The favorite studio album by Yes
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Topic: The favorite studio album by Yes
Posted By: Emperor
Subject: The favorite studio album by Yes
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 09:23
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My choice is TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS :-) ------------- I Prophesy Disaster... |
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Posted By: Proghead
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 09:47
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 10:11
 I predict that CTTE will easily win, if lots of people vote (we had a favourite Yes album poll before, so some may not bother with this one). Edge seems to be most fans' fave, by far -- mine too, though The Yes Album and Fragile are terriffic as well....------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Azrael2112
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 11:16
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I have to say Relayer...its a wonderfully balanced album. ------------- http://www.flywithjet.com"> 
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 11:37
Close to the Edge. Ya know, down by the river. 
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 12:03
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Close To The Edge but The Yes Album,Fragile and Going For the One are masterpieces too. But the 3 tracks on CTTE are uniformly excellent. ------------- 
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 14:38
I'm still waiting for Reed Lover to say something worthwhile.
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 14:46
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Now many of the people on this site think VDGG are piss poor, but we dont say so. If you dont get Yes very often try smartening yourself up. -------------
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gdub411 wrote:
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 14:50
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 14:50
Wassup? -------------
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Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:00
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I like CTTE and Relayer.
With honourable mention to KeyStudio. Speaking of KS, instead of putting keys to ascension, you should have put KeyStudio! ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:08
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I love all the Yes albums equally. They're all Masterpeices!!
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:10
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I went for "Talk" this time. "CTTE" is my favourite really, but I wanted to reflect how "Talk" is so criminally underrated (in my opinion I reckon if Steve Howe had played on "The endless dream" it would be a staple of their live act now. |
).Posted By: Panoramic's Gay
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:14
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No the later one's are really gay! |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:19
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I can never decide between CTTE and Relayer, but as CTTE always wins these things I'm plumping for Relayer again.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:30
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The album I enjoy listerning to the most is 'Going for the one' I like 'CTTE' but my all time favourite yes 'song' is 'The revealing science of God' from 'Topographic oceans' Not a favourite around here I guess, but after the much maligned 90125 It was the next Yes album I heard. It took me about 2 years to really get into it. It has some sentimental value for me. Sorry, folks but I do like 90125 quite a bit too ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:56
I voted CTTE, but Talk was definitely the best of the Rabin era. Too bad about the cover though, so much wasted space. |
Posted By: Wrath_of_Ninian
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 16:09
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Going For The One 1. Al White's dynamic drumming instead of Bruford's plodalong drum-by-numbers 2. Anderson sounding utterly alive and with it on every note - now, I didn't say lucid... 3. Overall atmosphere of Swiss serenity 4. Awaken - easily the best song they ever recorded - and that pipe organ....chills down the spine. I would have gone for Close To The Edge musically, but I much prefer the live versions of everything on that album - unfortunately Offord (or whoever it was) killed everything stone dead and turned it into a dry rehearsal workout. I'm sure that'll go down well with the Yes fan club here... |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 16:13
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Bruford plodalong drum-by-numbers? Ouch. I've always heard Bill play a bit outside the lines. No offense, but have you actually heard Bill Bruford play drums? |
Posted By: Wrath_of_Ninian
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 16:30
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No offence taken. I have all the stuff he did with Yes and Crimson, but I never liked his style much so didn't venture into his other stuff. Perhaps I am missing something? I'm a drummer myself you see, and I thought he stifled Yes. That said, I thought his drumming with Crimson was much better and definitely more suited to their jagged time-hopping style (if thats the phrase) - especially on Red, which was excellent. White gave Yes a new dimension - Close To The Edge on Yessongs is just monumental. On the album, it drags, and Bruford (and probably Offord) is to blame. My opinion of course. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 16:41
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I voted for Tormato just because I like the album, It's not their most adventurous album, but it's sort of a prelude to their most commercial album (90125), and at the time I bought it I read everywhere that it was next to drama their worst album (Union wasn't released yet at that time) but I found it to be a great album, with some great songs and good playing by the band. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 16:44
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I like Drama. I'd rather Jon singing, but Buggle-boy didn't do too bad of a job I guess.
The songs are excellent, and a cool change from normal yes. I wish they would perform some of the songs from that album live with Jonny-boy. ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 17:15
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Without even hesitating, I casted my vote to "Close to the Edge"
------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: benny bouncer
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 17:17
| Naa, Yes aint Yes without Jon Anderson!!! He has such a unique voice in prog....i think its great. Close to the edge though is a masterpiece, ....actually i like Magnification, tormato, Time and a Word......most of them really lol |
Posted By: Wizard/TRueStar
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 20:27
I voted Drama so get ready to kill me
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Posted By: Lunarscape
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 21:39
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No doubt - Tales From Topographic Ocean...The most "indepth" prog album ever.
Lunar ------------- Music Is The Soul Bird That Flies In The Immense Heart Of The Listener . . . |
Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 21:47
Oh don't get me wrong, yes ISNT yes without jon, but drama is still a kick ass album. It's original, and something they never did before. It's cool for a quick change. ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: Eddy
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 23:27
| i love yes. absoulotly love yes. i cannot decide which cd is there best. there all gold to me |
Posted By: Emperor
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 01:52
Lunarscape, my regards! :-) Your words are to the very point! ;-)
Personally I took almost a year to dig TALES (at the moment I was 17 and had and enjoyed several Yes's albums already) - the most complicated album for myself ever. But after I've got to it I always was the happiest man listening TALES... The points Nos 2 and 3 for me in Yes discography are just RELAYER and CTTE, than KEyStudio follows... I also really like Time And A Word, Drama, ABWH'89, Union, Talk and The Ladder. There are also some albums (GFTO, Tormato) with some absolutely great stuff (AWAKEN, PARALLELS, ONWARDS), but including and some really weaker (IMHO) tracks... The Yes album seems really overrated for me - I never liked Yours Is No Disgrace, 5th track and especially The Clap. But the less favourite albums for me (but it DOESEN'T MEAN that I don't like them! To my honest opinion Yes never released weak music - their weakest records are even better than average level ;-)) are their debut, Big Generator and Open Your Eyes. ------------- I Prophesy Disaster... |
Posted By: Cinema
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 02:30
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I voted for Relayer, but Tormato is really an excellent and highly
underrated body of work. Given a chance, the album provides a very satisfying listening experience. Frankly, that's pretty much the case for all Yes albums ... except maybe the first two ...oh, and maybe 90125 ... and Big Generator ... and Talk ... and Open Your Eyes. But other than that, all the albums are great. 
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Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 02:44
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I voted for Going for the One - Because Awaken is the best work Yes produced but CTTE and TFTO and Relayer are all very close - These four albums demonstrate the awesome power of "Total progressive rock"..... And GDUB - Although I have yet to hear a lot of VDGG - I'm afraid it's on the third tier of prog - However Killer and Theme 1 are V. Good ------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 03:13
| Close To The Edge is the most 'perfect' prog album IMO.The word masterpeice gets used too much ...but not in this case.Solid Gold Prog...Yes at their very peak..great ensemble playing..LOVE IT! |
Posted By: zappa123
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 08:18
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The yes album
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 11:43
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Apparently, the UK audiences were somewhat vocal in their dislike of Trevor Horne as the lead singer. As Steve Howe put it 'Some members of the crowd were brutal to say the least'. I quite like the album and I really feel for the two poor buggers who were thrown into the deep end but really, Yes without John Anderson is like...well Genesis without Phil Collins
------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 12:53
you can put them on whatever tier you want..it still doesn't change the fact that they are the best. |
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 14:50
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I went for Going for the One too. It's the first Yes album I heard and i still have very fond memories of that orange labelled black cassette i bought for 50p in a bargain bin. I voted for it for three reasons: 1. Awaken - just awesome, especially the harp breakdown 2. Turn of the Century - Just beautiful 3. Cos of the misspelling of the word Wonderous (sic) Cooooool |
Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 15:41
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AHHGG HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN ABWH!!!!
I correct myself, ABWH is my all-time favorite yes album!!! I never seen it on the poll so i didnt think of it.ARGH Im mad at myself now for forgetting that. lol. ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 19:44
| There is only one answer, Close to the edge; the greatest prog album ever. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 19:52
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I'll second that. I like to distinguish between favourite and greatest. -------------
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 19:53
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Union-2nd ? Musht be shum mishtake!
Posted By: Stone
Date Posted: December 11 2004 at 04:38
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Fragile does it for me, could do without the "solo" pieces but the remaining songs are great. |
Posted By: zappa123
Date Posted: December 11 2004 at 10:50
Strange indeed. |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 11 2004 at 14:43
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Drama is my favorite and here's why: Even if all the other tracks sucked (which they don't), Machine Messiah by itself makes the album the best. Machine Messiah is the best prog metal song ever. |
Posted By: illustrated
Date Posted: December 11 2004 at 15:44
| I can't even choose between Fragile and Close to the Edge. |
Posted By: Sound Chaser
Date Posted: December 12 2004 at 23:19
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My favorite studio album is definatly CTTE, Relayer is 2nd, Fragile is 3rd. |
Posted By: mikedevilsfan
Date Posted: December 13 2004 at 00:08
I'm with you on this one wrath. I, too am a drummer and hold the same opinion. Whether bruford is a better drummer is definitly debatable, but white was much better for Yes. Bruford's overt jazz tendancies (see roundabout and everything else on Fragil) lacked the conviction of Palmer and Collins. Listen to ROundabout it sounds like he is playing on the side of the drums. He has been quoted as saying the drums were down in the mix, but I think it was more of what he played, that was very much in the background. I also agree that his rockier stuff with crimson was really good. White has (had) more energy and it could definitly be felt in Relayer, Drama even 90125 etc. Bruford was just to jazzy back then. This seems to be a drummers perspective though. Singers, Guitar, Bass etc don't seem to see it. Maybe it's because we want ot be out front more? Michael |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: December 13 2004 at 05:01
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1 fRAGILE
2 cLOSE TO THE EDGE AND YES ALBUM EX AEQUO |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: December 13 2004 at 05:03
| Close To The Edge |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 13 2004 at 06:37
Now this is contraversial album!! But, I agree there are good songs on here. Machine Messiah, Does it really happen and Tempus Fugit are my favourites. I think Trevor Horns voice is not a patch on Jons, and is in some songs totally unsuitable, but I never felt that bad towards him, because I liked The Buggles ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: ShrinkingViolet
Date Posted: December 13 2004 at 17:14
| I am torn between Close To The Edge And Relayer, both albums totally define prog, they are masterpieces , Perfect!. I'm not so keen on the 80's Yes.. Yes includes the marvillous vocals of Mr.Jon.Anderson, no other, its not Yes for me. |
Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: December 13 2004 at 17:46
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'Fragile' Just voted what first came to mind. I also adore 'Yes Album', 'CTTE', 'Relayer' and 'GFTO'. The album I dislike most is 'Open Your Eyes'. 'TFTO' never quite did it for me. It has some great moments, but also overlong boring parts which just seem to be there to stretch the songs to side-lenghth pieces just for the sake of it. Just my opinion. -------------  |
Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: December 13 2004 at 19:02
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what is so great about Union, i have never heard it
Aaron |
Posted By: Emperor
Date Posted: December 14 2004 at 02:30
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To my opinion UNION is really very good album, especially the tracks with Howe on guitar. But there are two tracks I hardly stand with - Saving My Heart and Miracle Of Life - they destroys the "spirit" of this album... ------------- I Prophesy Disaster... |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 16:43
Close To The Edge...But TFTO is definately there! Brilliant album  ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 20:55
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 21:02
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favorite..... easy. The Yes Album. Obviously, probably not the best, but I will never and have never got tired of listening to that album. Yours Is No Disgrace will be played at my funeral hahahahha. That's the song that got me hooked on Yes (and Chris Squire) ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 08:14
| I don't see the point in resurrecting this thread after more than 12 months. You can tell what the most popular Yes album is by looking at the PA Top 100. |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 22:34
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I would order the Yes studio albums 1. Close To The Edge 6/5 This album cannot be compared to anything else, it's just magnific and belongs in another catagory all by itself. 2: Going For The One 5/5 (Awaken!!) 3: Relayer 4.5/5 4: Fragile, The Yes Album, Tales, and Talk 4/5
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Posted By: Mongo
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 23:26
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GFTO CTTE Relayer Fragile The Yes album ------------- "The options are ever fewer on the ground these days" Fish |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 06:24
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Tales From The Topographic Oceans ------------- 
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 07:25
Close to the edge, Fragile and Relayer 
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Posted By: Winter Wine
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 07:41
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Union with eight votes? You people sure about that? My favourite is CTTE but i'm going to vote for The Yes Album as it's an underrated masterpiece ------------- My computer's broke |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 08:23
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I like all the Yes' albums I know, except Fragile, . I haven't listened yet to
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Posted By: Jools
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 09:07
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I chose CTTE because all four songs are consistently good but I much prefer the Gates Of Delerium and Awaken as individual tunes. ------------- Ridicule is the burden of genius. |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 19:10
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 19:32
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CTTE, naturally. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Gentle Tull
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 20:03
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Close to the Edge. ------------- 
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Posted By: IcedSabbath
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 20:13
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I voted Tales. Long prog opuses are my bag, baby. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 20:18
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Close to the Edge ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Sammus_the_hutt
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 22:29
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being only 20, im not biast by who was an origional member, what the press had to say about the band, and the reseption that the bands of the 70s and 80s got at the time, so i judge best albums on my own interpretation of the music. Untill very recantly, I was the only yes fan I know. Ive always concidered 'Drama' there best album, as I love yes as a songwriting band. Albums like Fragile, Union, and going for the one is the kind of yews i like to hear. still 100percent prog, but strong songs with great hooks aswell. dont chastise me too much for this...... ------------- Goodnight, Tonight, Im burning star 4 |