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Muskrat 
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Ranking albums doesn't mean great thing. I'm a huge fan of first Yes period and Relayer is one one my favorite album of all time, so... I don't like modern prog and i'm not relevant to rank Yes albums after Drama.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 14:38 |
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^ It looks like a proverbial case of too many cooks spoiling the scotch broth, or the onion soup.
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 14:32 |
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I could take the 1-star rating I gave Union and lift it up and take it higher to a 2-star rating because of the YES West (Rabin version) contributions which were, oddly enough, better than the rest of the album which indeed was an "onion" as Wakeman accurately said. Wakeman also said that while listening to Union he couldn't even recoginize if the keyboard work on the album was actually even his. Look at all the musicians listed, including at least 11 different keyboard players other than Rick. It's ridiculous. Even the much maligned "Open Your Eyes" was better than this (Heaven & Earth too!). Too many other chefs involved in this "onion soup" of an album: With:
- Jimmy Haun / guitar (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Jonathan Elias / synthesizer & keyboards & addit. vocals & producer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Alex Lasarenko / synthesizer & keyboards (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Jim Crichton / synthesizer & keyboards (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Sherman Foote / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Brian Foraker / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Chris Fosdick / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Rory Kaplan / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Steve Porcaro / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Gary Barlough / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Richard Baker / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Jerry Bennett / synthesizer & percussion (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Tony Levin / bass (1,2,5,8,10) - Billy Sherwood / bass, guitars, keyboards, vocals & co-producer (9) - Allan Schwartzberg / percussion (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Pauline Cheng / Cambodian poetry reading (10) - Gary Falcone / addit vocals (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Deborah Anderson (Jon's daughter) / addit.vocals (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Ian Lloyd / addit. vocals (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Tommy Funderburk / addit. vocals (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Michael Sherwood (Billy's brother) / addit. vocals (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Danny Vaughn / addit. vocals (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Mark Mancina / programming (4), co-producer (7) - Eddy Offord / co-producer (7,9) Edited by paisanojac - July 28 2020 at 14:47 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 13:35 |
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^ That looks like pretty good judgement to me, but not having heard the "Union" album yet, is it really THAT bad!??
I recall the "Union" album is the Yes album that Rick Wakeman calls the "Onion" album, because it makes him cry every time he hears it, so maybe it really IS that bad.
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 13:27 |
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Studio albums (not including From A Page CD1 since I've only heard one song from it): YES 3 Time And A Word 3 The YES Album 5 Fragile 5 Close To The Edge 5 Tales From Topographic Oceans 5 Relayer 5 Going For The One 5 Tormato 4 Drama 5 90125 3 Big Generator 3 ABWH 3 Union 1 Talk 4 KeyStudio 4 Open Your Eyes 3 The Ladder 3 Magnification 3 Fly From Here 4 Fly From Here Return Trip 4 Heaven & Earth 2 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 11:34 |
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^ I still haven't got around to listening to the more recent Yes albums, Talk & Open Your Eyes, but based on your zero ratings for both albums, I don't think I'll be in for an enjoyable listening experience with either album, but then again, The Ladder album has been given low ratings too on occasion, and that's one of my favourite Yes albums.
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 11:03 |
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Yes 3
Time and a Word 3 the Yes Album 2 Fragile 5 Close To the Edge 4 Tales From the Topographic Oceans 5 Relayer 5 Going For the One 4 Tormato 2 Drama 3 90125 2 Big Generator 2 Union 2 Talk 0 Open Your Eyes 0 I've stopped hearing (and buying) Yes albums at that point...
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Posted: July 21 2020 at 09:08 |
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3.5 - Yes
4 - Time and a Word 4 - The Yes Album 5 - Fragile 5 - Close to the Edge 3.5 - Tales from Topographic Oceans 5 - Relayer 4 - Going for the One 2 - Tormato 4 - Drama 4 - 90125 3.5 - Big Generator 3.5 - ABWH 2.5 - Union 3 - Ladder 3 - Magnification
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Posted: July 21 2020 at 08:40 |
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My take (also sticking to the studio releases):
Yes 3.5 Time and a Word 4 the Yes Album 5 Fragile 5 Close To the Edge 5 Tales From the Topographic Oceans 5 Relayer 5 Going For the One 4.5 Tormato 4 Drama 4.5 90125 4 Big Generator 2 Union 2.5 Talk 4 Keys Studio 2.5 Open Your Eyes 2 the Ladder 3.5 Magnification 3.5 Fly From Here 2 Heaven & Earth 1.5 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 18 2020 at 00:38 |
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^ I wonder if Open Your Eyes is really that bad, considering it's had such dismal ratings here. I guess I'll have to open my ears and listen to the album.
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Posted: July 18 2020 at 00:33 |
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Going to stick to studio releases only: Yes 3
Time and a Word 4 the Yes Album 5 Fragile 5 Close To the Edge 5 Tales From the Topographic Oceans 5 Relayer 5 Going For the One 5 Tormato 4 Drama 4 90125 2 Big Generator 2 Union 1 Talk 3 Keys Studio 3 Open Your Eyes 1 the Ladder 3 Magnification 3 Fly From Here 3 Heaven & Earth 2 |
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Posted: July 14 2020 at 15:52 |
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Yes 3
Time and a Word 3 The Yes Album 4 Fragile 4 Close to the Edge 5 Yessongs 4 Tales from Topographic Oceans 3 Relayer 4 Going for the One 3 Tormato 3 Yesshows 4 Drama 4 90125 3 Big Generator 2 AWBH 3 Union 2 Talk 4 Keys to Ascension 4 The Ladder 3 Magnification 4 Open Your Eyes 2 Fly From Here 3 Heaven and Earth 3
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 14 2020 at 06:12 |
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Maybe I'll do a Deep Purple album ratings list at some point in the future.
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Posted: July 14 2020 at 04:40 |
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Will have to check out some of the later Yes albums. I did a similar thing with Deep Purple of losing interest in their new material during the 80s, but Pete Pardo at the Sea of Tranquility You Tube channel has been re-enthusing me to check out their later albums. The recent ones produced by Bob Ezrin are pretty good!
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 14 2020 at 04:18 |
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There's a five album gap of Yes albums between 1989 and 1997 that I still haven't got around to listening to yet, although I will do soon. I only heard The Ladder album for the first time just over a week ago, and very good it is too.
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Posted: July 14 2020 at 02:56 |
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My Yes collection only goes up to the late 80s as I started losing interest after that. They're not that highly rated on here but I enjoy the first two albums with Peter Banks and Tony Kaye at least as much as the 'classic' era stuff.
Yes 5 Time and a Word 5 The Yes Album 4 Fragile 5 Close to the Edge 5 Yessongs 5 Tales from Topographic Oceans 4 Relayer 4 Going for the One 5 Tormato 2 Yesshows 3 Drama 4 90125 3 Big Generator 3 AWBH 2 |
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Posted: July 14 2020 at 00:44 |
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Yes (1969) - 4/5
Time and a Word (1970) - 4/5 The Yes Album (1971) - 4/5 Fragile (1971) - 4.75/5 Close to the Edge (1972) - 5/5 Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973) - 5/5 Relayer (1974) - 5/5 Going for the One (1977) - 4/5 Tormato (1978) - 3/5 Drama (1980) - 4.75/5 90125 (1983) - 4.5/5 Big Generator (1987) - 2/5 Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989) - 2.5/5 Union (1991) - 3.5/5 Talk (1994) - 2.5/5 Keys to Ascension (1996) - 3.25/5 Open Your Eyes (1997) -2.5/5 The Ladder (1999) - 3.5/5 Magnification (2001) - 3.5/5 Fly from Here (2011) - 3/5 Heaven & Earth (2014) 2.75/5 |
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Posted: July 13 2020 at 23:59 |
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Yes 3
Time and a Word 2 the Yes Album 5 Fragile 5 Close To the Edge 5 Yessongs 5 Tales From the Topographic Oceans 5 Relayer 3 Going For the One 3 Tormato 2 Drama 4 Yesshows 3 90125 1 Big Generator 1 Union 2 Talk 2 Keys To the Ascension 4 Keys To the Ascension II Open Your Eyes 2 the Ladder 2 House Of Yes: Live From the House Of Blues 4 Magnification 4 Live at Montreaux 2003 4 Symphonic Live 5 In the Present - Live From Lyon 3 Fly From Here 3 Heaven & Earth 2 Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome 3 Progeny: Highlights From Seventy-Two 3 (Sound quality issues) Like It Is: Yes at the Mesa Arts Concert 3
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Posted: July 13 2020 at 22:44 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 13 2020 at 14:11 |
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^^ I thought my Yes albums list was long, but you've almost managed to double it.
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