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Well, the bump solution is simple: you put the last two albums issued under the name Yes at the end of all lists posted, except for Paul's list where you put them on top, and you've finished! Approve

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Sure, I'll give this a go...long time since I've listened to some of these, however...

1. 90125
2. Going for the One
3. Close to the Edge
4. Drama
5. The Yes Album
6. Fly From Here
7. Fragile
8. Relayer
9. Keystudio
10. Talk
11. Tormato
12. Big Generator
13. Tales from Topographic Oceans
14. Time and a Word
15. Yes
16. Union
17. Magnification
18. The Ladder
19. Open Your Eyes

Heaven & Earth, The Quest, Mirror to the Sky = completely uninterested!


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I'm just going to name my Top 5 favorites:

Close to the Edge
Yes
Drama
Time and a Word
80125

Yeah, all over the place with those faves.
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Originally posted by Boojieboy Boojieboy wrote:

I'm just going to name my Top 5 favorites:

Close to the Edge
Yes
Drama
Time and a Word
80125

Yeah, all over the place with those faves.

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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

1. Going For The One. Utterly wondrousTongue
2. Close To The Edge. Extremely radical stuff in its day.
3. 90125. A rebirth,and a damned good one, at that.
4. Relayer. Gates of Delirium remains utterly incredible.
5. Talk. Some incredible stuff on this. A fine Rabin swan song.
6. Tormato. Yes, seriously.
7. Fragile. Most is incredible, but the solo stuff mainly grates these days.
8. The Ladder. Just love this album, full of life.
9. The Yes Album. A young band experimenting brilliantly.
10. Magnification. A wonderful swan song for Anderson.
11. Time and a Word. Finding their way.
12. Fly From Here. Great first side. Very average second.
13. Union. Onions. Should have been brilliant. Wasn't.
14. Yes. Naive in some respects, but undoubted talent there.
15. Big Generator. A huge disappointment.
16. Drama. Sorry, but I never liked it. I do not tend to like Yes without JA.
17. That one with Sherwood. The shockingly awful one, so forgettable I have forgotten its bloody name!Embarrassed

I have not included the reunion cd's, as I regard them as live albums with bonus studio tracks, but if I did, they would fit somewhere nicely at 10 and 11Thumbs Up

And I didn't put in TFTO. Bad day today! Shove that one in at 12.

I'll largely endorse my Welsh friend!!  Except, I'd put TFTO in at No. 5.  I no longer listen to TFTO, I study it.  I always learn something new every time I hear it.  
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CTTE
Fragile
Yes Album
GFTO
Relayer
Tomato
That's it.
Drama has its moments.
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Originally posted by Harold B Harold B wrote:

CTTE
Fragile
Yes Album
GFTO
Relayer
Tomato
That's it.
Drama has its moments.

What about the early Yes with Peter Banks? 
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1. Close to the Edge
2. The Yes Album
3. Fragile
4. Relayer
5.  Big Generator
6. 90125
7. Going for the One
8.  Tales from Topographic Oceans
9. Talk
10. Tormato
11. Drama
12. Keystudio
13. Time and a Word
14. Magnification
15. Yes
16. The Ladder
17. Fly From Here
18. Mirror To The Sky
19. Union
20. The Quest
21. Open Your Eyes
22. Heaven & Earth
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^ Nice to see Big Generator getting some love! Tongue
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^^90125 is better, but I still quite like Big Generator, glad to see someone agrees
Cause its only knock and know all, but I like it...

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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Well, the bump solution is simple: you put the last two albums issued under the name Yes at the end of all lists posted, except for Paul's list where you put them on top, and you've finished! Approve

Yes, that sounds about right. Tongue
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Couldn't find my original list , perhaps I was asleep at the time and missed the thread (quite likely).

1. Close To The Edge
2. Fragile
3. The Yes Album
4. Relayer
5. Drama
6. Talk
7. Keys Studio
8. Going For The One
9. Yes
10. The Ladder
11. A Time and a Word
12. Tormato
13. Magnification
14. Tales From Topographic Oceans
15. Union
16. 90125
17. Heaven and Earth
18. Mirror To The sky
19. The Quest 
20. Open Your Eyes
21. The Big Generator
22. Fly From Here
(not counting ABWH)
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Updated LOL

The Yes Album
Close to the Edge
Yes
Time and a Word
Drama
Relayer
Fragile
90125
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Big Generator
Going for the One
Talk
Magnification
The Ladder
Tormato
Union
Fly from Here
Mirror to the Sky 
The Quest
Open Your Eyes
Heaven & Earth


 




Edited by Cristi - September 26 2023 at 07:50
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1 Close to the Edge (1972)
2 Going for the One (1977)
3 Fragile (1971)
4 The Yes Album (1971)
5 Relayer (1974)
6 Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
7 Yes (1969)
8 Time and a Word (1970)
9 Tormato (1978)
10 Big Generator (1987)
11 Drama (1980)
12 Magnification (2001)
13 The Ladder (1999)
14 Mirror to the Sky (2023)
15 90125 (1983)

After the first 15, the rest seem to me to have one or two redeemable songs, but it's in dribs and drabs. Difficult to order them.

# Open your Eyes (1997)
# Union (1991)
# Talk (1994)
# Fly From Here (2011)
# Heaven & Earth (2014)
# The Quest (2021)
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1) Tales from Topographic Oceans
2) Close to the Edge 
3) Going for the One
4) Relayer 
5) Fragile
6) The Yes Album
7) Time and a Word
8) Drama
9) 90125
10) Yes
11) Magnification
12) Tormato
13) Big Generator
14) The Ladder
15) Mirror to the Sky
16) Talk
17) Union 
18) Fly from Here
19) The Quest 
20) Heaven and Earth
21) Open your eyes

I THINK that's all of them, i probably missed one (not counting Key Studio, ABWH, or Fly from here Return Trip)
Cause its only knock and know all, but I like it...

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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

^ Nice to see Big Generator getting some love! Tongue

It doesn't generate much love from me. The best I can say about Big Generator is it's marginally better than Open Your Eyes - although that's no great recommendation. Tongue
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