Top 10 - Yes songs

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Weird how so many people don't pick anything after 1980. Is that an age thing or a prog thing? There is definitely stuff after Drama I consider prog but maybe most of you think most of that is weak(or relatively weak)?

Dont read too much into it. This is just a top ten, and no matter who you are, their best stuff is from the seventies. Thad doesn't mean we don't like anything after.... it's just that we like it a little less.

At least for me, it's not an age thing. There are other classic groups from which I would choose some post-1980 material.

Ten? In no particular order....

Owner of a Lonely Heart came out my Freshman year in college, a time when most people form their musical likes based on the music of the day..... and I couldn't stand it. So at least in my case, it's not about age.

I grew up in a remote country area with no radio, so I didnt hear those classic yes albums until I went to college. I didnt hrat the like of CTTE or TFTO until after I heard 90125. So primacy has nothing to do with it either.

The Yes Album through Relayer (or even through Drama) is just plain better.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Fischman wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: <span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">There are other classic groups from which I would choose some post-1980 material.</span> <span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> </span> <span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Such as? King Crimson? Camel? Rush? Just wondering who you had in mind.</span> Definitely Rush.  At least a half dozen great albums after 1980.   I think Tull's 1987 release, Crest of a Knave, is absolutely top shelf.  Heck, I even dig J Tull.Com. KC as well.   I need to familiarize myself with the more recent Camel releases.   Plenty of good examples outside prog as well: Black Sabbath dropped some excellent albums post-'80 Joe Walsh released his best ever, Analog Man, in 2012 I do like some of the later, even the most recent, Deep Purple albums. On top of all that, there's a good number of solo albums by members of classic bands that I like a great deal, for instance Steve Howe's Turbulence (1991) or even Steve Hackett's 2019 release, At the Edge of Light.  All of them did put out good albums after 1980 and so did Yes. As for Black Sabbath I'm not really familiar with their later stuff but other than 13 and Mob Rules I doubt it. Some say dehumanizer was good but I haven't heard it. Most of the others aren't supposed to be very good. Certainly their best albums were in the 70's. I don't think Crest of a Knave is better than 70's Tull either(not that it's bad) and it's not better than some of the later Yes albums. I guess we all have our opinions though.  I need to familiarize myself with the post 70's Camel also. I just mentioned them because a lot of people on here talk about those albums(especially rajaz). I had some of them briefly but the only one I really remember was dust and dreams which I thought was top notch(way better than a crest of the knave ;) ).

Owner of a Lonely Heart came out my Freshman year in college, a time when most people form their musical likes based on the music of the day..... and I couldn't stand it. So at least in my case, it's not about age.

I grew up in a remote country area with little exposure to any kind of rock, let alone prog, so I didnt hear those classic yes albums until I went to college. I didnt hear the likes of CTTE or TFTO until after I heard 90125 which was all over the radio. So primacy has nothing to do with it either.

The Yes Album through Relayer (or even through Drama) is just plain better.

I didnt say Crest was better than 70s Tull, I just said I think it's a great album; the point being that despite my age, I can still appreciate more recent releases than the classic period. Hence, my relative lack of enthusiasm for later Yes is not driven by age. On another thread, my top 10 Tull songs did include one from Crest of a Knave. Again, showing that my appreciation is driven by the music itself, not my age.

Edited by Fischman - November 22 2019 at 21:11

Awaken
And You And I
The Revealing Science Of God
The Remembering
The Gates Of Delirium
Starship Trooper
Close To The Edge
Siberian Khatru
Yours Is No Disgrace
Ritual

...just outside the 10 -

The Ancient

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Weird how so many people don't pick anything after 1980. Is that an age thing or a prog thing? There is definitely stuff after Drama I consider prog but maybe most of you think most of that is weak(or relatively weak)?

Argo2112 wrote: Post Drama List 1. Hearts 2. Shock to the System 3. It Can Happen 4. The More We Live 5. Cinema  6. Holy Lamb 7. Changes 8. Shoot High Aim Low 9.Endless Dream 10. Homeworld

1. And You and I (*) 2. Yours is No Disgrace (*) 3. Awaken 4. Close to the Edge 5. Perpetual Change (*) 6. White Car 7. Madrigal 8. Soon (excerpt from The Gates of Delirium) 9. Cinema 10. Time and a Word Bonus 11. Cans and Brahams 12. Long Distance Runaround / The Fish (*) (*) Yessongs versions