Yes Studio Albums - Best To Worst

Rednight wrote: I'd attempt this one but loathe the idea of a brain hemorrhage.

You'll definitely risk one after hearing Heaven and Earth, destined to be their worst, unless they give the keys to Davison again. It's 90%godawful.

Let's tout the must haves. For me, in order: CTTE, YA, Fragile, GFTO, Tales, Relayer. If we're including live ones, Yessongs is in here.

Next are the middle crop: 90125, Talk, Keysstudio, TAAW, Drama.

Why go below that level? There are good, even great songs on the rest, but the parts are better than the sum.

Tales From Topographic Oceans

Close to the Edge 10/10

I've listened to all of their albums from the debut to Big Generator. I haven't listened to anything after that. Just going by what I've heard:

Edited by thebig_E - July 12 2014 at 01:32

1) The Yes Album

Very useful - I got rid of TFTO a while back in boredom and that was the only Yes album I ever had, but in the last year have been encouraged by this site to give them another chance and found CTTE, Relayer and Fragile much more to my liking. So it looks like the ones I need on my wish list are GFTO and The Yes Album. 

At the moment:

1.  The Yes Album
2.  Close to the Edge
3.  Fragile
4.  Relayer
5.  Going for the One
6.  Yes
7.  Drama
8.  The Ladder
9.  90125
10.  Time and a Word
11.  Tales from Topographic Oceans
12.  Tormato
13.  Keystudio
14.  Talk
15.  Fly from Here
16.  Magnification
17.  Big Generator
18.  Union
19.  Open Your Eyes

Also -- 7.5  ABWH

And I'll mention that even though I rate Union and Open Your Eyes at the bottom, the tours for those albums are among my fondest concert-going memories.

1. Close To The Edge

cstack3 wrote: Moogtron III wrote: cstack3 wrote: Lots of activity in Yes land!   Yes, that amazes me  I thought things were dying out. I  was wrong. Jon posted this intriguing note to his Facebook page yesterday:  Thinking about you all, wishing everything you wish for yourself..writing some new songs for the AndersonPonty band, soon to be seen at a theater near you in the new year...meanwhile enjoy the video...much love...Jon (no video posted yet, I guess he's trying to figure that out!!)

silverrocket wrote: First post ever. Inspired to register because I don't think "Time and a Word" is getting enough love here. My list, for your enjoyment and possible anger and mortification: ****    Time and a Word, Fragile, The Yes Album,  CTTE ***      Drama, Relayer **       GFTO, Tales of TO *         Yes, Tormato, 90125           all others are no stars:  keeping in mind this ratings are relative to all Yes albums, and the worst Yes album is still better than the best album of most other bands.

Edited by Michael678 - June 04 2014 at 05:44