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SteveG 
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Time to revisit another classic from the past. The Yes Album. Your thoughts please.
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Cristi
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 04:55 |
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a classic album and one of my favorites from Yes :)
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 05:10 |
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One of their four classics, alongside CTTE, Fragile, and Relayer
Steve Howe's guitar solo on Starship Trooper is one of my all time favourite pieces. |
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 05:14 |
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First album that I heard from Yes was Relayer, but I was then four or five years old so you can imagine I didn´t understand it fully. First to hit me was the Yes Album maybe five or six years later and specially Your Is No Disgrace, that´s still my favourite Yes song. With Pink Floyd & Jethro Yes was the first ones that got me really into prog. With Fragile the Yes Album is my all time Yes favourites, really hard to say which is better.
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 07:00 |
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One of their best, and stronger than Fragile.
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 07:18 |
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a superb album from start to finish. I can never decide between this and CTTE which is my favourite Yes LP
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 08:08 |
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While CTTE is my favourite, this is still one of their best.
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 09:32 |
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I had Yessongs long before I heard The Yes Album so I found it rather tame compared to the live versions and have never considered it a "must have"...
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 09:53 |
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This is by far my all #1 of the Yes album collection. Love this to bits.
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My favorite Yes album just in front of CTTE & one of my all time favorites from any band.
Perpetual change doesn't get nearly enough love IMO, one of their best tracks.
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 11:29 |
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 11:47 |
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A truly great album - the start of the classic Yes sound and an album I consider ahead of Fragile and not too far behind Close to the Edge. Given that it doesn't have Rick Wakeman - so isn't the classic line up as such - credit to Tony Kaye for making Rick's absence not an issue (as Yessongs gives you a taste of Rick's classical flourishes anyway on many tracks). Tony's simpler, Hammond-based style works very well.
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 12:17 |
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Well said, Squonky, nothing more to add.
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The first album that I heard from them.....went back and bought the early ones later.
Starship Trooper is simply fantastic and the rest of the tracks aren't bad either. ;) It has a great deal of sentimental value for me since it was an album we played a lot at college when in altered states of consciousness...and most of the girls I knew then (especially one special lady..) also liked it. It was also my brother's favorite Yes LP....he's gone now, but when I play it I always think of his love for Starship Trooper.
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 12:44 |
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I've had a love affair with this album since I first heard it. It was my first Yes record as well. I think it's one of the finest rock recordings in history, prog or otherwise. |
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True, but Yessongs does give us Bruford and his drum solo on Perpetual Change
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Yep and both the studio and live versions are perfect for a hazy afternoon.
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Posted: September 06 2018 at 20:15 |
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Oh yeah Perpetual Change is a banger!
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Posted: September 07 2018 at 02:30 |
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My third favourite album by Yes, after Close to the Edge and Fragile. All tbe longer tracks are superb, A Venture is a weak spot.
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