My Five Fav Yes' albums
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Topic: My Five Fav Yes' albums
Posted By: Svetonio
Subject: My Five Fav Yes' albums
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 12:45
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For me, Relayer is above all, so an initial vote go for Relayer. ...just as a decor, my favourite tracks from each album; five beautiful vids nicely done by the fans... |
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 12:49
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Yours : CTTE
Mine : TYA ------------- |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 13:20
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Relayer just over CTTE and GFTO. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 14:05
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Close to the Edge >> Relayer > Going for the One >>>> Tales from Topographic Oceans > Tormato ------------- 
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Posted By: unclemeat69
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 14:41
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Tormato is in that list but Fragile isn't? Anyway, I vote TFTO just so it will get at least 1 vote (for me that one's right up there with CttE) ------------- Follow your bliss |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 16:03
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For me it's of course CTTE, but I can't see Going for the One with no votes, so I give it the first. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 16:13
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Relayer ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 17:23
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Close to the Edge: my favorite album of all time, second only to Sgt. Pepper. ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 18:39
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Relayer - cuz i don't like the others. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 19:15
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It has to be Relayer. It's always Relayer. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 21:43
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Top 5:
The yes album Fragile Close to the edge Time and a word-including Dear father Tormato Relayer is only half an album. Sound chaser sounds stupid after a couple of minutes ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 23:52
| Well you completely missed out on the small handful of Yes albums I like. |
Posted By: JesusisLord
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 02:21
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DAWN OF LIGHT LYING BETWEEN THE SILENCE AND SOLD SOURCES, CHASED AMID FUSIONS OF WONDER… TALES IS A "STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND" ALBUM FOR ME….. ------------- And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Phillipians 2:11 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 02:25
| another dull and predictable vote for Close To The Edge |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 02:27
I almost agree
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Michael678 wrote:Posted By: Altairius
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 02:31
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Close to the Edge, although sometimes I think I like Drama better than all other Yes. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 04:08
| Going For The One, their peak IMHO |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 04:12
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The Yes Album. Oh, it's not on the list, so CTTE followed by Relayer. The rest I can leave.
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Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 05:51
| Easy one, Close to the edge. |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 08:34
^^ -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 08:59
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To be honest the only track from Relayer that I really care for is To Be Over, the rest I can live without them. On the other hand the track And You And I keeps being for decades maybe my fave from Yes, but lately I happened to know that stunning Organ passage in the track Close To The Edge - but the whole track is really a must having from Yes songs! From TFTO I also can live without the second and the third tracks, but the first and the last are really beautiful, even though there are some passages from them that cuts in someway my good impressions. Going for the One I found it sometimes boring (the first track) and sometimes repetitive (the second track, even though I like the melody). From Parallels I enjoyed the genuine organ melodic sound with a good rythm, but it bores me after some listenings. Awaken has the magic touch of Wakeman's keyboards, really stunning, but maybe my fave is Wonderous Stories, it seems more a Jon and Vangelis music than properly from Yes, it is indeed a very beutiful melody for me. My vote goes obviously for CTTE. -------------  "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 10:31
| Relayer followed by TFTO and CTTE. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 10:55
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 12:13
Obviously Close To The Edge 
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Posted By: frankbostick
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 10:31
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My favorite is Fragile. From the list CTTE. |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 22:50
Close to the Edge------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 09 2014 at 01:04
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GFTO! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: June 09 2014 at 05:50
| Of these, I go with CTTE, but my favourite is Fragile. |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: June 09 2014 at 14:23
| Going for the one followed by Close to the edge |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 14:33
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Wow.... you didn't select my fave yes album to be in your top 5 ... Fragile CTTE gets my vote from your list :) ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Genital Giant
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 20:04
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Close To The Edge for me. It does blow my mind how many people like Relayer over Going For The One though. Relayer is a really flawed album while Going For The One is the greatest album they ever did post-Bruford.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 21:52
| I'm not sure about Going for the One being better than Relayer. Both albums have a wonderful epic, though Awaken is a bit shorter (I like much better the live version from Keys to Ascension). Going for the One does have Turn of the Century too, which is lovely. But I don't really like so much any other song from either album, so I would say both are kind of flawed. To be Over could have been a much more lovely song, but for me it's a bit over-long. If it was shorter and more acoustic guitar based I would have loved it (such as Howe's solo versions of the song that I like better). Sound Chaser is a bit too noisy, but it's got some beautiful moments, and it could have been better if Anderson had refrained himself from those Cha Cha Cha moments. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 11 2014 at 01:17
| Relayer was an album with guts and it also shows that Yes were prepared to push themselves into areas that may have made even themselves a little uncomfortable. GFTO was back to the typical Yes sound , very safe and not very progressive imo. It was almost an admission that there was nothing else to say musically other than to try and perfect what they had already achieved. Turn Of The Century is very beautiful and Wakeman plays some great pipe organ and throws in a choir for good measure on Awaken. Yep its good but nothing that screams 'new' or truly 'progressive'. Drama for me was a much better album and I would argue was their best album post Bruford. |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: June 13 2014 at 03:10
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As GFTO is my favourite album of them all (by anybody) it gets my vote here. It was an absolute pleasure to hear it performed in it's entirety by the band on their UK tour recently (along with The Yes Album and CTTE). |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 13 2014 at 14:24
Tormato...seriously...? There's no accounting for taste. 
The ones to own are Yes Album, Fragile, CTTE, TFTO, Relayer, and Going For The One......after that why really bother? ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: June 13 2014 at 21:13
Actually, for me, besides Fragile and CttE, there's no perfect Yes album, they all have songs that I just don't enjoy so much. However most of their albums also have a few really wonderful songs that I wouldn't do without. Tormato is perhaps one of the weakest ones, in which even the few songs that I sort of like end up being weak compared to songs from other albums. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 13 2014 at 23:05
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: melotron98
Date Posted: June 14 2014 at 03:27
| Relayer. The Gates of Delirium is my fav Yes' song |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: June 14 2014 at 17:16
I love Close to the Edge but I am loving Relayer more right now!! So right now: Relayer 
------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: June 15 2014 at 06:41
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CttE, followed by Relayer. -------------  
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Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: June 15 2014 at 07:11
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Posted By: JediJoker7169
Date Posted: June 15 2014 at 17:41
| Of these, I had to choose Going For The One, thanks to "Awaken," but I used to favor Relayer because of "The Gates of Delirium" (and "Sound Chaser"). Tales also contains my favorite Yes epic, "The Revealing Science of God." Close To The Edge is a classic and a trendsetter, but not my favorite. Tormato is... Rather forgettable, though I do like "Future Times/Rejoice." |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 09:05
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Posted By: CharlesPL
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 09:48
| Close to the Edge |
Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: June 17 2014 at 08:20
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At the moment Relayer. But unconditionally love the first 4 albums on this list.
The fifth one here I always associate with the bands sharp decline and therefore dislike. |
Posted By: giselle
Date Posted: June 17 2014 at 11:04
| Close to the edge - and near the pinnacle of their achievements |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: June 17 2014 at 12:18
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My Top 5: Close To The Edge Fragile Relayer The Yes Album Going For The One ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |