Ranking the songs - 90125

[arrel]

I've wanted to do this for a while. Picking one favorite song on an album makes for an interesting poll, but I'd be more interested in seeing how people rate all the songs on a given album from favorite to least favorite.

I'm starting with 90125 because it happens to be the one I've listened to most recently.

Here's how I'd rank them after my fourth hearing:

1. Hearts
2. OOALH
3. Leave It
4. Changes
5. Cinema
6. It Can Happen
7. Hold On
8. City of Love
9. Our Song


Anyone else want to share an opinion?

[Dantalion Rides Again]

This is my kind of thread.

I could be totally wrong, but I think this is my personal ranking for 90125:

1. Hold On
2. Leave It
3. Owner of a Lonely Heart
4. It Can Happen
5. Cinema
6. Our Song
7. Hearts
8. City of Love
9. Changes

I'm surprised at how that list looks. Hold On gets the top spot ever since 9012live showed me how good that song is. Our Song has a great end (music . . . good to you! . . . . good good part!!).

Hearts and Changes seem overrated to me. Is it just because they're 7 minutes? Why does everyone love those so much? Changes just doesn't do it for me. Not my type of Yes song.

Hearts on the other hand just doens't sound like much of anything to me. It's not bad or anything . . . Maybe I need to see it live to appreciate that one.

[arrel]

Originally posted by Dantalion Rides Again
Hearts and Changes seem overrated to me. Is it just because they're 7 minutes? Why does everyone love those so much? Changes just doesn't do it for me. Not my type of Yes song.

Hearts on the other hand just doens't sound like much of anything to me. It's not bad or anything . . . Maybe I need to see it live to appreciate that one.


I'm not as sure about my list from "Changes" on down. My #4 - #7 are pretty interchangeable, actually. Only "City of Love" and "Our Love" (#8 & #9) just don't do it for me at all.

"Hearts"? I don't know for sure. On the one hand, I don't want Yes to be a conventional "song" band - (A-B, A-B, bridge, B), but on the other hand, I really can't get excited about totally non-melodic, experimental pieces ("The Ancient"?), or empty-sounding drums and chords ("Parallels"), either.

I guess what I like about "Hearts" is what I like about "Endless Dream" (only, moreso with the latter) - it starts out like it's going to be a little experimental and then it changes into something with actual melody and harmony.

Whether a person actually likes the melody or not, or perhaps finds it derivative (as many seem to find "If Only You Knew"), seems to be another issue. I happen to enjoy both of them, though the form of "If Only You Knew" may be a bit too conventional even for me.

[cjreyes]

It Can Happen
Cinema/Leave It
Our Song
Hearts
Changes
Hold On
City Of Love
Owner Of A Lonely Heart

[luckeydoug1]

1. Owner of a Lonely Heart
2. Leave It (esp the a capella version), Changes, Cinema, It Can Happen, Hold on, Hearts
3. Our Song, City of Love

[Ash]

Hi,
I'm afraid, and expect to get stoned for heresy at some point in the near future, but I find all of the music on both 9012$ and $ig Generator pretty rank.
But hey, what do I know, I had to wait until 1973 to see Yes in concert.
They may have been Yes albums, of a sort, but they didn't contain Yesmusic.

Ash

[yarstruly]

OK...for me:

1. Cinema/Leave It
2. Hearts
3. Hold On
4. It Can Happen
5. Changes
6. Owner
7. City Of Love
8. Our Song

(I know that Cinema & Leave It are really separate tracks, but they really should be connected much like FT/Rejoice on Tormato in my mind)

[CybrKhatru]

1. Hearts
2. It Can Happen
3. Changes
4. Cinema
5. Owner Of A Lonely Heart
6. Leave It
7. Hold On
8. Our Song
9. City Of Love


I have very fond memories of this album from the mid 80s!

[Jonah]

It Can Happen
Hearts
Changes
Cinema
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Hold On
Our Song
Leave It
City Of Love

[Scooty]

It Can Happen
Hearts
Cinema
Hold On
Leave It
Changes
Owner Of a Lonely Heart
City Of Love
Our song

[Jackaranda]

1) Hearts
2) It Can Happen
3) Changes
4) Hold On
5) Owner
6) City of Love
7) Cinema
8) F*ck It..........er..........I mean.......Leave It.

[Stever]

1. Hearts
2. It Can Happen
3. Changes
4. Cinema
5. Owner Of A Lonely Heart
6. Leave It
7. Hold On
8. Our Song
9. City Of Love

[John Khatru]

1. It Can Happen
2. Changes
3. Hearts
4. Owner Of A Lonely Heart
5. Leave It
6. Cinema
7. Hold On
8. City Of Love
9. Our Song

[relayeire]

It Can Happen
Hearts
Changes
Cinema
Hold On
City Of Love
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Our Song
Leave It

[yarstruly]

Cool...more?

[ANTIOCH]

Hearts
Leave It
Changes
It Can Happen
Cinema
OOALH
Hold On
City of Love
Our Song

[Faceintheplace]

Hearts
It Can Happen
Changes
Hold On
City of Love
Leave It
Cinema
Our Song
Owner of a Lonely Heart

I can get into all the songs on the album on at least some level, but I have to say I like the 9012Live version of Changes more than the album version and my favorite ways to hear Owner are Union tour versions and the Princes Trust show version with Rabin and Howe trading off some excellent solos.

[mike on the goldie]

Here's my list:

Cinema
Hold On
It Can Happen
Changes
Our Song
Leave It
Owner of a Lonely Heart
Hearts
City of Love

[Full Tilt Boogie]

Anyone else want to share an opinion?

1. Hearts - POP
2. OOALH - Painful
3. Leave It - POP
4. Changes - POP
5. Cinema - Interesting Pop
6. It Can Happen - POP
7. Hold On - POP
8. City of Love - Crap Pop
9. Our Song - Really crap POP

[mike on the goldie]

Pop goes the weasel, I guess. As a fan of classic Yes I was disgusted by 90125 when it first came out........but now I like most of it except for the last 3 songs on my list.

[noracinema]

Hi,
I'm afraid, and expect to get stoned for heresy at some point in the near future, but I find all of the music on both 9012$ and $ig Generator pretty rank.
But hey, what do I know, I had to wait until 1973 to see Yes in concert.
They may have been Yes albums, of a sort, but they didn't contain Yesmusic.

Ash

^^If anybody's going to get stoned for heresy it's going to be me. I absolutely love 90125 and I know 95% of people here favor the classic Yes. Anyway, here's the verdict:

1.) Cinema (unbelievable)
2.) City of Love
3.) Leave It
4.) Hearts
5.) Our Song
6.) Changes
7.) Owner of a Lonely Heart
8.) It Can Happen
9.) Hold On

Honestly, to me, their is no bad song on this album. Sure, it isn't classic Yes, but they weren't trying to be classic Yes. They had a new guitarist and a new keyboardist and did some really great stuff in this era. Just my opinion.
=)

[kirklott]

Cinema (one of the best Yes instrumental sections ever)
Leave It (stunningly inventive)
Our Song (brutally underrated - the verses and solos are awesome sunshiny Yes, marred only by somewhat saccharine chorus)
Owner of a Lonely Heart (awesome single)
It Can Happen (more feel good Yes, great sitar)
Hold On (gets better toward end)
Hearts (overrated - production is too sparse)
City of <st1:City><st1:place>Love</st1:place></st1:City> (has grown on me)
Changes (the only weak track - aside from great instrumental opening, this song is weak AOR - could be Journey)<o:p></o:p>

[yarstruly]

Newbie bump

[yes372]

Hearts (really good intro when played live on the 94 tour)
Our Song (I thought it was the most 70's sounding song on the album)
Cinema (supposedly the intro to the 'lost' 20 minute "Time")
Hold On
Owner
Changes
Leave It
It Can Happen
City of Love

[yarstruly]

Hearts (really good intro when played live on the 94 tour)
Our Song (I thought it was the most 70's sounding song on the album)
Cinema (supposedly the intro to the 'lost' 20 minute "Time")
Hold On
Owner
Changes
Leave It
It Can Happen
City of Love

yeah...I like that intro too!...

Has "Time" ever surfaced??

[HOTsunrise]

1. Changes
2. Owner of a Lonely Heart
3. Leave It
4. It Can Happen
5. Cinema
6. Our Song
7. Hearts
8. Hold On
9. City of Love

[BRINGRABINBACK]

Of course I love 90125, but where the hck did that lame "Our Song" come from. To me that one was just filler on that album. I wore out 4 LPs of 90125 back in the days of vinyl. But, I must say I always skipped "Our Song"

[cinderella]

1. Changes (A perfect song, except for the extremely annoying intro)


2. Hold On
3. City Of Love
4. It Can Happen
5. Owner Of A Lonely Heart






6. Hearts
7. Our Song








8. Leave It
9. Cinema

[yarstruly]

1. Changes (A perfect song, except for the extremely annoying intro)




Funny..the intro is my favorite part!

[needaneasierway]

1. Our Song
2. Hearts
3. Changes
4. Hold On
5. Leave It
6. It Can Happen
7. Owner of a Lonely Heart
8. Cinema
9. City of Love

'Our Song' and 'Hearts' is Jon at his best.
OOALH is seven only because I've heard it so many millions of times (radio, etc.), in fact, the first song I ever heard from this album.

[yarstruly]

1. Our Song
2. Hearts
3. Changes
4. Hold On
5. Leave It
6. It Can Happen
7. Owner of a Lonely Heart
8. Cinema
9. City of Love

'Our Song' and 'Hearts' is Jon at his best.
OOALH is seven only because I've heard it so many millions of times (radio, etc.), in fact, the first song I ever heard from this album.

You know...its funny though..the more I listen to OOALH, the more I appreciate it! There is more going on there than 1st meets the ear...

[90125yes]

i'd rather tell you my favourite song apart from owner and it has to be Our Song - fantastic

[90125yes]

post by :noracinema

" Honestly, to me, their is no bad song on this album. Sure, it isn't classic Yes, but they weren't trying to be classic Yes. They had a new guitarist and a new keyboardist and did some really great stuff in this era. Just my opinion ".

______

Tony Kaye was not new - you might find him on the first 3 records !!

[kirklott]

I can't believe the lack of love for "Our Song."

My favorite track on the album, 3.5 minutes sunny Yes harmony bliss with some great musicianship too.

[kirklott]

1. Changes (A perfect song, except for the extremely annoying intro)

Wow, well my hat's off to diversity in tastes.

I rank Changes last, except for the extremely awesome intro.

[90125yes]

they are all good

so why rank them

just play them in the order on the cd and sit back and enjoy

[yarstruly]

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

[Andersonic]

1. Our Song
2. Hearts
3. Changes
4. Hold On
5. Leave It
6. It Can Happen
7. Owner of a Lonely Heart
8. Cinema
9. City of Love

[pianozach]

Changes
OOALH
Leave It
Hearts
It Can Happen
Cinema
Hold On
City of Love
Our Song