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NetsNJFan

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Posted: July 07 2005 at 22:26

In no order, some of my faves

Heart of the Sunrise
Harold Land
Beyond and Before
Awaken
Close to the Edge
Starship Trooper
Yours is no Disgrace
Gates of Delirium
Going for the One

all better than 90% of what else is out there

tuxon

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Posted: July 07 2005 at 14:40

Tony R wrote:

Wow, a Yes Top 10-not seen that one for a while......

1. Dangerous (Look in the Light of What You're Searching For)

2. Harold Land

3. Walls

4. Shoot High Aim Low

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apart from the yes songs it looks more like a no top 5

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Posted: July 07 2005 at 14:13

Just got Relayer...

All of Side 1 rules, as well as the 1st half of side 2. my favorite Yes album so far (I've really just started on them recently...) So far I like Relayer better than fragile and the yes album.

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Posted: July 07 2005 at 13:15

1- The Revealing Science Of God (best song ever done by Yes for me, and one of the greatest prog songs ever)

2- Awaken

3- Siberian Khatru

4- Close To The Edge

5- Your Move/ I've Seen All Good People

6- Perpetual Change

7- The Gates Of Delerium

8- Sound Chaser

9- And You And I

10- Yours Is No Disgrace

11- To Be Over

12- Heart Of The Sunrise (probably the greatest introduction in prog rock, along with King Crimson's 'The Night Watch')

13- Machine Messiah (I said it too- I think 'Drama' is a great record, and this is one of Yes' best songs)

silversaw

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Posted: July 07 2005 at 12:15

Tony R wrote:

Wow, a Yes Top 10-not seen that one for a while......

1. Dangerous (Look in the Light of What You're Searching For)

2. Harold Land

3. Walls

4. Shoot High Aim Low

5.http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/stfu.php

WOW...a very odd Top 5 (or 4)!!! I should agree with "Shoot High..." as it's the best song on "Big Generator." "Walls" is also a great tune but I prefer several of the other tracks from that disc. "Dangerous" is an interesting choice, especially coming from possibly one of the worst Yes albums. If I was forced to pick something from "Union" it would probably be "I Would Have Waited Forever" or MAYBE (that's a big maybe) "Shock To The System."

silversaw

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Posted: July 07 2005 at 12:08

Very tough!!!!!! And probably a way to get myself crucified...but here it goes:

Gates Of Delirium

Close To The Edge

Awaken

Long Distance Runaround

Soundchaser

Machine Messiah (yes I said it)

Going For The One

Endless Dream (a beautiful song and a highly underrated album)

THAT'S A GOOD START!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted: July 07 2005 at 12:01

for me the top 5 is

1.- gates of delirium

2.- close to the edge

3.- heart of the sunrise

4.- ritual nos soumes du solei

5.- siberian katrhu

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 21:55

Umm...hmm.

1. Siberian Khatru
2. Roundabout
3. Awaken
4. To Be Over
5. Close to the Edge
6. The Gates of Delirium
7. Soundchaser
8. And You and I
9. I Seen All Good People
10. Starship Trooper

Tony R

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 18:39

Wow, a Yes Top 10-not seen that one for a while......

1. Dangerous (Look in the Light of What You're Searching For)

2. Harold Land

3. Walls

4. Shoot High Aim Low

5.http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/stfu.php

edge

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:02

Close to the edge

The revealing science of god

Roundabout

Heart of the sunrise

Long distance runaround

South side of the sky

The Ancient - Giants Under the Sun

Mood for a day

limeyrob

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 13:45

Anything from Yessongs - especially And You and I - Perfection

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 13:06

My top 10:

1. Awaken

2. Wonderous Stories

3. Starship Trooper

4. Yours' Is No Disgrace

5. The Gates Of Delirium

6. The Ritual

7. Turn Of The Century

8. Vevey

9. Every Little Thing

10. Survival

Big Ears

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 11:38

My favourite Yes track is Roundabout, although I like most things by them.

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 10:34

My personal YES top ten:

1) Yours is no Disgrace (live version on Yessongs, not the studio version!)

2) And You and I

3) Gates of Delirium

4) Heart of Sunrise

5) Awaken

6) Starship Trooper

7) Does it Really Happen?

8) Close to the Edge

9) Ritual - Nous Sommes du Soleil

10) South Side of the Sky

barbs

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 10:34

I have to admit that I love a great deal of Yes's catalogue
and it is extremely difficult to choose one, more than the others
so I am going to choose a song which I believe has not been given the credit
it deserves.

In the Presence Of, IMO is a beautiful song which seems to have been
overlooked because of some of the weaker points in that album.

Eternity

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 10:07

First, let me say that Yes is quite possibly my favorite band of all time. So, I think that 90% of their songs are awesome!

That said, I love the live versions of Starship Trooper with Steve and Rick dueling each other. Simply amazing!

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 00:00

1. Gates of Delerium
2. Sound Chaser
3. Owner of a Lonely Heart (I know I'm going to get slaughtered for this)
4. Going for the One
5. It Can Happen (see note on #3)
6. Heart of the Sunrise
7. The Ancient - Giants Under the Sun
8. And You and I
9. Tempus Fugit
10. Starship Trooper

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Posted: July 05 2005 at 23:15

Gates Of Delirium
And You And I
Onward

If it's worth playing, it's worth playing loud!

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Posted: July 05 2005 at 22:25

Strangely, i'm not too fond of all the really long songs Yes recorded. I think that Tales from Topographic Oceans could have been sacled down to about 40 or 50 minutes and would have been a whole lot better.

But anyways...

my top 5:

1. Heart of the Sunrise

2 Tempus Fugit

3. The Fish

4. Roundabout

5. And You and I

Roundabout may not be in there, but i'm drawing a lbank on everything else

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