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Points: 7374 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 18:58
Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

Originally posted by NetsNJFan NetsNJFan wrote:

Bad Yes Albums:

1978 - Tormato
1987 - Big Generator
1994 - Talk
1997 - Open Your Eyes
2001 - Magnification

Add "Union" to that list and I agree 100%Confused
6 crap studio albums for a band like Yes is a disgrace and an insult to the fans!Angry

I agree, except Tormato and Magnification aren't all that bad. OK, at least Tormato. I bought Union (used, thank goodness) when I first got into Yes- partially lured by the awesome cover . I eventually sold it back a while after to the place I got it from.
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i couldnt imagine why i would put on any albums after drama, although i used to listen to the ladder

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Points: 5187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 18:27
Originally posted by NetsNJFan NetsNJFan wrote:

Bad Yes Albums:

1978 - Tormato
1987 - Big Generator
1994 - Talk
1997 - Open You Eyes
2001 - Magnification

Add "Union" to that list and I agree 100%Confused
6 crap studio albums for a band like Yes is a disgrace and an insult to the fans!Angry



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Points: 1859 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 18:21
Can I find a genuinely awful yes album?!?! Dude, I can't find a genuinely good album... That answers the question?
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Points: 295 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 17:49
The ONLY Yes studio albums I REALLY appreciate are:

The Yes Album
(Parts of) Fragile
Close to the Edge
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Relayer
Going for the One

This is the stuff I identify Yes with. The rest (though nice in parts) is allowed to steal away under my radar ...

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It has to be UNION - A disappointing mish-mash
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Points: 3047 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 17:06

Bad Yes Albums:

1978 - Tormato
1987 - Big Generator
1994 - Talk
1997 - Open You Eyes
2001 - Magnification
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Points: 257 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 16:40
Well I must say "Open your eyes" was a big disappointment, especially knowing Howe, Squire and Anderson were in the band at that point. This was a desperate effort in trying to be accessibke but the result was just a commercial piece of crap. 90125 or even Big Generator was a lot better ! 
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Originally posted by vaportrail vaportrail wrote:

Can you name a genuinely aweful yes album? or are you of the same opinion as me:

Yes are never bad but the styles used on some albums are not to eveyone's taste.

e.g. 90125 gets bad reveiws because of the pop connection (but you gotta admit its real good pop)

NO I DONT HAVE TO ADMIT TO ANYTHING. 90125 is without doubt crap.They should have been put up against wall and shot for producing that pile of dung.
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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Yes, the only album I've never been able to appreciate at all is Tormato. The sleeve doesn't help, but I just can't find anything on that album which holds my attention. I wouldn't call it awful, just dull.

 

Tormato has his moments, it is clearly inferior to prior Yes production but it is still listenable. In my humble opinion, of course. 
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Points: 1298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 15:36
i don't think yes has held up past 1980 as well as some other acts for sure. Although their 70s material is outstanding, I would say that rush and floyd have been more quality consistent as the years have gone by. (ABWH is crap!)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 14:35
Vicky, u must be an angel from heaven sent to save some lost souls:) And I tell u, if u heaven't heard all yes albums from 1971 to 1977 you are not yet a true proger! Cheers:) You are an angel couse u understand Tales..:)

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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 14:31

Hi Vicky, a big welcome to the forum. Any "friend of Jim's...", well maybe not but welcome anyway!LOL

Re Yes, the only album I've never been able to appreciate at all is Tormato. The sleeve doesn't help, but I just can't find anything on that album which holds my attention. I wouldn't call it awful, just dull.

 
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I must listen to more Yes

I hated the "mincing tart" Anderson's voice (sorry that is really not fair but you know how it is when you are trying to fight something ) for years then I heard Topographic & was blown away
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 13:42

Originally posted by mirco mirco wrote:

Originally posted by Azrael2112 Azrael2112 wrote:

Originally posted by mirco mirco wrote:

If you count Anderson, Wakeman, Bruford, Howe among
Yes albums, this one is the bad one. 



so you're saying ABWH is worse (In your opinion) than Big Generator?
Can't tell, never hear Big Generator. But ABWH is the worst YES album from what I have hear.

I prefer Big Generator from ABWH, which I dont like much at all. Luckily it doesnt carry the Yes badge! As for Onion I prefer the Rabin songs as a whole...in general...but then again I like the Rabin period.
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Points: 5964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 13:12
Indeed. I consider myself to be quite a big Yes fan but to my mind only the Yes Album to Tormato period are worth any real consideration (and I should point out I don't particularly like parts of these either). Since then we've had cheesey pop and even cheesier attempts to recreate an already somewhat cheesey brand of prog... Every Yes album is a patchy affair, but does that detract from the greatness of songs like CTTE, TGOD, or Awaken? It certainly doesn't in my opinion...
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Points: 1383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 13:03

"Union" is of very poor quality. Trevor Rabin's songs (especially his lyrics) are not suitable to the Yes ethos. While his music may qualify as a type of Yes prog, what he sings about should have disqualified him from membership.

The Rabin era Yes was a disappointment and a noticeabe drop in musical quality.



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Points: 246 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 13:01
Originally posted by mirco mirco wrote:

Originally posted by Azrael2112 Azrael2112 wrote:

Originally posted by mirco mirco wrote:

If you count
Anderson, Wakeman, Bruford, Howe among Yes albums, this one is the
bad one. 
so you're saying ABWH is worse (In your opinion)
than Big Generator?
Can't tell, never hear Big Generator. But
ABWH is the worst YES album from what I have hear.



Well you obviously haven't heard the worst
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Points: 130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 12:53

Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

90125 is a good album in a genre I have no interest in. It is not a prog album.

Union is just genuinely awful, though.

Big yes fan here, but indeed Onion (as Rick used to call it..) is terrible!

the rest is all great!
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Points: 819 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2005 at 12:41
Originally posted by Azrael2112 Azrael2112 wrote:

Originally posted by mirco mirco wrote:

If you count Anderson, Wakeman, Bruford, Howe among
Yes albums, this one is the bad one. 



so you're saying ABWH is worse (In your opinion) than Big Generator?
Can't tell, never hear Big Generator. But ABWH is the worst YES album from what I have hear.
Please forgive me for my crappy english!
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