Rank the Yes album titles

[Ceasar’s Palace]

Only the titles, ok?

1. Yes
3. 90125
3. Fragile
4. Relayer
5. Tales From Topographic Oceans
6. Drama
7. Fly From Here
8. Magnification
9. Mirror To The Sky
10. Going For The One
11. Close To The Edge
12. Tormato
13. Keyes To Ascension
14. Time And A Word
15. The Yes Album
16. Big Generator
17. The Quest
18. Union
19. Talk
20. The Ladder
21. Heaven & Earth
22. Open Your Eyes

[Bill M]

1. Tales From Topographic Oceans
2. Keyes To Ascension
3. Going For The One
4. Close To The Edge
5. Time And A Word
6. Mirror To The Sky
7. Open Your Eyes
8. Heaven & Earth
9. The Yes Album
10. Fly From Here
11. Big Generator
12. Magnification
13. The Ladder
14. The Quest
15. Tormato
16. Relayer
17. Fragile
18. Drama
19. 90125
20. Union
21. Talk
22. Yes

[Gilly Goodness]

1. Tales From Topographic Oceans
2. Keyes To Ascension
3. Going For The One
4. Close To The Edge
5. Time And A Word
6. Mirror To The Sky
7. Open Your Eyes
8. Heaven & Earth
9. The Yes Album
10. Fly From Here
11. Big Generator
12. Magnification
13. The Ladder
14. The Quest
15. Tormato
16. Relayer
17. Fragile
18. Drama
19. 90125
20. Union
21. Talk
22. Yes

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[patrickq]

Great question! But it makes my head hurt. I would guess that most of us like the titles of the albums we like. A big exception for me is Tales from Topographic Oceans. I’ve tried and will continue to try to “get” the album, but I must admit that the artwork and title are among the group’s very best. Along the same lines: Tormato. A clever and irreverent title, and one of my favorite album covers. But not one of my favorite Yes albums.

[Soundwaveseeker]

Hmmm, maybe I'll do 'em up in tiers:

and again, not ranking the music within, just the quality of the titles and do they sound good.

Best titles for me:

Mirror To The Sky - the best album title may be the latest album! Just sounds like a cool title
Keys To Ascension - mystic & cool
Tales From Topographic Oceans
Fragile
Drama
Close To The Edge
90125 - named after a number? kinda cool
Relayer
Big Generator
Magnification


Mid tier/ok titles:

Tormato
Union
Fly From Here
Going For The One
From A Page
The Yes Album - interesting to call it that, since its the third album and not the 1st. Some still consider it the first
Time & A Word

Worst titles:

Open Your Eyes - open them to what?
Heaven & Earth - well, maybe that's ok, maybe that's mid tier, just too many 'Heaven & Hell' titles in music
Yes - well, a 1st album doesn't really need a flashy title
Ladder - not sure if that's ok or not, could have picked something better
The Quest - Quest for what? Aren't all Yes albums a musical quest? Now if it was a concept album based on Jonny Quest or something, well then that would be an ok title I guess
Talk - great album but not the best name, especially considering it was supposedly originally to be called Dialogue which means the same thing. Very lame name for such a vibrant and fun Yes album, probably the worst title in the batch.

[pjt]

01. Yes
02. Talk
03. Union
04. 90125
05. Drama
06. Fragile
07. Relayer
08. Tormato
09. The Quest
10. The Ladder
11. Magnification
12. Big Generator
13. Fly From Here
14. The Yes Album
15. Heaven & Earth
16. Open Your Eyes
17. Mirror To The Sky
18. Time And A Word
19. Close To The Edge
20. Going For The One
21. Keyes To Ascension
22. Tales From Topographic Oceans

[josuev80]

I rank then in descending order based on the third letter’s Scrabble points which causes several tied spots.