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Philip 
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Posted: November 16 2007 at 13:31 |
Some people think of this album as just being a masterpiece or really bad. I don't vote because it would be a great lie answering one of this options, since this is a very good album, but far from being brilliant, neither pretentious.
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Teh_Slippermenz
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Posted: November 16 2007 at 00:24 |
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IMO, it's the epitome. (Of everything that is brilliant about progressive rock) A modern day symphony, a rock symphony. It is truly the most progressive album in Yes's catalog.
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ProgBagel
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Posted: November 15 2007 at 20:17 |
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Can't vote cause I'm in the middle. It's a collection of great moments drawn out into epic length.
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Tony R
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Posted: August 18 2007 at 11:40 |
 Greg W wrote:
How about somewhere in between. |
Your favourite position... 
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Greg W
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Posted: August 18 2007 at 11:26 |
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How about somewhere in between.
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Posted: August 18 2007 at 10:58 |
Pretentious, over the top and pompous. That's a good thing right? 
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 23:35 |
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it pwns lol
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 22:41 |
Barla wrote:
One of the best Prog Rock albums I've listened to, that deserves to be up there, at least in the top 20! I can't understand why it's so low in the Archives! Underrated, anyone?? 
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the easy answer to that was spelled out in my review. It isn't ear candy. It is a challenging album. A piece of sonic art. Like any work of art... some people love it... others hate it. The ones who use the grey matter between their ears can put aside their objective views and understand that THAT album indeed was the watershed of the prog rock movement in the 70's. Prog was about pushing the limits... that album was the culmination of everything that prog had been working towards since 1969.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 19:53 |
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Yes at their best
The consequence of CttE
Edited by Okocha - August 15 2007 at 19:55
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coleio
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 18:58 |
Tapfret wrote:
coleio wrote:
What I've gathered from this poll, is that people like options
I'll be sure to post more options if I make a poll in future and I apologise for this one, having a lack of them.
Sorry to go off topic. Please continue.
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The only problem I have with your poll is the fact that you use the word pretentious. 
That's the word that is used by the masses of mindless entertainment consumers who want nothing to do with thinking about anything at all, much less music or movies. Ironically, those that throw the word around seem to be the ones that have to have the most expensive car, the biggest house, name brand tennis shoes and tend to want to be the center of attention in their given clique. They also love to impress people that they know big condescending words like pretentious. Not saying that you are that type of person, you after all, do listen to thoughtful music and just presneted the word in a poll question. The word just tends cause a negative reaction in me.
That being said, Tales is not one of my favorite albums. The songs just seem to be long for the sake of being long. They just lack any combination of structure and complexity. For Yes epics I prefer Close to the Edge, Awaken or even Gates of Delirium. But none of them touch Supper's Ready. |
I didn't use the word 'pretentious' because I think it is so. I used it mainly as it is a word levelled at TFTO a lot, so basically jumping on the majority of thoughts about the album. But no, I don't think its pretentious myself, and I do get annoyed with people who do call prog pretentious. Good points matey
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Eat heartily at breakfast, for tonight, we dine in Hell!!
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 13:37 |
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an incredible album!
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Evandro Martini
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 12:31 |
Pretentious, over the top, pompous prog That's why I like it 
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"You’ll never make any money playing music that people can’t sing.” Keith Emerson's father
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 11:41 |
coleio wrote:
What I've gathered from this poll, is that people like options
I'll be sure to post more options if I make a poll in future and I apologise for this one, having a lack of them.
Sorry to go off topic. Please continue.
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The only problem I have with your poll is the fact that you use the word pretentious.
That's the word that is used by the masses of mindless entertainment consumers who want nothing to do with thinking about anything at all, much less music or movies. Ironically, those that throw the word around seem to be the ones that have to have the most expensive car, the biggest house, name brand tennis shoes and tend to want to be the center of attention in their given clique. They also love to impress people that they know big condescending words like pretentious. Not saying that you are that type of person, you after all, do listen to thoughtful music and just presneted the word in a poll question. The word just tends cause a negative reaction in me.
That being said, Tales is not one of my favorite albums. The songs just seem to be long for the sake of being long. They just lack any combination of structure and complexity. For Yes epics I prefer Close to the Edge, Awaken or even Gates of Delirium. But none of them touch Supper's Ready.
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coleio
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 11:10 |
Abstrakt wrote:
Best album Ever! |
That award goes to ' My Arms, Your Hearse' by Opeth
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 10:11 |
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Best album Ever!
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coleio
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 10:08 |
What I've gathered from this poll, is that people like options I'll be sure to post more options if I make a poll in future and I apologise for this one, having a lack of them. Sorry to go off topic. Please continue.
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Eat heartily at breakfast, for tonight, we dine in Hell!!
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Norbert
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 08:28 |
Rather the second option, I love this album.
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Zargus
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 05:58 |
The Epitome of everything brilliant about prog! 
Edited by Zargus - August 15 2007 at 05:59
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 05:24 |
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Firstly I hated this album. Nothing seemed to make sense, but it was Yes, so I tried a bit harder and gave it a few more spin time, often as a background music when I was concentrating on other stuff. Somehow, a lot of passages grew on me.
So, for me, it is there along with CTTE and Fragile. Best three albums by Yes for me.
I also think, what if Bruford was still with the band? Do you think it could be better, or less worse for those who really hated this album?
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The Unbearable Weight of A Being ...
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Barla
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Posted: August 14 2007 at 23:46 |
One of the best Prog Rock albums I've listened to, that deserves to be up there, at least in the top 20! I can't understand why it's so low in the Archives! Underrated, anyone?? Coincidentally, I was going to listen to this album, but because of a headache I won't...
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