goose Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 QUOTE (HemispheresserehpsimeH @ Mar 27 2012, 06:24 PM) QUOTE (GrandDesigner @ Mar 27 2012, 04:07 PM) Relayer is their best album. It's them at the peak of their creativity and displays a level of chaos they never explored again after this album. It is brash, it is ugly, it is chaotic, it is absolutely beautiful in every way. The insanity that is The Gates of Delirium sets up the gorgeous serenity of Soon so perfectly, it's the sunlight after a brutal storm. This song is the best thing Yes ever did, and the other two songs manage to capture insanity and tranquility in shorter packages. Pretty much this. Soon oh soon the light Pass within and soothe this endless night And wait here for you Our reason to be here Soon oh soon the time All we move to gain will reach and calm Our heart is open Our reason to be here Long ago, set into rhyme Soon oh soon the light Ours to shape for all time, ours the right The sun will lead us Our reason to be here Soon oh soon the light Ours to shape for all time, ours the right The sun will lead us Our reason to be here (Beautiful...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderfinger Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 QUOTE (goose @ Mar 27 2012, 11:42 PM) QUOTE (HemispheresserehpsimeH @ Mar 27 2012, 06:24 PM) QUOTE (GrandDesigner @ Mar 27 2012, 04:07 PM) Relayer is their best album. It's them at the peak of their creativity and displays a level of chaos they never explored again after this album. It is brash, it is ugly, it is chaotic, it is absolutely beautiful in every way. The insanity that is The Gates of Delirium sets up the gorgeous serenity of Soon so perfectly, it's the sunlight after a brutal storm. This song is the best thing Yes ever did, and the other two songs manage to capture insanity and tranquility in shorter packages. Pretty much this. Soon oh soon the light Pass within and soothe this endless night And wait here for you Our reason to be here Soon oh soon the time All we move to gain will reach and calm Our heart is open Our reason to be here Long ago, set into rhyme Soon oh soon the light Ours to shape for all time, ours the right The sun will lead us Our reason to be here Soon oh soon the light Ours to shape for all time, ours the right The sun will lead us Our reason to be here (Beautiful...) That is beautiful. I'm getting stoked now. I'll put an order into Amazon tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The K Man Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Relayer is great. Gates is the band at the top of their game, in every respect. It is a haul to listen to, which is why I do not listen to it that often, but every day I do is a wonderful experience. Sound Chaser is kind of a clusterF, but it has some good parts in there to go along with the not-so great parts. To Be Over is a great closer; wonderfully melodic and sprawling. A definite upgrade over Tales, which is good, but a bit too meandering and out there. I can't say I like Relayer more than Close to the Edge or The Yes Album, but it is great nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbirdsong Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 SOUND CHASER = Steve Howe at his best. Come on now, who could play that guitar track and get away with it? Steve Howe could and no one else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg2112 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Just buy it. Its right up there with their best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman14 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 not to mention the artwork is beautiful. http://www.pentaclerecords.net/darien3/relayer.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbirdsong Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Mar 28 2012, 11:22 AM) not to mention the artwork is beautiful. http://www.pentaclerecords.net/darien3/relayer.jpg Roger Dean said it was his favorite Yes cover and favorite Yes album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Mar 28 2012, 11:22 AM) not to mention the artwork is beautiful. http://www.pentaclerecords.net/darien3/relayer.jpg My fav Yes cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjtull Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Get it, listen to it, if you don't like it...you're just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderfinger Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 QUOTE (tjtull @ Mar 28 2012, 02:09 PM) Get it, listen to it, if you don't like it...you're just wrong. I ordered it last night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjtull Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 QUOTE (Powderfinger @ Mar 28 2012, 02:17 PM) QUOTE (tjtull @ Mar 28 2012, 02:09 PM) Get it, listen to it, if you don't like it...you're just wrong. I ordered it last night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Mar 28 2012, 12:22 PM) not to mention the artwork is beautiful. http://www.pentaclerecords.net/darien3/relayer.jpg This is my favorite album cover ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Mar 28 2012, 02:47 PM) QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Mar 28 2012, 12:22 PM) not to mention the artwork is beautiful. http://www.pentaclerecords.net/darien3/relayer.jpg This is my favorite album cover ever. I think it is their most mystic. Also, Soon is some of the most beautiful music ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Relayer is my favorite Yes album and The Gates Of Delirium is my favorite Yes tune. In my mind, Relayer is the Yes equivalent of Hemispheres. At the top of their game in instrumental proginess. Sound Chaser is such a wierd tune. Nothing else really like it. In the mid 90's when we would get ahold of some nitrous balloons, the one tune we always had to play while sucking in the gas was Sound Chaser. To this day, the song doesn't sound right without the hissing of a deflating balloon. Anyways, CTTE is my #2 Yes album and I will have to admit that I never could really get into TFTO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemispheresserehpsimeH Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 QUOTE (goose @ Mar 27 2012, 11:42 PM) QUOTE (HemispheresserehpsimeH @ Mar 27 2012, 06:24 PM) QUOTE (GrandDesigner @ Mar 27 2012, 04:07 PM) Relayer is their best album. It's them at the peak of their creativity and displays a level of chaos they never explored again after this album. It is brash, it is ugly, it is chaotic, it is absolutely beautiful in every way. The insanity that is The Gates of Delirium sets up the gorgeous serenity of Soon so perfectly, it's the sunlight after a brutal storm. This song is the best thing Yes ever did, and the other two songs manage to capture insanity and tranquility in shorter packages. Pretty much this. Soon oh soon the light Pass within and soothe this endless night And wait here for you Our reason to be here Soon oh soon the time All we move to gain will reach and calm Our heart is open Our reason to be here Long ago, set into rhyme Soon oh soon the light Ours to shape for all time, ours the right The sun will lead us Our reason to be here Soon oh soon the light Ours to shape for all time, ours the right The sun will lead us Our reason to be here (Beautiful...) I'm in another world when I hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Sawyer Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 QUOTE (apetersvt @ Mar 29 2012, 11:35 AM) Relayer is my favorite Yes album and The Gates Of Delirium is my favorite Yes tune. In my mind, Relayer is the Yes equivalent of Hemispheres. At the top of their game in instrumental proginess. Sound Chaser is such a wierd tune. Nothing else really like it. In the mid 90's when we would get ahold of some nitrous balloons, the one tune we always had to play while sucking in the gas was Sound Chaser. To this day, the song doesn't sound right without the hissing of a deflating balloon. Anyways, CTTE is my #2 Yes album and I will have to admit that I never could really get into TFTO. Whether you like it or not, Hemispheres is Rush's Relayer. Actually, many Rush and Yes albums fit 1-on-1 if you think about it Rush vs. Time and a Word (and Yes ST) - not the bands final sound, many shorter, pleasant tunes FBN vs. The Yes Album - first 'real album', more evolved sound, emphasis on guitar CoS vs. Fragile - many epics, disjointed sound 2112 vs. Close to the Edge - huge epic on side 1, in many ways a breakthrough, landmark prog albums AFTK vs. Tales from Topographic Oceans - further exploration of the epic songs... (This is the weakest comparison) Hemisphers vs. Relayer - the epitome of prog rock values, huge epics, amazing instrumental passages PeW vs. Going for the One - move to a more general 'rock' sound, shorter songs, still some classics After that it sort of breaks down.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu93 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 QUOTE (Akron162 @ Mar 27 2012, 06:13 PM)QUOTE (GrandDesigner @ Mar 27 2012, 04:07 PM) Relayer is their best album. It's them at the peak of their creativity and displays a level of chaos they never explored again after this album. It is brash, it is ugly, it is chaotic, it is absolutely beautiful in every way. The insanity that is The Gates of Delirium sets up the gorgeous serenity of Soon so perfectly, it's the sunlight after a brutal storm. This song is the best thing Yes ever did, and the other two songs manage to capture insanity and tranquility in shorter packages. Their best album is and always gonna be Close to the Edge. Relayer just continue the decline that started in Tales From Topographic Oceans. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42912553/dash%20let%20me%20laugh%20harder.PNG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarKid 1880 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (Akron162 @ Mar 27 2012, 05:13 PM)QUOTE (GrandDesigner @ Mar 27 2012, 04:07 PM) Relayer is their best album. It's them at the peak of their creativity and displays a level of chaos they never explored again after this album. It is brash, it is ugly, it is chaotic, it is absolutely beautiful in every way. The insanity that is The Gates of Delirium sets up the gorgeous serenity of Soon so perfectly, it's the sunlight after a brutal storm. This song is the best thing Yes ever did, and the other two songs manage to capture insanity and tranquility in shorter packages. Their best album is and always gonna be Close to the Edge. Relayer just continue the decline that started in Tales From Topographic Oceans. Would be funnier if I could figure out how to get the video to work. Do you use the img button or hyperlink it? Or can you not enable videos on TRF? Edited March 30, 2012 by GuitarKid 1880 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbirdsong Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Mar 29 2012, 05:20 PM) QUOTE (apetersvt @ Mar 29 2012, 11:35 AM) Relayer is my favorite Yes album and The Gates Of Delirium is my favorite Yes tune. In my mind, Relayer is the Yes equivalent of Hemispheres. At the top of their game in instrumental proginess. Sound Chaser is such a wierd tune. Nothing else really like it. In the mid 90's when we would get ahold of some nitrous balloons, the one tune we always had to play while sucking in the gas was Sound Chaser. To this day, the song doesn't sound right without the hissing of a deflating balloon. Anyways, CTTE is my #2 Yes album and I will have to admit that I never could really get into TFTO. Whether you like it or not, Hemispheres is Rush's Relayer. Actually, many Rush and Yes albums fit 1-on-1 if you think about it Rush vs. Time and a Word (and Yes ST) - not the bands final sound, many shorter, pleasant tunes FBN vs. The Yes Album - first 'real album', more evolved sound, emphasis on guitar CoS vs. Fragile - many epics, disjointed sound 2112 vs. Close to the Edge - huge epic on side 1, in many ways a breakthrough, landmark prog albums AFTK vs. Tales from Topographic Oceans - further exploration of the epic songs... (This is the weakest comparison) Hemisphers vs. Relayer - the epitome of prog rock values, huge epics, amazing instrumental passages PeW vs. Going for the One - move to a more general 'rock' sound, shorter songs, still some classics After that it sort of breaks down.... There are some nice comparisons there. We know Geddy was following Yes closely and Neil admires Bruford so Yes was definitely an influence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbirdsong Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 QUOTE (GuitarKid 1880 @ Mar 29 2012, 09:07 PM) QUOTE (Akron162 @ Mar 27 2012, 05:13 PM)QUOTE (GrandDesigner @ Mar 27 2012, 04:07 PM) Relayer is their best album. It's them at the peak of their creativity and displays a level of chaos they never explored again after this album. It is brash, it is ugly, it is chaotic, it is absolutely beautiful in every way. The insanity that is The Gates of Delirium sets up the gorgeous serenity of Soon so perfectly, it's the sunlight after a brutal storm. This song is the best thing Yes ever did, and the other two songs manage to capture insanity and tranquility in shorter packages. Their best album is and always gonna be Close to the Edge. Relayer just continue the decline that started in Tales From Topographic Oceans. Would be funnier if I could figure out how to get the video to work. Do you use the img button or hyperlink it? Or can you not enable videos on TRF? That was awesome. You use the IMG, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silas Lang Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 QUOTE (Akron162 @ Mar 27 2012, 05:13 PM)QUOTE (GrandDesigner @ Mar 27 2012, 04:07 PM) Relayer is their best album. It's them at the peak of their creativity and displays a level of chaos they never explored again after this album. It is brash, it is ugly, it is chaotic, it is absolutely beautiful in every way. The insanity that is The Gates of Delirium sets up the gorgeous serenity of Soon so perfectly, it's the sunlight after a brutal storm. This song is the best thing Yes ever did, and the other two songs manage to capture insanity and tranquility in shorter packages. Their best album is and always gonna be Close to the Edge. Relayer just continue the decline that started in Tales From Topographic Oceans. Relayer is an essential Yes album but it pales in comparison to the creative peak that was The Yes Album-Fragile-Close To The Edge. By the time of Relayer it seems they had lost some of their unity and sense of collective purpose. It's chaotic and rambling and lacks the melodic strength and beauty of their earlier work. Plus Moraz never really fit in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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micgtr71 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Jon Anderson is one of the best creators of melody to arrive in the last century. While Relayer may be one of their most adventurous efforts, the melody (Soon) that comes out of the cacophony is sublime. Side two has some great moments as well, although to be over could have been over a bit sooner imo....The only criticism I have of this record is that sometimes it is difficult to discern between the guitar and keys. I would have liked to see what RW would have contributed to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemispheresserehpsimeH Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I'm pretty jealous of people that haven't heard Relayer and are going in to hear it for the first time (without Youtube, of course...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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