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1. Close to the Edge
2. Fragile
3. Relayer
 

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The answer to your question is subjective to each person since we all have opinions, tastes, likes, etc. 

Here are the Prog Archives ratings for all 24 YES full studio albums (I'm including ABWH and KeyStudio).

1.   Close To The Edge  4.68
2.   Fragile  4.46
3.   Relayer  4.38
4.   The YES Album  4.32
5    Going For The One  4.06
6.   Tales From Topographic Oceans  3.92
7.    Drama  3.77
8.   Magnification  3.73
9.   KeyStudio   3.59
10.  Fly From Here  3.42
11.  Mirror To The Sky  3.39
12.  Time And A Word  3.35
13.  YES  3.29
14.  The Ladder 3.27
15.  Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe  3.21
16.  Fly From Here Return Trip  3.19
17.  Talk  3.08
18.  90125  3.05
19.  Tormato  3.01
20.  The Quest 2.89
21.  Big Generator  2.57
22.  Union  2.52
23.  Heaven & Earth  2.30
24.  Open Your Eyes  2.06

It would be too difficult to rank my top three YES albums, but for ME.........

.....if YES albums were women, the one I would marry is Close To The Edge (she's perfect).  If Close To The Edge died and left me to be a widower, I'd get remarried to Drama. Before getting married, I would definitely date pretty much all the other YES albums (some more than others, of course).  The one I would want to be seen with in public would be Relayer. The date which was a load of fun, but my friends questioned/warned me about is Tormato (I almost got engaged to her, though, and to be honest, I still think about her from time to time - sorry, but I just can't stop even though I know she would have been no good for me and probably would have broken my heart and left me for another dude). 

There are a couple YES albums which aren't long-term dating material to me: Union/"Onion" was the first YES album to truly disappoint me, like if your date farted loudly and belched her liverwurst sandwich she had for lunch in your mouth during your first kiss (and you discovered she didn't brush her teeth). Ironically, the YES-West songs were actually better on Onion than the YES-proper songs, but that doesn't save her since she has poor hygiene. The other album which is not long-term dating material is Heaven & Earth (I loved "Believe Again" and "Subway Walls", which means I loved her hair and her shoes, but alas, the rest of her body, mind, and personality put me to sleep (and not in a good way).  

Additionally and lastly, Open Your Eyes was actually a fun date. It's just that we weren't the same religion.





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Originally posted by AJ
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No Fragile up there is criminal.
It's not, because Fragile falls just a bit enough due to the band members' solo tracks. Aren't those solo tracks sound dated today? Indeed, given the presence of Rick Wakeman and the artwork by Roger Dean, "Fragile" might be a better 1971 album than TYA, but only if a full-band song had been added instead of letting each member create an unneeded, self-indulgent solo tune. However, this isn't how it works, so I therefore support that assumption of TYA-CttE-GftO as the best three Yes albums.
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I'll be honest. I never thought of those solo tracks as bad (still don't actually) until I saw people post about them online and how they bring Fragile down. Confused Yet, nobody says "clap"(yes, there's no "the" in the actual title) and "a venture" bring down TYA. Go figure.

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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I'll be honest. I never thought of those solo tracks as bad (still don't actually) until I saw people post about them online and how they bring Fragile down. Confused Yet, nobody says "clap"(yes, there's no "the" in the actual title) and "a venture" bring down TYA. Go figure.

I was one that complained about Fragile and the short songs. For me, those short bits break the flow of the album. Those two short ones on TYA do not do that. 
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Originally posted by Starshiper Starshiper wrote:

Originally posted by AJ<br /> Junior AJ
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No Fragile up there is criminal.
It's not, because Fragile falls just a bit enough due to the band members' solo tracks.
Aren't those solo tracks sound dated today? Indeed, given the presence
of Rick Wakeman and the artwork by Roger Dean, "Fragile" might be a
better 1971 album than TYA, but only if a full-band song had been added
instead of letting each member create an unneeded, self-indulgent solo
tune.


I tend to agree - for my digital playlist of Fragile those 5 short solo tracks have been discarded, and I've tacked on 'America' which was recorded around the time Fragile was being recorded, but was given away for an Atlantic sampler album, tho it now is included as a bonus track on the more recent CD re-releases.

For me this makes for a more satisfying listen, and I'd recommend anyone give it a try.
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Well, I hate to break it to you but you guys are in the minority. ;) https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=131924&KW=Fragile

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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Well, I hate to break it to you but you guys are in the minority. ;) https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=131924&KW=Fragile

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It appears the OP checked out. Is one post all the Yesster will share?
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It may seem so, but I can tell that The Album and CttE are my Yes fond-ofs while I find Fragile overrated. 








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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

It appears the OP checked out. Is one post all the Yesster will share?

It looks that way. He joined on August 27th and his last visit was on August 27th. Confused
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Fragile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

It appears the OP checked out. Is one post all the Yesster will share?


It looks that way. He joined on August 27th and his last visit was on August 27th. Confused
I don't understand how a newbie can start a new thread when PA rules state otherwise. "Poll creation and voting is only available to forum members with higher ranks than Newbie."

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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

It appears the OP checked out. Is one post all the Yesster will share?


It looks that way. He joined on August 27th and his last visit was on August 27th. Confused
I don't understand how a newbie can start a new thread when PA rules state otherwise. "Poll creation and voting is only available to forum members with higher ranks than Newbie."


The information quoted above about polls refers to a forum function and setting. Newbies can create new topics, and can ask questions, but they can't make topics with the poll functions of this site. That ability is disabled by the site settings for ones with newbie status.. Like where there are a maximum of 25 options and users can vote by clicking on an option or options. This topic does not have those poll options. Of course there is more than one way to create a poll, but that was written considerable years ago about restrictions on particular forum functionality.
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

I don't understand how a newbie can start a new thread when PA rules state otherwise. "Poll creation and voting is only available to forum members with higher ranks than Newbie."

Anyway, it seems to be a quite experienced Newbie. Big smile

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Every time I'm tempted to think that Fragile is bogged down by the solo pieces I think "Oh except for Mood for a Day, that one's really nice... and I guess The Fish is cool too, nice jam... and as short as Five Per Cent for Nothing is, it's still interesting and I dig it... and I guess We Have Heaven is actually sort of pleasant... but other than THOSE ones, I dislike the all solo tracks... wait..."

Guess it's just the Wakeman cover that isn't very stimulating.
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I am never sure about 'best' but my personal favourites:

Close to the Edge
Going for the One. 
Relayer 





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Tales From Topographic Oceans
Close To The Edge
Fragile
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Close to the Edge
Going for the One. 
Relayer 

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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

I think Relayer, Relayer, Relayer... (but would probably rank the three you mention 4, 2, and 3).
Or actually, Yessongs beats them all but maybe doesn't count.

I agree.

For my tastes, Relayer is their best album - And their live is wonderful.

1) Relayer
2) CTTE

and for the third place, 
Fragile, 
GFTO
and 
90125... which one?

Yes album is good, very pretty but naive.


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