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ablamux 
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 Posted: December 29 2005 at 21:28 |
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oh... and i'd go with Tales.
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Winter Wine
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Posted: December 29 2005 at 21:37 |
 Snow Dog wrote:
Winter Wine wrote:
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Even though I love Tales sooooooooooooo much and wouldnt have it any shorter......relayer happens to be my favourite album so my vote must go there! |
Favourite album in general???!! wow snow dog, cool
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favourite Yes album...but it would be up there in my top 10 no doubt!
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It would be in my top ten also, but close to the edge is my fav yes album, then relayer! 
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CellarRat
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Posted: December 29 2005 at 21:52 |
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Relayer sounds more like a group effort, though "Tales" is truer to the "classic" lineup (Bruford fans please don't yell at me). You could tell the group was tiring of itself and was at a turning point. Most of "Tales" seems like Ummagumma...soloing pesonality upfront, backup musicians "counting out time," while Relayer has a feel about it of musicians collaborating and comparing, which is more the realm M.O. of true prog. Hell, if Yes had been Kiss then "Tales" would have been the four solo albums Kiss released simultaneously with their corrosponding faces on the covers...except three of the album covers would have had Jon Anderson's face on it. I like both, but I feel from the standpoint of what prog ought to be, Relayer is stronger. Interesting question: Is there any other case in which (relative) brevity by a prog band is stronger than the usually lengthy inulgence?
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Bj-1
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Posted: December 29 2005 at 21:58 |
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Relayer, with TFTO close behind.
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Posted: December 29 2005 at 22:49 |
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tales for me. relayer is very good, but overrated. Gates turns to crappy after the first 5 great minutes. Soundchaser starts to get annoying.
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micky
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Posted: December 29 2005 at 22:54 |
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Love them both...
prefer Tales. The shear audacity to put an album like that
out. The lads in Yes must have had 'stones' the size of Texas.
Obscure eastern religious text, 4 commen theme side longs. Think another
'major' rock group would EVER do an album like that today.
Perhaps a better question, would they be allowed to by the 'suits'
hmmm....
Filler?....bah? An oft repeated criticism. All in the eye of the listener.
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Norbert
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Posted: December 30 2005 at 04:43 |
This is the most tornentig poll possible!
The two greatest albums by the greatest band in the world!
I picked Tales, I find it warmer. But it wins only after the 2nd overtime 130 to 129.
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Posted: December 30 2005 at 05:06 |
No the 2 best Yes albums are The yes album and CTTE
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Jared
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Posted: December 30 2005 at 05:09 |
Relayer...it contains 'The Gates Of Delirium'...simple as that.... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Ricochet
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Posted: December 30 2005 at 05:10 |
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I will go with Tales
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Norbert
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Posted: December 30 2005 at 05:14 |
gentletull wrote:
No the 2 best Yes albums are The yes album and CTTE
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Those two are even better IMHO.
And don't forget about Fragile!
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Phil
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Posted: December 30 2005 at 06:13 |
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Both great, but for me it's got to be Relayer.....second only to CTTE as my favourite Yes album!
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: December 30 2005 at 06:31 |
fandango wrote:
Relayer...it contains 'The Gates Of Delirium'...simple as that.... |
I agree.
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TheLamb
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Posted: December 30 2005 at 10:10 |
For me, The Gates is a good song, but I can't see what all the fuss is about... Sound Chaser is the Relayer "highlight" for me... Tales is still better in my opinion. Maybe it's because I've listened to Tales for quite a while but I haven't had much time to listen to Relayer so intensively...
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Zargus
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Posted: December 30 2005 at 10:35 |
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Tales From Topographic Oceans, allthou Relayer is great only Close to the edge beats TFTO.
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daz2112
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Posted: January 27 2006 at 12:30 |
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Relayer
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ANDREW
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Posted: January 27 2006 at 14:28 |
- FRAGILE
- CLOSE TO THE EDGE
- THE YES ALBUM
- RELAYER
- TALES...
- GOING FOR THE ONE
- TIME AND A WORD
- YES
- DRAMA
- TORMATO
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moonlapse
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Posted: January 27 2006 at 19:01 |
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Both are great but I like Tales better.
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micky
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Posted: January 27 2006 at 21:51 |
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I used to dislike Tales From Topographic Oceans
when I first heard it, it took me more than three years and lots of
plays to get it, and now I´m addicted to it, I even think
is better than Close To The Edge, as albums are concerned.
In my opinion the highest point in the career of YES is Tales from Topographic Oceans. |
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why bother adding to that.... well said...
though it only took me about two years hahahahha. Prog fans should be if anything... patient. Prog isn't cock rock.
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Thufir Hawat
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Posted: January 27 2006 at 22:47 |
Tales from Topographic Oceans is perhaps my
favorite album so I’ll go with that, Relayer is also
one of my favorites.
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