YES - TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS
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Topic: YES - TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS
Posted By: ummagumma08
Subject: YES - TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS
Date Posted: May 21 2004 at 07:46
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Under the influence of similar polls on this forum I would like to know which track on this classic Yes album is considered to be the best. It would be interesting because they are all of equal length. My choice would be Ritual - Nous Sommes Du Soleil, It develops nicely, it moves forward the whole track through, whereas The Revealing Science Of God keeps repeating itself endlessly, WAY to long for 20 minutes. The High The Memory would be second The Ancient the worst |
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Posted By: John Hicks
Date Posted: May 21 2004 at 10:48
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The Remembering - High the Memory is the track that I like the most. ------------- _____________________________ |
Posted By: The Analog Kid
Date Posted: May 21 2004 at 11:11
| Ritual is the best track Yes ever recorded, IMO. |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: May 21 2004 at 12:36
| The Revealing Science of God - Dance of the Dawn gets my vote, but I think all the tracks are GREAT! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 22 2004 at 03:49
| 'Ritual' is awesome! |
Posted By: bityear
Date Posted: May 22 2004 at 14:14
The Revealing Science of God, that little guitar/keyboard interplays makes the whole album worth the cost of it!!  ------------- www.geocities.com/joelbitars |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: May 22 2004 at 14:35
| RSOG for me, Wakeman's keyboard are excellent. (I reckon "The Ancient" will come last by a mile!) |
Posted By: moonchild
Date Posted: May 23 2004 at 21:51
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The Revealing Science...for me. ------------- In the Wake of Poseidon |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 07:04
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I really like The Remembering. I like the songs in this order: 1. The remembering 2. Ritual - Nous Sommes du Soleil 3. The Revealing Science of God - Dance of the Dawn 4. The Ancient - Giants Under the Sun ------------- "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 19 2005 at 07:12
| All four pieces can only be treated as a single composition. It is the highest attainment in progressive music to date- most of us were not ready for it though |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 07:48
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Ritual.
One of the best epic Yes pieces - constantly evolving! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 07:54
| Tough choice between sides 1, 2 and 4. I've gone for The Remembering because I love the middle "don the cap and close your eyes" bit and the ending is awesome. |
Posted By: topography
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 08:03
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Ritual Nous Sommes du Soleil - i really like this song ------------- 
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Posted By: fender101
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 10:25
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Is this album better or worse than relayer?
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Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 11:11
| Depends who you ask. There are only two sides on Tales- love it or hate it. Most agree that CTTE is a masterpiece. Tales was the natural progression from CTTE, but it split the fan base (even the band). The intro even sounds similar to the intro on CTTE. To the casual listener Relayer has more cohesion than Tales, but to me Relayer is a flashy mirror shining against the true masterpiece of Yes' career. |
Posted By: Scrambled_Eggs
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 11:54
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I can't really decide. They are all superb, but if I 'ad to choose my favorite would be "The Remembering." ------------- And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime. I never said I was frightened of dying. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 12:21
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Hard Choice for first place, but
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 12:46
Better. And it has Rick Wakeman. |
fender101 wrote:Posted By: Evan1211
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 13:14
Tales is an awesome album. Probably my second favorite (maybe favorite) yes album. I have to go with the Remembering as favorite. There is something about the shifts in the song that are genius. It also brings back good memories (no pun intended) of my senior trip to Hersheypark when I listened to Tales on the bus. This girl in front of me wanted to see what I was listening to and it definitely scared her  . I think she heard the weird Ancient guitar part haha. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 14:42
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The Revealing Science of God - Dance of the Dawn I love them all almost equally though ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 14:43
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The First track is one of the best Prog tracks EVER MADE!
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Posted By: edge
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 19:18
The Revealing Science of God - Dance of the Dawn
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 19:21
| "The Revealing Science of God - Dance of the Dawn" got the most memorable melodies of the album and is something like the eyemark of the record. |
Posted By: kirklott
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 20:13
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The Remembering by far, and I agree with chopper, the second half of that track is some of the best Yes music ever.
------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 20:24
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Relayer is better, it hasn't got Rick Wakeman! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 20:28
Irony. Irony |
Posted By: MANTICORE
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 20:29
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The entire album is great.!!! YES -------------  |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 20:41
Ritual  ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 03:02
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Ritual, it was one of the first Yes songs I had heard and I immediately love it. It really stands out from the other tracks on the album. ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 02:35
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The Remembering - High the Memory is the best. ------------- "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: Mr Krinkle
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 19:28
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Both The Revealing Science of God and Ritual are among the best they've done ------------- "...I like the way the music goes...there's a few good guys who can play it right..." |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 22:19
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The Reveiling Science of God- Dance of the dawn. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: eduardossc
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 08:48
| The gratest part of every song in this double album is the part when they finish. |
Posted By: Pr@gmatic
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:25
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I like them in the same order they were put on the album. Starting with the first CD, of course... |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:59
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'Revealing Science of God..' is their next greatest achievement after Close to the Edge IMO.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 22:30
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WE ARE OF THE SUN! ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: progmog
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 23:06
None of them - the whole album is a pile of pants...
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Posted By: margaret
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 23:29
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Ritual for me, but love them all. Probably my favorite Yes album. ------------- 
Space is dark it is so endless When you're lost it's so relentless It is so big, it is small |
Posted By: magog
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 06:38
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Great disappointment album (except for Ritual): without any sincere
inspiration, stretched untill it breaks,unnatural since the beginning
to the end
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Posted By: Rockin' Chair
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 16:59
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The Remembering I know that many don't like this song. I am one of the few, i adore it.
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 17:02
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The Revealing Science of God 5/5 The Remembering 5/5 The Ancient 4/5 Ritual 5/5 Revealing Science of God is the best.
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Posted By: gok22us
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 17:23
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THE REVEALING SCIENCE OF GOD = 5 / 5 Ritual = 5 / 5 The Remembering - 4 / 5 (it takes too long to build up, but when it does, it's really sweet.) The Ancient - can't rate it. i still dont know what to think of this track, but i know the ending sounded really cool |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 18:09
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The Revealing Science of God - Dance of the Dawn |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 16:39
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This is how i whuld rank em: 1. The Revealing Science of God 2. The Ancient 3. The Remembering 4. Ritual And i dont give a crap what anyone say on this site or anywhere... TFTO is one of my favorite albums. ------------- 
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Posted By: SymphoniColburn
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 16:52
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1. The Remembering (for the great second half from about 8 mins 30 seconds on...) 2. The Revealing Science of God (I know nobody will agree with this, but I think I might even like the studio run-through on the remastered version better than the originally released one.) 3. The Ancient 4. Ritual (Just because this is my 'least favorite' track off the album, doesn't mean I don't like it; I think I'd give the album about 3 1/2 - 4 stars.) |