Worst Yes album
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Topic: Worst Yes album
Posted By: kirklott
Subject: Worst Yes album
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 23:48
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What's the worst album from the best band? ------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |
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Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 00:03
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You see, now you've gone and done it. Opened up this controversial can of worms! Does it excite you to agitate Yes fans? Is there really a thrill in that? Because, you see, a great many of those albums happen to be very good, and far removed from any concept of "the worst." I won't waste my time telling you why, suffice to say that if you are in fact a Yes fan, and you are doing this from out of some perverse desire, I suggest you rethink your commitment to the band and its ethos. Peace/Out
------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: Yurkspb
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 04:09
| Why isn't CTTE on the list? |
Posted By: FishyMonkey
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 10:52
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^Cause Close to the Edge is amazing.
I really don't like Big Generator. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/FishyMonkey/?chartstyle=artists"> 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 11:53
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Although not an official Yes album, I'll vote ABWH as its in the poll! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Azrael2112
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 12:28
I really like to know your reasoning behind that choice. Seeing that you think Big Generator and Union are better? ------------- http://www.flywithjet.com"> 
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Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 12:35
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My reasoning is very simple really. I like the music Of Big Generator a lot more than ABWH and Union slightly more. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 12:42
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All of them up in the list!
------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: Azrael2112
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 12:46
I'm just curious to know WHY you do. I personally like ABWH very much because it has more of the true Yes sound. The songs are very well thought out and arranged nicely As far as Big Generator, they really seemed to have lost their motivation. It all sounds like second rate eighties pop. I've given this album so many tries in the past. I just can't get over the cheese factor. Don't get me wrong. I enjoy many things that came from the eighties. Maybe if this album and 90125 were not under the Yes name, I may feel different about them. This is not Yes...a it should'nt of been Yes. They should of stuck with Cinema as their name. 
ABWH was more Yes than Rabin era Yes IMO. ------------- http://www.flywithjet.com">
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 12:57
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I understand what you're saying Azrael, but I have no problem with Rabin Yes, I really like it. The thing with ABWH is that althouigh its more Yes like, for some reason it just doesn't do anything for me at all. I find it a bit dull. I don't hate it though, just like it the least. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: kirklott
Date Posted: June 04 2005 at 12:00
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Big Generator worse than Onion? Wow. I thought nothing was worse than Onion. ------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: June 04 2005 at 13:19
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TFTO ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: June 04 2005 at 14:32
| Who cares? |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 04 2005 at 17:04
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Open Your Eyes! (I was talking about the album with the same name, not trying to persuade someone Too much Squire / Sherwood influence. |
)Posted By: King Crimson
Date Posted: June 04 2005 at 18:19
| Big Generator |
Posted By: Possessed
Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 00:53
| Union. I gave up on them at that point. Still listen to the old stuff. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 01:02
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Union, Open Your Eyes and Big Generator, all have one or two good songs on them, but I really don't like these albums. The rest from this list varies from good to very good. I voted for Union, because I think it could have been a good album, if more effort was put in it ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 22:33
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Big Generator -------------  |
Posted By: kirklott
Date Posted: June 07 2005 at 14:42
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>Union. I gave up on them at that point. Still listen to the old stuff. You have to listen to Keystudio - awesome 70s-style album from Yes! Just check out the reviews here or on Amazon. ------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |
Posted By: nacho
Date Posted: June 07 2005 at 17:13
No doubt about this: there are some awful albums by this great band, but Open Your Eyes is  and ...------------- Eppur si muove |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: June 07 2005 at 18:50
| Union. |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: June 07 2005 at 20:06
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Man it was close: Union, Big Genny, Tormato, Open Your Eyes are all pretty stinky (Tormato less so) but the wiener is...Big Generator! man I can smell it from here 
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Carlos
Date Posted: June 07 2005 at 21:41
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Big Generator at least has some fun, but Union is an album that has no soul...the songs sound exactly the same and the songs are not good...UNION is the worst album made by Yes. ------------- Democracy=A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people... 
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Posted By: barbs
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 09:42
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Big Generator IMO because there is something to like in most Yes albums but something went terribly wrong here
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Posted By: kirklott
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 22:38
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>No doubt about this: there are some awful albums by this great band, but Open Your Eyes is Yes, even the most magnificent tree bears sour fruit. I think I voted for Mag. It's the only Yes album I just can't listen to. I like "In the Presence Of," but I can listen to that on the wonderful Yes Symphonic DVD. Even with Big Generator, I program my CD for tracks 1, 6 and 7 (Rhythm of Love, Final Eyes, I'm Running) and it's a pleasant listen. ------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |
and Posted By: Captain Squib
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 04:01
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Open Your Eyes. That was supposed to be a solo album by Chris until the record co. had another idea. I did enjoy the tracks New State Of Mind, Open Your Eyes, Fortune Seller. ------------- He who stands on toilet must be high on pot! |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 17:40
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I am working on the naive assumption that those who voted for 'Big Generator' have never got round to hearing 'Open Your Eyes'.... it truly is an offence to the ears and, with the exception of the title track on a good day, with the wind behind it, can't be defended at any costs. I'm assuming that the two jokers who voted for 'Drama' are just having a laugh... ------------- 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 |
Posted By: freakmeeko
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 17:45
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90125! They went boy band on that one!
------------- Keyboardist-bassist. Rick Wakeman>Emerson (Though they both kick it) |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 17:45
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I must go with Big Generator. But granted, I puked when I first heard Union/Onion. I was a newbie Yes fan at the time, and the nice Roger Dean Union cover lured me in. I didn't even look at the tracklisting. I got rid of it about 2 weeks later. BUT, when I heard Big Generator, man, that stuff is just slick, shallow pop-garbage. It *almost* made Onion look better. But it didn't. So I guess it's a tie. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 19 2005 at 05:25
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Yes Album, Fragile , Close to the Edge, Tales..., Relayer
please don't kill me
i was joking
but in all seriousness....
mostly, the Yes Album is a letdown
except for starship trooper ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Dwain
Date Posted: June 19 2005 at 09:38
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I do not know why nobody voted in Talk...it's so bad...
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Posted By: CVoss
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 15:38
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I voted for it too; I agree it's downright...crap. ------------- "No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun" |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 15:58
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"Open Your Eyes: Close Your Ears", that should be the title for this album. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 16:06
Shame on you! It's not prog, but nice. Have you ever listened to "Open Your Eyes", that's what I call uninspired and boring. "Talk" got it's shining moments, you are def if you can't hear it. |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 02:12
What's so bad about BIG GENERATOR and Open your eyes, I mean I like them, shouldn't every one else too. ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 02:20
| All those prog pretenders who voted TFTO please leave the room |