Yes, post 70s

I also love “magnification”, and Yes “Keystudios”

is very good, but it may take you a while to get into

that as well. “Drama” is also excellent as is “The

Ladder”, it is a little different but still good.

I think Drama, 90125 and Talk are all very good albums.

I couldn't really get into 'Big Generator' it seemed a step backwards from even 90125!! I turned my back on Yes for along time, and it was only after joining this forum over a year ago, that I dug out my old albums and got back into them. I proceeded to expand my collection, adding Fragile, The Yes album, Toramto & Relayer to what I already had.

Apart from Talk I've not heard any of their non Rabin 90's work. I'll get round to it, but there is so much music to buy, and I'm more inclined to give priority to bands I've not heard before.

After GFTO in my opinion Talk is the best album that I know (not counting the live DVD "Symphonic Live"). Not everything on this album is fantastic, but especially the three longer tracks are marvelous. I agree with Winter Wine that Endless Dream can be compared to Awaken in quality. I would also like to specially mention "I am Waiting" which is really beautiful and emotional.

Other albums I think are really nice: ABWH, Magnification 

The rest I think is not really worth getting

   Magnification is nearly a great YES album, easily their best since the halcyon days.Drama as mentioned is a very good Yes album with some outstanding tracks in ' Machine Messiah' 'White Car' and 'Into the Lens' despite Trevor using a voice synthesizer to sound like the great man.Keys to Ascencion is a brilliant live album with some not so good studio tracks.The Ladder is for me with Open Your eyes as bad as it gets with only Universal Garden from the latter and Homeworld from the former the exceptions on these albums,Tormato; although the start from their fall from the zenith is still in comparison to the Rabinesque years a fine album.But enjoy what has been recommended I still love the two early albums before they gave us the six unbeatable gems that were to follow.

Yes post seventies is a mixed bag of good and bad.  Here are some of the good ones.

Drama - Very good album despite the fact that Jon is not on vocals.  Some of their best songs are here, including Machine Messiah and Tempus Fugit.  The rest of the songs are also good, but overall it's not as strong an album as their mid-seventies stuff, but then again, nothing else they did is.

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Like Drama this one is very good, with some classics like Brother of Mine, Themes, Fist of Fire, and Birthright.  It's a little bit stronger than Drama.

Talk - This is probably the best of the Rabin albums.  Endless Dream is a very good epic in the same vein as Awaken, and Real Love and The Calling are also good.

Keys to Ascension 1 & 2 - These were live albums from the Anderson White Wakeman Howe Squire reunion from 1996.  But it also contained 75 minutes of new studio material, which was some of the best music Yes ever recorded.  Keystudio is a compilation of just those studio tracks without the live versions.  It's probably their best album since Going for the One.  It contains 2 20 minute epics, Mind Drive, which is similar to classic Yes prog, and That That Is which is a little bit different from anything else they had done.

The Ladder - Another strong album, not quite as good as Keys, but with some really good songs.  Homeworld was actually written as part of a soundtrack to the game of the same name.

And you already heard Magnification.  I should also mention 90125 because it was their most commercially successful album, and had some good songs.  But it's not as progressive as the other albums so I'm not sure you'll like it as much.  Tormato also has some great moments on it, and I would rate it just as high as most of the albums I listed above.