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BrufordFreak 
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 Posted: July 21 2020 at 09:08 |
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3.5 - Yes
4 - Time and a Word 4 - The Yes Album 5 - Fragile 5 - Close to the Edge 3.5 - Tales from Topographic Oceans 5 - Relayer 4 - Going for the One 2 - Tormato 4 - Drama 4 - 90125 3.5 - Big Generator 3.5 - ABWH 2.5 - Union 3 - Ladder 3 - Magnification
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Drew Fisher
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Muskrat
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 11:03 |
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Yes 3
Time and a Word 3 the Yes Album 2 Fragile 5 Close To the Edge 4 Tales From the Topographic Oceans 5 Relayer 5 Going For the One 4 Tormato 2 Drama 3 90125 2 Big Generator 2 Union 2 Talk 0 Open Your Eyes 0 I've stopped hearing (and buying) Yes albums at that point...
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 11:34 |
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^ I still haven't got around to listening to the more recent Yes albums, Talk & Open Your Eyes, but based on your zero ratings for both albums, I don't think I'll be in for an enjoyable listening experience with either album, but then again, The Ladder album has been given low ratings too on occasion, and that's one of my favourite Yes albums.
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paisanojac
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 13:27 |
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Studio albums (not including From A Page CD1 since I've only heard one song from it): YES 3 Time And A Word 3 The YES Album 5 Fragile 5 Close To The Edge 5 Tales From Topographic Oceans 5 Relayer 5 Going For The One 5 Tormato 4 Drama 5 90125 3 Big Generator 3 ABWH 3 Union 1 Talk 4 KeyStudio 4 Open Your Eyes 3 The Ladder 3 Magnification 3 Fly From Here 4 Fly From Here Return Trip 4 Heaven & Earth 2 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 13:35 |
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^ That looks like pretty good judgement to me, but not having heard the "Union" album yet, is it really THAT bad!??
I recall the "Union" album is the Yes album that Rick Wakeman calls the "Onion" album, because it makes him cry every time he hears it, so maybe it really IS that bad.
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 14:32 |
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I could take the 1-star rating I gave Union and lift it up and take it higher to a 2-star rating because of the YES West (Rabin version) contributions which were, oddly enough, better than the rest of the album which indeed was an "onion" as Wakeman accurately said. Wakeman also said that while listening to Union he couldn't even recoginize if the keyboard work on the album was actually even his. Look at all the musicians listed, including at least 11 different keyboard players other than Rick. It's ridiculous. Even the much maligned "Open Your Eyes" was better than this (Heaven & Earth too!). Too many other chefs involved in this "onion soup" of an album: With:
- Jimmy Haun / guitar (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Jonathan Elias / synthesizer & keyboards & addit. vocals & producer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Alex Lasarenko / synthesizer & keyboards (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Jim Crichton / synthesizer & keyboards (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Sherman Foote / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Brian Foraker / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Chris Fosdick / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Rory Kaplan / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Steve Porcaro / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Gary Barlough / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Richard Baker / synthesizer (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Jerry Bennett / synthesizer & percussion (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Tony Levin / bass (1,2,5,8,10) - Billy Sherwood / bass, guitars, keyboards, vocals & co-producer (9) - Allan Schwartzberg / percussion (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Pauline Cheng / Cambodian poetry reading (10) - Gary Falcone / addit vocals (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Deborah Anderson (Jon's daughter) / addit.vocals (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Ian Lloyd / addit. vocals (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Tommy Funderburk / addit. vocals (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Michael Sherwood (Billy's brother) / addit. vocals (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Danny Vaughn / addit. vocals (1,2,5,8,10-14) - Mark Mancina / programming (4), co-producer (7) - Eddy Offord / co-producer (7,9) Edited by paisanojac - July 28 2020 at 14:47 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 28 2020 at 14:38 |
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^ It looks like a proverbial case of too many cooks spoiling the scotch broth, or the onion soup.
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Ranking albums doesn't mean great thing. I'm a huge fan of first Yes period and Relayer is one one my favorite album of all time, so... I don't like modern prog and i'm not relevant to rank Yes albums after Drama.
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