Roger Dean Yes Albums
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Topic: Roger Dean Yes Albums
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Subject: Roger Dean Yes Albums
Date Posted: February 20 2005 at 11:08
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I apologize ahead of time for any omissions. I vote Relayer. I think the art on the cover is incredible (especially on the original vinyl when its big) and compliments the album well. ------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
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Posted By: mirco
Date Posted: February 20 2005 at 11:54
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I don`t like Relayer, maybe because I have a poor rendition of it (my album is made in Venezuela, and those days there was no respect for the album presentation). From what I have, I choose Yessongs, close followed by Close to the edge. ------------- Please forgive me for my crappy english! |
Posted By: Vegetableman
Date Posted: February 20 2005 at 12:00
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I love the Relayer cover to death, but the Tales cover is just so cool. Thank god it was revived on the latest TFTO remaster. ------------- "Mister Fripp, your music is quite different than everything else out there. In one word, how would you describe it?" "Progressive.... yeah, that's it..." |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 20 2005 at 12:06
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. Yessongs set of drawings from the Vinyl issue.
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Posted By: plodder
Date Posted: February 20 2005 at 12:12
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Tales From Topographic Oceans. But his best cover was for SNAFU  It opens out as a gatefold and is just fantastic. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 20 2005 at 12:23
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I simply love Close to the Edge, the green cover is a bit simple, but the painting insde the LP is incredibly beautiful,. gives me a sensation of peace and order that I love. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 20 2005 at 12:25
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Relayer - though his covers for Greenslade and Osibisa were also pretty groovy.
------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 20 2005 at 12:29
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Posted By: plodder
Date Posted: February 20 2005 at 13:00
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My brother bought that Ramases Album. He used to buy any album that had a Roger Dean cover. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 09 2005 at 19:25
Relayer. I really like TFTO as well. He really can make an album cover. (With the exception of CTTE  )------------- 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: Harlequin
Date Posted: April 09 2005 at 19:36
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I also went with Relayer although there is someting about the speckled green on CTTE that is almost magnetic. Yes Songs isnt listed. That gives great value for money for Dean fans. Somewhere in the loft is a copy of "Views" that I bought in 1977. Must hunt it out. See what the kids make of it. ------------- Information is not knowledge Knowledge is not wisdom Wisdom is not truth Truth is not beauty Beauty is not love Love is not music Music is the best... |
Posted By: Rob The Good
Date Posted: April 10 2005 at 01:37
Yeah I went with the crowd and voted Relayer 
CTTE is such a fantastic album, and yet the cover is so....green. Oh, and Drama's cover is fantastic, even though no one seems to want to vote for it. Lastly, Roger Dean did the cover for Uriah Heep's Magician's Birthday, and Demons & Wizards! They're both really great! ------------- And Jesus said unto John, "come forth and receive eternal life..." Unfortunately, John came fifth and was stuck with a toaster. |
Posted By: John Gargo
Date Posted: April 10 2005 at 11:21
| Relayer, easily... it's one of the quintessential album covers, in my opinion, and when I listen to the album I can't stop looking at the cover. |
Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: April 10 2005 at 12:14
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Relayer is nice. ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 16:06
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 17:49
| Friggin' Relayer |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 19:23
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O i changed my vote to TFTO btw. ------------- 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: Bj-1
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 20:47
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In order:
The ratings are cover ratings. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Moody Mellow
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 22:03
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I chose Fragile, because it was beautiful, simple, and the one that started it all. ------------- The word is "Dreamer" And it really suits you... |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 23:24
how can you rate these two the same? CTTE is pretty much plain. cool colors, but no actual picture. My favorite album and cover: RELAYER!!!!! ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 00:02
He's referring to the picture on the inside of the album, which is brilliant. Oh, and I also like Relayer. ------------- 
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Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 00:50
| Roger Dean's greatest artwork for Yes may have been the logo- so simple... so effective. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 02:09
oh, yeah the inside one is a good one. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 03:00
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Drama is by far my favorite cover (and one of my fav Yes albums as well), but I still think that the Tales and Relayers covers are great as well. ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 06:37
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My favourite is Close to the Edge, the vinyl version with the gatefold sleeve - as Ivàn said, all those cool shades of green give me a sense of peace and relaxation. Of course Relayer is fantastic as well - as a matter of fact, they all are. Roger Dean is undisputedly the best cover artist of all. |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 09:26
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I really love tales front cover (though I'm not too fond of the album, its
decent.) I would say Relayer is a very close second and I also love Close to the Edge though it's not the best art work. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 14:17
| Personally I would have gone for Yessongs (as in my avatar) but Relayer is the best of this lot. |
Posted By: Fritha
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 18:00
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I love that logo too but, as I have found out, it really is far from simple to reproduce without looking at the original work! (I keep practicing though...lol) To think that he came up with it in the first place...genious. The inner sleeve of CttE is my favourite Yes releated artwork by Dean but as far as covers go, Relayer is indeed hard to beat. ------------- I was made to love magic |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 18:47
| Tales From Topographic Oceans is one of the best covers EVER! |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 22:03
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Relayer...but were is Yessongs...theres an other kick as cover! Dean makes the best covers, no doubt! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 03:43
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The opening covers of "Yesshows". Some recent YES albums have great Dean covers too: ABWH "Evening of Yes Music+" "Union" "Symphonic Music of Yes" "The Ladder" |
