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Rank; Album; Favorite Song:

  1. Big Generator Shoot High Aim Low (yes, you read that right.. Big Generator)

  2. Relayer The Gates of Delirium

  3. Going for the One Awaken

  4. Close to the Edge And You and I

  5. Fragile Heart of the Sunrise

  6. The Yes Album Starship Trooper

  7. ABWH Birthright

  8. Drama Machine Messiah

  9. 90125 It Can Happen

  10. Time and a Word Time and a Word

  11. Tales from Topographic Oceans The Revealing Science of God

  12. Talk Real Love or Endless Dream

  13. Tormato Onward

  14. Union

I pretty much stopped listening after Talk.
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i've heard at least one song from all their albums (including Keys to Ascension but excluding ABWH unless you don't really think that is a Yes album even though it practically is lol); this list, however, will only include all the stuff up to Big Generator, as all those albums i own thanks to The Studio Albums 1969-1987 box set released several months back. so here's my list:

1. Close to the Edge (2nd favorite album ever behind The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's)
2. Relayer
3. Fragile
4. The Yes Album
5. Going for the One
6. Tales from Topographic Oceans
7. Drama
8. 90125
9. Tormato
10. Time and a Word
11. Yes
12. Big Generator
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Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Excellent, a lot of love for The Yes Album here. Clap
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Close to the Edge
The Yes Album
Fragile
Going for the One
Relayer

...the rest I can live without hearing ever again.
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1. Drama
2. Close to the Edge
3. The Yes Album
4. The Ladder
5. Fragile
6. Magnification
7. Keystudio
8. Going for the One
9. ABWH
10. Relayer
11. 90125
12. Tales From Topographic Oceans
13. Talk
14. Big Generator
15. Fly From Here
16. Tormato
17. Union


Whatevs, I consider Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe a Yes album. So there's my list - maybe a bit nontraditional but it's how I would rank them in this exact moment Smile
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1. Close to the Edge
2. Fragile
3. Relayer
4. Tales From Topographic Oceans
5. Going For the One

Everything else not worthy of a rating.
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Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Lots of activity in Yes land!  

Yes, that amazes me Shocked
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!!)


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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.
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Top Tier

The Yes Album
Fragile
Close to the Edge
Yessongs
Going for the One
Keys to Ascension 1 & 2/Keystudio

Second Tier

Yes
Relayer
Yesshows
90210
Talk
The Ladder
Magnification

Third Tier

Time and a Word
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Drama
Fly From Here

Bottom Tier

Tormato
Big Generator
Union
Opern Your Eyes


Edited by ghost_of_morphy - May 12 2014 at 12:34
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1. Tales From Topographic Oceans
2. Close To The Edge
3. The Yes Album
4. Fragile
5. Tormato
5. Relayer
6. Going For The One
7. Drama
and if ABWH counts,
it'd fall around number five
up there
 
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1. Fragile
2. Close To The Edge
3. Tales From Topographic Oceans
4. The Yes Album
5. Relayer
6. Going For The One
7. Drama
8. The Ladder
9. Keystudio
10. Magnification
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Lots of activity in Yes land!  

Yes, that amazes me Shocked
I thought things were dying out. I  was wrong.
It's very good news, of course Thumbs Up
I suppose that only Bill Bruford retired, and that's something very rare for a musician.
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Mine would be:

Close To The Edge
Relayer
Tales (nearly a tie for second)
Going For The One
The Yes Album
Fragile
Time and a Word
Tormato 
90125

...and then everything else in no order. 

I'm actually looking forward to their upcoming release, Jon Davison will have quite a bit of composing and lyrics duty!  
Also, Jon Anderson's new project sounds like it is gaining traction!  Lots of activity in Yes land!  
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Going For The One - Their peakApprove
Close To Th Edge
The Yes Album
Relayer
Tales From Topographic Oceans
Fragile
Drama
Talk
Tormato
90125
Big Generator
Time And A word
Fly From Here
Yes
Magnification
Open Your Eyes
The Ladder
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

 

1. Going For The One. Utterly wondrousTongue
Thanks Marcel. Yep, no accounting for taste!LOL

Tormato is probably the Yes album I listen to mist these days. I don't know, but those opening bars of Future Times and Anderson's vocals just lift me up.

I agree, Steve!  I've recently fallen in love with GFTO again, truly one of the greatest Yes albums! 

And, I'm with you on Tormato.  I used to detest "Whale," but once I heard & saw it performed live, well, that got me hooked!!  

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Egads.....another Yes thread/poll....Wink
 
The only ones I listen to these days are:
CTTE
Fragile
Yes Album
Relayer
Going For The One
 
'nuff said.
 
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

 
Thanks Marcel. Yep, no accounting for taste!LOL

Tormato is probably the Yes album I listen to mist these days. I don't know, but those opening bars of Future Times and Anderson's vocals just lift me up.

Tormato really has something. Future Times is still pure magic. Very original stuff too. 
Too bad it all fell a bit apart after that.
Nice to see Talk so high in your list, even though that isn't one of my personal favorites. But I need to give it a listen again. The first two tracks blow me away, but for the rest I have the feeling I never gave the rest of the album a fair chance to grow on me. 

The epic track, usually called this lineup's CTTE, is magical, and well worth revisiting. Also, I just love those first two tracks.

Right, I'll put the epic track on top of my listening list. Approve
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:


Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:


Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:


1. Going For The One. Utterly wondrousTongue
2. Close To The Edge. Extremely radical stuff in its day.
3. 90125. A rebirth,and a damned good one, at that.
4. Relayer. Gates of Delirium remains utterly incredible.
5. Talk. Some incredible stuff on this. A fine Rabin swan song.
6. Tormato. Yes, seriously.
<span style="line-height: 1.2;">7. Fragile. Most is incredible, but the solo stuff mainly grates these days.</span>
8. The Ladder. Just love this album, full of life.
9. The Yes Album. A young band experimenting brilliantly.
10. Magnification. A wonderful swan song for Anderson.
11. Time and a Word. Finding their way.
12. Fly From Here. Great first side. Very average second.
13. Union. Onions. Should have been brilliant. Wasn't.
14. Yes. Naive in some respects, but undoubted talent there.
15. Big Generator. A huge disappointment.
16. Drama. Sorry, but I never liked it. I do not tend to like Yes without JA.
17. That one with Sherwood. The shockingly awful one, so forgettable I have forgotten its bloody name!Embarrassed
I have not included the reunion cd's, as I regard them as live albums with bonus studio tracks, but if I did, they would fit somewhere nicely at 10 and 11Thumbs Up
And I didn't put in TFTO. Bad day today! Shove that one in at 12.


Nice original list. <span style="line-height: 1.2;">Taste is a funny thing, isn't it? Sometimes ones tastes differs quite from the masses (prog masses, if such a thing exists  Smile)</span>
Nice to see GFTO and 90125 so high in your list.
<span style="line-height: 1.2;">Tormato is quite nice, actually. </span>

Thanks Marcel. Yep, no accounting for taste!LOL
Tormato is probably the Yes album I listen to mist these days. I don't know, but those opening bars of Future Times and Anderson's vocals just lift me up.


Good to see GFTO getting some love. It is am excellent album. Awaken encapsulates everything that was good about Yes at the time.

90125 is also pretty special for me.

Yes, GFTO in general, and Awaken especially, are amazing.
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Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

 
Thanks Marcel. Yep, no accounting for taste!LOL

Tormato is probably the Yes album I listen to mist these days. I don't know, but those opening bars of Future Times and Anderson's vocals just lift me up.

Tormato really has something. Future Times is still pure magic. Very original stuff too. 
Too bad it all fell a bit apart after that.
Nice to see Talk so high in your list, even though that isn't one of my personal favorites. But I need to give it a listen again. The first two tracks blow me away, but for the rest I have the feeling I never gave the rest of the album a fair chance to grow on me. 

The epic track, usually called this lineup's CTTE, is magical, and well worth revisiting. Also, I just love those first two tracks.
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

 
Thanks Marcel. Yep, no accounting for taste!LOL

Tormato is probably the Yes album I listen to mist these days. I don't know, but those opening bars of Future Times and Anderson's vocals just lift me up.

Tormato really has something. Future Times is still pure magic. Very original stuff too. 
Too bad it all fell a bit apart after that.
Nice to see Talk so high in your list, even though that isn't one of my personal favorites. But I need to give it a listen again. The first two tracks blow me away, but for the rest I have the feeling I never gave the rest of the album a fair chance to grow on me. 
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