Rank the Classic Years Dozen

[YesNY]

Another thread on these boards about the song, America, got me wondering where would that song rank amongst the songs from the period of The Yes Album through the Close to the Edge album, and how the songs from that period would rank in general. To keep things manageable the list is limited to the "classic" songs from the period. I left out the Fragile "solo" showcase pieces - save for The Fish which backends Long Distance Runaround - as well as The Clap and A Venture from The Yes Album.

Rank each of these songs, with a number 1 through 12:
Yours Is No Disgrace
Starship Trooper
I've Seen All Good People
Perpetual Change
Roundabout
South Side Of The Sky
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
Heart Of The Sunrise
America
Close To The Edge
And You And I
Siberian Khatru

I am aware "Classic Yes" means different things to different people. For the puposes of this thread, I am using it as defining this narrow period of time. I am not necessarily saying Classic Yes can't mean a broader period.

Thanks.

[CybrKhatru]

Sounds like a fun challenge. Although I'm kinda tempted to make some of these "sub-ranked", like 2a), 2b) 2c) !!

1) Close to the Edge
2) Starship Trooper
3) And You And I
4) South Side of the Sky
5) Yours Is No Disgrace
6) Heart of the Sunrise
7) Siberian Khatru
8) Roundabout
9) Perpetual Change
10) America
11) I've Seen All Good People
12) Long Distance Runaround/The Fish

[Meng]

Yours Is No Disgrace - 2
Starship Trooper - 5
I've Seen All Good People - 9
Perpetual Change - 8
Roundabout - 4
South Side Of The Sky - 7
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish - 12
Heart Of The Sunrise - 3
America - 11
Close To The Edge - 1
And You And I - 6
Siberian Khatru - 10

[Altres]

Sounds like a fun challenge. Although I'm kinda tempted to make some of these "sub-ranked", like 2a), 2b) 2c) !!

1) Close to the Edge
2) Starship Trooper
3) And You And I
4) South Side of the Sky
5) Yours Is No Disgrace
6) Heart of the Sunrise
7) Siberian Khatru
8) Roundabout
9) Perpetual Change
10) America
11) I've Seen All Good People
12) Long Distance Runaround/The Fish

I'd swap the places of Roundabout and Perpetual Change but otherwise, exactly the same.

Brian

[YesNY]

Sounds like a fun challenge. Although I'm kinda tempted to make some of these "sub-ranked", like 2a), 2b) 2c) !!

1) Close to the Edge
2) Starship Trooper
3) And You And I
4) South Side of the Sky
5) Yours Is No Disgrace
6) Heart of the Sunrise
7) Siberian Khatru
8) Roundabout
9) Perpetual Change
10) America
11) I've Seen All Good People
12) Long Distance Runaround/The Fish

Yours Is No Disgrace - 2
Starship Trooper - 5
I've Seen All Good People - 9
Perpetual Change - 8
Roundabout - 4
South Side Of The Sky - 7
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish - 12
Heart Of The Sunrise - 3
America - 11
Close To The Edge - 1
And You And I - 6
Siberian Khatru - 10

I was thinking along the lines of the format in CybrKhatru's post, but Meng's format has the advantage of easy tabulating. Hmmm....

[Albedo]

Hard to rank but I can tell you that America goes right to the bottom of that list for me. I just don't like it.

[maninthemoon]

1) Close To The Edge
2) And You And I
3) Siberian Khatru
4) South Side Of The Sky
5) Roundabout
6) Starship Trooper
7) Heart Of The Sunrise
8) Yours Is No Disgrace
9) Perpetual Change
10) America
11) I've Seen All Good People
12) Long Distance Runaround/The Fish

[HeedThisMessageTom]

1) Heart Of The Sunrise
2) And You And I
3) Close To The Edge
4) South Side Of The Sky
5) Yours Is No Disgrace
6) Starship Trooper
7) Siberian Khatru
8) Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
9) Roundabout
10) America
11) Perpetual Change
12) I've Seen All Good People

[Mr. Holland]

01. Close to the Edge
02. And You And I
03. Yours is No Disgrace
04. Heart of the Sunrise
05. Roundabout
06. Starship Trooper
07. Perpetual Change
08. America
09. Siberian Kathru
10. Southside of the Sky
11. I've Seen All Good People
12. Long Distance Runaround/the Fish

[janlou]

1. Close to the Edge
2. And You and I
3. Starship Trooper
4. South Side of the Sky
5. Yours is No Disgrace
6. I've Seen All Good People
7. America
8. Heart of the Sunrise
9. Siberian Khatru
10 Roundabout
11 Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
12 Perpetual Change

[YesNY]

1. And You And I
2. America
3. Close To The Edge
4. South Side Of The Sky
5. Perpetual Change
6. Starship Trooper
7. Roundabout
8. I've Seen All Good People
9. Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
10. Heart Of The Sunrise
11. Siberian Khatru
12. Yours Is No Disgrace

[TOBYSGRAPHICGOKART]

Hard to rank but I can tell you that America goes right to the bottom of that list for me. I just don't like it.

Ditto.

Actually, it wouldn't even figure in my top dozen list at all. I'd replace it with A Venture, which then pretty much includes all the songs from those three albums.

Close To The Edge
And You And I
Heart Of The Sunrise
Starship Trooper
Yours Is No Disgrace
Perpetual Change
Roundabout
Siberian Khatru
South Side Of The Sky
Your Move/I've Seen All Good People
Long Distance Runaround
A Venture

[YesNY]

The average song ranking through post 11:
1. Close To The Edge 1.5
2. And You And 2.625
3. Starship Trooper 4.5
4. Heart Of The Sunrise 5.625 (Three way tie.)
4. South Side Of The Sky 5.625
4. Yours Is No Disgrace 5.625
7. Roundabout 7.125
8. Siberian Khatru 7.875
9. America 8.5
10. Perpetual Change 8.625
11. I've Seen All Good People 9.875
12. Long Distance Runaround/The Fish 11.0

The tally of each vote and average song ranking:
Yours Is No Disgrace 5 2 5 8 5 3 5 12 5.625
Starship Trooper 2 5 2 6 6 6 3 6 4.5
I've Seen All Good People 11 9 11 11 12 11 6 8 9.875
Perpetual Change 9 8 8 9 11 7 12 5 8.625
Roundabout 8 4 9 5 9 5 10 7 7.125
South Side Of The Sky 5 7 7 4 4 10 4 4 5.625
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish 12 12 12 12 8 12 11 9 11.0
Heart Of The Sunrise 6 3 6 7 1 4 8 10 5.625
America 10 11 10 10 10 8 7 2 8.5
Close To The Edge 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 1.5
And You And I 3 6 3 2 2 2 2 1 2.625
Siberian Khatru 7 10 7 3 7 9 9 11 7.875


This took a few minutes. If anyone wants to pick up the ball later on, BE MY GUEST! Sorry, TOBYSGRAPHICGOKART's vote wasn't counted, as it came in while I was arithmaticing.

[clearer companion]

Heart Of The Sunrise
Yours Is No Disgrace
And You And I
Starship Trooper
America
Close To The Edge
South Side Of The Sky
Siberian Khatru
Perpetual Change
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
Roundabout
I've Seen All Good People

[RelayerI]

Close To The Edge
And You And I
Siberian Khatru
Yours Is No Disgrace
Perpetual Change
Starship Trooper
Heart Of The Sunrise
I've Seen All Good People
Roundabout
South Side Of The Sky
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish

America doesn't belong on this list.