What Yes era do you prefer?

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   I included CTTE in both intentionally, as I believe it to be a bridge between two periods in Yes's heyday.  Sorry to GFTO lovers, I didn't include it because I don't feel it fits in well with its predecessors.  (I still love it, though!)
Personally, I like the more exuberent and experimental latter choice.  TFTO is my all time favorite album, with CTTE and Relayer also ranking in my top five.

Poll Question: What Yes era do you prefer?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge	18	[69.23%]
Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans, Relayer	8	[30.77%]
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Syntharachnid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 05 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 703	Topic: What Yes era do you prefer? Posted: June 16 2005 at 20:18
	I included CTTE in both intentionally, as I believe it to be a bridge between two periods in Yes's heyday. Sorry to GFTO lovers, I didn't include it because I don't feel it fits in well with its predecessors. (I still love it, though!) Personally, I like the more exuberent and experimental latter choice. TFTO is my all time favorite album, with CTTE and Relayer also ranking in my top five.


NetsNJFan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 12 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3047	Posted: June 16 2005 at 20:45
	earlier. strange polll.


Fantômas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 15 2005 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 1859	Posted: June 16 2005 at 21:12
	Whichever's shortest.
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TheProgtologist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802	Posted: June 16 2005 at 21:24
	The Yes Album,Fragile,CTTE


Yanns Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 25 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 999	Posted: June 16 2005 at 21:46
	The Yes Album, Fragile, CTTE

kirklott Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 01 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 623	Posted: June 16 2005 at 23:55
	Dude, putting CttE in both kinda skewes it. But Tales from Wishy Washy Oceans kills the deal. I love CttE and Relayer, but Topo is too bloated, and makes me vote for the first group.
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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Guest Group	Posted: June 17 2005 at 04:26
	Tales-era.

Moogtron III Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616	Posted: June 17 2005 at 08:19
	I can't choose. I love the 2nd era just as much as the 1st one. Impossible to make a choice.

Jared Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 19400	Posted: June 17 2005 at 08:28
	I have voted for the first choice, although recently I did promise Flowerchild and a few others that I would give TFTO another go, as I haven't heard it in about 15 years... and low and behold, guess what arrived in the post this morning? The remastered expanded edition with 3 extra tracks... am I a masochist, or what?!! I got it for a couple of quid on ebay... no doubt if I'd had haggled harder, someone would have paid me to take it away!
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gleam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 01 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 299	Posted: June 17 2005 at 19:15
	I think you should have excluded CTTE from the second phase and included "Going for the one". This is an often overlooked and under appreciated work.

Arsillus Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 26 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7374	Posted: June 17 2005 at 20:49
	Dude, that's hard to decide. Why can't you do like 70s Yes v. 80s Yes!?!? That's easier.

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	EAriler while Bruford was still with the band. I like the other one though.
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Captain Squib Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: June 17 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 36	Posted: June 18 2005 at 03:52
	I like ALL eras of Yes. Each line-up was just right for that particular time IMHO.
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