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Poll Question: Trio of albums: Genesis vs Yes?
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Genesis for the 3 though CTTE would get the numero uno of the lot.
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All 3 Genesis albums beat any of the 3 Yes albums for me....
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It is impossible to separate these album clusters: the only deciding factor was that I was into Genesis just before Yes so those albums (starting with 'Selling England'...) are just ever-so-slightly more special.
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Genesis. 

Each band's second, third and fourth albums would be even stronger for me, but the result would still be Genesis. There again, I'd always take Genesis over Yes as (to me) Yes always seems somewhat contrived.
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Genesis only because I like Lamb a lot more than Topographic Oceans although I prefer Fragile slightly over Selling England By The Pound . CTTE and Foxtrot are both solid gold.
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I've never been able to listen to the whole SEBTP in one shot and if I start spinning CTTE I can't stop, so guess my vote.
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Genesis.
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In each case we have two splendid albums with the third (TLLDOB / TFTO) being like Marmite - you either love it or hate it.

Yes get my vote as CTTE would always be on my desert island list.
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Yes. 
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Yes simply because I quite literally do not have to skip a single track straight through those three records.

I can't say the same for SEBTP or Lamb.

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kind of a tie for me Confused
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Yes for me - TFTO takes them over the edge
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Impossible for me to vote--all these albums are great and move me very much---however -I do tend to listen to Genesis more these past few years.
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Originally posted by Earl of Mar Earl of Mar wrote:

I really don't like TFTO and after really trying still find myself in the wakeman camp, so Genesis all the way.

This!!
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Genesis all the way.
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See, if this was my poll there would be a both equally option. Tongue I'm sure some see that as a cop out but not me because sometimes that's the most appropriate option. I'll vote for Yes I guess though.
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Yes
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It's really close for me, but Genesis took my vote.
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Genesis, because Fragile is simply not a strong album. It suffers, like other similar albums by Pink Floyd and ELP, by being a bit disjointed, due to the way the musicians made their contributions. Fragile has some great moments, but overall it’s not one of Yes’s best efforts.


Most of those solo pieces aren't any worse than More fool me or the battle of epping forest though. Also, there's clap on the Yes album which is a solo piece too(Yes, I know TYA isn't included). 
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Yes, I like all 3 of theirs a lot. My interest is tailing off by the 3rd one.
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