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Poll Question: Which album do you prefer?
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    Posted: March 24 2021 at 03:17
Two polarizing albums by two of the most important progressive bands that both went on their commercially-friendly ways in the 80s. Which of these two records do you consider better and why?
I will go for Yes' mature power pop hit album!

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I choose the easy way out this time and voted both. Tongue
otherwise a tough choice poll if you had the two albums against each other. 

Also i don't find these two albums polarizing or controversial... 


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Loving Yes with all my heart, but I can't stand them in 80s pop format, it's awful to me, sorry.  Rush 'Power windows' is prog enough for me to enjoy. 
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90125 because I enjoy it more!  I've tried hard with Power Windows but it does nothing for me.  And I seem to prefer this era of Yes more than the "classic" era!
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I enjoy both equally these days.

Back in the day I guess I would have voted for Yes. 90125 was immediate for me, and I heard it before I'd heard anything else by Yes. Power Windows was a disappointment at the time, as I was hooked on the MP era of Rush, but these days I think PW is a fine album.

I consider neither as 'sell out' albums. In fact 90125 would be in my top 5 Yes albums.
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RRRUUUSSHHH over Yes.
Power Windows spends more time on the turntable than 90125.
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Noe is one of my favorites, but I certainly listen to Rush more than Yes, out of these two albums.

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Power Windows is a really good album, and I think it's very sonically pleasing as well. I always have thought of the addition of more prominent keys and electric drums as a progression for rush rather than regression or "sell-out." I can say many of the same things for 90125, great album especially from a production standpoint and many parts of it still feel progressive to me. I gotta vote Power Windows, some really transcending songs on that album.
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I don't listen to either from start to finish anymore---but Power Windows has a few songs I still really like--90125 is very dated sounding .
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I like 90125 but Power Windows is actually one of my favorite Rush albums so it gets my vote. 
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I love both equally
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Manhattan Project & Mystic Rhythms are both peaks that 90125 cannot match.
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I'm totally on 90125.
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Rush.....don't own any Yes past Drama and I'm not sure why anyone would want to.  Ermm
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Rush.....don't own any Yes past Drama and I'm not sure why anyone would want to.  Ermm

well, I personally prefer 90125 to Drama but of course nothing to compare to anything until GFTO
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Back in the day (are we sick of that term yet?) I broke Rush into two categories. Old Rush (Up through Moving Pictures) and New Rush (Signals and beyond). Power Windows is hands down my favorite of the "new" Rush albums. It just speaks to me on so many levels and it's still pretty proggy.

I enjoy 90125 but it can't compare to PW. 
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Originally posted by Jeffro Jeffro wrote:

Back in the day (are we sick of that term yet?) I broke Rush into two categories. Old Rush (Up through Moving Pictures) and New Rush (Signals and beyond). Power Windows is hands down my favorite of the "new" Rush albums. It just speaks to me on so many levels and it's still pretty proggy.

I enjoy 90125 but it can't compare to PW. 

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No surprise vote from me.  I like both, but Power Windows gets my vote.
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Power Windows 90125 isn’t a regular Yes Album on my turntable. Unlike Power Windows
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