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The Sleepwalker 
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:14 |
For a very long time I have disliked Yes a lot, though something in their music did attract me somehow. As a result of this I bought CTTE a few weeks ago, and I loved it. A week later I bought Relayer, which I loved even more that CTTE. Another week later I bought Fragile, which I loved even more than Relayer.
I've got my eyes on the three albums that are options in this poll, but I'm not sure which to get first. So, which of these Yes albums would you recommend me to buy next and why?
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:17 |
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Tales From Topographic Oceans takes everything good about their epics and puts four of them together. I voted for it, though I'm thinking that if you enjoyed Fragile the most so far you would probably like the Yes Album as well. I'd still recommend getting Tales, though, because it's amazing.
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wreckfan1
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:22 |
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tales from topographic oceans is heavy listening, its good in the long run but the yes album "pays for itself" much quitcker, especially if you liked fragile
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questionsneverknown
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:22 |
Sounds like you now like Yes, and if you do then you'll probably like all three of those. My tendency is to say Going for the One, but it's definitely a little more polished and perhaps a little more poppy (though only relatively so). I selected the Yes Album simply based on your comment that you've liked Fragile most of all. The Yes Album is a little more raw and rocky than Fragile, but they make a good pairing. Tales is fantastic, but you probably know it's long been one of the most contentious of all their albums. It's not so easy to like right away. When I started re-buying the albums on CD I told myself NOT to buy Tales again, but then I did and now love it more than I ever did. But it's a complicated love. [I still refuse to re-buy Tormato.]
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The damage that we do is just so powerfully strong we call it love
The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough.
--Robyn Hitchcock
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:23 |
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The Yes Album. That's where it all begins. Although you might as well just save yourself repeated ordering and get them all at once.
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Hercules
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:28 |
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The Yes Album, the best thing they ever did.
I really wouldn't bother with the other two.
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:31 |
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TFTO for sure.
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seventhsojourn
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:36 |
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The Yes Album. You've already got the first album with Wakeman on board, so you'll want the first one to include Howe. Yours Is No Disgrace is one of their best tracks, but the whole album is good. Nearly four decades and I still can't get into Topographic Oceans.
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:48 |
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Add "The Yes Album" and you've got their four best albums.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Raff
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:49 |
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Unlike Micky, who loves the album, I have never managed to get into TFTO, while The Yes Album is in my view a masterpiece. However, I have always had a soft spot for Going for the One, which features one of the best Yes songs ever - the beautiful "Turn of the Century" - as well as the mega-epic "Awaken".
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The Quiet One
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:50 |
1. The Yes Album (instantly grabbing)
2. Tales From Topographic Oceans (takes various listens, but in the end it's one of the most rewarding)
3. Going For The One (accessible, but not their best material)
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:51 |
Put me in The Yes Album column as well. TFTO can go either way. It turned me off for awhile, but it has grown on me over the years, mostly from live versions of the various epics. Both of these being said, I don't think that you can go wrong with Going For The One either.
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progkidjoel
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:54 |
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The Yes Album. TfTO is really variable and takes a long time to appreciate. GFtO is fantastic, Awaken is one of their best tracks and Turn Of The Century is the most beautiful song I've ever heard, although the rest of the tracks never quite reach those two highs.
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PROGMONSTER2008
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 15:58 |
The Yes album is their best album. Go get it 
I recommend Tormato after that. Very underrated
Edited by PROGMONSTER2008 - January 08 2010 at 20:40
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progkidjoel
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 16:04 |
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^I second Tormato after. I seriously have no idea why so many people don't like that album. I can't think of anything I don't like about it.
Edited by progkidjoel - January 08 2010 at 16:33
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 16:14 |
 progkidjoel wrote:
^I second Tormato after. I seriously have no idea why so many people like that album. I can't think of anything I don't like about it. |
Erm...I think you need to fix what you said there, it's just one big pile of contradiction. 
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questionsneverknown
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 16:20 |
progkidjoel wrote:
^I second Tormato after. I seriously have no idea why so many people [dis]like that album. I can't think of anything I don't like about it. |
As the guy who just said that he would never re-buy Tormato (having made the mistake on vinyl first time round), I will say I like "Release, Release" and sometimes like "Arriving UFO," but when I think of Tormato I think of "Circus of Heaven" and then I get very, very angry (or very, very sad--can't remember which). Really, really, really don't like that song. The rest feels to me like a band that is giving up the ghost. Either way, I really wouldn't recommend it over The Yes Album, Tales or Going, or Drama.
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The damage that we do is just so powerfully strong we call it love
The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough.
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Blacksword
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 16:26 |
In this order.. The Yes album Going for the One TFTO ..then give 'Drama' a go... 
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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progkidjoel
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 16:33 |
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 16:38 |
That's better. 
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