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Topic: My First YES album.
Posted: December 28 2005 at 03:26

Fragile was my first choice, and it has done me well.

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Posted: December 27 2005 at 21:14

I would say...

The Yes Album is their most accessible "classic" effort, with a poppy anthemic sound. Therefore, it's a good starting point for Yes.

Fragile is their "quintessential" classic effort, with a diverse range of band showcases. Therefore, it's a good starting point for Yes.

Close To The Edge is their "greatest" classic effort, the epic they were born to make, if you will. Therefore, it's a good starting... crud.

I guess it really depends on what sound you like best. Anthemic, shiny Yes, eccentric, moody Yes, or sprawling, phantasmic Yes. I started with Fragile, and I might have liked, say, The Yes Album better, so you're gonna have to pick one.

Mmm, now I'm in the mood for Yes...

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Posted: December 26 2005 at 23:37

you should start with 90125 why not it`s a good album

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Posted: December 25 2005 at 13:40

Progger wrote:

Cinema wrote:

Go with:

Relayer
Going for the One
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Close to the Edge
Fragile
Keystudio

After digesting those goodies, add the following to your collection:

Drama
Tormato
Magnification
The Ladder

I WOULD START WITH CLOSE TO THE EDGE, THEN FRAGILE, THEN THE YES ALBUM AS THEY ARE THE MOST ACCESSIBLE. THEN TRY RELAYER AND TALES. I WOULD,NT CHOOSE KEYSTUDIO AS I CONSIDER IT THE WEAKEST ALBUM BY THE CLASSIC LINE-UP!

What ...no 90125?

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Posted: December 25 2005 at 11:27

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Posted: December 24 2005 at 19:11

Snow Dog wrote:

I started with Relayer....you could try that too, I love them all now.

@chopper..Open your eyes is really good, don't listen to the naysayers

Wow Snowdog, Didn't know you're a big Yes fan!!

'Relayer' is fantastic

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Posted: December 24 2005 at 18:52

I started with Relayer....you could try that too, I love them all now.

@chopper..Open your eyes is really good, don't listen to the naysayers

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Posted: December 24 2005 at 18:44

Yust as the thread title say "the yes album" then you yust continue from there and onward...

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Posted: December 24 2005 at 10:05

A'swepe wrote:

For a Yes newbie, I'd start with The Yes Album.

Then get Fragile & Close To The Edge. (CTTE is their BEST effort IMO).

Lots to choose from after that.

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Posted: December 24 2005 at 01:57

In order I would go for...

The Yes album
Fragile
Close to the Edge
Relayer
Going for the One

Enjoy

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Posted: December 24 2005 at 01:53

My first Yes albums were Fragile and Relayer. I love them. It was a good place for me to start.

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Posted: December 24 2005 at 01:18

To appreciate ALL of the Yes albums to their full extent, start with the very first album - Yes. Then go chronologically foward till you get to Drama. That way you can appreciate the growth of Yes, its amazing! If you hear Yes or Time and a Word after hearing Close To The Edge or Fragile, they definately wont hit you as hard.

Go from their earliest - Yes, and get every album chronologically till you get to Drama.

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Posted: December 24 2005 at 00:59

I got Close to the Edge and Yessongs at the same time, and I found those two to be a good starting point. After that, go for The Yes Album and Fragile, then Relayer.

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 16:26

"Time And A Word" was the first YES album I heard, till now it is one of my favourites.

I think it is very good starting point.

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 16:02

I usually reccomend you buy them in pairs, in this order:

The Yes Album & Going for the One
These two are a touch easier to swallow than some of their other albums, but both have their masterful moments (ie. Yours is no Disgrace and Awaken). They also bookend Yes's "classic" period, so you can see how they changed over the years.

Fragile & Close to the Edge
Arguably Yes's finest pair of albums, with arguably Yes's finest lineup. They really let Wakeman cut loose on these ones too, even moreso than on GFTO.

Relayer & Tales from Topographic Oceans
Approach with caution. These are both phenomenal albums, but only for those who see their value. I pesonally like them even better that Fragile and CTTE. Tales in particular is very inaccessible and rambling, but its also my favorite.

And that's Yes's most acclaimed, right there. Once you've got these, you're probably safe to buy the rest in any order you please. And get some live albums. They rock live.

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 15:59

My first Yes album was The yes album (rss). Then, by instinct, came Fragile, Yessongs and close to the edge. After these, Relayer, Yes (firs album) and Time and a word. Finally, Going for the One, Tormato and TOTO. I also bought Yessows too, but I don't need anything more about yes after the studio albums I mentioned.

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 15:28

Simple you listen to it if you like it you buy it,music is personal taste and you may not like everything Yes do.

Of course if you do say that anything YES have done is less than brilliant then me and the boys will be around with the chain saws
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Posted: December 23 2005 at 15:09

sbrushfan wrote:

Well, what ELSE should I go with?

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 14:42

Winter Wine wrote:

chopper wrote:

I don't thnk they've ever made a bad album (althought I haven't heard Open Your Eyes), it's just that their best ones are so good that anything less than brilliant suffers in comparison. Personally I'd avoid some of the "greatest hits" type collections as they're generally too short to do justice to Yes, but anything from The Yes Album through to Drama is brilliant.
After that, it depends what you think of the Rabin stuff whether you go for 90125, Big Generator and Talk. The 2 Keys to Ascension volumes are also good.
Don't forget the ABWH stuff as well.

And Magnification

I remember Hugues' "review" for OPEN YOUR EYES. He opened it with "...and close your ears!"

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 14:41

For a Yes newbie, I'd start with The Yes Album.

Then get Fragile & Close To The Edge. (CTTE is their BEST effort IMO).

Lots to choose from after that.

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