What Are Your Top Twenty Yesalbums?

[cjreyes]

I think we've all done this several times, so let's give it another go.

1. The Ladder
2. Relayer
3. Drama
4. Yesshows
5. Going For The One
6. Close To The Edge
7. Circa: 2007
8. 90125
9. Tormato
10. Yes Remixes
11. Fragile
12. Fly From Here
13. Big Generator
14. The Yes Album
15. Tales From Topographic Oceans
16. Yes
17. Open Your Eyes
18. Talk
19. Keystudio
20. Heaven And Earth

[Soundwaveseeker]

How I rank them today could change tomorrow, but let's see...I'll give it another go. Wait - you're not asking to rank the studio albums, you're asking for top 20 favorite Yes albums period, be it studio, live etc. Ok, let's see...


1. Drama
2. Tales
3. Yesshows
4. Yes Album
5. Relayer
6. Yessongs
7. 90125
8. Fly From Here
9. Big Generator
10. Going For The One
11. Talk
12. Tormato
13. Union
14. Yes (1st album)
15. Magnification
16. The Word Is Live
17. The Ladder
18. Close To The Edge
19. Keys To Ascension 1&2
20. Paris

almost put The Quest in there but it's too soon. Ask again three years from now.

[Dantalion Rides Again]

I'll bite why not

Based just on how I'm feeling today:

1 Tales from Topographic Oceans
2 Fragile
3 Close To The Edge
4 The Yes Album
5 Relayer
6 Going For the One
7 Tormato
8 Drama
9 Big Generator
10 Magnification
11 The Ladder
12 ABWH
13 90125
14 Open Your Eyes
15 Keys To Ascensions
16 Talk
17 Fly From Here
18 The Quest
19 Heaven & Earth
20 From a Page

I thought of throwing Yesshows in there but I didn't really feel like mixing it up. I'm more into their studio albums anyway .

That ranking just poured out in one take. :: polishes apple::

[Yesed]

I think we've all done this several times, so let's give it another go.

1. The Ladder
2. Relayer
3. Drama
4. Yesshows
5. Going For The One
6. Close To The Edge
7. Circa: 2007
8. 90125
9. Tormato
10. Yes Remixes
11. Fragile
12. Fly From Here
13. Big Generator
14. The Yes Album
15. Tales From Topographic Oceans
16. Yes
17. Open Your Eyes
18. Talk
19. Keystudio
20. Heaven And Earth

The Ladder, number 1? Wow. Hey, its your list, I can respect that. I can see it being up there, for some fans. But no Magnification?

[Yesed]

CTTE
TFTO
GFTO
Fragile
Relayer
The Yes Album
Tormato
Keystudio
ABWH
Time and a word
Drama
Magnification
Debut
Big Generator
The Ladder
90125
The word is live
Open your Eyes
Yessongs
Yesshows

[soundchaser09]

1. Going for the One
2. Close to the Edge
3. Relayer
4. The Yes Album
5. Fragile
6. Drama
7. 90125
8. Magnification
9. Fly From Here
10. Big Generator
11. The Ladder
12. Tales From Topographic Oceans
13. Union
14. The Quest
15. Talk
16. ABWH
17. Time and a Word
18. From a Page
19. Tormato
20. Keys to Ascension 2

[Yorkshire Square]

Just how I'm feeling right now:

1. Relayer
2. Tormato
3. CTTE
4. Yesshows
5. The Ladder
6. Fly From Here
7. Yes
8. Talk
9. Progeny
10. Transmission Impossible
11. 90125
12. Heaven & Earth
13. Drama
14. Fragile
15. TYA
16. From a Page
17. The Quest
18. Open Your Eyes
19. GFTO
20. Live at Montreux

[Yorkshire Square]

I think we've all done this several times, so let's give it another go.

1. The Ladder
2. Relayer
3. Drama
4. Yesshows
5. Going For The One
6. Close To The Edge
7. Circa: 2007
8. 90125
9. Tormato
10. Yes Remixes
11. Fragile
12. Fly From Here
13. Big Generator
14. The Yes Album
15. Tales From Topographic Oceans
16. Yes
17. Open Your Eyes
18. Talk
19. Keystudio
20. Heaven And Earth

I can't bring to mind a Yes album called Circa: 2007...

[Yesed]

I can't bring to mind a Yes album called Circa: 2007...

Live at Montreux was released circa 2007. Maybe he just couldnt think of it? ; )

[cybrkhatru]

as of this moment? hmmmm :

1. The Yes Album
2. Close to the Edge
3. 90125
4. Relayer
5. Tales from Topographic Oceans
6. Yessongs
7. Going for the One
8. Talk
9. Drama
10. Fragile
11. Yes
12. Time and A Word
13. Big Generator
14. The Ladder
15. The Word Is Live box set
16. Tormato
17. Magnification
18. Keys to Ascension
19. Keys to Ascension 2
20. Union

The others (ABWH, OYE, H&E, FFH, House of Yes, Symphonic, Quest etc) remain...

[cjreyes]

I can't bring to mind a Yes album called Circa: 2007...

I took some liberty. They did have the same number of Yes members as ABWH.

[Ash Armstrong]

Tales, Relayer, Close to the Edge, Fragile, Yes Album, Ladder, Magnification, Keys, Going For the One, Tormato, Time and a Word, Yes, ABWH, Union, Drama, Yessongs, Yesshows, Yesterdays, Classic Yes, Word is Live.

No ranking or order of favourites; I don't do that. Just a score of Yes albums I put ahead of any of the others.

[Dantalion Rides Again]

Gonna have to re-rank at some point, I completely left off the first two albums. Plus I ranked them based on what I think that I think, but I could be wrong about myself, I've been wrong about other people. You know how you think you know a guy sometimes and then you're like whoa he votes like that?

[gbh90125]

hmm can I do twenty...? i'll give it try

1) Going For The One
2) 90125
3) Tormato
4) Time And A Word
5) Fragile
6) Close To the Edge
7) Relayer
8) YES
9) Tales From Topgraphic Oceans
10) Big Generator
11) Talk
12) The Yes Album
13) Drama
14) - that's all I can do - I have many of the post Talk albums of the ones that came after and have heard everything after but.... yuk - no thanks.

[Enlighten]

Close to the Edge
Fragile
Drama
Going for the One
The Yes Album
Tormato
Relayer
Tales
Yesshows
Yessongs

Rinse and repeat. They fell off precipitously after 1980.