978 at Advision Studios, London, England
Length 41:35
Label Atlantic

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Tormato is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock group Yes. Issued as the follow-up to 1977's acclaimed Going for the One, Tormato received less than charitable reviews upon release and its virtues are still a matter of debate for Yes fans and critics. Many fans and some band members -- particularly Rick Wakeman -- state that the production was faulty, resulting in compressed and dull sound.

It is the last album featuring singer Jon Anderson and keyboardist Wakeman before the band's disbanding in 1981. However Anderson returned to Yes when the band reformed in 1983, and Wakeman returned in 1990.

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See YES on Tour in 2013 performing 3 full-length albums:
The Yes Album, Close To The Edge & Going For The One.

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[joememphis]

Between 1972 and 1978, Yes had six top ten albums in the US alone. Jon Anderson is one of rock history’s all time great vocalists. He’s rocking those RayBan Aviators in this video. Steve Howe and Chris Squire, two London lads, tearing it up on guitar and bass like a boss. Rick Wakeman with his mastery on the keys and Alan White with perfect tempo, timing and pace on the drums.

[joelupo]

Another great song written by Chris Squire.

[ztwcuhl]

One of the very few Yes songs with comprehendible lyrics.

[AudioFileZ]

A hugely under-rated song by Yes. Topical, not preachy, and that rhythm with Howe's tasty licks and that bass Moog thing rockin' out. This is a great song. Love the way Wakeman's synth parts come to the edge of cheesy but morph into that swelling of the sea sound. Another Yes masterpiece.

[awaken]

2:22 Wakeman played the Birotron - the instrument he involved in design

[lesblatnyak]

Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth

[stephenmark]

An underrated song with a great message. I love at 2:07 when it shifts up into Rick Wakeman's otherwordly keyboard solo and the eerie "whalesong" effect toward the end.

[chrismorfas]

Saw them “in the round” circa ‘78 or ‘79. Great show!

[Nunavuter]

A short song, which makes an important point. I love how Squire, Howe and Wakeman mimic underwater sounds and evoke whale song.

[ThatPoinkySploinky]

Me: I promise I won't get political.

Also me after one drink:

[candlesbyalexandria]

Yes were way ahead of their time! I love yes!

[c.a.t.]

Chris Squire doing a John "Thunderfingers" Entwistle impression on the bass.

[StarfieldRailway]

They were still phenomenal in 2013. I saw them in Jackson, Mississippi, that year, and it was one of the best concerts I have ever seen.

[dirt_nWater]

Real instruments, no auto tune, just raw talent at work.

[ShrekTheMackem]

This is a really underrated song with beautiful lyrics

[MrDavidReads]

Dig it! Dig it!
Thanks for bringing me here, Quentin.

[martinmahoney]

I love this track from Yes...

#Yes, #ProgRock, 

[marceloarenascamel]

Que banda más maravillosa, mi escuela, gracias por existir Yes

[MaryAlicePetchPollard]

A message that must continue to be sent out world wide until the atrocities against all marine and land animals stops ! And there is no better way than a message in song -:) Thank you Yes !

[grantwilliams]

The only Yes song’s where the lyrics make fucking sense