(About Yes)Which album do you like more ?
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Topic: (About Yes)Which album do you like more ?
Posted By: aesnogard
Subject: (About Yes)Which album do you like more ?
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 23:34
| The Yes Album is one of the most accessible Yes albums and TFTO is one of the most non-accessible Yes albums. I Wonder which album people like more. Let's poll, please. |
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 23:36
| Tales from Topographic Oceans. I'll expand tomorrow, right now it's time for sleep. |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 23:41
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If you take out a venture, then the Yes album would be an easy five star.
Tales, meh... Not as good. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tommydouglas
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 00:27
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Too much "noodling" on Tales. Bring on the thick marvellous Hammond organ stylings of Tony Kaye and the Yes Album incarnation of Yes! ------------- "I'm not really spiritual, just religious." |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 00:45
| The Yes Album by far, maybe their most exciting. Howe's guitar work on it is incredible, really one of the greatest guitar albums ever, very underrated. Tales is background music. |
Posted By: Teh_Slippermenz
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 01:36
| Love TYA, but my vote goes to Topographic Oceans. Not too crazy about the whole Shastic Scriptures thing, but it's one of my favorites anyway. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 02:20
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I don't buy the whole accessible/inaccessible premise on which this poll is based. I don't find Tales to be a particularly challenging album, and although a careful and attentive listen will bring out subtleties in it, the same will happen when you listen to The Yes Album.
Ultimately, The Yes Album is just a better album. Perhaps it is second only to Close To The Edge.
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Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 02:46
| TFTO from this pair, but Yes Album is very, very good. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 02:49
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I absolutely love Tales but I think The Yes Album is an overall better record |
Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 03:46
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Mmm...difficult choice, but I think I'll go with The Yes Album for its song-oriented structure, though I am not a big fan of Bill Bruford or Tony Kaye... ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: heavyhery
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 05:49
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the yes album it was one one of the reasons i became a progfreak ------------- heavyhery |
Posted By: paloz
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 06:35
You said it all. They're too different. Maybe I prefer TFTO, but I find it difficult to vote..
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aesnogard wrote:Posted By: rumos
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 06:54
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For me The Yes Album. Along with Foxtrot, Dark Side of the Moon and Tubular Bells, is the reason i became interested in prog long years ago. I think TFTO is an albun full of unintresting solo-fillers. ------------- all of our hands joined in hope, holding the weight on the rope all of us pilgrims. |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 07:00
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I don't think TFTO isn't accessible (I think it's more accessible than Fragile or Relayer) but TYA is my favourite Yes album, it simply sounds amazing! ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 08:48
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Tales for me, but both are great on their own right. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 08:55
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I think TFTO is the more rewarding to listen to and has just got better and better as I've grown older. I rarely play TYA now. ------------- What? |
Posted By: paloz
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 10:25
Well, let's say that TFTO is surely the less accessible from Yes' works (even if it can be easily loved). I find Fragile the more accessible, and Relayer only needs a thoughtful listening.
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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 11:06
| Yes album. As of now TFTO is too big for me. |
Posted By: Nucleus
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 11:28
| TFTO, no doubt. I love the epicity (don't care if it's not a word). |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 14:04
| the yes album, the reason is plain and simple: shorter, more accessible songs with catchier tunage, yet still the same level of musicianship. |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 14:06
| The Yes Album |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 18:37
| Tales is where Yes started going downhill, as far as I'm concerned. The Yes Albums wins this poll easily for me. |
Posted By: bruin69
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 19:10
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The Yes Album by a million miles. Tales is tootly and pretentious, with about 20 minutes of great music out of the four sides. Would have made a great single album with a little more effort. The Yes Album is well nigh perfect - yes even A Venture has worth. ------------- A dog is for lunch and not just for breakfast |
Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 21:52
Yeah, I also think they started going downhill with Tales... thankfully they came back up, greater than ever with Relayer later that year
  .Out of the two, I prefer the Yes Album. They take spots 4 and 5, behind Relayer, CttE, and Fragile, for me.
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: December 21 2007 at 07:02
| The Yes Album, where true greatness started despite 2 very aceptbale previous releases. |
Posted By: Gentlegiantprog
Date Posted: January 31 2008 at 22:45
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i never understood this attitude people have about 'Tales,' its no wierder than 'Relayer,' no worse than any classic Yes album and no one song is more overblown or boring than any 20 min prog epic. ------------- Let the maps of war be drawn ! 
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Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: February 01 2008 at 03:17
You're right, it's not overblown.. I think it's rather underblown. There were some good ideas, but they were too few and far between to take up the amount of disk space that they did. I've listened to and analysed this album many, many times, thinking it just had to click, but I understand it now, and it didn't blow me away. I think it might have been a great album if they had CD technology at the time, weren't obligated to fill up 4 record sides, and made each track 10-15 minutes long.
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Posted By: MusicalSalmacis
Date Posted: February 01 2008 at 07:09
| I think that Yes were holding back on The Yes Album, thus it is not one of my favourite albums by Yes. And I think that Tales is too long with too few ideas, every song could have been much much shorter (well, except for maybe "revealing science"). In short: I like both albums but i prefer neither. CTTE > Both. |
Posted By: ES335
Date Posted: February 01 2008 at 07:30
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I vote for Tales From Topographic Oceans. It is close, as it would be for any two Yes albums from The Yes Album through Relayer. I love the epic nature of this owrk, the only problem I have with it is it is difficult to find the time to listen to in one sitting. I agree that if it had been made during the CD era, it would be even better, and might be hands down my favorite work by Yes. What I really wish is that it were just a few minutes shorter, then I could burn it to one CD and listen to it without having to change discs. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 07:33
| The question says which one I like. I like both. TFTO is superb a masterpiece of prog alongside Relayer and Close to the Edge. Although I frequently listen The Yes Album cause as you said is the most accesible album alongside Fragile. I'll go for Yes Album. But Tales wins in which album is best. |
Posted By: WideAngleWatcher
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 08:03
| The Yes Album. Was the first full length album by Yes I ever heard and that always seems to count for something if you think about it. I don't hate Tales... though I want that to be known too. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 08:56
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Tales, biger beter and more amazing music then anyother yes album, but The Yes Album is allso sweet. ------------- 
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 19:26
I absolutely love both albums, but I have to go with TFTO. Really great stuff.  Yes in their prime were amazing, when those two albums are fantastic but even below two others, Relayer and CTTE. Says alot. |
Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 19:33
Hmm...how to elaborate more on that.....eh, enough said I guess....
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Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 19:43
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All the criticism towards TFTO is completely justified, in my opinion, but once you stop asking if it's good or not, that's when you can start to enjoy it.
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'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..' |
Posted By: Evandro Martini
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 22:12
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I can't pick one... they're both great, and so different.
------------- "You’ll never make any money playing music that people can’t sing.” Keith Emerson's father |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: February 19 2008 at 17:07
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If you'd asked me a month ago, I'd have said that The Yes Album hammered Tales. I've had a complete turnaround since then. Although there are (imo) self-indulgent moments on Tales, its qualities have won me over (I am of the opinion that the opening of TRSOG is one of the best ever). Conversely, while I still like The Yes Album, its weak moments are quite annoying for me. |
Posted By: Nash
Date Posted: February 19 2008 at 19:38
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Tales From Topographic Oceans ------------- http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/sydbarrettg.jpg/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 19 2008 at 19:52
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My two absolute favorite Yes albums.... so dancing with the girl I arrived with TYA ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: February 21 2008 at 06:31
| TFTO |