Yes: Relayer
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Topic: Yes: Relayer
Posted By: alan_pfeifer
Subject: Yes: Relayer
Date Posted: January 28 2005 at 21:52
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I bought this album and Close to the Edge on the same day. I drove home from the record store with my dad, and listened to CTTE first, and when i got home, i listened to Relayer.....and was blown away. Altough I love both albums, I like |
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Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: January 28 2005 at 23:32
| I also think it deserves a suggestion, but the album caught me with sound chaser. Great album, and around here you can get it for about 8$ canadian, no reason not to. |
Posted By: Soulman
Date Posted: January 29 2005 at 00:59
| Oh yea, I remember buying that album in a pawn shop. This was when I first getting into prog rock. I remember this guy on the bus with me looking at the case and saying, "oh you like metal? I can tell by your cd there". And I replied "well it's not real |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: January 29 2005 at 06:48
| I find Relayer absolutely fantastic. Better than any other Yes album I have (I'm yet to buy Tales, though). An absolute five star album in my book. |
Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: January 29 2005 at 12:47
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[QUOTE=Soulman]Oh yea, I remember buying that album in a pawn shop. This was when I first getting into prog rock. I remember this guy on the bus with me looking at the case and saying, "oh you like metal? I can tell by your cd there". And I replied "wel |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: January 29 2005 at 14:33
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Definately one of Yes's crowning jewels, as are every album from 71 to 77 (The Yes Album to Going for the One, I'm not 100% sure on the exact years) that they made. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 29 2005 at 23:01
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Relayer is an album thatgave me a lot of work to understand, if I had to compare with a Genesis album I would go with The Lamb, even when it's a single album and not conceptual, but both are really complex and are something totally different to theclass |
Posted By: Guillermo
Date Posted: January 30 2005 at 00:25
| My favourite YES albums are "Going for the One", "Relayer" and "Close to the Edge", in that order. I consider "Relayer" as their heaviest album. |
Posted By: doomsoldier
Date Posted: January 30 2005 at 11:23
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Much as I loved 'Gates Of Delerium' and 'Sound Chaser', 'To Be Over' was the song that completely and totally kicked my ass. What a great track. On a great album. ------------- "At the mere sight of the shade, so did I quail Hearing him; yet his hintings of disaster Shamed me to valour, as a hind may be Bold in the presence of an honoured master." |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: January 30 2005 at 22:50
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I would also consider that Yes's heaviest album. -------------
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Guillermo wrote:Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 31 2005 at 20:26
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I bought Close To The Edge used on vinyl the other day but I haven't listened to it all the way through yet. I got distracted because I paid $4.99 USD for it and it skipped twice during the first minute. Anything that skips period is not worth even $1 i |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 09:52
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To be sure, Relayer is an underrated Yes album. I really rate Moraz as a player and there is a much harder edge to this line up that didn't really return to the sound until Drama (another underrated Yes release IMO). Still not sure if Moraz l ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: the musical box
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 10:10
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^ im not sure, its a good question: in the footnotes of "Going For The One" they thank Moraz, which i found strange. ------------- something pretentious |
Posted By: Guillermo
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 13:48
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[QUOTE=sigod]To be sure, Relayer is an underrated Yes album. I really rate Moraz as a player and there is a much harder edge to this line up that didn't really return to the sound until Drama (another underrated Yes release IMO). |
Posted By: Guillermo
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 14:43
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I found them! The interviews with Patrick Moraz on which he talks about why and how he left YES are in: http://dmme.net/interviews/moraz.html - http://dmme.net/interviews/moraz.html |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 06:07
^ Thanks guys.  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 10:35
| I just bought Relayer yesterday, and I can't say I love it, but I also can't say I hate it. It is a really weird album. The music seems so cacaphonous and noisy at times. Sometimes it didn't even sound like they were playing music but just picking random n |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 14:02
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It took me a couple of listenings before I fully appreciated the music on Relayer, Gates Of Delirium indeed sounds cacaphonously and noisy, and it may appear that the noise is random, but it all falls in to place beautifully. Great album. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Guillermo
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 21:19
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[QUOTE=redbar89]I just bought Relayer yesterday, and I can't say I love it, but I also can't say I hate it. It is a really weird album. The music seems so cacaphonous and noisy at times. Sometimes it didn't even sound like they were playing music but ju |
Posted By: Metropolis
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 22:07
Aye, Relayer is absolutely braw ------------- We Lost the Skyline............ 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 03 2005 at 10:59
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After listening to Relayer, I now understand you signature, Metropolis. |
Posted By: Rob The Plant
Date Posted: February 03 2005 at 11:06
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To love Relayer; one must listen with an open mind and more importantly; listen to everything in the right context. BTW, its not random at all, id agree its their most experimental album, but its also the most carefully orchestrated: REDBAR: listen |
Posted By: Gabito
Date Posted: February 05 2005 at 16:33
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[QUOTE=Guillermo] I found them! The interviews with Patrick Moraz on which he talks about why and how he left YES are in: |
Posted By: Gabito
Date Posted: February 05 2005 at 16:41
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At the first, was difficult to get in the album for me... Now, after several years of listen to it, becames a favourite from time to time (one of those you listen to daily for about a week)... The Gates of Delirium rocks and the entire album is hea |
Posted By: scrivener
Date Posted: February 07 2005 at 03:48
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A couple of months ago, I noticed that iTunes had Relayer for less than three bucks (ninety-nine cents per song) so since I only owned it on cassette, I downloaded it and it was like hearing it for the first time. I really think |
Posted By: Guillermo
Date Posted: February 07 2005 at 16:55
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[QUOTE=Gabito][QUOTE=Guillermo] I found them! The interviews with Patrick Moraz on which he talks about why and how he left YES are in: |
Posted By: Cluster One
Date Posted: February 10 2005 at 04:45
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As with most Yes albums, I had a really (and I can't under emphasize the 'really' part) hard time acquiring a feel for Relayer. Took me way longer to grasp it than say Fragile, Close To The Edge or even Tales... Bu ------------- Marmalade...I like marmalade. |
Posted By: Raymon7174
Date Posted: February 17 2005 at 16:19
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I found Relayer noisy at first and somewhat difficult to get into, perhaps from expectations of Yes from earlier works which Relayer does not really resemble much (understatement). Also, I was much younger and less patient with music at the time I first |
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 18 2005 at 17:32
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I've always thought of Relayer as the dark mirror image of Close To The Edge. For a long time I'd have said CTTE was the best Yes album but actually Relayer is the one I listen to most. I don't think Yes were ever so tight and focussed as they were in this ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: February 18 2005 at 21:07
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[QUOTE=Syzygy]I've always thought of Relayer as the dark mirror image of Close To The Edge. For a long time I'd have said CTTE was the best Yes album but actually Relayer is the one I listen to most. I don't think Yes were ever so tight and focussed as |