Yes: Which Album Should I Get Next?

octopus-4 wrote: I suggest "Tales". The 4 songs (one for each side on the vinyl edition) are all about 20 minutes length and you can be transported by the music. There's much of Jon here, specially in the lyrics, but it's a well balanced album, without the excesses that sometimes are present in the YES music. The Yes album is a classic, but it doesn't add much to what you already own, and Going for the one is too close to the 80s. A good album, with Wakeman at his top, but it's just a collection of songs on which the pop side of YES was starting to appear. Tales is closer to Fragile, I think.

     Going for the One may have some Pop connections, but the mere inclussion of Awaken makes it a must have, no Pop here, only Top Level Prog. And Turn of the Century is really a very beautiful song. Now, Tormato, that is a very Pop influenced album.

The Yes Album is amazing, easily my favourite of theirs

I would move up in years to Going for the One which is little different than what you have previously had.

The Yes Album. It's truly wonderful. I would have reccomended Tales From Topographic Oceans also, as Close To The Edge could nicely lead you on to either of these records. If you like the melodic aspect of Yes particularly, go for The Yes Album, if you like the symphonic aspect of Yes particularly then go for Tales...