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Josh18293 
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 16:19 |
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Is this fabulous Yes album anyone else's favorite?
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 16:33 |
I have a story of love and hate with that album. I bought it and sold it five times. Yesterday I ordered the Rhino Remastering. Once again I'm dying to meet my new fiancee.  
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 16:40 |
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You'll find lots of it from me.
Greatest album ever made.
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 17:05 |
I love the album like nothing else. It quite recently took over the #1 spot for me from Rainbow's "Rising". My favorite song would be "The Remembering" but they are all great. I love the lyrics, the artwork, the gatefold sleeve with all the pictures in between the lyrics and the little story from Jon where he also writes a bit about each song... It's just such an amazing piece of work, really one prime example of an album that NEEDS to be in a physical package to really work as a product and a piece of art.
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 17:22 |
 Josef_K wrote:
My favorite song would be "The Remembering" but they are all great.
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Glad to see some love for this often-trashed piece of majesty.
To me, "Close to the Edge" pales compared to the glory of "The Remembering."
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 18:04 |
I find it unbelievable that Going For The One is rated higher than Topographic. Not that Going is bad, but doesn't compare in the slightest to Topographic! Many people can't listen through the entire album, but once I start it, I MUST listen to the entire thing. My favorite song probably is Close To The Edge, but Tales From Topographic Oceans is easily my favorite album by Yes 
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 18:14 |
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It's probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite Yes album, after Close to the Edge and (maybe) Relayer. I don't fully understand the spiritual principles behind it, but the spirituality itself comes through beautifully, making it a sublimely serene album, something that grows on me more and more with age. I count "Revealing Science of God" among my very favorite Yes songs.
Edited by HolyMoly - September 24 2012 at 18:16
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 18:20 |
Epignosis wrote:
Greatest album ever made.
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... of all time, across all genres ... or 2nd greatest ... I still can't decide. Took me about two-three listens to finally dig it.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - September 24 2012 at 18:29
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Josh18293
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 18:26 |
Josef_K wrote:
My favorite song would be "The Remembering" but they are all great
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Listening to that right now! I remastered to 1 whole track with proper noise elimination and slight compression and equalizing. Doesn't take away from the original though! Running at 1411 kbps!
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 18:40 |
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It's a contender for my favorite album of all, but certainly and by far my favorite Yes album......I love every second of it. As I've said before, 30 some years of playing it and I still don't have it fully assimilated.....something deep in there manages to surprise and delight me each time. It always was the best album for spiriting me away to the world of Roger Dean's art.....as a teen I would close my eyes, lay in bed, and drift away to this album. It is deeply engrained, but unlike so many other albums, it never lost the magic.
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 18:44 |
Finnforest wrote:
It's a contender for my favorite album of all, but certainly and by far my favorite Yes album......I love every second of it. As I've said before, 30 some years of playing it and I still don't have it fully assimilated.....something deep in there manages to surprise and delight me each time. It always was the best album for spiriting me away to the world of Roger Dean's art.....as a teen I would close my eyes, lay in bed, and drift away to this album. It is deeply engrained, but unlike so many other albums, it never lost the magic.
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Great post Jim. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 19:13 |
Like other ambitious albums (A Passion Play and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway spring to mind), the musical grandeur of creative genius falls flat on a stage accustomed to the pablum of radio friendly hooks, and lies bleeding from the mouth to an empty theater. Pity, that. My absolute fav from Yes.
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 01:51 |
Not my favorite album, but definitely one of my favorite Yes albums. All 4 tracks have a lot to offer.
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 01:56 |
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Sublime..
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 02:58 |
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possibly prog's finest moment
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 03:09 |
Without Tales from Topographic Oceans, Yes should have created an unbroken chain of masterpieces from The Yes Album to Going for the One.
... but why not give it a listen once again?
Edited by someone_else - September 25 2012 at 03:21
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 03:13 |
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My 4th most favorite Yes album, but i love it with Relayer, CTTE and Fragile almost the same way. Tales are great and beautiful. It's a long album so I listen to it only on special situations :)
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 03:15 |
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After years of overdosing on Close To The Edge, Fragile, The Yes Album, etc, and knowing them back to front, `Topo' is the Yes album where there's still endless things to discover, even after a ton of listens. An album to spend a lifetime getting your head around and learning to appreciate.
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 03:46 |
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Second only to Relayer.
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 05:43 |
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"Getting over overhanging trees" (...)
Doubtlessly one of the most beautiful melodies progressive rock has ever produced.
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