Union (Yes album)

Union
Studio album by Yes
Released	30 April 1991
Recorded	1989–1991
Studio	Various locations Studio Miraval (Correns, France) Studio Guillaume Tell (Paris, France) SARM West Studios (London, England) Record Plant Studios (Los Angeles, California) Vision Sound Studios (New York City, New York) Platinum Island Studios New York City, New York) Langley Studios (Devon, England) The Jacaranda Room (Los Angeles, California) Cherokee Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Pop rock
Length	59:50 (LP) 65:23 (International CD) 69:52 (European, Japanese CD)
Label	Arista
Producer	Jonathan Elias Steve Howe Trevor Rabin Mark Mancina Eddie Offord
Yes chronology
Big Generator (1987) Union (1991) Talk (1994)
Singles from Union
"Lift Me Up" Released: April 1991 "Saving My Heart" Released: July 1991 "I Would Have Waited Forever" Released: 1991

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Union is the thirteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 30 April 1991 by Arista Records. Production began in 1990 following the amalgamation of two bands featuring current and previous members of Yes at the time: Yes, formed of Chris Squire, Trevor Rabin, Tony Kaye, and Alan White; and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (ABWH), formed of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, and Bill Bruford. The album is a collection of tracks written by each group separately; the eight members do not all play together. Production was met with differences from the beginning, including the merger of ABWH and Yes, the group's internal relations, and Anderson and producer Jonathan Elias's decision to have session musicians play parts already put down by Wakeman and Howe.

Union was released to a mixed reception. Most of the band have openly stated their dislike for the album, its production, and the difficulties faced with making it. The album reached number 7 in the UK and number 15 in the US. Three singles were released from the album: "Lift Me Up", "Saving My Heart", and "I Would Have Waited Forever". "Lift Me Up" topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for six weeks. In the United States, Union was certified gold in its first two months by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of 500,000 copies. In 1992, Howe's guitar solo, "Masquerade", received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Yes supported Union with a 1991–92 world tour that featured all eight members playing on stage. Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe left the band at its conclusion.