Tormato vs Big Generator

[Yesed]

For the sake of the poll I'll vote Tormato.

But comparing these two albums seems like an odd comparison:

Which do you like better:

A. Cauliflower
B. The Bee Gees
C. Ford Focus
D. Automated Phone Answering systems
E. Stewed Tomatoes

Thats actually almost as hard as the original query, lol.
But both albums are full of gems and add up quality wise so close, that its tough for me. I love BG, but I tend to be a trooper and Tormato ended classic Yes era in a classy way.

[Frumious B]

I can’t vote against my first Yes record so BG is my pick.

[Mr. Holland]

Big Generator for me. To these ears it's a far more consistent album than Tormato is. And Big Generator is probably the Yes album that has grown the most on me in the last 15 years or so.

[madbear]

Sorry, they are both appalling albums. Silent Wings of Freedom worth a listen i guess, which would make Tormato better. But I have never got over the disappointment of taking the album home and listening for the first time...

[madbear]

Which do you like better:

A. Cauliflower
B. The Bee Gees
C. Ford Focus
D. Automated Phone Answering systems
E. Stewed Tomatoes

Actually, i'd rather listen to a cauliflower

[Soundwaveseeker]

Oooh, tough one. I kinda like both of them equally. Today I'll say Tormato because this day I'm less in the mood to hear Big Gen than Tormato, but I'm not in the mood for that one either. I feel a Yessongs or a Tales listen comin' on, and I listened to The Quest today. So no Tormato or Big G for a while for me. But as others have said - same lineup as the prior album for each, considered letdowns from their respective previous albums, and both are the albums right before a big change. Big Generator was the first new album I bought, and Tormato was the last of the classic 70's albums I added to the collection, so both have equal appeal as "Ooh! More Yes!!". Both are albums I love, despite reputations of being lackluster/disappointing albums in the catalogue.

Future Times/Rejoice
Onward
Final Eyes
On The Silent Wings Of Freedom
Shoot High Aim Low
I'm Running

can't go wrong with these songs.

[Soundwaveseeker]

Which do you like better:

A. Cauliflower
B. The Bee Gees
C. Ford Focus
D. Automated Phone Answering systems
E. Stewed Tomatoes

Actually, i'd rather listen to a cauliflower

Maybe Cauliflower Elder will make an appearance on the next Yes album?

[madbear]

Maybe Cauliflower Elder will make an appearance on the next Yes album?

Plates of Delirium?

[Ash Armstrong]

Tormato.
The only thing I like about Big Herniator is the mention of Soft Machine. Aside from the splendid band of the same name, quoting William Burroughs delivers brownie points. Overall, as an album, rather than an assemblage of tracks in a convenient pick 'n' mix package from which one might extract the strawberry flavoured sweeties and leave the green ones to congeal in their wrappers, it's not an album I feel drawn to listen to beyond once a year, at most. I just don't like it.

[Davy]

I like both of them, but Future Times and Arriving UFO are two of my favorite Yes songs ever. I understand why Tormato was initially panned (with Circus of Heaven, and yes, Arriving UFO,) but to me it's their most underrated album. I'd rather listen to it now than most of the band's other albums.

[RedSonja]

Tormato

all 70’s over all 80’s and beyond in summary.