Blue J Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 My Top 5 are. in order 1. The Yes Album2. Relayer3. Fragile4. Close to the Edge5. Going for the One. MickWe seem to have the same top 5... just shuffled around, lol lol. great minds eh? I can't speak all for Segue.......but Tales WILL be in his top five. He adores that record. Tales is near the bottom for me. To overblown for it's own good. jusy my opinion. MickI like Tales, but I agree that it's a bit too overblown, and there's a bit too much filler for it to make it into my top 10. Revealing is one of my favorite Yes songs though... It was so bad it Rick Wakeman said see ya bye, lol MickDoes anyone else think that Rick Wakeman is a flaming hypocrite for leaving Yes for being "too overblown", but then releasing Myths And Legends of King Arthur a few years later? It wasn't a few years later- it was about 18 months.  But actually, no, I don't think it was hypocritical, necessarily. The shortest song on Topographic Oceans is...eighteen minutes and change, I think? Four songs, or suites, rather, over two records. The King Arthur album is seven songs, I believe, on one record. (I have it, and I can't remember for sure whether it's six songs, or seven, or eight- but I think it's seven). If 'overblown' is relative to indulgent song length, then it's not hypocritical at all. If it's relative to thematic pretense, then...well, maybe, yeah.  But I don't care. "Guinevere" is one of my favorite songs, ever.
len(songs) Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 Topographic Oceans is just...sexy...About half of it... I love Revealing and like Ritual, but Remembering drags a bit and Ancient is a mess. 2
Segue Myles Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 Topographic Oceans is just...sexy...About half of it... I love Revealing and like Ritual, but Remembering drags a bit and Ancient is a mess. Every second is precious. I mean EVERY second. I cannot play one song. Tales is an album to play in one sitting. And i just LOVE THE WHILE THING. It moves me, in a way that i cannot explain.  And he may have hated it, but Rick Wakeman was on fire! Relayer is like the amazing fifth and sixth side to this sexy beast orgy of aural tastiness. But i do miss Wakeman, as much as i wouldnt change Relayer for the world. Both perfect... I am loving GFTO, CTTE and Fragile more and more as well! 1
Narps Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 Topographic Oceans is just...sucky...Agreed my friend... :cheers: 3
bluefox4000 Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 I Love Patrick Moraz's playing on Relayer. So much frenzied playing......i just love it. Mick 2
Segue Myles Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Topographic Oceans is just...sucky...Agreed my friend... :cheers: Clink of pint glasses? I would smash it (lovingly) on your head Uncle Narpstirrer! Lol 2
Segue Myles Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 I Love Patrick Moraz's playing on Relayer. So much frenzied playing......i just love it. Mick I do. I really, really do. Relayer is getting better and better as well. I kind of see it as Tales 2.  And the artwork to both albums blow me away! Then GFTO comes along and just...adds to the greatness... Close To The Edge is a grower. Such intricate arrangements...so much depth i am still digging out the treasures! As much as i love cheese, Yes' more commercial work leaves me cold (in comparison). 2
bluefox4000 Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 I Love Patrick Moraz's playing on Relayer. So much frenzied playing......i just love it. Mick I do. I really, really do. Relayer is getting better and better as well. I kind of see it as Tales 2. And the artwork to both albums blow me away! Then GFTO comes along and just...adds to the greatness... Close To The Edge is a grower. Such intricate arrangements...so much depth i am still digging out the treasures! As much as i love cheese, Yes' more commercial work leaves me cold (in comparison). There are prog bands who have done the commercial thing better. Genesis comes to mind. Mick
Narps Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 I Love Patrick Moraz's playing on Relayer. So much frenzied playing......i just love it. Mick Relayer . I kind of see it as Tales 2. I agree with this too. You are on fire my friend.... :)
bathory Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 relayer is jazzier and shows more restraint than tales 3
bluefox4000 Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 relayer is jazzier and shows more restraint than tales Jazzier tone comes from Moraz really. He was trained in that i believe. Mick 1
Segue Myles Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 I Love Patrick Moraz's playing on Relayer. So much frenzied playing......i just love it. Mick Relayer . I kind of see it as Tales 2. I agree with this too. You are on fire my friend.... :) So you like Relayer? I think the reason i enjoy Tales so much is because i am already a jazz fan, and Tales reminds me a lot of albums like Bitches Brew or In A Silent Way.  Same as Relayer. I am glad they toned it down though, as the world needs albums like GFTO. 1
len(songs) Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Relayer isn't my favorite Yes album... but it does contain my favorite Yes song in Gates. I really like Soundchaser as well, but TBO, while I still like it, keeps it from the top 2.
Blue J Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Topographic Oceans is just...sucky...Agreed my friend... :cheers:Â I see what you did there, Narpet. :boo hiss:Â Â :P 1
Blue J Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) Unintentional double post (you know, as opposed to the intentional ones). Edited December 23, 2014 by Blue J
Blue J Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 I think the reason i enjoy Tales so much is because i am already a jazz fan, and Tales reminds me a lot of albums like Bitches Brew or In A Silent Way.  Same as Relayer. I definitely agree with that.  I also agree with len about Relayer, though- I love The Gates of Delirium, but side 2 doesn't do a lot for me.
Segue Myles Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 So far, my Yes ratings:Â Yes 10/10 (I am not even being generous, this is stunning!)Â Time Is A Word 7/10 (A little over ambitous. But quite marvelous)Â The Yes Album 10/10 (Wow.)Â Fragile 9/10 (Not quite sure why I am not giving this a 10, but I am not obsessed with this one. But a fault is impossible to find.)Â Close To The Edge 10/10 Â Tales From Topographic Oceans 10/10Â Relayer 10/10 Â Going For The One- 10/10Â Tormato 6/10Â Drama 4/10Â 90125 7/10Â Big Generator 7/10Â Amazing band. Will be getting the live albums Yessongs and Keys box set next.
Narps Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Topographic Oceans is just...sucky...Agreed my friend... :cheers:Â I see what you did there, Narpet. :boo hiss:Â Â :PSegue really enjoys when I do stuff like that....
Segue Myles Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Topographic Oceans is just...sucky...Agreed my friend... :cheers: I see what you did there, Narpet. :boo hiss:  :PSegue really enjoys when I do stuff like that.... I am very easy to amuse and abuse. I don't mind not agreeing on Yes. Especially when I share your adoration for GFTO. 1
Blue J Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Topographic Oceans is just...sucky...Agreed my friend... :cheers: I see what you did there, Narpet. :boo hiss:  :PSegue really enjoys when I do stuff like that.... I had to read over it a couple of times to figure put what had happened at first...hahaha... 1
Narps Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Topographic Oceans is just...sucky...Agreed my friend... :cheers: I see what you did there, Narpet. :boo hiss:  :PSegue really enjoys when I do stuff like that.... I had to read over it a couple of times to figure put what had happened at first...hahaha...Thats a huge part of my brilliance.... :)
len(songs) Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Lessee... Â Using a weighted hexadecimal scale:Â Yes: ATime and a Word: 9The Yes Album: DFragile: E*Close To The Edge*: 10Tales from Topographic Oceans: BRelayer: D (maybe E on a good day)Going For The One: C (maybe D)Tormato: 9 (note that this is still "good")Drama: B90125: ABG: 7<Union: 3>Talk: 8 (Still good but coming close to merely "decent")Open Your Eyes: 4The Ladder: AMagnification: BFly From Here: 7Heaven and Earth: 3 (If this is their last album, then it may honestly be one of the worst "goodbye" albums ever, especially for a band as great as Yes)
Segue Myles Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Lessee... Â Using a weighted hexadecimal scale:Â Yes: ATime and a Word: 9The Yes Album: DFragile: E*Close To The Edge*: 10Tales from Topographic Oceans: BRelayer: D (maybe E on a good day)Going For The One: C (maybe D)Tormato: 9 (note that this is still "good")Drama: B90125: ABG: 7<Union: 3>Talk: 8 (Still good but coming close to merely "decent")Open Your Eyes: 4The Ladder: AMagnification: BFly From Here: 7Heaven and Earth: 3 (If this is their last album, then it may honestly be one of the worst "goodbye" albums ever, especially for a band as great as Yes)Â Can you do a scale of 1-10 please...this way is too annoying for my little mind.
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