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Psychedelic Paul
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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 1970: Time and a Word - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB2M8snzx02ZhJuW6VCiIca 1971: The Yes Album - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDvvDTpAULTA6_9lvrRSLD5 1972: Close to the Edge - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAWTjZf23Udu_0YF_vcpMGZ 1973: Tales from Topographic Oceans - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCqcDmHPsNX4vFbEAfInG2H 1975: Live at QPR Stadium - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAycdQGq9KRcTp7S6Lfx7w- 1977: Going for the One - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBWrMyQ-CosSuXwyEMzkjdC 1980: Yesshows - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBypXAlAtTixdfFc5D21EG_ 1985: 90125 Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCrW0KgxLbmPR-RjnqkqFXr 1987: Big Generator - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBAICurVs6LoKXoBOG4MpKw 1989: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCrF3RauBWgX4PqhC8GzdjA 1989: ABWH - An Evening of Yes Music Plus - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA5sxPqlbD81n3L0aeCjL9H 1996: Keys to Ascension - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC4voV-c6RU3I8Xdmk1dS4O 1997: Keys to Ascension 2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDJPQzzWA9iZ6sXBpMYcZGp 1997: Open Your Eyes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBn_m8kcA5PXSLw5T5ChFd_ 1999: The Ladder - 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 2001: Magnification - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAuwaZ2oTty65iuP2Bu1aIB 2002: Yes Symphonic Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA5-q5kiyzRw5GyeftC7Iw8 2003: Live at Montreux - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAEXpOFjLGHzl5TvJkhdPE2 2004: Songs from Tsongas - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCMMFkZ-mNrLpht8f3RRWK7 2011: Fly from Here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCIeG4w8NTFMBGBDxSAeRCU 2011: Union Live 1991 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBAJDmEJSXDmk1UXbdXIOXT 2014: Heaven & Earth - 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 2015: Like It Is - Yes at the Mesa Art Centre - 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 Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 12 2021 at 06:33 |
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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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^ Your 4th placing for Tormato is almost as surprising as my 1st placing for The Ladder album.
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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. |
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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.
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Ah great, another variation of top 5 yes albums that gets posted every few days
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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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Are you telling me this has been done before?
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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. Edited by Cactus Choir - July 31 2020 at 08:16 |
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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 |
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That sounds like a Yes compilation album to me.
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Close to the Edge
Relayer Fragile The Yes album Going for the One Drama TFTO |
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You're damn right!
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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) |
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Why would we need this thread when we have this one??? It seems to me a bit of overkill...
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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.
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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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.....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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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.
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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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