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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%]
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2 [1.65%]
1 [0.83%]
1 [0.83%]
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0 [0.00%]
0 [0.00%]
0 [0.00%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [0.83%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [0.83%]
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2013 at 23:22
1 Relayer
2 Tales
3 CTTE
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 00:08
Close to the edge.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 00:51
my top 3:

The Yes Album (1971)
Drama
Going for the one
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 01:04
Close to the Edge. Yes is one band where I have no trouble picking my favorite. It really is one of the best prog albums of all time.

But the list after that would be harder to narrow down.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 01:25
Close to the Edge
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 01:36
Hooray! Nice to see someone voted for the lovely self-titled album from 1969! Bit of a favourite of mine, even though I voted `Tales' in this poll.

(also, unless it was a sarcastic vote, I'm kind of happy to see someone voted for `Big Generator', an album I quite like, even though I'd personally never rank it alongside their many greater defining works!)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 01:45
Relayer
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 02:18
Damn, they have a bunch of great albums.  Fragile today, but on a different day it could be tYA, CttE, Relayer, and I know there's not much prog on Magnification, but I love that one too. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 02:30
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.
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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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 03:23
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 06:36
CTTE, Fragile, Drama.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 06:39
Fragile
This night wounds time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 07:26
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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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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 08:02
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 08:17
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 08:26
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 08:31
^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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2013 at 08:45
I very much like 90125 and Talk.
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