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Poll Question: Which Of these do you prefer?
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    Posted: September 15 2021 at 07:51
When you compare these albums to other albums in their own discographies. I would say is red is a more crucial album in king crimsons history than the yes album is in yeses history. And I do remember liking red more than the yes album so. Red gets my vote. 
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I'll cheat my way of this one and say both equally.
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My favorite Yes album versus my favorite King Crimson album.

I love both, but Red means more to me. 
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It looks like I already voted in this poll. My opinion hasn't changed though because it's still Yes for me. The title track to red is very repetitive and so that brings it down for me and so does the improv track. Also, while I think starless is overall a great track it gets a bit too frantic towards the end(to the point of sounding too chaotic). TYA, while not perfect has fewer flaws imo. Neither is really the best by either band though. I suppose TYA is special for me because it's the only Yes album (and prog album too for that matter) that my dad had when growing up so it became a reference point later when I got into the band via their poppish(but still very good) 90125 album.

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The 5-Star Yes album over the 3-Star Red album, but it beats being Starless. Smile
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Yes Album
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Red spanks this competition.
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Red by Crimson
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

^For me the Yes album was one of my favorite things several years before Red ever came out...so it holds a special musical place for me. And I never warmed up to Providence on Red nor Fracture for that matter on Starless....both are too 'noisy and jarring' for me.
And KC is probably my favorite prog band btw.

Holds a special place for me as well. As a poor student at the time I was swapping albums with a friend. I got him into Yes with this album and he got me into Genesis with SEBTP. I have to say I got the better end of the deal although TYA is a very fine album. Despite all that Red is the superior album to TYA.
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Relayer is Yes’s jazz-rock/fusion album, Yes is their proto-prog album, 90125 and others their crossover albums, Talk is their heavy prog album (maybe?)... and The Yes Album is definitely Yes’s prog-folk album.
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The Yes Album was my first Yes album, and indeed one of the first prog albums I ever listened to. I hold it in higher regard than Fragile, and I often prefer it to Close To The Edge. Honestly one of my all time favorite albums.

Red is great, but it's at the opposite end of the spectrum than The Yes Album. To me, The Yes Album is utterly cheery and happy. Even its dark moments seem to come from a place of joy and wonder. Red is a dark, mildly disturbing experience, rooted in melancholy and paranoia. While it is my favorite King Crimson album (of the few I've heard so far), King Crimson don't hold as much sway with me as Yes, though they're often more interesting. 

But it comes down to the songs. The Yes Album has about 0 filler (A Venture is charming and The Clap is bloody brilliant). Red has Providence, which I enjoy in the context of the album, and I find sets an unsettling mood very well...but doesn't mean much to me, even surrounded by four other incredible songs. The Yes Album it is!
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^For me the Yes album was one of my favorite things several years before Red ever came out...so it holds a special musical place for me. And I never warmed up to Providence on Red nor Fracture for that matter on Starless....both are too 'noisy and jarring' for me.
And KC is probably my favorite prog band btw.
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The Yes Album was my introduction to “classic” Yes. So I’m a biased voter.
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Red. Not KC’s best, but far better than The Yes Album.
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I have to say I like each equally, but for different reasons. The styles are quite different. Apples and oranges.
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Yes
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Red, a 5 star masterpiece.
The Yes album is just an excellent 4 star for me.
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^ Great,  I didn't notice it before, now I can't un-hear it! LOL

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Good point...what's with that silly clap anyway...?

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