Most Underrated Yes Album

Intruder wrote: Peter Green doesn't get his due....and the reason for that can be placed square in the laps of Howe and Anderson.  Even when he passed very little was said and nothing at all done.  Green was a killer on the first album and in those early BBC sessions - he and Squire really built a cool sound.  I know it wasn't "enough" for Anderson's ambitions, and the competition was starting to get further and further away from the blooze and Wes Montgomery, so Green had to go.  But that first album, man.....still a favorite of mine.

Of course Banks had to be replaced to attain that Yes Album sound - Anderson had his vision of what the band would be and saw that growth beyond the blues and Wes required Banks' replacement.  That doesn't mean how they handled the situation didn't suck for Banks, nor does it take away from the groovy sounds they created with Banks on guitar.