The Ladder?

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by Yesspaz

Fragile to me is not as great as it's reputation. To me it suffers from the solos (why not create full group pieces in your Yes Album-Going heyday?), the overrated Heart of the Sunrise

Because they wanted to introduce each member of the band. Close to the Edge is same lineup, full pieces. The solos are short anyway.

Overrated, no. rated just fine.

PFD, agreed about the KTA studios. I love Footprints!

[Thor]

For Yes they hit creative peaks throughout their career yet only a few albums
actually rise to the top here is a discography dot biorhythm with release dates:


• 1969 July 25 YES
•• 1970 July TIME AND A WORD
•• 1971 March 19 THE YES ALBUM
••• 1971 November 1 FRAGILE
••••• 1972 September 13 CLOSE TO THE EDGE
••• 1973 May 4 YESSONGS
••••• 1974 January 9 TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS
•••• 1974 December 5 RELAYER
•• 1975 February 27 YESTERDAYS
••••• 1977 July 7 GOING FOR THE ONE
•••• 1978 September 20 TORMATO
•• 1980 August 18 DRAMA
•• 1980 November 24 YESSHOWS
• 1981 November 30 CLASSIC YES
•• 1983 November 7 90125
• 1985 November 9012LIVE
• 1987 September 17 BIG GENERATOR
•••• 1989 June 20 ANDERSON, BRUFORD, WAKEMAN, HOWE
••• 1991 April 30 UNION
••• 1991 August 6 YESYEARS
•• 1991 October 13 YESSTORY
• 1993 September 21 HIGHLIGHTS - THE VERY BEST OF YES
•• 1993 October 26 SYMPHONIC MUSIC OF YES
•••• 1994 March 4 AN EVENING OF YES MUSIC...PLUS
••• 1994 March 21 TALK
• 1996 October 29 KEYS TO ASCENSION (live disc)
••• 1996 October 29 KEYS TO ASCENSION (studio disc)
• 1997 November 4 KEYS TO ASCENSION 2 (live disc)
•• 1997 November 4 KEYS TO ASCENSION 2 (studio disc)
•• 1997 November 25 OPEN YOUR EYES
•••• 1998 April 28 BEYOND AND BEFORE (BBC tapes)
• 1999 September 28 THE LADDER
• 2000 February 22 THE BEST OF YES
•••• 2000 September 12 HOUSE OF YES LIVE FROM HOUSE OF BLUES
••••• 2001 December 4 MAGNIFICATION
••• 2002 July 9 KEYSTUDIO
••• 2002 July 30 IN A WORD: YES 1969-
•• 2003 July 28 ULTIMATE YES: 35TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION
•• 2003 August 25 THE YES STORY GOLD

[PFD]

What do those dots mean?

[kirk]

Thor- 5 dots to Magnification, 1 to Big Generator? I don't think so.

To anyone that doesn't understand the appeal of Heart of the Sunrise-
Buy a guitar.(or drum, or bass), come back and post when you've managed to
play it through....just once. see you next incarnation.

Rick- Fragile's a masterpiece.

RE: Man in the Moon- I don't care who wrote it. It sucketh verily.
I could assemble a band from this site that could write a better tune.

K

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by Thor

•• 1971 March 19 THE YES ALBUM
• 1987 September 17 BIG GENERATOR
••• 1994 March 21 TALK
•• 1997 November 25 OPEN YOUR EYES
• 1999 September 28 THE LADDER
••••• 2001 December 4 MAGNIFICATION

Ok, taste is relative I know. But I have to express shock at giving Mag 5 stars and Ladder 1. Only 2 for Yes album? Giving OYE more than Ladder and Big G? The Yes Album and OYE identical ratings? Interesting ratings...

Originally Posted by Kirk

RE: Man in the Moon- I don't care who wrote it. It sucketh verily. I could assemble a band from this site that could write a better tune.

Heh. sucketh verily. I still think it's one of the three best from that album (with Somehow, Someday and the title track). Admittedly, that's not saying much.

[kirk]

Yeah...this "system" has a few bugs to be worked out...

Btw- I like Chris's writing. He's matured beyond his "Fish..." days IMO.
"The more we Live/Let go" was probably one of the better
tunes from this past 15 years, certainly a highlight of Union.

There's not much that changed from Chris/Billy's original version on the
2nd Conspiracy CD, except Jon's vocs and even more over-applied reverb.

Imo- We're all suffering from Yes withdrawl.

K

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by kirk

Imo- We're all suffering from Yes withdrawl. K

FuhReal! We're currently in the longest drought ever between Yes studio releases

Originally Posted by Yesspaz

FuhReal! We're currently in the longest drought ever between Yes studio releases

More to the point we're suffering from a Yes gig drought. They toured a lot between 2002-2004 and we were spoilt (I saw them at least 5 times in that period) and I want more.

I saw Jon's solo tour earlier this year and Pam, Jam, Laxmi and myself will be seeing Jon and Rick later in the year but I WANT MY YES LIVE FIX!!!!!

[Lemur]

Originally Posted by kirk

To anyone that doesn't understand the appeal of Heart of the Sunrise-Buy a guitar.(or drum, or bass), come back and post when you've managed to play it through....just once. see you next incarnation.

I like the song for its emotional content.. as far as raw complexity goes, I'm pretty sure that Yes has some trickier pieces. I say this as a guitarist myself, though not nearly so talented! It's just that my ears tell me that Heart of the Sunrise, while stirring and at times fast paced example of Yes music, is not the creme de la creme of Yes creme.

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by Lemur

It's just that my ears tell me that Heart of the Sunrise, while stirring and at times fast paced example of Yes music, is not the creme de la creme of Yes creme.

I so totally agree.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by Lemur

I like the song for its emotional content.. as far as raw complexity goes, I'm pretty sure that Yes has some trickier pieces. I say this as a guitarist myself, though not nearly so talented! It's just that my ears tell me that Heart of the Sunrise, while stirring and at times fast paced example of Yes music, is not the creme de la creme of Yes creme.

Like I always say, it rocks and I like it. Take a song like "Land's End" by Bruford. Not the most comlicated of his band's pieces (actually a Dave Stewart tune that rips off his own "Bryden Two-Step for Amphibians") but a great song.

I couldn't care less about raw complexity. Sometimes I like it - using the same band as an example, I love "Beelzebub" and "Five G". But most stuff by Liquid Tension Experiment, for example, I can't groove to.

Now if the point is that HOTS (lol) is not the most complicated Yes piece, agreed. But whether you LIKE it or not is an entirely different matter.

[Lemur]

I love it, it's one of my favorite songs.