Yes: nicest/ugliest cover art?
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Topic: Yes: nicest/ugliest cover art?
Posted By: Gandalff
Subject: Yes: nicest/ugliest cover art?
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 01:46
Which cover(s) do you like or dislike mostly?
For me:
Nicest: The Ladder
Ugliest: 90125, Tormato ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
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Posted By: 40footwolf
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 02:34
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Faves: The Ladder, Union, Drama, Going For the One, Time And a Word Lames: Fragile, Magnification, Talk, Open Your Eyes, Big Generator ------------- Heaven's made a cesspool of us all. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 04:31
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I like them all but the least liked is probably Big gen. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 04:34
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Favourite: Relayer, Fragile, Drama Least favourite: 90125, Big Generator, Open Your Eyes. ------------- 
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Posted By: Any Colour You Like
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 04:34
| Fragile and Relayer are awesome |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 05:18
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Nicest: Tales Ugliest: Big Generator But this may have something to do with the album's contents, too. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 05:23
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Nicest: Relayer, Tales, Close to the Edge
Ugliest: Big Generator, Talk, Yes ------------- 
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 09:18
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Nicest: Fragile, Tales..., Relayer Most boring: Yes |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 09:33
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Relayer/Big Generator for me.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 09:49
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Big Generator is probably my least favorite. It looks like literally no thought went into it at all. By contrast I like the 90125 cover. Equally simple, but tasteful and stylish.
It's hard to pick a favorite Roger Dean cover, but I'm going to go for TFTO and Relayer, joint best. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 10:10
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Nicest Fragile Ugliest Big Generator ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 10:13
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Slartibartfast wrote:Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 10:30
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Nicest: Drama
Ugliest: Big Generator
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Posted By: Rolf Bos
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 14:23
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All Roger Dean Covers are nice.
Maybe Fragile with its nice colors is the best. The covers of Yes & Time and a word aren't beautiful, but Big Generator is the ugliest. |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 15:58
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Best: Tales, Union, Relayer, The Ladder
Worst: Yes, The Yes Album, Close To The Edge, Big Generator
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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 20:30
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Ugliest: Talk followed by Big Genetalia
Best: Drama then Fragile ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 20:49
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Best: Fragile
Worst: Big Generator and 90125
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 22:06
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Favorite: Relayer and TFTO
Least favorite: Big Generator and Talk ------------- 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 22:13
This. The Yes Album cover sucks too. Thank God they met Roger Dean.  ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: September 12 2010 at 17:11
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Favorite: Relayer
Least Favorite: Big Generator
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Posted By: ferush
Date Posted: September 14 2010 at 18:49
| The worst cover art of the first 4 albums. |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: September 14 2010 at 19:00
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Nicest: TFTO, Relayer, the Ladder Worst: 90125 and Big Generator ------------- To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica) |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: September 14 2010 at 19:13
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My favorite is Drama.
Open Your Eyes is just miserable. ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: esky
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 09:13
| The Relayer cover equalled the fresh, invigorating nature of its contents. I saw the actual painting in the early '90s in LA up for auction. To have that over my fireplace. Fragile is the true representation of the band as it was in the early '70s (and how many choose to remember it). Talk and Magnification were both unimaginative, as was their music (just can't get into the former, and the latter was a bit too new age). Talk was a real eyesore. |
Posted By: Chela
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 22:58
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Favorites: Fragile, Tales, Relayer, Close to the Edge
Least Favorites: Time, 90125, Big Generator and Talk.
There, I said it.
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 23:09
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Nicest: Close to the Edge (The contrast of tte sober green cover with the impresive central painting (LP version) is almost perfect.
Worst: 90125 and Big Generator..............Talk (Just not Yes), the covers are ugly per se and without the Roger Dean logo, there's no Yes.
The one I really like more is Yessongs
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 00:37
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Salvador Dali Fragile - Close to the Edge - Tormato - The Yes Album  Andy Warhol The remainder  and just to show that even hell has a door policy: Andy Pandy Big Generator  ------------- 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 09:13
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Best: Fragile, Tales, Relayer, CTTE Worst: Big Generator, Talk, Open Your Eyes, Keystudio, 90125 |
Posted By: Deleuze
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 09:57
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awesome: tales, the ladder, fragile Lame: talk, ------------- 
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 10:39
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Too many of them are just text on a background. But my fave: Relayer Least fave: Big yellowy pink vulgar puke-inducing Generator Also, the Keys I and II were ruined by the silly colour treatment. The new box set for those albums (released tomorrow I believe) has that Dean painting in it's original colour, and it looks great in comparison!
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Posted By: Anirml
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 13:49
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Best: Close to the Edge Worst: Big Generator ------------- 
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 14:19
I hadn't heard of this! Where'd you find out about it?
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Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 14:55
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faves: Tales, Relayer worst: Big generator ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: progvortex
Date Posted: September 20 2010 at 19:53
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Tales is Nicest. Big Generator is UGLY.
------------- Life is like a beanstalk... isn't it? |
Posted By: progvortex
Date Posted: September 20 2010 at 19:54
Close to the Edge is a great album, but you seriously like the art? ------------- Life is like a beanstalk... isn't it? |
Posted By: Gandalfino
Date Posted: September 23 2010 at 05:41
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Nicer: The Ladder
Least: Talk
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Posted By: CloseToTheMoon
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 19:27
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When they're stacked next to each other like that, the bad ones really pop out. Faves - Tales and Relayer. Both fit perfectly with the moods of the albums The Yes Album is nice and economical, but still iconic in a way.
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Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 06:30
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Faves
Topograhic oceans
Relayer
Yessongs
Least
90125
Big generator
Open your eyes ------------- "I always say that it’s about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place". Rick Wakeman |