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    Posted: July 13 2020 at 07:51
Undoubtedly, THE YES ALBUM that's been the BIG GENERATOR of the most controversy over the years is TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS. YES, it's a long double album with four long YESSONGS which was treated like a rotten TORMATO by the music press, but if you OPEN YOUR EYES, you'll gain THE KEYS TO ASCENSION and realise what a classic album this is. The album came CLOSE TO THE EDGE of splitting the band up, when there was a MAGNIFICATION of tensions within the group with so many FRAGILE egos at stake. In the ensuing DRAMA, TIME AND A WORD has it that Rick Wakeman threatened to walk out during the recording of the album. The album climbed THE LADDER of success though, topping the UK album charts for two weeks. Rick Wakeman left the band and didn't appear on the following RELAYER album. There was TALK of a re-UNION, but HEAVEN & EARTH had to be moved to persuade Rick to return for the GOING FOR THE ONE album in 1977. The best-selling YES album of all, released in 1983, was famously named after its catalogue number, 90125. It's time now for a Yes Album Ratings thread before  I FLY FROM HERE. Smile
 
 
 
How many PA stars would you assign to each Yes album listed below? 
 
I remembered to include the Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe album this time. Wink
 
These are my album ratings in chronological order....
 
 4 stars Yes (1969)
 
 4 stars Time and a Word (1970)
 
 5 stars The Yes Album (1971)
 
 4 stars  Fragile (1971)
 
 5 stars  Close to the Edge (1972)
 
 4 stars  Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
 
 4 stars  Relayer (1974)
 
 5 stars  Going for the One (1977)
 
 3 stars  Tormato (1978)
 
 4 stars  Drama (1980)
 
 4 stars  90125 (1983)
 
 3 stars  Big Generator (1987)
 
 4 stars  Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
 
                   Union (1991)
 
 5 stars  Talk (1994)
 
                   Keys to Ascension (1996)
 
 3 stars  Open Your Eyes (1997)
 
 5 stars  The Ladder (1999)
 
 4 stars  Magnification (2001)
 
 4 stars  Fly from Here (2011)
 
 4 stars  Heaven & Earth (2014)
 
                  
 
                  
 
                  


Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 11 2020 at 04:13
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I'd say the ones I've heard (Yes to Relayer) are all around 4 stars. I've never been a massive Yes fan...
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Originally posted by FatherChristmas FatherChristmas wrote:

I'd say the ones I've heard (Yes to Relayer) are all around 4 stars. I've never been a massive Yes fan...
If they're all around 4 stars then I'd say you were a bit of a fan. I would call myself a massive Yes fan but I would not give the first 2 albums 4 stars.


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Just the ones I know well...
 
  Time and a Word  - 3 
 
  The Yes Album  -  5
 
   Fragile    -   4 
 
  Close to the Edge  - 5 
 
   Tales from Topographic Oceans -  3 
 
   Relayer  -  3 
 
   Going for the One  - 4.5 
 
   Tormato  - 2.5 
 
   Drama - 4 
 
   90125  - 4 
 
   Big Generator - 3 
 
   Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe  -  3.5 
 
   Union  - 3.5  ( I actually like this a little more that most people do) 
 
   Talk -  2.5


 
                  


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I'm not too much of a fan of the later releases....to me it just seems like they are trying to hard, you can't record a Fragile every release.

3.5 Yes (1969)
3 Time and a Word (1970)
5 The Yes Album (1971)
5 Fragile (1971)
4.5 Close to the Edge (1972)
4 Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
4.5 Relayer (1974)
3.5 Going for the One (1977)
2 Tormato (1978)
4 Drama (1980)
4 90125 (1983)
3.5 Big Generator (1987)
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The 5 albums from Fragile to Going For The One are 5 stars. It's Yes for Christ's sake. The Yes Album, Yessongs and Drama are 4 and all the rest are 3 with the exception being Union at 2 stars.

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CTTE - 4.5
Fragile - 4
Relayer - 4
TFTO - 4
GFTO - 3.5
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Yes 4
Time and a Word 5
the Yes Album 5
Fragile 5
Close To the Edge 5
Yessongs 5
Tales From the Topographic Oceans 4
Relayer 5
Going For the One 4
Tormato 3
Drama 4
Yesshows 4
90125 4
90125 Live: the Solos 3
Big Generator 4
Union 3
Talk 3
Keys To the Ascension 4
Keys To the Ascension II 4
BBC Sessions 1969-1970 Somethings Coming 5
Open Your Eyes 3
the Ladder 3
House Of Yes: Live From the House Of Blues 4
Magnification 4
Live at Montreaux 2003 4
Symphonic Live 4
In the Present - Live From Lyon 4
Union Live 4
Fly From Here 4
Heaven & Earth 3
Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome 4
Progeny: Highlights From Seventy-Two 5
Like It Is: Yes at the Mesa Arts Centre 4
Topographic Drama: Live Across America 3
Yes 50 Live 3

And AWBH 3


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^^ I thought my Yes albums list was long, but you've almost managed to double it. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^^ I thought my Yes albums list was long, but you've almost managed to double it. Smile
Got Yes-period some years ago, when I listened everything from Yes I just found, even bought some of their live albums as vinyl. I think Yes is when thinking whole career bigger than Genesis for me, although Genesis made more greater albums in itīs Gabriel-period.
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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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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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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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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. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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. Smile

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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Originally posted by Cactus Choir Cactus Choir wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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. Smile

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!
Maybe I'll do a Deep Purple album ratings list at some point in the future. Smile
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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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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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^ 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. Smile
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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
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