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Poll Question: Which album do you prefer?
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oh... and i'd go with Tales.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Winter Wine Winter Wine wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Even though I love Tales sooooooooooooo much and wouldnt have it any shorter......relayer happens to be my favourite album so my vote must go there!

Favourite album in general???!! wow snow dog, cool

favourite Yes album...but it would be up there in my top 10 no doubt!

It would be in my top ten also, but close to the edge is my fav yes album, then relayer!

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Relayer sounds more like a group effort, though "Tales" is truer to the "classic" lineup (Bruford fans please don't yell at me).  You could tell the group was tiring of itself and was at a turning point.  Most of "Tales" seems like Ummagumma...soloing pesonality upfront, backup musicians "counting out time," while Relayer has a feel about it of musicians collaborating and comparing, which is more the realm M.O. of true prog.  Hell, if Yes had been Kiss then "Tales" would have been the four solo albums Kiss released simultaneously with their corrosponding faces on the covers...except three of the album covers would have had Jon Anderson's face on it.  I like both, but I feel from the standpoint of what prog ought to be, Relayer is stronger.  Interesting question:  Is there any other case in which (relative) brevity by a prog band is stronger than the usually lengthy inulgence?
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Relayer, with TFTO close behind.
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tales for me. relayer is very good, but overrated. Gates turns to crappy after the first 5 great minutes. Soundchaser starts to get annoying.
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Love them both...


prefer Tales.  The shear audacity to put an album like that out.  The lads in Yes must have had 'stones' the size of Texas.  Obscure eastern  religious text, 4 commen theme side longs.  Think another 'major' rock group would EVER do an album like that today.  Perhaps a better question, would they be allowed to by the 'suits' hmmm....

Filler?....bah? An oft repeated criticism.  All in the eye of the listener.


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This is the most tornentig poll possible!

The two greatest albums by the greatest band in the world!

I picked Tales, I find it  warmer. But it wins only after the 2nd overtime 130 to 129.
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No the 2 best Yes albums are The yes album and CTTE

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Relayer...it contains 'The Gates Of Delirium'...simple as that....
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I will go with Tales
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Originally posted by gentletull gentletull wrote:

No the 2 best Yes albums are The yes album and CTTE

Those two are even better IMHO.

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Both great, but for me it's got to be Relayer.....second only to CTTE as my favourite Yes album!
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Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

Relayer...it contains 'The Gates Of Delirium'...simple as that....

I agree.


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For me, The Gates is a good song, but I can't see what all the fuss is about... Sound Chaser is the Relayer "highlight" for me... Tales is still better in my opinion. Maybe it's because I've listened to Tales for quite a while but I haven't had much time to listen to Relayer so intensively...
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Tales From Topographic Oceans, allthou Relayer is great only Close to the edge beats TFTO.
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  1. FRAGILE
  2. CLOSE TO THE EDGE
  3. THE YES ALBUM
  4. RELAYER
  5. TALES...
  6. GOING FOR THE ONE
  7. TIME AND A WORD
  8. YES
  9. DRAMA
  10. TORMATO
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Both are great but I like Tales better.
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 27 2006 at 21:51
Originally posted by EL OSO EL OSO wrote:

I used to dislike Tales From Topographic Oceans when I first heard it, it took me more than three years and lots of plays to get it, and now I´m addicted to it, I even think is better than Close To The Edge, as albums are concerned.

In my opinion the highest point in the career of YES is Tales from Topographic Oceans.




why bother adding to that.... well said...

though it only took me about two years hahahahha.  Prog fans should be if anything... patient.  Prog isn't cock rock.
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Tales from Topographic Oceans is perhaps my

favorite album so I’ll go with that, Relayer is also

one of my favorites.
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