BIG GENERATOR

Sorry guys but this has to be the worst YES album of the whole set. I don't care how many times you listen to it, or how hard you rpetend it's by someone other than YES, it's got no redeeming features at all. I like the early stuff (even the very early rock), I love Fragiel/Close to the Edge, and I think The Ladder is better than any of them. Heck, I even quite like (most or) Union, and I'm one of the people who wore out Tapioca Oceans ('Nous Sommes Du Soleil', indeed)

Relayer - a bit of a mess. 90125 - yes, it sounds like YES, and it's passably good. 'Big Generator' however is just plan bad. Awful. Ghastly. Well no, it's still better than 50% of 'popular' music of the era, but for YES it's Awful. For completists only.

You'll also notice that no tracks from this album ever seem to figure in their live shows, their 'best of' albums, or get covered by other groups. There's a reason for that. Now let me go wash my easrs out with "It'll Be a Good Day".