Top 5 Yessongs

Undoubtedly, THE YES ALBUM that's been the BIG GENERATOR of the most controversy over the years is TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS. YES, it's a long double album with four long YESSONGS which was treated like a rotten TORMATO by the music press, but if you OPEN YOUR EYES, you'll gain THE KEYS TO ASCENSION and realise what a classic album this is. The album came CLOSE TO THE EDGE of splitting the band up, when there was a MAGNIFICATION of tensions within the group with so many FRAGILE egos at stake. In the ensuing DRAMA, TIME AND A WORD has it that Rick Wakeman threatened to walk out during the recording of the album. The album climbed THE LADDER of success though, topping the UK album charts for two weeks. Rick Wakeman left the band and didn't appear on the following RELAYER album. There was TALK of a re-UNION, but HEAVEN & EARTH had to be moved to persuade Rick to return for the GOING FOR THE ONE album in 1977. The best-selling YES album of all, released in 1983, was famously named after its catalogue number, 90125. It's time for another Top 5 poll before I FLY FROM HERE.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 02 2020 at 04:01

1. Close to the Edge

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Edited by Psychedelic Paul - February 25 2020 at 15:14

Squonk19 wrote: ... tomorrow would probably be different...it changes depending on my mood, And You and I, Roundabout, Perpetual Change, Gates of Delirium etc.... could easily squeeze in.

Sean Trane wrote: no particular order Awaken Heart Of Sunrise CTTE Yours is No Disgrace Starship Trooper

Starship Trooper

1. Close to The Edge

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Sean Trane wrote: no particular order Awaken Heart Of Sunrise CTTE Yours is No Disgrace Starship Trooper I'll just count them in the order you put them in.

1. Close To The Edge
2. South Side Of The Sky
3. The Gates Of Delirium
4. Siberian Khatru
5. Awaken