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Are The Yes Album, CttE and GftO the best 3 of Yes |
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Mirakaze 
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 Posted: August 28 2024 at 12:17 |
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For me it's Fragile, Close To The Edge and Relayer, with Tales From Topographic Oceans following very closely behind.
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verslibre
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Posted: August 28 2024 at 09:22 |
Moraz would've left, anyway. The tense atmosphere (or maybe whatever tension was directed at him) wasn't conducive to his participation. He'd gone from a trio to a quintet, one ruled by much larger egos. Wakeman was initially supposed to be a session player, strictly for pay, not reinstated as a full-time member, though Yes' manager decided to go ahead and do it (without Rick's consent, though he didn't mind). Any which way we cut it, it was the right move. "Awaken" is my favorite Yes epic. 
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Posted: August 28 2024 at 09:12 |
Aren't you the one that posted a long time ago that Tales inspired you to become a forest ranger?
 Maybe I'm thinking of someone else though. |
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Posted: August 28 2024 at 08:09 |
That phrase 'the real Yes keyboardist' is very interesting! It seems that Rick seriously got the hump after TFTO so left. Relayer is then a fearless bold step into the future and everything that progressive rock should be. Fast forward a few years and the management are begging Wakeman to return. This can't possibly be for commercial reasons as Wakeman was shifting serious amounts of units with Six Wives, Journey, King Arthur and the White Rock albums all charting high? Perhaps I'm just a natural born cynic
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Posted: August 28 2024 at 07:40 |
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Drama, ABWH, Can’t Look Away😉
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Posted: August 28 2024 at 01:40 |
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Hello! I just made an account because of this excellent thread.
Well, I agree with the OP's premises. As a long-term Yessfan, I, for
one, do consider The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, and Going for
the One to be truly the best three studio albums by the band. The
Yes Album really signalled a sea change in their sound, featuring amazing and
classic Yessongs like Yours Is No Disgrace and Starship Trooper, and Close to the Edge, with its grand structure and spiritual themes—not
just the title track but also other songs like it—is frequently regarded
as the peak of early 1970s prog-rock in general. Going for the
One, on which the real Yes-keyboardist returned to the band and the
jazz-rock tendencies showcased on the confused Relayer were abandoned
regarding new material, indeed successfully combines accessibility with
complexity, featuring standout "easy listening" songs such as the
beautiful Wonderous Stories and the drumless masterpiece Turn of the Century,
while on the other side, Yes was demonstrating their fully grown ability
to create a perfect intricate yet still pleasant long-form with Awaken,
featuring a church organ instead of jazz-rock bursts like on the side-long track from the previous studio album.
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 23:32 |
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Fragile, Close to the Edge and Relayer for me. Those are the only three Yes-albums I'd rate as high as four stars. So while I do acknowledge their greatness, skills and all of that, I'm not the biggest fan.
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 23:00 |
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I'd vote CTTE, Tales and Relayer.
Tales continues to impress me, years after its release. I always seem to hear something new whenever I listen to it. Inconsistent, perhaps, but its best moments are Yes' best moments.
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 21:37 |
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Imo the only thing wrong with Drama is that it doesn't have Jon Anderson on it. Trevor Horn does a fine job with the vocals but without Jon it doesn't really sound like a classic Yes album to me (or at least I can't lump it in with the earlier stuff but that's how I feel about 90125 also). However, I grew up with it and so maybe I just got used to it. If you look at just the music on it and the playing it's probably one of their strongest ever.
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 19:46 |
I'm totally with you on the first statement, but the second less so as although I like the debut, Time and a Word just doesn't work for me. Many consider Drama a masterpiece and I might be tempted to put that on the second tier with GFTO and Fragile. Woud also include The Yes Album here. 3rd tier albums are maybe TFTO, Debut, 90125, The Ladder, Talk, Keys Studio, Magnification, Mirror To The Sky. After that I'm not bothering.. (although Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks would be 2nd tier if it were 'truly' Yes)
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 15:51 |
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Close to the Edge
Relayer Tales from Tpopographic Ocean Going for the one, Fragile and Yes Album to follow ( in no ranking) Edited by mellotronwave - August 28 2024 at 00:31 |
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 15:02 |
Just out of curiosity what is it that rubs you the wrong way about TYA?
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I think the big three for Yes is usually considered to be The Yes Album, Fragile and Close to the Edge. For me personally I would replace TYA (as much as it hurts me to not include it in the top 3) with Relayer. Some probably see GFTO as the beginning of the end for the band but it's still a very good album. They didn't really start to "drop the ball" until much later imo.
My choices as well. Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - August 27 2024 at 15:03 |
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 13:24 |
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Close To The Edge
The Yes Album The Big Generator
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 13:04 |
Nice to see this album getting some love.
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 13:02 |
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CTTE, Relayer, Fragile
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 12:59 |
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Time and a Word, Fragile and Relayer for me.
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 12:53 |
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1. 90125
2. Going for the One 3. Close to the Edge
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 11:10 |
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IMO, only CttE and Relayer stand as complete masterpieces with Fragile and Going for the One standing in line just behind.
I find both of the band's first two albums more enjoyable to listen to than The Yes Album. |
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Posted: August 27 2024 at 10:27 |
I love the KTA originals and they (or it) would be fifth, after Drama. |
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