Yes - Fly From Here (2011)
🎸 Fly From Here — Full Album Guide
📀 Tracklist
- Fly from Here – We Can Fly
- Fly from Here – Sad Night at the Airfield
- Fly from Here – Madman at the Screens
- Fly from Here – Bumpy Ride
- Fly from Here – We Can Fly (Reprise)
- Into the Storm
- Hour of Need
- Children of the Light
- The Game
- Alone Together
🎤 Credits & Line-up
- Trevor Horn – Lead vocals
- Steve Howe – Guitar
- Chris Squire – Bass, backing vocals
- Alan White – Drums
- Geoff Downes – Keyboards
Production:
- Trevor Horn
- Yes
Artwork:
- Roger Dean
🎶 Musical Style & Sound
Fly From Here is a modern progressive rock album heavily influenced by the 1980s Yes sound, particularly the Trevor Horn era.
Key characteristics:
- Features a multi-part epic suite (“Fly From Here”) spanning over 20 minutes
- Mix of synth-driven textures, melodic hooks, and complex instrumental passages
- Vocals by Trevor Horn bring a distinctly 80s commercial rock tone
- Guitar and keyboards are layered with lush, cinematic arrangements
- Combines Yes’s classic progressive sensibilities with modern production
The album bridges the classic Yes sound with contemporary recording techniques.
🎧 Standout Tracks
- “Fly From Here – We Can Fly / Sad Night at the Airfield” – Epic multi-section suite, centerpiece of the album
- “Into the Storm” – Energetic, guitar-driven progressive rock track
- “Hour of Need” – Mid-tempo song with melodic complexity
- “Alone Together” – Closing track emphasizing harmonies and orchestral synth textures
🤓 Fun Facts
- Fly From Here marked the return of Geoff Downes on keyboards since the 1980s Drama lineup.
- The title suite originated from material Trevor Horn worked on with Yes in 1980 but was never fully recorded until 2011.
- Roger Dean’s artwork maintains Yes’s iconic cosmic and organic imagery.
- Trevor Horn not only performed vocals but produced the entire album, shaping its polished sound.
🧠 Trivia
- The album revisits unrecorded ideas from the Yes 90125 / Drama era, giving fans a modern realization of older material.
- “Fly From Here” is one of the longest continuous pieces in Yes’s discography.
- The album was the last studio album with Chris Squire before his passing in 2015.
- The band toured with this lineup, performing the Fly From Here suite live in full.
💡 Did You Know?
- “Fly From Here” was originally written as part of a Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes project before being adapted for Yes.
- Horn’s vocals replaced Anderson’s original parts in this release, giving the epic a different interpretation.
- The album blends classic prog elements with polished 21st-century production, making it unique in Yes’s discography.
