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Poll Question: Which of these is the best?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
1 [0.83%]
2 [1.65%]
9 [7.44%]
14 [11.57%]
39 [32.23%]
17 [14.05%]
21 [17.36%]
11 [9.09%]
0 [0.00%]
2 [1.65%]
1 [0.83%]
1 [0.83%]
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0 [0.00%]
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0 [0.00%]
1 [0.83%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [0.83%]
1 [0.83%]
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Top 5

1) Close to the Edge
2) Relayer
3) Going for the One
4) Tales
5) Fragile
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Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

I can't see how anyone that loves prog see anything in the power pop of Yes west---the stuff is okay but sounds 80's cheesy at this point.  I read these comments about how great Rabin Yes is on fanboy sites but didn't expect to see it on a prog site. I mean I appreciate prog pop like Supertramp and still do-- but this guitar hero, tight leather pants Yes has not passed the test of time.
I'm so fanboy to have attempted Rabin's 90124 but not so fanboy to have liked it...90125 it's 80s and a bit cheesy (but a lot of Anderson's output is cheesy even in the 70s). It's less cheesy than Big Generator and has songs like "Leave It". Compare this album with the general poorness of the first half of the 80s. In its age it has been a great album. Think to Abacab, Time Line and Love Beach.
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Relayer, Tales, Yes Album, CTTE, Going, Fragile, in that order.
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Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

I can't see how anyone that loves prog see anything in the power pop of Yes west---the stuff is okay but sounds 80's cheesy at this point.  I read these comments about how great Rabin Yes is on fanboy sites but didn't expect to see it on a prog site. I mean I appreciate prog pop like Supertramp and still do-- but this guitar hero, tight leather pants Yes has not passed the test of time.
To be honest, I prefer any of their pop stuff above their newer prog releases (Fly From Here... ew). Not that the 80s stuff is amazing, but I find it decently enjoyable from time to time and appreciate some of the New Wave influence.
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Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

1. Thick As A Brick (best prog album ever)
2. Fragile
3. The Yes Album
4. Going for the One
5. Relayer
6. 90125
7. Drama
8. Time and a Word
9. Tales from Topographic Oceans
10. Tormato

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Fragile is my fave
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I very much like 90125 and Talk.
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^So what you're saying is that you don't believe what some people state in here? They're just pulling your leg?Clown

I actually like 90125 quite a bit too, but I don't think it's anywhere near their best. 

Different strokes for different folks eh?
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I can't see how anyone that loves prog see anything in the power pop of Yes west---the stuff is okay but sounds 80's cheesy at this point.  I read these comments about how great Rabin Yes is on fanboy sites but didn't expect to see it on a prog site. I mean I appreciate prog pop like Supertramp and still do-- but this guitar hero, tight leather pants Yes has not passed the test of time.
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Originally posted by m2thek m2thek wrote:

I feel like you can't ask what is the 'best' Yes album, you have to ask what is your favorite.
I'm the world's best expert in music so the two things coincide Big smile
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

1 The Yes Album
2 Close to the Edge
3 Relayer
4 Fragile (the group bits!)


5 Going for the One
6 Time and a Word

After that, forget it.


Hah! It's not often we share similar tastes in music, but this time I am (almost) in agreement with you HerculesSmile
I may have swapped CTTE and Relayer, but that's nitpicking really.
The Yes Album has always been my fave. I love the 'feel' of it. Such a heartfelt warmth to it that slowly but steadily proceeded to diminish with subsequent albums. Relayer for instance sounds almost robotic compared to it, but it still works for it. Had the production side of things been reversed on these albums, I'm not entirely sure about the outcome of either. It'd be interesting to hear thoughSmile (So many 'what ifs' in the world of music)
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Points: 220 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 07:50
I feel like you can't ask what is the 'best' Yes album, you have to ask what is your favorite.
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Going for the One.

Edit: I also love 90125. I think it's one of their best albums..

Edited by Blacksword - September 10 2013 at 07:28
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CTTE, Fragile, Drama.
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1. Close to the Edge (best prog album ever)
2. Fragile
3. The Yes Album
4. Going for the One
5. Relayer
6. 90125
7. Drama
8. Time and a Word
9. Tales from Topographic Oceans
10. Tormato
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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 02:36
Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

It's not better than any of the classicals, but I love this





Clap I find it even better than some of the classicals Approve

Still, I vote for Going For The One
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