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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

I gave this album a chance yesterday and it's got two listenable songs. Got worse with every listen. 
 
You sound like you're Close to the Edge of giving up on the album entirely. Smile

I've already given up on it. 

Time and a Word indicated to me that you weren't going to like Fly from Here upon listening to it again, but you could try Going for the One Yes album coming up next. Smile


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

I gave this album a chance yesterday and it's got two listenable songs. Got worse with every listen. 
 
You sound like you're Close to the Edge of giving up on the album entirely. Smile

I've already given up on it. 

Time and a Word indicated to me that you weren't going to like Fly from Here upon to it listening again, but you could try Going for the One Yes album coming up next. Smile

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^ It looks like I got my words back to front upon reading my last message again. No wonder you look confused. Embarrassed
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ It looks like I got my words back to front upon reading my last message again. No wonder you look confused. Embarrassed

it's not the "confused" emoticon it's the "erm...let me think" emoticon. Big smile
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ It looks like I got my words back to front upon reading my last message again. No wonder you look confused. Embarrassed

it's not the "confused" emoticon it's the "erm...let me think" emoticon. Big smile
Ah yes, I see now. It says "Errrm" when I hold the cursor over your choice of emoticon. Smile
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Having just listened to Trevor Horn's original 1980 version of "We Can Fly from Here", I much prefer Benoit David's  2011 version. Thumbs Up

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If I were to rate the album on here I would give it 3.5. I think I would struggle to give it four stars. There are some really nice moments on it though.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

If I were to rate the album on here I would give it 3.5. I think I would struggle to give it four stars. There are some really nice moments on it though.
 
I've rated all of the Yes albums apart from two which I haven't yet got around to listening to:-
 
 4 stars  Yes (1969)
 
 4 stars Time and a Word (1970)
 
 5 stars The Yes Album (1971)
 
 4 stars  Fragile (1971)
 
 5 stars  Close to the Edge (1972)
 
 4 stars  Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
 
 4 stars  Relayer (1974)
 
 5 stars  Going for the One (1977)
 
 3 stars  Tormato (1978)
 
 4 stars  Drama (1980)
 
 4 stars  90125 (1983)
 
 3 stars  Big Generator (1987)
 
 4 stars  Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
 
                   Union (1991)
 
 5 stars  Talk (1994)
 
                   Keys to Ascension (1996)
 
 3 stars  Open Your Eyes (1997)
 
 5 stars  The Ladder (1999)
 
 4 stars  Magnification (2001)
 
 4 stars  Fly from Here (2011)
 
 4 stars  Heaven & Earth (2014)
 
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Keys to Ascension (1996) is a live album
You should try and listen to Keystudio. 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

I gave this album a chance yesterday and it's got two listenable songs. Got worse with every listen. 
 
Listening to the album again has had the opposite effect on me. I like Fly from Here more than ever now. Thumbs Up
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It's the very definition of 'MEH'
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Originally posted by FatherChristmas FatherChristmas wrote:

This has got be the first OP to a Yes thread where you didn't write "before I Fly from Here" at the end of it. Tongue
 
The easiest album to find a place for in my Yes album intros is always the first self-titled album and the hardest has always been Tales from Topographic Oceans. Smile
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About the Return Trip comments, I might add, even if I'm among the ones that refuse to give it much of a chance, wonderint what's the point... well, actually the point is that it was Trevor Horn's music, and he wanted to do that for himself... I still wonder why they didn't do so in the first place, I remember reading something about Benoit himself saying to Trevor that he should be doing it while they were recording the album, and Trevor thought it was not such a great idea and though Benoit's singing was beautiful. I guess he must have changed his mind somewhat later on. And even though I myself think Benoit should have felt insulted for this, I believe I read someone saying that he actually gave his blessing... so I might forgive that album's existence... still, I don't have the urge to buy it again, since I have the original version and find it perfectly enjoyable that way.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Keys to Ascension (1996) is a live album</span>
<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">You should try and listen to Keystudio. </span>


Well, Keys to Ascension is half live, and half studio, and there's two parts of it. I do wish it was one double live album and one studio one, but it's just not so. Still, I do think it's better to get the Keys to Ascension versions, since I find that some of the best moments are the live tracks... Starship Trooper and Awaken are my definite favourite versions of those songs.
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