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Easily Godbluff - the greatest VdGG album.

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Discipline "stronger and better" than Larks''-Red? Don't make me laugh.

Edited by Rednight - June 14 2021 at 15:07

"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno

JD wrote:

No disrespect to the OP'er but this poll is so full of holes I find it hard to support.

Duke was only two years after ...And Then There Were Three while Discipline was 7 years after Red. However, Thrak came 11 years after Three of a perfect pair.

I know this is just all in fun but...c'mon man.

I am interested in the creative process and how it becomes disjointed. Not all bands recover from it or are radically altered.

KC

Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.

JD wrote:

No disrespect to the OP'er but this poll is so full of holes I find it hard to support.

Duke was only two years after ...And Then There Were Three while Discipline was 7 years after Red. However, Thrak came 11 years after Three of a perfect pair.

I know this is just all in fun but...c'mon man.

Time is relative. I take pee breaks longer than seven years.

No disrespect to the OP'er but this poll is so full of holes I find it hard to support.

Duke was only two years after ...And Then There Were Three while Discipline was 7 years after Red. However, Thrak came 11 years after Three of a perfect pair.

I know this is just all in fun but...c'mon man.

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Psychedelic Paul wrote:

chopper wrote:

From what I remember there was no "split" of Yes. In those days, news of such bands came via Melody Maker and I remember reading the headline that Buggles had joined Yes, but I don't remember anything about a split before that, just a sudden (and very surprising) announcement.

I could be wrong, but I believe the first Yes split was in 1974 when Rick Wakeman left the band during the recording of the Relayer album - when Vangelis auditioned as a replacement - and Rick reunited with Yes for the follow-up Going for the One album in 1977. Smile

Gets technical - the band slip following the ill fated Paris session at the end of 79 and basically reformed in 1980 having lost and replaced two key members. At the time, I recall it was the end and then the rebirth of Yes. I just remember 74 and then it was Wakeman leaving and being replaced by Moraz. Arguably, there was more of a hiatus after Drama and before 90125 but by then the seal had been broken...

chopper wrote:

From what I remember there was no "split" of Yes. In those days, news of such bands came via Melody Maker and I remember reading the headline that Buggles had joined Yes, but I don't remember anything about a split before that, just a sudden (and very surprising) announcement.

I could be wrong, but I believe the first Yes split was in 1974 when Rick Wakeman left the band during the recording of the Relayer album - when Vangelis auditioned as a replacement - and Rick reunited with Yes for the follow-up Going for the One album in 1977. Smile

After some thinking I voted KC just over VdGG. They both left on a high note (Red and Pawn Hearts), so these follow-ups were not necessarily better but still among their very best works, respectively. So, KC because of a bolder stylistic jump not expected by many.

I've voted Yes because Drama is a great album but Yes were not "better than ever" (and I doubt that any of these bands were). Drama can hold its head up amongst its predecessors but it is not better than the classics.

Poll Question: Who returned stronger and better than ever?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
ELP - Works Vol. 1	5	[8.06%]
Genesis - Duke	9	[14.52%]
King Crimson - Discipline	17	[27.42%]
Magma - Merci	1	[1.61%]
Moody Blues - Octave	0	[0.00%]
Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff	23	[37.10%]
Yes - Drama	7	[11.29%]
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