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Lets just take a minute to think about the greatness of this album........................................................................................................................................................... Done? Good, leave a comment if you want.
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let's think about it a little longer...

 

side one

GFTO... hmm, pretty good stuff here, if not too deep - Steve Howe is on fire

 

TOTC... nothing much going on here, though - especially after coming so strong out of the gate

 

PARALLELS... Wakeman + Swiss church organ = awesome - again, nothing deep, but a great groove

 

side two

WS... wait, isn't this track two on side one? oh no, right - it's a leftover from a Jon Anderson solo album - polite, but what's it doing on a Yes album?

 

AWAKEN... now whoa, hold on - this is great, no - phenomenal... and it goes on and on - this is giving CTTE and TFTO a run for their money - this might actually be better than The Gates Of Delirium... incredible!

 

all in all, a terrific three-track e.p.!

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It was the 2nd Yes album i ever owned , love it
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I must be wasted drunk!

 

I listened to "Going For The One" once again a few weeks ago thanks to this forum and I must say that it doesn't do much for me.

 

Sorry guys, but I'm "Going For The Zero" tonight.

 

Shit my wife is in Rome for a week.

 

It sucks when your woman is gone.

 

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

 

I can't get into "Going For The One." Glad I was able to marry my "One."

 

Signed,

 

"Owner Of A Lonely Heart"

 

(a much better album) wink.gif

 

90666

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QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Jul 24 2011, 01:38 AM)
I must be wasted drunk!

I listened to "Going For The One" once again a few weeks ago thanks to this forum and I must say that it doesn't do much for me.

Sorry guys, but I'm "Going For The Zero" tonight.

Shit my wife is in Rome for a week.

It sucks when your woman is gone.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I can't get into "Going For The One." Glad I was able to marry my "One."

Signed,

"Owner Of A Lonely Heart"

(a much better album) wink.gif

90666

90125 is pop rock, there is nothing of yes in it (owner of a lonely heart is good anyway). But common, you must at least like awaken, is just epic epicness.

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QUOTE (Akron162 @ Jul 23 2011, 11:56 PM)
QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Jul 24 2011, 01:38 AM)
I must be wasted drunk!

I listened to "Going For The One" once again a few weeks ago thanks to this forum and I must say that it doesn't do much for me.

Sorry guys, but I'm "Going For The Zero" tonight.

Shit my wife is in Rome for a week. 

It sucks when your woman is gone.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I can't get into "Going For The One."  Glad I was able to marry my "One."

Signed,

"Owner Of A Lonely Heart"

(a much better album)  wink.gif

90666

90125 is pop rock, there is nothing of yes in it (owner of a lonely heart is good anyway). But common, you must at least like awaken, is just epic epicness.

I love the slick production of 90125. It is commercial pop rock but I love it.

 

I remember watching the "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" video on MTV back when I was a kid and I thought Jon Anderson was a chick.

 

I will have to give "Awaken" another listen.

 

Don't get me wrong, I will always love Yes and I have fourth row center for Styx, Yes, Kansas and the Greg Kihn Band in August.

 

"Going For The One" never did anything for me.

 

I'll take "Topographic" over that album any day! 1287.gif

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QUOTE (Good,bad,andrush @ Jul 23 2011, 08:57 PM)
I don't know why it's not in the top 100 on progarchives...

well, if you listen to it all the way through in one go... you'll understand cool.gif

 

 

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QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Jul 24 2011, 09:50 AM)

Tales is a great album, too. Love every song on it. smile.gif

Not a fan of The Ancient.

 

I'd like to make a one-album version of Tales.

 

Each song could be trimmed down a bit and it would still be a long album.

 

 

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QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Jul 24 2011, 01:38 AM)
I must be wasted drunk!

I listened to "Going For The One" once again a few weeks ago thanks to this forum and I must say that it doesn't do much for me.

Sorry guys, but I'm "Going For The Zero" tonight.

Shit my wife is in Rome for a week.

It sucks when your woman is gone.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I can't get into "Going For The One." Glad I was able to marry my "One."

Signed,

"Owner Of A Lonely Heart"

(a much better album) wink.gif

90666

That surprises me Earl, I'd have thought you'd love Going for the One.

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QUOTE (Silas Lang @ Jul 24 2011, 01:54 PM)
I think 90125, Tormato, Topographic and the first two are all better

90125 is pop, tormato sucks an tales from topographic oceans is just psychedelic bullshit.

 

my opinion is then close to the edge is their best album, fragile is their second and going for the one is their third.

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Anyone that thinks that MTV bullshit pop album 90210 is better than this album is just nuts. fing.gif
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Hey! It's another naked guy album.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Yes_Going_for_the_One.jpg

 

I like it but not as much as this naked guy album by a different band.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xQOgLsdLL._SL160_.jpg

 

These were only one year apart in release date.

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Great album!

 

My favorite track is the most overlooked one: Chris Squire's "Parallels," which he nearly included on his 1975 solo album. (It would've fit perfectly with the other Fish Out of Water material; another song with heavy bass and organ.)

 

"Parallels" is probably the last track people think of when they think of GftO, but it's my favorite.

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: yes.gif Love this Album.

Parallels has to be my alltime favourite Yes track. Turn the lights off, turn the sound up to 11 and let this song carry you away. Drama/melody and it still manages to kick some ass. Stunning simplicity.

 

 

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