The Last Great Yes Album
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Topic: The Last Great Yes Album
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: The Last Great Yes Album
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 15:27
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Hello again! Just wondering what everyone thinks the last truly great Yes album made as, to be honest, they've generally gone in a downward slope (until recently arguably). I've obviously omitted the debut, as nothing came before it. In my opinion, Going For The One was the last great Yes album. Drama and Magnification are both very good albums, but nothing really jumps out at me - they're not that special (amongst a couple of others) Keen to see what everyone's answer is!
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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 15:38
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Although they peaked with Close To The Edge, and came close with Relayer, Yes has had some great albums thet were not masterpieces. The last full album to really impress me was Drama. Since then, they have had some great songs here or there, but not entire albums. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 15:41
| Drama. |
Posted By: I-Juca Pirama
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 16:41
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Drama, although I like Magnification and Fly from here. ------------- Without charity, there is no salvation |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 16:44
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The last great (4.5 or up) would be The Ladder, tho Magnification is really good, too.
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 16:45
| Relayer |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 17:33
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Drama ------------- 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: twosteves
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 22:00
| Well--GREAT would be GFTO---but lot's of good stuff on Tormato, Drama, Keystudio, Mag, and FFH. |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 22:26
| Haven't heard any of the albums between Relayer and 90125. I did jokingly put Relayer in the Genesis poll so I'll stick with that answer. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 22:31
They have not stopped  ------------- “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: uduwudu
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 22:32
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Fly From Here. CTTE and Relayer are probably the most perfect releases but every one of their albums has great merit on their own terms. That is say the derided Big Generator is great on it's own terms (except the horrible '80s pop art) rather than disliked because it does not hearken back to Fragile (which I've just been playing). I think the incarnations of Yes have brought out fine extended piece and song writing. So I do prefer some to others but really they have so many ideas and considerable creativity I doubt I could be so presumptuous as to think I know enough to know when an album from these guys is anything less than superb. Oh yes, same for King Crimson. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 22:50
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"Great" being the keyword, I'd stay Tales. I'd call Relayer and Drama good and very good albums, not quite great. Most of the other post-Relayers I'd call "fair." ------------- |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: January 31 2014 at 22:59
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Talk for me. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 01:24
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90125. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 02:16
For me as well.
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Blacksword wrote:Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 02:33
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I can't fathom how GFTO is supposed to be a great album. It's pretty bad. Even Relayer is just good, way too flawed to be great. Close to the Edge
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 02:43
It's pretty easy to tell a blazingly inadequate composition from a good one. After CTTE they start writing a hell of a lot of the former.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 02:58
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Drama was the last great one. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 03:00
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90125 ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 05:08
 ------------- “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: someone_else
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 05:17
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Going for the One. Of their later work, as far as I know it, I like 90125 best.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 05:54
| If pushed I'd say Drama but 90125 will do in a pinch |
Posted By: Matti
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 06:51
I enjoy 90125 but DRAMA is my obvious choice! Such a terrific one of a kind album! Now 8 - 8 with Going For The One. 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 08:03
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For me Drama was the last really good one, but the last great one was Relayer. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: giselle
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 08:06
| fragile |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 11:05
You'd probably enjoy Relayer and Going for the One a lot more, if the highly regarded 'Close to the Edge' was never made, but I guess ratings can be relative. ------------- Want to play mafia? Visit http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com" rel="nofollow - here . |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 11:07
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I'd say Going for the One was their last great album. But I'd also list Drama, 90125, Talk, The Ladder, Magnification, and Fly from Here as good albums. Oh and ABWH. ------------- Want to play mafia? Visit http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com" rel="nofollow - here . |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 11:07
| Close to the Edge |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 11:37
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GFTO is the last truly great one, but I still like most of the albums that came after it quite a bit. ------------- 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: TerLJack
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 12:54
| Drama here. But with the exception of Open Your Eyes, they're all very listenable. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 14:01
Fly from Here  ------------- |
Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 02:45
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GFTO - which is a great album from start to finish - including the dynamic title track, which many don't seem to like. But surprised Drama is considered a great album. Apart from the superb opening track, it seems just decent to me. |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 03:06
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Talk
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 09:04
| If you were to plot a graph, I think the downward slide would really start after GFTO, but there is still enough good music there - Drama, bits of Tormato, even Fly From Here is pretty good. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 11:16
| Tormato looked lonely, and it was a very good effort, so it got my vote. For some reason, I cannot tolerate FFH at all. |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 12:54
| As a classic answer, I could say that the great last album of Yes in his crescent slope, was Going for the one. An excellent album. But after that they have great album too, but not in the classic format of the seventies. 90125, Talk, The Ladder are great albums too. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 19:42
| Another vote for Tormato |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 20:18
So much good music :-) as you say. I like FFH a lot, well put together album, must thank Trevor Horn for that ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 07:10
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if great = 5 star last great album is Close to the Edge for me ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 07:26
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Really, too many "eras" to choose from. What sounds awesome depends on my mood. I simply can't pick one for this poll. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 09:16
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Relayer
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 09:23
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Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 09:25
oh crap sorry i meant Lark's Tongues ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 09:26
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Magnification was a great album in my opinion so it gets my vote. I think that Fly From Here is very good, but not great. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 11:23
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 11:26
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 12:02
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Posted By: ProgVanWinkle
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 14:35
| I'd go with Magnification myself. Loved it. |
Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: February 04 2014 at 00:53
| Drama. Although I do like the newer stuff like Keys and The Ladder. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 04 2014 at 01:50
| Drama as I prefer it to GFTO |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: February 06 2014 at 06:10
| Drama, to my knowledge. |