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    Posted: 8 hours 47 minutes ago at 16:26
What do you think about this?

For me, Fragile is not this album like the people talk so much... Your best moments is Roundabout, South Side of The Sky and Heart of a Sunrise. The double Distance/Fish is better on Yessongs
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Superestimate

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1. (rare, nonstandard) Synonym of overestimate.

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-- Mainly an error by non-native speakers, perhaps through confusion with e.g. Spanish sobrestimar.

Overrated? Perhaps. I prefer the albums before and after Fragile. Both seem more cohesive. There are jarring songs thrown in just to be inclusive of all band members. Still, a very good album.
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Yes (no pun intended)
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TYA and Fragile are both equally great. I probably prefer Fragile by just a tiny bit though.

Top five Yes (or my opinion I should say):

Relayer
Close to the Edge
Fragile
The Yes Album
Going for the One

Just behind GFTO is Drama then Tales but all are great. And 90125 is a great pop rock album with prog elements but nothing more and nothing less. It's not on the same level as the others.
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The interesting track for me is South Side Of The Sky which sounds like proto prog metal. Yes developed a harder edge on this album and that stood them in good stead to take over the mantle of the leading prog band ahead of ELP. Rick Wakeman is a massive figure in prog and can never be underestimated although they found the perfect replacement in Patrick Moraz when he left to purse a solo career before returning to the band for the classic GFTO album. TYA to GFTO is arguably the greatest and most important run of prog albums when the genre was riding high.
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