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Poll Question: Which is your least favorite early Yes album?
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28 [43.08%]
23 [35.38%]
5 [7.69%]
1 [1.54%]
0 [0.00%]
8 [12.31%]
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First album, although I love also that really much! Anyway I think they went really much forward in "Time and a Word", it rises almost into level of "the Yes Album" for me.
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The first two records are a bit worse, IMO, but all of them are great.
Come on, guys, The Yes Album rules!
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Yes never had a wek album until the 80’s (or 90’s, depending on taste).
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I can't really vote as I haven't listened to the first two albums in their entirety (I do like the song Time and a Word though). Of the ones I have listened to, it would have to be Relayer. Apart from the "Soon" section, which is beautiful, I find the rest of the album cacophonous.
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Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

 I voted for the Yes Album as well. It is one of those releases where the quality of the music is high, but the quality of the recording is low. Yes, the sound is crisp and clean (except for Clap which sounds like it was recorded in an aluminum culvert) but it is also sterile and lifeless. I much prefer the more robust sound of Yessongs for those classics. Coming up second is Time and a Word with its misplaced orchestrations (although I like the music).


Wow, I agree the production of The Yes Album is rather flat and lifeless, but I think Yesshows is an even worse recording.

Another album from virtually the same time which I thought was spoiled by a flat lifeless production was ''Nursery Chryme'

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Production...?  Who cares if  the 'production' is flat....Yours Is No Disgrace ,  Trooper, and Perpetual Change are effing brilliant tunes....'nuff said.
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Tales from Topographic Oceans (which is not in the poll) :)
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Production...?  Who cares if  the 'production' is flat....Yours Is No Disgrace ,  Trooper, and Perpetual Change are effing brilliant tunes....'nuff said.
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Debut, but it's a really good album. All of these early records are great, especially Close to the Edge. Embarrassed
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Originally posted by Upbeat Tango Monday Upbeat Tango Monday wrote:

The first two records are a bit worse, IMO, but all of them are great.
Come on, guys, The Yes Album rules!

What is it with The Yes Album? The production or something? It's as good as anything the band have ever come up with in my opinion.
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I think "Tormato" was the only relatively weak album from the classic 1970's years of Yes, but it was still a lot better than what came later in the form of "Big Generator". Smile
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Originally posted by iluvmarillion iluvmarillion wrote:

Originally posted by Upbeat Tango Monday Upbeat Tango Monday wrote:

The first two records are a bit worse, IMO, but all of them are great.
Come on, guys, The Yes Album rules!

What is it with The Yes Album? The production or something? It's as good as anything the band have ever come up with in my opinion.

I think it's because people tend to associate Yes with Fragile and onward. The actual songs themselves on The Yes Album are fine, but I can see why they'd leave some wanting more.

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Have to go with the debut. They were just finding their way and hadn't yet developed in to what they would ultimately become. 
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Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

Originally posted by iluvmarillion iluvmarillion wrote:

Originally posted by Upbeat Tango Monday Upbeat Tango Monday wrote:

The first two records are a bit worse, IMO, but all of them are great.
Come on, guys, The Yes Album rules!


What is it with The Yes Album? The production or something? It's as good as anything the band have ever come up with in my opinion.


I think it's because people tend to associate Yes with Fragile and onward. The actual songs themselves on The Yes Album are fine, but I can see why they'd leave some wanting more.


Well, if I had to make a guess, it might just be that it's the only classic Yes album without a 10+ minute song (three of them are close, though). If I had to make an even better guess: TYA lacks Wakeman. Structurally speaking, TYA and Fragile aren't that dissimilar. I
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The first two just don't compare. At all. Apples and oranges.

Time And A Word would be my least favorite but it's still pretty decent.
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Never thought I would hear folks beating on The Yes Album. my top 3 Yes albums are Fragile, The Yes Album and CTTE. In that order.

For this poll Yes gets the vote
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Probably Time and a Word although the separation between 1 and 2 is thin.
The Yes Album is great, 4 classic songs and not much filler... even though I prefer excitement of live versions. If only live setting had the studio quality! Anyways, it's very close to prime Yes in terms of ideas, but the proper "sound" only revealed itself on Fragile.
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Yes never had a weak album until the 80’s (or 90’s, depending on taste).

Tormato and ABWH for me are weak. 
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A toss up between the first two - voted for the eponymous debut. 'The Yes Album' is where they started to get into their creative stride for me.
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Yes: Debut (just)
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