Trio of albums: Genesis vs Yes? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

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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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.

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.

All 3 Genesis albums beat any of the 3 Yes albums for me....

Yes for me, even more so had it been Relayer rather than Fragile. It's a close thing but I find myself going off TLLDOB a bit over the years.

Voted Genes because I'm not a big fan of Tails. If it was TYA, Fragile & CTTE then the vote would have gone to Yes.

Am I the only one on here who thinks Fragile is one of Yes's strongest albums? I see a lot of dumping on that album here and I don't get it. I think the solo tracks make it more interesting.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Am I the only one on here who thinks Fragile is one of Yes's strongest albums? I see a lot of dumping on that album here and I don't get it. I think the solo tracks make it more interesting.

I agree it's one of their strongest, but the problem is that it's not quite at the very top shelf level of The Yes Album and Close To The Edge because of the inconsistency (however I agree it does make it a very interesting and relaxing listen all the way through). It always gets pitted against something that's up at that top level, and for me at least it always pales slightly in comparison. But put it against the majority of either artist's discography and it starts to shine again.

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Yes all the way. And I do love Fragile too, my favourite along with CttE. And I don't really hear what's so wrong or inconsistent about it. The solo numbers aren't really that bad, and are short enough that they don't really hurt the album, and the rest of the songs are among their best. I guess the one that hurts the most is Rick's part... if only he had been able to include the one he intended, the one that became Catherine of Aragon (which he couldn't because his record company prohibited him to write music for Yes), then it would have been a truly perfect album. But the other solos fit just perfectly. We Have Heaven is very short, and sounds really nice opening for South Side. Bruford's doesn't even last half a minute. Squire's bass solo actually sounds like an extention of Long Distance Runaround, and for me that song doesn's sound complete without it. And Mood for a Day is really a very good piece of guitar... so, what's the problem about it? For me Fragile and CttE go together, my two favourites from the band, and it's almost like a mandatory listen to have them together, having both the same Line-up and the same great sound. As for The Yes Album, that one's actually not among my favourites from the band, since the only song I really like on that one is Starship Trooper, and I like the Keys to Ascension version so much better that I don't really feel any need to hear the original version ever again.

The trio of albums of Genesis.

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Poll Question: Trio of albums: Genesis vs Yes?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Foxtrot, Selling England, The Lamb Lies Down	46	[62.16%]
Fragile, Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans	28	[37.84%]
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