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Poll Question: What's the catchiest yes album?
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    Posted: December 07 2007 at 16:59
Vote for what you think is Yes' catchiest/most accessible album. Don't vote for it you really don't like that album.

This is not a 'best of' poll !!!

I voted for "The Yes Album"


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Fragile for me, everyone loves Roundabout!
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Close to the Edge, surely. 
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Im going with Going for the one, althouh Awaken is not an "easy" song, the rest is some of Yes catchiest work ever: Going for the one is instantly in your head, Turn of the century is too beautiful to look away and Woderous storys even was a top 10 hit or something!
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interesting: a bunch of fragile votes.

Well, it has the catchy roundabout and the "love at first listen" Heart of the Sunrise.
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voted the Yes Album as well.. the lyrics are still... always have been ...goofy as hell.. but the music was not as out there...  very prog... but still very focused on the SONG.. rather than creating aural soundscapes than latter albums would be.  
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Relayer got me by the balls, litteraly.
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Originally posted by proglil49 proglil49 wrote:

Relayer got me by the balls, litteraly.




Whaaaaaa....?
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Fragile, the universally accaimled pop album.
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''Magnification''  of course.....Isn't ''DON'T GO'' the catchiest YESsong ever?Big%20smileLOL 
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Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

''Magnification''  of course.....Isn't ''DON'T GO'' the catchiest YESsong ever?Big%20smileLOL 


lol, I can't stand it.

here's my "catchy" preferences in yes albums:
1_The Yes Album (full of pure 70s classic rock with a bit of prog)
2_Fragile (heart of the sunrise and roundabout are instantly lovable)
3_Drama (the bookends are instantly lovable and most of the rest is catchy)
4_The Ladder (many catchy stuff here with beats, or easy ballads)
5_Talk (It's prog-related pop, so this is catchy)
6_Close To The Edge (the title track is anything but catchy tho)
7_Going For The One (except for awaken, another catchy album)
8_Magnification (a grower, few catchy at first songs)
9_Keystudio (not very catchy, only parts)
10_Tormato (attempts to play catchy melodies, but it doesn't work well)
11_Relayer (Nothing is catchy here lol)
12_Tales of Topographic Oceans (The anti-pop)


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Either "The yes Album" or "Fragile", both albums kick off with long prog songsd that are catchy, complex yet perfectly dynamic, with inspired melodies, great solos and perfect vocal parts. Well, since 'Roundabout' stands out as being more structured and having better keyboard solos, I vote for "Fragile". It was my first Yes listen, BTW. When I have my son, I will see that it is also his first Yes experience.
 
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Originally posted by Zitro Zitro wrote:

Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

''Magnification''  of course.....Isn't ''DON'T GO'' the catchiest YESsong ever?Big%20smileLOL 


lol, I can't stand it.

here's my "catchy" preferences in yes albums:
1_The Yes Album (full of pure 70s classic rock with a bit of prog)
2_Fragile (heart of the sunrise and roundabout are instantly lovable)
3_Drama (the bookends are instantly lovable and most of the rest is catchy)



would have flip-flopped Drama and Fragile ... for shear cathiest hahah.   a dream combo of New Wave and Prog hahahha.  Great album.  those are my top 3. Clap


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Originally posted by Shakespeare Shakespeare wrote:

Originally posted by proglil49 proglil49 wrote:

Relayer got me by the balls, litteraly.

Whaaaaaa....?

Seriously, how is that possible? I want the whole story. Now.
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I hesitated between The Yes Album and Going For The One. I choosed The Yes Album because The Yes Album has most accessible and basic songs amongst Yes albums.
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Most accessible?  I assume that means which of these would a non-prog fan be most likely to enjoy on first listen, in which case my answer is The Ladder.
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I voted the Yes Album, but Time and a Word is pretty accessible as well
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I voted for The Yes Album, it's very interesting, not only for prog ears...

Fragile, though it may not seem, was not catchy at all to me... It took more than ten times for me to regard Heart of the Sunrise as more than three or four musicl ideas repeated ad infinitum.
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Tormato ...   a perfect mix of pop appeal with symph
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