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Emperor 
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 Topic: The favorite studio album by Yes
Posted: December 09 2004 at 09:23 |
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My choice is TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS :-)
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I Prophesy Disaster...
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Proghead
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 09:47 |
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Peter
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 10:11 |
 I predict that CTTE will easily win, if lots of people vote (we had a favourite Yes album poll before, so some may not bother with this one). Edge seems to be most fans' fave, by far -- mine too, though The Yes Album and Fragile are terriffic as well....
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Azrael2112
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 11:16 |
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I have to say Relayer...its a wonderfully balanced album.
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 11:37 |
Close to the Edge. Ya know, down by the river. 
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 12:03 |
Close To The Edge
but The Yes Album,Fragile and Going For the One are masterpieces too.
But the 3 tracks on CTTE are uniformly excellent.
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gdub411
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 14:38 |
I'm still waiting for Reed Lover to say something worthwhile. 
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 14:46 |
 gdub411 wrote:
I'm still waiting for Yes to release anything worthwhile. |
Now many of the people on this site think VDGG are piss poor, but we dont say so.
If you dont get Yes very often try smartening yourself up.
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gdub411
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 14:50 |
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 14:50 |
gdub411 wrote:
Reed Lover wrote:
gdub411 wrote:
I'm still waiting for Yes to release anything worthwhile. |
Now many of the people on this site think VDGG are piss poor, but we dont say so.
If you dont get Yes very often try smartening yourself up.
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YES SUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND SO DO YOU!!!!
AND SO DOES THIS SITE!!!!!
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Wassup?
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Prog_Bassist
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:00 |
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I like CTTE and Relayer.
With honourable mention to KeyStudio.
Speaking of KS, instead of putting keys to ascension, you should have put KeyStudio!
Edited by Prog_Bassist
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:08 |
I love all the Yes albums equally. They're all Masterpeices!!
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Easy Livin
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:10 |
I went for "Talk" this time. "CTTE" is my favourite really, but I wanted to reflect how "Talk" is so criminally underrated (in my opinion ).
I reckon if Steve Howe had played on "The endless dream" it would be a staple of their live act now.
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Panoramic's Gay
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:14 |
114BUDG wrote:
I love all the Yes albums equally. They're all Masterpeices!! |
No the later one's are really gay!
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The Hemulen
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:19 |
I can never decide between CTTE and Relayer, but as CTTE always wins these things I'm plumping for Relayer again.
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Blacksword
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:30 |
The album I enjoy listerning to the most is 'Going for the one'
I like 'CTTE' but my all time favourite yes 'song' is 'The revealing science of God' from 'Topographic oceans' Not a favourite around here I guess, but after the much maligned 90125 It was the next Yes album I heard. It took me about 2 years to really get into it. It has some sentimental value for me.
Sorry, folks but I do like 90125 quite a bit too
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 15:56 |
Easy Livin wrote:
I went for "Talk" this time.
I reckon if Steve Howe had played on "The endless dream" it would be a staple of their live act now.
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I voted CTTE, but Talk was definitely the best of the Rabin era. Too bad about the cover though, so much wasted space.
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Wrath_of_Ninian
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 16:09 |
Going For The One
1. Al White's dynamic drumming instead of Bruford's plodalong drum-by-numbers
2. Anderson sounding utterly alive and with it on every note - now, I didn't say lucid...
3. Overall atmosphere of Swiss serenity
4. Awaken - easily the best song they ever recorded - and that pipe organ....chills down the spine.
I would have gone for Close To The Edge musically, but I much prefer the live versions of everything on that album - unfortunately Offord (or whoever it was) killed everything stone dead and turned it into a dry rehearsal workout. I'm sure that'll go down well with the Yes fan club here...
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 16:13 |
Bruford plodalong drum-by-numbers? Ouch.
I've always heard Bill play a bit outside the lines. No offense, but have you actually heard Bill Bruford play drums? 
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Wrath_of_Ninian
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Posted: December 09 2004 at 16:30 |
No offence taken.
I have all the stuff he did with Yes and Crimson, but I never liked his style much so didn't venture into his other stuff. Perhaps I am missing something? I'm a drummer myself you see, and I thought he stifled Yes. That said, I thought his drumming with Crimson was much better and definitely more suited to their jagged time-hopping style (if thats the phrase) - especially on Red, which was excellent. White gave Yes a new dimension - Close To The Edge on Yessongs is just monumental. On the album, it drags, and Bruford (and probably Offord) is to blame.
My opinion of course.
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