90125 vs. Power Windows
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Topic: 90125 vs. Power Windows
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: 90125 vs. Power Windows
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 03:17
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Two polarizing albums by two of the most important progressive bands that both went on their commercially-friendly ways in the 80s. Which of these two records do you consider better and why? I will go for Yes' mature power pop hit album!   |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 03:24
I choose the easy way out this time and voted both. 
otherwise a tough choice poll if you had the two albums against each other. Also i don't find these two albums polarizing or controversial...
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Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 03:48
| Loving Yes with all my heart, but I can't stand them in 80s pop format, it's awful to me, sorry. Rush 'Power windows' is prog enough for me to enjoy. |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 04:35
| 90125 because I enjoy it more! I've tried hard with Power Windows but it does nothing for me. And I seem to prefer this era of Yes more than the "classic" era! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:18
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I enjoy both equally these days. Back in the day I guess I would have voted for Yes. 90125 was immediate for me, and I heard it before I'd heard anything else by Yes. Power Windows was a disappointment at the time, as I was hooked on the MP era of Rush, but these days I think PW is a fine album. I consider neither as 'sell out' albums. In fact 90125 would be in my top 5 Yes albums. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:56
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Yesterday I became a bean bag. I picked Power Windows. ------------- ---------- 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: Mormegil
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 06:39
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RRRUUUSSHHH over Yes. Power Windows spends more time on the turntable than 90125. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 06:44
| Noe is one of my favorites, but I certainly listen to Rush more than Yes, out of these two albums. |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 06:49
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Power Windows is a really good album, and I think it's very sonically pleasing as well. I always have thought of the addition of more prominent keys and electric drums as a progression for rush rather than regression or "sell-out." I can say many of the same things for 90125, great album especially from a production standpoint and many parts of it still feel progressive to me. I gotta vote Power Windows, some really transcending songs on that album. ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 07:13
| I don't listen to either from start to finish anymore---but Power Windows has a few songs I still really like--90125 is very dated sounding . |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 07:31
| I like 90125 but Power Windows is actually one of my favorite Rush albums so it gets my vote. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 07:41
| I love both equally |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 07:46
| Manhattan Project & Mystic Rhythms are both peaks that 90125 cannot match. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 07:51
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I'm totally on 90125. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 09:26
Rush.....don't own any Yes past Drama and I'm not sure why anyone would want to.  ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 09:42
well, I personally prefer 90125 to Drama but of course nothing to compare to anything until GFTO ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
dr wu23 wrote:Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 09:52
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Back in the day (are we sick of that term yet?) I broke Rush into two categories. Old Rush (Up through Moving Pictures) and New Rush (Signals and beyond). Power Windows is hands down my favorite of the "new" Rush albums. It just speaks to me on so many levels and it's still pretty proggy. I enjoy 90125 but it can't compare to PW. ------------- We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 10:06
 btw.....'amber subdomain'....? does that mean all worlds are merely shadows of Amber...?  ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 10:55
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No surprise vote from me. I like both, but Power Windows gets my vote. ------------- 
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 11:56
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Power Windows 90125 isn’t a regular Yes Album on my turntable. Unlike Power Windows ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 12:03
| Yes |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 13:34
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Definitely a poll where none is a correct answer, but I won't take the cowards way out. Yes. ------------- 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: someone_else
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 14:55
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Power Windows is decent, if not good, but 90125 has the more memorable songs. ------------- 
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Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 15:09
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I was about to hit the 90125 button, but then reflected on how much I really do like most of Power Windows, and went with the equal. But have to admit, 90125 was probably a bigger part of my music world back in the day. ------------- Z |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 16:29
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Power Windows isn't what I call polarizing. Rush fans love it. 90125? Definitely. Both are classics in my book, but Power Windows has no filler. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 16:33
| Power windows by a mile. Manhattan Project alone is a Rush classic. 90125 is imo is the start of the decline of Yes as a band. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 17:17
| Probably 90210. Power Windows is good but I think Rush has better albums from the 80's. Yes unfortunately weren't very prolific in the 80's but I still think 90210 is better than Power Windows. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 18:29
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90210 had hotter women too! -------------
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Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 18:47
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even but 90125 helped me discover prog at an early age so I`m voting for that.
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 19:29
| This is all very old music--so I judge music from the past by would I pay to go see it played live?---I wouldn't pay a dime to hear 90125 live--or any Yes west album for that matter---but Rush maybe. Makes sense for me but maybe not for everyone. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 20:31
| Yes. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 21:10
So Jon Anderson is a woman now?  |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 21:17
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Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 23:16
| ^All I can think about now is how my high school theater teacher had a small recurring role on that show long before she was a teacher. She was also a terrible director and played favorites in the worst way. A little glad she was fired, but sad it was after I graduated. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 23:30
Yes, I know that. I thought that it was also a nickname for this album because of the similarity. I guess I'm the only one who knows about that joke.
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 23:34
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One down, one to go; another town for one more show. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: cemego
Date Posted: March 25 2021 at 00:43
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I love Yes and I'm a HUUGE Trevor Horn fan, but the songs on Power Windows are just BETTER than 90125. I cant really explain it. And I've never compared these two in any context. But I would definitely go with Power Windows here. I just listen to it more and it stands the test of time better. ------------- listen to streaming stuff! no commercials! http://wmom.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: March 25 2021 at 03:18
| I saw the tours for both these albums. At the time, 90125 reinvigorated Yes and I saw a great performance by the band at Birmingham's NEC. At the same venue sometime later, I saw Rush for the first time on that Power Windows tour. It was one of the most turgid concerts I have ever been to, along with Dire Straits. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 25 2021 at 05:14
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: March 25 2021 at 07:06
you probably know this but 90125 was the albums catalogue number---had nothing to do with zip codes--but I used it as a password a lot on devices---oops now you all know how to get into my iPhone
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 25 2021 at 07:34
I was hoping it would be a Bangles album or something like that. -------------
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 25 2021 at 08:28
Ha. Funny how that didn't work out. Anyway, yes it was their catalogue number. Kind of a lazy way of coming up with an album title if you ask me. Trevor Rabin actually released an album of early demos called 90124 as a joke(speaking of jokes)but I never actually heard the whole thing. Some of it sounded pretty good though. The Bangles.
I can actually give you a Yes connection there. Susanna Hoffs who was with the Bangles did a cover album with Matthew Sweet and one of those covers was of "I've seen all good people." It was on their second cover album. They did three. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 25 2021 at 08:32
| I voted for 90125 because for me Power Windows has more songs that could be considered filler. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: March 25 2021 at 11:44
| Picked Power Windows, Manhattan Porject, Marathon, Mistyc Rhytms and the Big Money are great songs, 90125 it´s a mixed bag for me |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: March 25 2021 at 12:21
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90125 remains my favorite rock album of all time. Power Windows is among my top 5 favorite Rush albums, but having songs like "Middletown Dreams" and "Emotion Detector" makes it a very easy victory for Yes!
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 25 2021 at 13:08
Absurd. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 25 2021 at 13:28
Stop trolling.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 26 2021 at 10:50
| Power Windows |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 27 2021 at 02:12
| Power Windows feels more complete to me. There are some great tracks on 90125 though. |
Posted By: Lieutenant_Lan
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 07:27
| Both are okay |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 20 2022 at 03:36
| bump! |
Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: January 20 2022 at 06:42
| never liked Power Windows |