Top 7 Yes Albums
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Topic: Top 7 Yes Albums
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Top 7 Yes Albums
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 06:26
Undoubtedly, THE YES ALBUM that's been the BIG GENERATOR of the most controversy over the years is TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS. YES, it's a long double album with four long YESSONGS which was treated like a rotten TORMATO by the music press, but if you OPEN YOUR EYES, you'll gain THE KEYS TO ASCENSION and realise what a classic album this is. The album came CLOSE TO THE EDGE of splitting the band up, when there was a MAGNIFICATION of tensions within the group with so many FRAGILE egos at stake. In the ensuing DRAMA, TIME AND A WORD has it that Rick Wakeman threatened to walk out during the recording of the album. The album climbed THE LADDER of success though, topping the UK album charts for two weeks. Rick Wakeman left the band and didn't appear on the following RELAYER album. There was TALK of a re-UNION, but HEAVEN & EARTH had to be moved to persuade Rick to return for the GOING FOR THE ONE album in 1977. The best-selling YES album of all, released in 1983, was famously named after its catalogue number, 90125. It's time now for a Top 7 YES albums poll before I FLY FROM HERE.   Here's your chance to help determine the Top 7 Yes albums of all time. Simply list your Top 7 Yes albums in order of preference and then I'll assign the usual system of points to your listings as shown below:- 1st album - 12 points 2nd album - 8 points 3rd album - 6 points 4th album - 4 points 5th album - 3 points 6th album - 2 points 7th album - 1 point Here's my Top 7 to get the poll underway:- 1. The Ladder (12 points) 2. Going for the One (8 points) 3. Close to the Edge (6 points) 4. The Yes Album (4 points) 5. Fly from Here (3 points) 6. Magnification (2 points) 7. Tales from Topographic Oceans (1 point) YES Albums & Videos  1969: Yes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCvZ0eGaqhQpwQx4fWk-fXs" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCvZ0eGaqhQpwQx4fWk-fXs 1970: Time and a Word - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB2M8snzx02ZhJuW6VCiIca" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB2M8snzx02ZhJuW6VCiIca  1971: The Yes Album - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDvvDTpAULTA6_9lvrRSLD5" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDvvDTpAULTA6_9lvrRSLD5 1971: Fragile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzD8EBxqW2YX7JHVYgVxuH6t" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzD8EBxqW2YX7JHVYgVxuH6t 1972: Close to the Edge - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAWTjZf23Udu_0YF_vcpMGZ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAWTjZf23Udu_0YF_vcpMGZ 1973: Yessongs - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBwwmf_FxlqBlB2Ei5-yyuf" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBwwmf_FxlqBlB2Ei5-yyuf 1973: Tales from Topographic Oceans - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCqcDmHPsNX4vFbEAfInG2H" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCqcDmHPsNX4vFbEAfInG2H 1974: Relayer - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCZpiajaX-l134H3-yZzZ8j" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCZpiajaX-l134H3-yZzZ8j 1975: Live at QPR Stadium - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAycdQGq9KRcTp7S6Lfx7w" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAycdQGq9KRcTp7S6Lfx7w - 1977: Going for the One - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBWrMyQ-CosSuXwyEMzkjdC" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBWrMyQ-CosSuXwyEMzkjdC  1978: Tormato - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAnBdNFfnlO1c6s_5nSM_fT" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAnBdNFfnlO1c6s_5nSM_fT 1980: Drama - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAUEImqZ9UZIJIWc5voG6zB" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAUEImqZ9UZIJIWc5voG6zB 1980: Yesshows - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBypXAlAtTixdfFc5D21EG" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBypXAlAtTixdfFc5D21EG _ 1983: 90125 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB8jCBd6EBGzWburPYv49QG" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB8jCBd6EBGzWburPYv49QG 1985: 90125 Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCrW0KgxLbmPR-RjnqkqFXr" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCrW0KgxLbmPR-RjnqkqFXr 1987: Big Generator - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBAICurVs6LoKXoBOG4MpKw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBAICurVs6LoKXoBOG4MpKw 1989: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCrF3RauBWgX4PqhC8GzdjA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCrF3RauBWgX4PqhC8GzdjA 1989: ABWH - An Evening of Yes Music Plus - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA5sxPqlbD81n3L0aeCjL9H" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA5sxPqlbD81n3L0aeCjL9H 1991: Union - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDUa59FVz7VRQGhon5tIlCe" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDUa59FVz7VRQGhoN5tIlCe 1994: Talk - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAgBB9sUDMl4_wiDYoTA13Z" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAgBB9sUDMl4_wiDYoTA13Z 1996: Keys to Ascension - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC4voV-c6RU3I8Xdmk1dS4O" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC4voV-c6RU3I8Xdmk1dS4O 1997: Keys to Ascension 2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDJPQzzWA9iZ6sXBpMYcZGp" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDJPQzzWA9iZ6sXBpMYcZGp 1997: Open Your Eyes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBn_m8kcA5PXSLw5T5ChFd" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBn_m8kcA5PXSLw5T5ChFd _ 1999: The Ladder - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDrkA7mJgNNBk3PjMTzvZnV" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDrkA7mJgNNBk3PjMTzvZnV 2000: House of Yes - Live from House of Blues - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAGhOxECODweJmeB85ju0eV" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAGhOxECODweJmeB85ju0eV 2001: Magnification - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAuwaZ2oTty65iuP2Bu1aIB" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAuwaZ2oTty65iuP2Bu1aIB 2002: Yes Symphonic Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA5-q5kiyzRw5GyeftC7Iw8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA5-q5kiyzRw5GyeftC7Iw8 2003: Live at Montreux - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAEXpOFjLGHzl5TvJkhdPE2" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAEXpOFjLGHzl5TvJkhdPE2 2004: Songs from Tsongas - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCMMFkZ-mNrLpht8f3RRWK7" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCMMFkZ-mNrLpht8f3RRWK7 2011: Fly from Here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCIeG4w8NTFMBGBDxSAeRCU" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCIeG4w8NTFMBGBDxSAeRCU 2011: Union Live 1991 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBAJDmEJSXDmk1UXbdXIOXT" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBAJDmEJSXDmk1UXbdXIOXT 2014: Heaven & Earth - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAP7E-W-r_KZXpJdqs9hn_k" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAP7E-W-r_KZXpJdqs9hn_k 2014: Like It Is - Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBy9uyRERs-I1GDFW4lDa2z" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBy9uyRERs-I1GDFW4lDa2z 2015: Like It Is - Yes at the Mesa Art Centre - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCKc4OxC4JZC4-Gq1UEAq93" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCKc4OxC4JZC4-Gq1UEAq93 2018: Yes 50 - Live at the Apollo - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBYSUsok346p8fvJgYrp8_4" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBYSUsok346p8fvJgYrp8_4 |
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 06:47
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1. Close To The Edge While the top three are definite, the next four are more or less equal. I decided to leave out Drama even though it is comparable to the bottom four that were included.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 06:51
^ Your 4th placing for Tormato is almost as surprising as my 1st placing for The Ladder album. 
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 07:02
I think Tormato gets a bad rap, even worse than 90125 because at least that album is accepted for what it is. I have said before that I prefer Tormato to Going For The One. At some stage in the future, I may develop a like for Tales From Topographic Oceans, but not today, even though there are parts that I do like. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Psychedelic Paul wrote:Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 07:10
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I suppose that I should say that I'm not familiar with any of the albums after Big Generator. Actually, I'm not familiar with Big Generator either, but at least I have that even if I've only listened to it once. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 07:29
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Ah great, another variation of top 5 yes albums that gets posted every few days ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 07:42
If I'd made this a Top 8 Yes albums poll then my eighth choice would have been the 90125 album and the points system would have looked like this:- 1st album - 18 points; 2nd album - 12 points; 3rd album - 9 points; 4th album - 6 points; 5th album - 4 points; 6th album - 3 points; 7th album - 2 points; and 8th album - 1 point, where all of the points divide neatly into the number 36. Hey! I just realised - my Points have just hit 5555. That's almost as good as the number 90125, not that I'm obsessed with numbers or anything.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 07:45
Are you telling me this has been done before?
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Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 08:13
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1. Going for the One 2. Time and a Word3. Fragile 4. Close to the Edge 5. Yes 6. Drama 7. Relayer Relayer is interchangeable really with TFTO as the number 7. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 08:18
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1. The Yes Album 2. Close To The Edge 3. Fragile 4. Going For The One 5. Relayer 6. TFTO 7. Everything else in a muddy pile ------------- ...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: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 08:23
That sounds like a Yes compilation album to me.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 08:27
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Close to the Edge Relayer Fragile The Yes album Going for the One Drama TFTO ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 11:32
You're damn right!
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 11:35
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I'm not sure I can stick to a favorite to least favorite order but here we go: 1. Relayer 2. Close to the Edge 3. Fragile 4. Tales From Topographic Oceans (From not "of") 5. The Yes Album 6. Going for the One 7. Time and a Word (vastly underrated imo) |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 12:36
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Why would we need this thread when we have http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=123476" rel="nofollow - this one ??? It seems to me a bit of overkill... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 12:51
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^ Can we just create another lounge for Yes? Every couple of days its some variation of "Top 5 Yes Songs" or "Close to the Edge vs Selling England" Just looking at some recent polls and lists from the last 2 weeks: "Top 7 Yes albums" "Rank and Rate 4 Classic Yes Albums" "Top 7 Yessongs "Yes: album ratings" "3 Classic Yes vs 3 Classic Genesis" "Magnification vs Time and a Word" "Least Favorite Early Yes Album" All these threads basically end up the same way, the top 5 is some variation of The Yes Album-GFTO with maybe Drama thrown in the mix and then a small group of people complaining about Tales. I think the recent threads on their later albums are more interesting and engaging. It's just kinda beating a dead horse at this point. ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 12:56
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1. Close To The Edge 2. Relayer (both of these may take the top spot depending on my mood) 3. Fragile 4. Tales From Topographic Oceans 5. Drama 6. Going For The One 7. either Yes or The Yes Album, again depending on my mood
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 12:56
.....Because that one doesn't keep a running tally of points from everyone's votes likes this one does, and this one's more fun too. Well, at least it is for me anyway.
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 13:02
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What does that add to the general PA-ratings? To me, the fun is in the exchange of opinions/appreciations, not in ratings, rankings or votes (music can never be brought down to that, imho). So, really, to me this thread is totally superfluous. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 31 2020 at 13:29
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This is how the Top 7 looks so far after the first tallying up of the votes:- 1. Close to the Edge (62 points) 2. Fragile (38 points) 2. Relayer (38 points) 4. Going for the One (34 points) 5. The Yes Album (25 points) 6. The Ladder (12 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (12 points)
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 03:03
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1. Close to the Edge 2. Fragile 3. The Yes Album 4. Going for the One 5. Relayer 6. 90125 7. Drama ------------- 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 03:25
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Top 7 update with someone else's votes added, and when I say "someone else", I quite literally mean Someone Else. 1. Close to the Edge (74 points) 2. Fragile (46 points) 3. Relayer (41 points) 4. Going for the One (38 points) 5. The Yes Album (31 points) 6. The Ladder (12 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (12 points) |
Posted By: Chaser
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 03:29
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1. Close to the Edge 2. Relayer 3. Fragile 4. The Yes Album 5. Going for the One 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans 7. Drama ------------- Songs cast a light on you |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 03:50
It's just a bit of harmless fun and we ARE exchanging opinions, even if this latest poll is a little bit "meh" in the endless Relayer race of Yes polls.
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 04:15
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Thanks for replying, Paul. I'm rather new here so I just expressed my impression of overkill. I don't feel myself the need to say again what I already said elsewhere. But since there are participants, why not? ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 04:36
No problem. It's always good to Talk about Yes, but maybe this latest poll was Going for the One poll too many in the seemingly endless Relayer race of Yes polls.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 12:26
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Top 7 update, with Chopper's votes added:- 1. Close to the Edge (86 points) 2. Fragile (52 points) 3. Relayer (49 points) 4. Going for the One (41 points) 5. The Yes Album (35 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (14 points) 7. The Ladder (12 points) |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 13:14
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1. Close to the Edge 2. The Yes Album 3. Relayer 4. Going for the One 5. Fragile 6. 90125 7. Yes 8. Tales from Topographic Oceans ------------- 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: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 14:09
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Holy Moly! The top Yes album is Close to the Edge of reaching 100 points after the latest round of voting. 1. Close to the Edge (98 points) 2. Fragile (55 points) 2. Relayer (55 points) 4. Going for the One (45 points) 5. The Yes Album (43 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (14 points) 7. The Ladder (12 points)
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 14:50
OK, People, you heard the man. No more Yes posts on the prog web site!
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 15:21
It sounds like another "No" vote for Yes.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 17:03
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If anyone posts another Yes ratings poll I'm going to hunt them down, tie them to a chair, and on their own stereo system make them listen to Starcastle for 24 hours non stop. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 17:04
I know, we should have a Starcastle vs. Yes vs. Genesis poll. ------------- ...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: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 17:16
Put Marillion in there too to make it even. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 20:18
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I just hope PA members don't get the hump with me when I run a Camel albums poll.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 23:29
| I wouldn't really know how to rate so many albums. All that I know is that Close to the Edge and Fragile are both at the top of my list, after that, I don't really know so well... perhaps it would have to be the live albums Keys to Ascension and Symphonic Live. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 01 2020 at 23:40
No problem. I can simply award 12 points to Close to the Edge and 8 points to Fragile, which I just have done. 1. Close to the Edge (110 points) 2. Fragile (63 points) 3. Relayer (55 points) 4. Going for the One (45 points) 5. The Yes Album (43 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (14 points) 7. The Ladder (12 points) |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 02 2020 at 03:11
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This isn't going to change much 1. Close To The Edge 2. Fragile 3. Relayer 4. Drama 5. Talk 6. The Yes Album 7. Yes
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Posted By: thief
Date Posted: August 02 2020 at 04:05
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Well it's how I feel today about them really. 1. Close to the Edge 2. Going for the One 3. Relayer 4. Fragile 5. The Yes Album 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans 7. Magnification
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 02 2020 at 04:49
^ It's good to see I'm not the only Yes fan who likes the Magnification album. 
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Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: August 02 2020 at 05:06
This is pretty much my top 7. ------------- "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence" - Robert Fripp "I am an anti-Christ" - Johnny Rotten |
Posted By: Muskrat
Date Posted: August 02 2020 at 05:48
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Relayer Tales from topographic ocean
Going for the one Fragile Close to the edge Drama Yes (1st) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 02 2020 at 06:51
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Top 7 update after the latest four rounds of voting:- 1. Close to the Edge (149 points) 2. Fragile (87 points) 3. Relayer (85 points) 4. Going for the One (63 points) 5. The Yes Album (51 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (25 points) 7. Drama (15 points) 8. The Ladder (14 points)
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 02 2020 at 12:42
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1. Relayer 2. Close to the Edge 3. The Yes Album 4. Fragile 5. Drama 6. Keys to Ascension 7. Going for the One ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 02 2020 at 12:56
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Top 7 update, with Prog Aardvark's votes added:- 1. Close to the Edge (157 points) 2. Relayer (97 points) 3. Fragile (91 points) 4. Going for the One (64 points) 5. The Yes Album (57 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (25 points) 7. Drama (18 points) 8. The Ladder (14 points)
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 02 2020 at 15:50
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1. Close to the Edge 2. Fragile 3. The Yes Album 4. Going for the One 5. Relayer 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans 7. Drama ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: August 02 2020 at 16:11
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1. Close to the Edge ... ... Harrumph
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: August 02 2020 at 16:37
I think you have to accept that The Ladder has been knocked out of the Top 7.  ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 02 2020 at 23:58
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^ Yes, I don't want to over-Drama-tise it, but I have a Fragile hold on The Ladder as it's Close to the Edge of falling off the bottom rung of The Yes Albums poll now.
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Posted By: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: August 03 2020 at 06:50
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CTTE Fragile Relayer TYA GFTO TFTO 90125 |
Posted By: bender99
Date Posted: August 03 2020 at 08:45
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1 CTTE 2 The Yes Album 3 Relayer 4 Fragile 5 GFTO 6 TFTO 7 Drama
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 03 2020 at 09:35
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Top 7 update after the latest four rounds of voting:- 1. Close to the Edge (205 points) - not even close 2. Relayer (112 points) 3. Fragile (111 points) 4. The Yes Album (75 points) 5. Going for the One (74 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (31 points) 7. Drama (20 points) 8. The Ladder (14 points) - below the bottom rung
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: August 03 2020 at 10:13
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1. Fragile 2. the Yes Album 3. Relayer 4. Time and a Word 5. Close to the Edge 6. Tales From the Topographic Oceans 7. Yes
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 03 2020 at 10:34
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Top 7 update, with Mortte's votes added:- 1. Close to the Edge (208 points) 2. Fragile (123 points) 3. Relayer (118 points) 4. The Yes Album (83 points) 5. Going for the One (74 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (33 points) 7. Drama (20 points) 8. The Ladder (14 points) - |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: August 03 2020 at 22:43
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1. Tales From Topographic Oceans 2. Close to the Edge 3. The Yes Album 4. Fragile 5. Drama 6. Magnification 7. Going for the One |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 03 2020 at 23:57
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Top 7 update, with ILuvMarillion's votes added:- 1. Close to the Edge (216 points) 2. Fragile (127 points) 3. Relayer (118 points) 4. The Yes Album (89 points) 5. Going for the One (75 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (45 points) 7. Drama (23 points) 8. The Ladder (14 points) - |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: August 04 2020 at 06:43
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Tales from Topographic Oceans Fragile Relayer Drama Close to the Edge Fly From Here Heaven and Earth .........and i’m being serious........ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 04 2020 at 07:01
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^ I never doubted that you were serious because I like Fly from Here and Heaven & Earth too. Latest Top 7 update:- 1. Close to the Edge (219 points) 2. Fragile (135 points) 3. Relayer (124 points) 4. The Yes Album (89 points) 5. Going for the One (75 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (57 points) 7. Drama (27 points) 8. The Ladder (14 points) It looks like there's no chance now of my favourite Yes album climbing onto the bottom rung of The Ladder again. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: August 04 2020 at 07:05
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 04 2020 at 07:15
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^ The Talk album is very good too. I heard it for the first time yesterday. I would have placed Talk in second place in my Yes Top 7 if I'd listened to the album before I posted this thread.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 04 2020 at 08:14
This is almost identical to my list except that instead of the very first album I have GFTO.
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 04 2020 at 08:49
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Can't remember if I did this one or not, I think I did top 5. Anyway: 1. The Yes Album
2. Close To The Edge 3. Going for the One 4. Fragile 5. Drama 6. 90125 7. Time and a Word I would probably put ABWH as my 7th choice but since it's technically not a Yes album I went with TAAW |
Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: August 04 2020 at 09:18
I reckon people are underrating the Ladder. I discovered it through your Ladder appreciation thread. It actually seems a lot better than the likes of TFTO, which gives me a headache sometimes. ------------- "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence" - Robert Fripp "I am an anti-Christ" - Johnny Rotten |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 04 2020 at 09:45
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Top 7 update with Argo2112's votes added:- 1. Close to the Edge (227 points) 2. Fragile (139 points) 3. Relayer (124 points) 4. The Yes Album (101 points) 5. Going for the One (81 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (57 points) 7. Drama (30 points) 8. The Ladder (14 points) |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 04 2020 at 11:41
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Close To The Edge Tales from Topographic Oceans Fragile Relayer Going For The One ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 04 2020 at 12:04
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Top 7 update with Nogbad the Bad's votes added:- 1. Close to the Edge (239 points) 2. Fragile (145 points) 3. Relayer (128 points) 4. The Yes Album (101 points) 5. Going for the One (84 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (65 points) 7. Drama (30 points) I've dropped The Ladder off the end of the poll as I've just had to accept that it's never going to gain a toe-hold on the bottom rung of the Top 7 again. |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 21:02
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1. Close to the Edge 2. Fragile 3. The Yes Album 4. Going for the One 5. Drama 6. Relayer 7. Tales from Topographic Oceans ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 10 2020 at 06:11
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Top 7 update with Tempest_77's votes added:- 1. Close to the Edge (251 points) 2. Fragile (153 points) 3. Relayer (130 points) 4. The Yes Album (107 points) 5. Going for the One (88 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (66 points) 7. Drama (33 points) |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 10:56
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1. Tales From Topographic Oceans 2. Close to the edge 3. Relayer 4. The Yes Album 5. Fragile 6. 90195 7. Drama ------------- 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 11:02
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These Top 7 polls just keep on running and running. 1. Close to the Edge (259 points) 2. Fragile (156 points) 3. Relayer (136 points) 4. The Yes Album (111 points) 5. Going for the One (88 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (78 points) 7. Drama (34 points) The 90125 album is currently languishing on 11 points. |
Posted By: Juaniz
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 22:05
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1-Close to the Edge 2.-The Yes Album 3-Fragile 4-Relayer 5-Going for the One 6-Drama 7-The Ladder |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 22:13
Don't you mean 90210?
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 23:54
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^ I think Olape dialled the wrong Beverley Hills number.
Top 7 update with Juaniz' votes added:- 1. Close to the Edge (263 points) 2. Fragile (159 points) 3. Relayer (134 points) 4. The Yes Album (115 points) 5. Going for the One (91 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (66 points) 7. Drama (35 points) |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 00:38
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Relayer Close To The Edge Tales From Topographic Oceans The Yes Album Fragile Going For The One 90125
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 00:58
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Top 7 update with Uduwudu's votes added:- 1. Close to the Edge (271 points) 2. Fragile (162 points) 3. Relayer (146 points) 4. The Yes Album (119 points) 5. Going for the One (93 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (72 points) 7. Drama (35 points) |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 12:25
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Posted By: efoman2
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 18:22
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1. Close to the Edge 2. Relayer 3. Going for the One 4. The Yes Album 5. Fragile 6. Tormato 7. Drama |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 20:00
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Top 7 update with Efoman2's votes added:- 1. Close to the Edge (283 points) 2. Fragile (165 points) 3. Relayer (154 points) 4. The Yes Album (123 points) 5. Going for the One (99 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (72 points) 7. Drama (36 points) I think that's the first time anyone's voted for Tormato in their Top 7. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: August 17 2020 at 17:39
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1) Fragile 2) The Yes Album 3) CTTE 4) Relayer 5) Time And a Word 6) Drama 7) Going for the One 90125) Open Your Eyes
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Posted By: Town Terrier
Date Posted: August 19 2020 at 14:27
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1 The Yes Album 2 Fragile 3 Close to the edge 4 Tales from Topographic Oceans 5 Relayer 6 Magnification 7 Going for the One |
Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: August 19 2020 at 14:46
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Today, I'll go with the following. Disclaimer: It may differ from my previous responses. 1-3. The Yes Album, Fragile, & 90125 (this is the Exquisite category) 4-6. Close to the Edge, Going for the One, & Relayer (this is the Excellent category ... apologies in advance to the CTTE fanatics) 7. Yes or Drama or Heaven and Earth or Fly from Here or Big Generator (this is the Very Good category) I probably forgot one or six, as they have so many albums. One aspect that makes Yes so interesting is that have used different personnel to stage comebacks. Maybe the remaining repulsive forces will come together and do something Excellent. I seriously doubt it, though. We all know what happened the last time they ... I digress. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 19 2020 at 15:05
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Top 7 update after the latest three rounds of voting:- 1. Close to the Edge (299 points) 2. Fragile (193 points) 3. Relayer (163 points) 4. The Yes Album (155 points) 5. Going for the One (104 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (76 points) 7. Drama (38 points) |
Posted By: Boboulo
Date Posted: August 23 2020 at 20:19
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1) Fragile 2) Going for the One 3) Relayer 4) Tormato 5) The Yes Album 6) Close to the Edge 7) Tales from Topographic Oceans
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 00:47
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Top 7 update with Boboulo's votes added:- 1. Close to the Edge (301 points) 2. Fragile (205 points) 3. Relayer (169 points) 4. The Yes Album (158 points) 5. Going for the One (112 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (77 points) 7. Drama (38 points) |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 01:59
| Slightly surprised at Fragile being number 2 but I would agree with the top 6. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 02:03
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The Yes Album self-titled debut Time & a Word TFTO Close to the Edge Drama 90125
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 02:09
I wouldn't say I'm surprised at the Top 7 placings - just disappointed that four of my favourite Yes albums didn't make it into the final Top 7 list.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 02:12
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Top 7 update with Cristi's votes added:- 1. Close to the Edge (304 points) 2. Fragile (205 points) 3. The Yes Album (170 points) 4. Relayer (169 points) 5. Going for the One (112 points) 6. Tales from Topographic Oceans (81 points) 7. Drama (40 points) |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 02:33
Sorry but Heaven and Earth is never going to make it.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 02:37
rather predictable top 7. What 4 favorite of yours did not make the list?
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 02:40
The Ladder, Talk, Fly From Here, and Magnification, in that order.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 02:42
really? none of them come close to classic 70s Yes. Not even 80s Yes.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 02:54
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^ Yes, really! Here's my Top 7 albums list:- 1. The Ladder 2. Talk 3. Going for the One 4. Close to the Edge 5. The Yes Album 6. Fly from Here 7. Magnification |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 02:58
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I've never understood why some enjoy Fly from here. Half of it are leftover ideas from the Drama album. I don't think I listen to FFH more than a couple of times. Same with their last album. A chore to listen to.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 03:06
Fly from Here will be my next featured Yes album, so you'll probably want to skip that thread.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 03:09
I'll give the album another chance and get back to you. But don't get upset if my opinion remains unchanged.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 03:20
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^ Of course I won't be upset. Everyone has the right to their own opinion in the progosphere.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 03:22
Heaven & Earth isn't in my Top 7.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 03:23
I mean don't get your hopes up my opinion will change.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 03:26
Don't worry. I won't.
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