The Ladder (Yes album)
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| Studio album by Yes | ||||
| Released | 20 September 1999 | |||
| Recorded | February–May 1999 | |||
| Studio | Armoury Studios, Kitsilano, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 60:19 | |||
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Eagle Records (UK) Beyond Music (US) |
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| Producer | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| The Daily Vault | B− |
| Progressiveworld | (favorable) |
The Ladder is the eighteenth studio album from the English rock band Yes, released in September 1999 on Eagle Records. Their only studio album recorded with six full-time members and with keyboardist Igor Khoroshev, recording took place after their 1997–98 tour to support their previous album, Open Your Eyes (1997). The band relocated to Vancouver, Canada, working with producer Bruce Fairbairn who died during the album's mixing stage.
The Ladder received a warm reception from critics who saw the album as a return to creative form from the band. It reached a peak of No. 36 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 99 on the US Billboard 200. Three singles were released, "Homeworld (The Ladder)", "Lightning Strikes", and "If Only You Knew"; the former was used in the 1999 real-time strategy computer game Homeworld by Relic Entertainment. Yes supported the album with their 1999–2000 world tour, and guitarist Billy Sherwood left the group at its conclusion.
Following guitarist/keyboardist Billy Sherwood's guidance of the last project, Yes decided to bring in an outside producer, Bruce Fairbairn, to give the music the benefit of objective ears. By the time the band had decamped to Vancouver, Canada to record The Ladder, Igor Khoroshev had become the group's official keyboardist, with Sherwood relegated to guitar duties along with Steve Howe.
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