Yes - The first 10
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Topic: Yes - The first 10
Posted By: The Mystical
Subject: Yes - The first 10
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 04:45
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What is your favourite of Yes's first 10 albums and why?  ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 04:58
How about all 10  . I'm not voting I'd rather have an option of all 10 then I'll vote 
------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 05:00
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Close to the Edge - the moment when it all took off. Top-notch playing, sonata-ish form, a side-long track, and Rick Wakeman gets his organ out. The most interesting, exciting progressive rock piece. Ever. Then they do it again with And You And I. Then they top it off with Siberian Khatru - a rhythm you can't beat, wonderful counterpoint, and they even squeeze in a harpsichord solo. And none of this boring old Ukrainian or Azerbaijani khatru either. Siberian khatru. Turn round, glider! What more could one want? |
Posted By: zeqexes
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 05:11
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I only own four of these, so I won't vote - but out of those four I choose Close to the Edge. A masterpiece. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 05:15
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Relayer closely followed by Topographic Oceans and then the Yes Album. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: WanderingLogician
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 06:36
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Fragile gets my vote - ambitious but still grounded. Close to the Edge is great too, but I hardly like Tales at all. Gates of Delirium is good, and some moments on Going for the One, but for the most part I think Bill Bruford had the right idea when he jumped ship after CTTE. Drama is really good, though. ------------- 
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Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 06:40
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TFTO - I've still never failed to reach the end when I start playing it ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 07:03
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Fragile ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 07:16
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1. Going For The One 2. Relayer 3. Tales From Topographic Oceans So mid-seventies Yes
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Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 07:29
| I'm not allowed to vote until I have 100 posts - but if I could I would have been the first person to pick The Yes Album. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 07:38
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^60 posts. or is it 40?  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 07:39
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Edge ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 07:43
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Apparently it is 100, unfortunately Why can't I create polls or vote in existing ones? Poll creation and voting is only available to forum members with higher ranks than Newbie. Once you've posted 100 messages on the forum, you'll be able to vote in prog polls. This was introduced on the forums to avoid people creating fake accounts to mess with the polls. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 07:45
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^It must have changed very recently then.
I think it is incorrect actually. Newbie ends after 40 posts. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 08:00
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Fragile Relayer Close to the edge The yes album |
Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 08:03
That's good - only 16 posts to go then
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Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 08:32
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The Yes Album. Mostly because it feels so natural. A lot of what was to come had endless segments of complexity, and even if I like that sort of stuff, I still prefer the naive and fluid expression of The Yes Album. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 08:41
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I am glad to see an assortment of ratings rather than one or two albums being chosen. ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 09:13
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Tales. Yes' great adventure for the listener. They created a grand work that unlike so many albums cannot be easily assimilated after a few plays. Decades later I still can be surprised pleasantly by something I'll hear in the background. It also has a satisfying, almost spiritual component that makes me feel good. Everyone's playing knocks me out, especially Howe. I've said all this before in these polls, but Tales is special so I'll say it one more time. ------------- |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 09:26
Who is the lovely lady in your avatar? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 09:40
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Fragile for me then probably Relayer and Close To The Edge ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 09:44
She's an actress Snowie, though not a popular one, and I didn't choose her because of that. I just like striking, beautiful portraits. Her name is Jan Smithers and she used to be on WKRP In Cincy ------------- |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 10:23
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^ I remember that show , must have been ages ago Voted CTTE . Probably the best prog album of all time.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 10:26
I remember that show. That's going back a while. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 10:34
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For me it's a close call between The Yes Album and Fragile. Tales & Relayer get a bit too pompous for me at times. Even the longer tracks on CttE...
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 11:16
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Fragile is their ultimate masterwork for me.
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 11:27
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Relayer, followed by CTTE and Drama for me. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 11:57
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TFTO I must admit that CTTE is probably the all time best prog album, but TFTO is my favourite at the møment
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 12:08
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The only one I can clearly say I like better than the others is Relayer. The ones that come after that include Tales, The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, and Going for the One. After that comes Fragile and Tormato. At the bottom lies Yes, Time, and Drama, but it is not like I don't like these albums. In fact, I think they are all great. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 12:51
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1. Relayer 2. Fragile 3. Tales for Topographic Oceans 4. Close to the Edge 5. Yes 6. The Yes Album 7. Going for the One 8. Time and a Word 9. Drama 10. Tormato
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Posted By: HarbouringTheSoul
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 13:03
| Close to the Edge (my favorite album of all time), closely followed by Fragile and The Yes Album. Then nothing for a while. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 13:10
I used to really like that show. As to the poll, GFTO, my first prog album, and still much loved. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 13:52
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1. Close To the Edge 2. Relayer 3. The Yes Album 4. Tales 5. Fragile 6. Going For The One 7. Debut 8. Time And A Word 9. Tormato 10. Drama ------------- 
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 14:24
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Everything between Time and a Word and Going For the One included. At least I couldn't give up to any of them. But I love 90125, too ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 16:27
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Fragile over Relayer ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 16:37
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Yes Album over Fragile.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 16:44
| Close and Tales for me. But I have a big affection for Time and a Word. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 17:32
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I'll never know. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 17:47
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My Top 3 are: Tales from Topographic Oceans Close to the Edge Drama ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 18:34
| I can't choose, but the three consecutive Close to the Edge, Tales, Relayer were the pinnacle for me. |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 20:54
Yeah I think that was their peak. ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: Sumdeus
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 22:34
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Yes Album by far, i don't think it is their ultimate best but it is my favorite and has most of my favorite Yes songs.
------------- http://sumdeus.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Sumdeus - surreal space/psych/prog journeys |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 22:41
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1.Close To The Edge 2.The Yes Album 3.Fragile 4.Relayer 5.Going for the One ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: February 23 2013 at 22:56
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How convenient, my 3 favorite Yes songs are all on the same album. I pick Close to the Edge. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 02:04
Sheezus !! No love for Tormato ??? What are people thinking ?? 
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Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 06:18
I really like Tormato. ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: elbownut
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 08:07
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Not able to vote yet but if I could:
Relayer followed closely by GFTO
GoD and Awaken ...just incredible tracks ------------- "Music was my first love and it will be my last" - John Miles "Music" |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 08:17
Then it indeed must have been increased to 100 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: SquonkHunter
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 09:57
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Close to the Edge - the standard by which I judge all prog.
------------- "You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..." |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 09:58
Everyone's gotta have a second favorite  |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 10:15
I'll go with those albums in that order. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 11:04
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1) Relayer 2) Close to the edge 3) Tales 4) Going for the one 5) Fragile 6) The Yes Album Probably the greatest run of consecutive albums anyone's ever recorded. But pre - The Yes Album and post - Going for the one - not really that interested.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 11:13
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1. Close to the Edge - the best prog album ever IMO. Three excellent tracks and the sum is even better. 2. The Yes Album / Fragile (tie) 4. Relayer 5. Going for the One 6. Drama 7. Time and a Word 8. Yes 9. Tales from Topographic Oceans 10. Tormato ------------- 
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Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 13:11
| Went with Relayer. Steve had a bit of a hard edge on this one, which I dig. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 13:59
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Other than one or two songs Tormato is awful and Anderson's voice is grating on it IMO. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: deckard33
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 15:06
| CTTE, by far |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: February 24 2013 at 15:19
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The Yes Album. It seems to have really started their sound, even though it was there in earlier albums, the length and power of Yours is No Disgrace really holds up today, as well as Starship Trooper. In fact, much of later Yes in some ways is in Starship Trooper. In some ways, it's their funkiest album (as in Funky music as a good thing, not something that may smell like old cheese). ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: February 25 2013 at 08:27
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Fragile for me ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 25 2013 at 08:48
| I love how the votes are distributed in a nice, regular normal curve centred on Close To The Edge, skewed ever so slightly in favour of the latter options. Very elegant. |
Posted By: Crimson Ghost
Date Posted: February 25 2013 at 10:56
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1) yes album 2) going for the one 3)close to the edge But Yes best song ever is "turn of the century" 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 25 2013 at 14:37
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Going for the One Close to the edge Fragile ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 25 2013 at 19:35
| Close to the Edge, easily, followed by Fragile. |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: February 26 2013 at 01:25
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Oh! Classic Gauss' curve! So, I'll go with a mob - Close to the Edge followed closely by Fragile. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: February 26 2013 at 01:32
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By the way, I'm surprised by relative many votes for Tales - actually I consider it as the weakest from this ten. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: February 26 2013 at 01:41
Tormato is Gandalff, Lord of The Rings  ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: February 26 2013 at 01:43
By far ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: February 26 2013 at 03:22
| Going For The One, an incredibly produced and brilliantly atmospheric album. A true masterpiece, it also features the greatest prog track of all time, the wonderful Awaken. |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: February 26 2013 at 03:30
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: HarbouringTheSoul
Date Posted: February 26 2013 at 03:58
You're surprised? This website is like a safe haven for TFTO fans.  |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 26 2013 at 04:33
^Yes. If it can't be appreciated here where the  can it be?------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: February 26 2013 at 09:57
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The Yes Album. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 26 2013 at 10:15
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: February 26 2013 at 16:50
Tales is brilliant to me at least  ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: February 27 2013 at 13:36
I agree. Tales is a stroke of genius. It is my personal favourite. ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: February 27 2013 at 20:51
Thank you ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: March 01 2013 at 01:54
I strongly disagree. I looooove a prog album that takes it's time. ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: May 24 2013 at 16:51
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Any more opinions? ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: May 24 2013 at 18:06
Relayer is my favourite...all 3 songs are perfection. "Gates..." is like an angry CttE on steroids. "To Be Over" is an emotional tour de force accompanied by steel guitar. "Sound Chaser" is just musical insanity  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: otto pankrock
Date Posted: May 24 2013 at 19:16
| Close followed by Relayer |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: May 24 2013 at 20:00
| Relayer for sure. CTTE is a rare case of an album that deserves 5 stars but is still grotesquely overrated. Every other album is 4 or lower to me. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: May 24 2013 at 20:22
| TFTO because it transcended anything that had been attempted before in Prog. It doesn't quite come off but I sure enjoyed the ride. |
Posted By: mongofa
Date Posted: May 25 2013 at 12:49
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Tormato is the best album since "Au Claire de La Lune" ------------- 
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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: May 25 2013 at 17:30
A rhythm you can't beat?? |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: May 25 2013 at 17:39
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Relayer -------------  
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: May 26 2013 at 00:03
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Tales from the topographic ocean. Easy. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 26 2013 at 06:08
I have 4 top favourite YES albums so I can't vote. 'Fragile', 'Topographic', 'Relayer' and 'Drama'. I just can't choose - perhaps Topographic but then that's not fair on the others........
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Posted By: kit-kat
Date Posted: May 26 2013 at 06:41
I can't believe Relayer and TFTO have more votes than The Yes Album, that's just sad 
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Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: May 26 2013 at 06:56
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I can't believe that someone thinks it's sad that an album has more votes than another album, it's just a little online poll about some old albums by a band. It's sad that babies die, it's sad that scientific research hasn't yet found a cure for major killer diseases, it's sad that there are wars based on which diety different people worship. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: kit-kat
Date Posted: May 26 2013 at 07:30
Of course I wasn't serious, no need to be overly dramatic. It's a music related poll, not the "what is wrong with the world" forum, duh. I was just trying to express that I think Yes Album is their best and I'm slightly surprised that two of their (in my opinion) not so great albums are just as or even more highly regarded here (I like plenty of long self-indulgent songs and instrumental passages, but Relayer and TFTO both fall on the wrong side of the equation to me in those aspects, too few ideas stretched out for far too long).
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Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: May 26 2013 at 09:01
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I voted for "The Yes Album," too. I think it was the first Yes album, or even Prog album, to show some of the more unique possibilities of this new blend of what skilled musicians could do, who understood how to create some of the complexity of classical music and put it in a rock format. Sure, there was Emerson with the Nice and the Electric Prunes/Axelrod with the Mass in F Minor, but there was a very strong harmonic innovation that occcured in The Yes Album. It was just light years ahead of everything else at the time in its innovative "cosmic" appeal, and I really think that it created it's own branch of Prog, that can only be called Yes-inspired prog.
------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: May 27 2013 at 01:30
| Close To The Edge |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: May 27 2013 at 07:27
Sorry, I think that the change the world forum is what you are after. ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: Josef_K
Date Posted: May 27 2013 at 07:36
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Tales from Topographic Oceans for me, it's the best album I have ever heard actually. Surprisingly, as much as I loved their work while in the band, neither the loss of Bruford before Tales nor Wakeman after it seemed to hurt the band musically at all in my opinion. Of course that's much got to do with their immacualte replacements but still, those are two of the highest regarded musicians in their field in prog and the band still delivers as if nothing happened... Goes to show that, again for me anyway, Yes was more about Anderson and Howe than I believed was possible. ------------- Leave the past to burn, At least that's been his own - Peter Hammill |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: May 27 2013 at 11:55
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I heard Fragile first and it's still my fave
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 07 2013 at 12:13
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My first Yes purchase was Tales (think i paid 45$ for it); Hated it on first listens and disliked it for nearly a decade (one or two listen per year), and finally sold it. A re-listen some years later and was simply blow away...Go figure. 1. The Yes Album 2. Tales from Topographic Oceans 3. Close to the Edge ------------- |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: June 07 2013 at 12:27
Exact same thing happened to me with Zappa's Uncle Meat. Bought it when I was 16 and hated it...I couldn't get rid of that album fast enough. Then 20 years later re-bought it and it's now one of my favorite FZ albums...go figure ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: dennismoore
Date Posted: June 07 2013 at 12:51
Hi AlanB,
 Drop by the Flowers King's thread:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=54797&PN=343" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=54797&PN=343
And tell those jokers over there they are not playing TFK - The Chicken Farmer Song enough, you can spam
over there for about 25 posts and then you can vote your favorite YES.
 To the OP:
The best of the first 10 records is ALL 10. They are all priceless and mandatory prog(cept for maybe the 2 silly tracks on Tormato...
 )I voted for Tales just to show my undying love & commitment to that truly special creative musical work, though
GFTO & Relayer & CTTE are unequalled recordings in the history of music.
 ------------- "Yeah, people are unhappy about that - but you know what, it's still Yes." - Chris Squire |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 07 2013 at 13:02
Exactly, it's your opinion. Others are allowed to have different opinions. |
Posted By: dennismoore
Date Posted: June 07 2013 at 13:29
Yes, Tales may be the most adventurous & progressive recording ever made. So it is special on that
count alone. Plus it is plain magic & simple wonderfullness(though I don't quite relate to Steve's unique electric guitar
work on The Ancient...)
...And anybody who doesn't like Tales is a t**ser & is secretly in love with Tiny Tim.
Those are my opinions. Any more questions. ------------- "Yeah, people are unhappy about that - but you know what, it's still Yes." - Chris Squire |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: June 07 2013 at 13:36
No questions, but I'd never thought I'd hear tiny Tim and tales from the topographic oceans being mentioned in the same sentence. Consider my mind blown!! Love Tales!!! It's absolutely incredible. Probably their best work. As for tiny Tim...well.....to be honest if he were alive today I'd like him to shove that tiny guitar up his ass. Lol. Oh and is it just me or doesn't tiny Tim look like Tim burton? I think so. Lol ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |