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 nick_h_nz wrote:

 Dellinger wrote:

 Fan_of_Genesis wrote:

To the person above who mentioned Yes: Yeah, I listen to Yes, but would like to hear more of them. Ive heard only two of their albums, The Yes Album and Close To the Edge. Ive tried listening to Fragile, but I just really cant get into it. But yes (nice), I’m somewhat familiar with Yes.

If you have liked Close to the Edge, I would think Fragile should be a safe bet.  The very same line-up (my favourite line-up from any band), and actually a rather similar sound, if you ignore the solo spots... perhaps that's what you need, to ignore the solo spots (except for The Fish, for me it's just the continuation of Long Distance Runaround).  If you want to hear more from Yes, then I would recommend the live albums Keys to Ascension and Symphonic Live.  You will get a good selection of their best songs, and, for me, many in their best versions.

Fragile is a safe bet, even though you’ve just been told they can’t get into it? I wouldn’t even have called it a safe bet at all. It has the same line-up, and….that’s about it. Fragile, to me, sounds nothing like CttE. I hardly ever listen to it. Tales and Relayer sound more like CttE to me than Fragile.

My honest opinion is that if someone enjoys CttE, then Relayer is possibly the closest album to it. No, it does not sound the same. But it has the same three track structure, and the three tracks on each album are more or less comparable with the other album. Sound Chaser is to Relayer, for example, what Siberian Khatru is to CttE; and To Be Over is to Relayer, what And You And I is to CttE.

I also think if one goes into Tales with an open mind, and disregards all the crap that has been thrown against it over the years, that it has a lot to appeal to a fan of CttE.

But Fragile? No way. It’s a sh*t show of an album. It has some good songs, but nothing really hangs together. It’s not even close to being the worst Yes album (because they really did plumb new depths), but of the Yes albums I like, it’s easily my least favourite.

I didn't say that Fragile was a safe bet.  I said I thought it would be a safe bet given that he liked the other one, and obviously with that I'm aknowledging that he already said the didn't like it so much.  And, regardless the length of the songs, yes, I do think the music is similar, for me they sound perfect together, more so between those two than any of them with any album from other line-ups.  Much closer in sound than Relayer, despite the fact that it has the same structure, the aproach is notably different.