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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

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!!)

Good to see that he's still quite active.
This year he would turn 70 in October, imagine that.
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My take on it:

Five Stars:
Tales From Topographic Oceans
Close to the Edge
The Yes Album
 Fragile

Four Stars:
Magnification

Three and Half Stars:
Relayer
Going for the One

Three Stars:
Drama
Fly From Here
Tormato
ABWH
Time and a Word
Yes

Two Stars:
The Ladder
Union
 90125
 Talk
 Big Generator


Edited by iluvmarillion - June 06 2014 at 20:18
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1. Close To The Edge
2. Fragile
3. The Yes Album
4. Relayer
5 Going For The One
6. Yessongs
7. Nothing else ever came close!
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1. Close to the edge
2. 90125
3. Tales from Topographic Oceans
4. Going for the One
5. Relayer
6. Fragile
7. Tormato
8. Fly from here
9. Magnification
10. Big Generator
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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.
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1.  Relayer
2.  Drama
3.  Fragile
4.  Close to the Edge
5.  Yes
6. The Yes Album
7.  90125
8.  Going for the One
9.  Tales from Topographic Oceans
10.  Big Generator
11.  Open Your Eyes
12. Tormato
13. Union
14.  Keystudio
15.  Talk
16. Magnification
17.  Time and a Word
18.  The Ladder
19.  Fly from Here
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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. Big smile
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1. Close To the Edge
2. Fragile
3. The Yes Album
4. Relayer
5. Magnification
6. ABWH (I count that as a Yes album)
7. Talk
8. Going for The One
9. Tales from Topographic Oceans
10. Tormato
11. 90125
12. Big Generator

and the others I haven't listened enough to make an opinion.

AND I agree with someone who said that even the worst on this list are much better than most other albums Tongue
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1) The Yes Album
2) Close to the Edge
3) Talk
4) Magnification
5) Fragile
6) Relayer
7) 90125
8) Going for the One
9) The Ladder
10) Drama
11) Fly From Here
12) Big Generator
13) Tormato
14) Time and a Word
15) Yes
16) Open Your Eyes

Not really spent a lot of time with Union or Topographic. 
I've really grown to love Talk and Magnification over the last 3 months or so. Big hopes for Heaven and Earth - Jon Davison brings a real quality.
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Relayer
Fragile
Time and a Word
Close to the Edge
The Yes Album
Drama
Going for the One
90125
Magnification
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Fly from Here
Union
Yes
The Ladder
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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:

1. Close To The Edge
2. Relayer
3. Fragile
4. The Yes Album
5. Tales From Topographic Oceans
6. Going For The One
7. Drama
8. Yes
9. Time And A Word
10. 90125
11. Tormato
12. Big Generator


Edited by thebig_E - July 12 2014 at 01:32
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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 10/10
Fragile 10/10
The Yes Album 9/10
Relayer 9/10
Going for the One 8/10
Drama 8/10
Yes 8/10
Big Generator 7/10
90125 6/10
Tormato 5/10

Those are the only ones I'm familiar with.
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Close to the Edge and Fragile
90125
then various songs across the other albums  :-)
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Tales From Topographic Oceans
Close to the Edge
The Yes Album
Relayer
Going For the One

First two are close, but I almost always enjoy tales just a little bit more. The Yes Album is so tight sounding and concisely / well made. Relayer is great but nothing like the other classic albums. Going For the One is decent.

These are the only Yes albums I've listened to enough that I feel able to judge. Many others I've heard once or only a few times because they were not capturing or exploratory really in the same way these ones are.
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I'd attempt this one but loathe the idea of a brain hemorrhage.
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Originally posted by Rednight 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.
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1. The Yes Album
2. Close To The Edge
3. Relayer
4. Tales From The Topographic Ocean
5. Fragile
6. Going For The One
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1. Close to the Edge 
2. Relayer 
3. Fragile 
4. Tales From Topographic Oceans 
5. Drama
6. 90215
7. The Yes Album
8. Going For The One
9. Tormato 
10. Time and a Word 

...And the rest can be in any order.


Edited by PrognosticMind - August 12 2014 at 20:06
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1. Fragile
2. Yes Album
3. Close To The Edge
4. Yes
5. Relayer
6. Drama
7. 90125
8. Time & A Word
9. Going For The One
10. Tales From Topographic Oceans
11. Tormato
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