Ranking the Songs on The Ladder

[yarstruly]

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Rank the songs from The Ladder from 1st to worst...

Original Running Order:

1. Homeworld (The Ladder)
2. It Will Be A Good Day (The River)
3. Lightning Strikes
4. Can I?
5. Face to Face
6. If Only You Knew
7. To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)
8. Finally
9. The Messenger
10. New Language
11. Nine Voices (Longwalker)

I will post mine soon...

[Jonah]

If Only You Knew
New Language
It Will Be A Good Day (The River)
Lightning Strikes
To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)
Homeworld (The Ladder)
The Messenger
Face to Face
Can I?
Finally
Nine Voices (Longwalker)

[yarstruly]

1. Homeworld (The Ladder)
2. New Language
3. To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)
4. Face to Face
5. Lightning Strikes
6. It Will Be A Good Day (The River)
7. The Messenger
8. Can I?
9. If Only You Knew
10. Nine Voices (Longwalker)
11. Finally
(The only really weak one is Finally IMHO)

[relayeire]

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New Language<o:p></o:p>
The Messenger <o:p></o:p>
Nine Voices (Longwalker)<o:p></o:p>
If Only You Knew<o:p></o:p>
Lightning Strikes <o:p></o:p>
Face to Face <o:p></o:p>
It Will Be A Good Day (The River)<o:p></o:p>
Finally <o:p></o:p>
To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)<o:p></o:p>
Can I?

[CybrKhatru]

1. Homeworld (The Ladder)
2. Nine Voices (Longwalker)
3. It Will Be A Good Day (The River)
4. Face to Face
5. New Language
6. The Messenger
7. If Only You Knew
8. To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)
9. Lightning Strikes
10. Finally
11. Can I?

[Scooty]

Homeworld
New Languages
Finally
Nine Voices
The Messenger
Lightening Strikes
It Will be A Good Day
To Be Alive
Face To face
Can I?
If Only You Knew

[luckeydoug1]

1. Homeworld (The Ladder)
2. New Language
2. The Messenger
2. Nine Voices (Longwalker)
2. Can I?
2. It Will Be A Good Day (The River)

3. If Only You Knew
3. Lightning Strikes
3. Face to Face
3. Finally
3. To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)

[Hill St.]

New Language
To Be Alive
Nine Voices
It Will Be A Good Day
If Only You Knew
Face To Face
Lightning Strikes
Homeworld
Finally
Can I
The Messenger

[cjreyes]

Homeworld
It Will Be A Good Day
Lightning Strikes
Nine Voices
Can I?
To Be Alive
New Language
The Messenger
Finally
If Only You Knew

[kirklott]

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THE GREAT

Homeworld – classic Yes mini epic<o:p></o:p>
Face to Face – great, reminds me of GftO<o:p></o:p>
To Be Alive (Hep Yadda) – blissed out sunshiny Yes<o:p></o:p>
Nine Voices – awesome, transcendent Jon
Can I? – short but fun: love the We Have Heaven riff<o:p></o:p>
The Messenger<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>
THE FAIR

Finally - AOR<o:p></o:p>
New Language – the bridge is awful, sounds like Split Enz or something; Alan’s drumming in the instrumental opening is weak<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>
THE UGLY

It Will Be a Good Day – too simple, too dull, lyrics too direct<o:p></o:p>
If Only You Knew – lame aim at the adult contemporary market<o:p></o:p>
Lightning Strikes – super contrived attempt at hit single<o:p></o:p>

[blitzjg]

no offense kirk but your judgment of the songs is horrible IMO.

I was surprised to see Homeworld as number 1 for almost everyone, I'm glad at least one person put New Language on top.

I love just about the entire album, and really love listening to Can I? and have it jump into Face to Face, they connect perfectly

1. It Will Be A Good Day (The River)
2. New Language
3. The Messenger
4. Homeworld (The Ladder)
5. Can I?
6. Face to Face
7. Lightning Strikes
8. To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)
9. The Messenger
10. Nine Voices (Longwalker)
11. If Only You Knew
12. Finally

[HOTsunrise]

New Language
It Will Be A Good Day (the river)
Homeworld (the ladder)
If Only You Knew
Finally
Nine Voices (longwalker)
Can I?
Face To Face
Lightning Strikes
To Be Alive (hep yadda)
The Messenger

[inside_out]

I kind of like the way it was done in the order it's played on the record. So, I'll rank it that way. It's a beautiful album start to finish. (take a potty break during If Only You Knew).

[YESOLA]

Yes put out a nice effort with this album, the concerts were very good.

[yesanneyes]

I kind of like the way it was done in the order it's played on the record. So, I'll rank it that way. It's a beautiful album start to finish. (take a potty break during If Only You Knew).

I would have to agree with everything you just said - every word!

I find myself always listening to Nine Voices a couple of times - there is something magical about the words, instrumentation and Jon's voice that just give it that otherworldlyness I love about YES and Jon.

[inside_out]

I would have to agree with everything you just said - every word!

I find myself always listening to Nine Voices a couple of times - there is something magical about the words, instrumentation and Jon's voice that just give it that otherworldlyness I love about YES and Jon.

I love the otherworldlyness part to. You just created a wonderful new word. If lawyers can create ugly words like notwithstanding anything to the contrary or heretofore I'm protected from anything and your not than maybe it's time for this new word.

[yesanneyes]

I love the otherworldlyness part to. You just created a wonderful new word. If lawyers can create ugly words like notwithstanding anything to the contrary or heretofore I'm protected from anything and your not than maybe it's time for this new word.

I was going to put otherworldlyness in quotations, and then......I thought better of it............

I'm famous for making up new words, just ask my husband. :winknudge

[yarstruly]

Wow..This thread is an oldie with new life!

[harty]

if only you knew
nine voices

Those two are my standouts

the rest can go in any order.

[yarstruly]

bump!

[yarstruly]

No one? C'mon certainly someone has an opinion....

[yarstruly]

No one? C'mon certainly someone has an opinion....

I guess not.....

[yarstruly]

Bumping up so people who haven't seen these can tell us their opinions....

[Andersonic]

Homeworld
It Will Be A Good Day
Lightning Strikes
Nine Voices
The Messenger
Can I?
To Be Alive
New Language
Finally
If Only You Knew

[Roadkill]

I've only just got hold of this album after promising myself I'd buy it for many years. I've always loved Homeworld and The Messenger, after hearing the former on one of the many "best of" CDs that one finds in the bargain basement bin of local supermarkets and the latter I heard on a CD that came with an issue of the magazine Classic Rock.

But this really is a reassuring record, the album that I, personally, have been waiting for since ABWH. So good to hear Yes with its mojo intact. It's always a shame that records like this don't reach the wider audience.

Too early yet to put in my votes; so far every song connects with me.