i have it on record, its very good, buy it on record so ittl sound better then crappy cds

TFTO is the most controversal album Yes have ever made, partly because of the harsh criticism it got from the general public, critics and rock n roll purists who would eventually become part of the 70s punk rock movement.... The reasons many people don't like the album is because they consider it extremely overlong, boring, very self indulgent and just plain weird for the sake of being just plain weird, which is what i thought of it the first time i heard it, but now my opinion of it is way more positive.... Being able to really enjoy this album takes a lot of patience, some people are either not up to it or they don't see the point.

It's also a album that even the biggest Yes fan's are divided by, some love it, some hate it, Rick Wakeman himself had a lot of problems with it and it led to his departure from the band, and of course there's that now legendary tale of when he refused to play the material one night at a concert and instead proceeded to eat some indian curry he ordered onstage while everyone else ignored him and kept playing. :laughing:

I myself had to listen to it several times actually to get it, no pot required (though it may help for some), the music has gotten me addicted and i listen to it a lot, i understand the theme better though the lyrics are still confusing.

It is a flawed album, but it has a lot of great moments that (for me at least) make up for it , and Anderson and Howe especially put a lot of care into the compositions, the only track i really dont like too much is The Ancient.

I think it is a very underrated album, and it's significance in modern music is much much greater than people give it credit for, it did play a big role in the developing punk movement (though unintentionally) and it's still influencial to a lot of prog bands... To me, good art challenges people and people will have a different opinion of it... Which is exactly what Yes did, and why they get so much disrespect for it by the media even today is just very unfair.

And regardless of what you will think of it, you will still find it pretty clear that they really were trying to do something totally different.

Awesome man! Thanks for that, I really appreciate it! I think I'll give it a try, because I'll always be up to a challenge...

here's a pretty funny Yo La Tengo cover of Roundabout... it's part of a series where they would go on a radio station and people would phone in requests for them to play... they'd have no time to rehearse and sometimes they wouldn't even know the songs.. this is what happened when someone phoned in roundabout:

hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/37777801/22_Roundabout.m4a.html

I hate posting in a thread where everything has already been said, but I also don't like not 'preeshin. So Yes is very good and that's all I gots.

great band

i have Close To The Edge, Classic Yes, and Going for the one

Anyway, heres some uploads to demonstrate to the kids what actual musicians sound like.

-http://download.yousendit.com/F46FCA4961E19F8D
Survival - 1969

-http://download.yousendit.com/6DC0423C695191CD
Astral Traveler - 1970

-http://download.yousendit.com/D1101C742BF434E4
I've Seen All Good People - 1971

-http://download.yousendit.com/39D162B270815857
Starship Trooper - 1971

-http://download.yousendit.com/F2C8F89110201CC5
Yours Is No Disgrace - 1971

-http://download.yousendit.com/C58720E6753E6E2B
The Clap (Steve Howe solo) - 1971

-http://download.yousendit.com/00FDBD6D7A585397
Perpetual Change - 1971

-http://download.yousendit.com/025775E9483BA747
Roundabout - 1972

-http://download.yousendit.com/D34368DE039A49C5
Long Distance Runaround - 1972

-http://download.yousendit.com/6BDB46AF5C5C8249
The Fish - 1972

-http://download.yousendit.com/BD140719723BD176
Mood For A Day (Steve Howe solo) - 1972

-http://download.yousendit.com/B180AEDA3027BBBC
South Side Of The Sky - 1972

-http://download.yousendit.com/966462C43B30E16E
Heart Of The Sunrise - 1972

-http://download.yousendit.com/8F1B2A143B93EE55
America (Paul Simon cover) - 1972

-http://download.yousendit.com/AE73DA4C2E2D2479
Close To The Edge - 1972

-http://download.yousendit.com/30046CDF5AEA8B42
Siberian Khatru - 1972

-http://download.yousendit.com/FE63459430CEEB4A
And You And I - 1972

-http://download.yousendit.com/A377E68E2CD3AB39
The Revealing Science Of God - 1973

-http://download.yousendit.com/D238A0B35CBB8D80
Ritual - 1973

-http://download.yousendit.com/D3EF1D6B70CD3226
The Remembering - 1973

-http://download.yousendit.com/792610795F4BDB7D
The Gates Of Delirium - 1974

-http://download.yousendit.com/A2C8EBF311F3FD0E
Sound Chaser - 1974

-http://download.yousendit.com/70E371461933F9C9
Going For The One - 1977

-http://download.yousendit.com/2852764557BE76C7
Awaken - 1977

-http://download.yousendit.com/062CD2445636C96A
On The Silent Wings Of Freedom - 1978

-http://download.yousendit.com/1835934B57CEF4A4
Onward - 1978

-http://download.yousendit.com/30677D5A64A098B7
Tempus Fugit - 1980

-http://download.yousendit.com/19495DBA33FF8CF3
Machine Messiah - 1980

-http://download.yousendit.com/82148E4523D3AE7C
Leave It - 1984

-http://download.yousendit.com/79772FD03FA51D0D
Magnification - 2001

-http://download.yousendit.com/8FB4EB9E54CFDF51
Dreamtime - 2001

-http://download.yousendit.com/B1AEB6BA1EC52C23
Austrailia (Steve Howe solo) - 2004

-http://download.yousendit.com/09D5B5A778014EEB
Show Me - 2004

That just about covers most of the periods of their career.

Or you could just show them this...

Everyone has bad nights.

And I went through a lot of trouble uploading those, just for the folks on this forum. You told me to be a little more helpful here. So please don't start with me.

lol you upped them on ysi and went through a lot of trouble. They'll be down in a week.

It wasn't supposed to take me very long, but my brother was fighting me over the computer. So yeah, I'm a little pissed since I don't think anyone will even download them.

What's the best Yes album, then? What one should I get first?

yup^ close to the edge is their best album

bill bruford was a monster when he was with yes and king crimson, i really like alan white too (especially on awaken) but bill cant be topped

I was actually going to get a couple of Yes albums when I found this blog full of prog & 70s rock , but they didn't have any.

Sakalli

Any hidden gems in there Boo Boo?

I know I am not boo boo, but Camel is awesome.

Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh

I also like Curved Air. And Camel are awesome, I'd recommend Mirage and The Snow Goose for starters.

check out Progressive Rock Ultimate Discography ... with MP3 and reviews for everything prog

i suggest chekcing out: gentle giant, van der graaf generator, king crimson, gong, soft machine, john mclaughlin/ mahavishnu orchestra, can, amon duul II, faust, the muffins, camel, hawkwind, magma

some good classic dino-prog right thurr

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah booooooooooi.

Check out the first link in my sig yo.

I would highly recommend Amon Duul II and Univers Zero. And Faust, of course.

^^ fukk yeah to those 3

Well, except for Univers Zero, haven't heard them...yet.

My first intro to YES was in 1986 and an album that is not really indicative of their sound: 90125. I personally love it and it gave me impetus to check out other albums by them. CLOSE TO THE EDGE is a classic and I like TORMATO too. I still think that Jon Anderson's voice is utterly original yet pathetically effeminate.

I thought Jon Anderson was a chick for like 3 years, and a Lesbian at that.

A guy I work with put me on to Yes. He grew up with them, and me being 27 years old had never heard of them outside of the radio overplaying "Owner of a Lonely Heart." Honestly thats probably the one reason I never gave them so much as a second look before. But this guy told me about some of the most amazing music the made, so on a whim I bought Classic Yes. I was surprised at the well thought out music. Very tight, very cohesive, and these guys are on the top of their game.

However.......Pre 80's Yes= AMAZING, 80's Yes = clechie (much like Pre 80's Foreigner is awesome, and then it all went downhill from there.) Don't get me wrong, I understand people love all Yes no matter what. But for me, with songs like "Owner" its too "pop music of the 80's" (I hate the synthesized 80's crap with a passion....more than Hair Metal.)

Yes will forever remain in my collection, even if I have to turn the cd player off half way through the "Ultimate Yes Collection" :D

Brian

Comparing Yes to Foreigner. Ouch. :(

Jukebox Hero!!

Oh God no.....not comparing the two. Foreigner and YES have waaaay different styles. Im just saying, for me, the 80's was when I felt both groups "Jumped the Shark".

Brian

P.S. Jukebox Hero....all time favorite Foreigner song!!! OOOHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHH

A few years back Amazon recommended Fragile to me and I gave it a shot...loved the majority of it, so I continued forward from there. Yes is now one of my most beloved bands I've had the pleasure of listening to. Close to the Edge, Topographical Oceans, and Relayer are absolute works of art.

It's unfortunate that their sound changed to manufactured radio-pop in the 80s, but there were a few redeeming songs dispersed amongst their post-70s albums such as Machine Messiah, The More We Live/Let Go, and Holy Lamb. The Ladder was also a remarkable return to their early sound.

I like Close To The Edge, The Yes Album and Fragile best.
My favourite songs are And You and I (I love it), Starship Trooper and Close To The edge. :D

I thought it sounded like a cut and paste job of earlier material, with a few latin rhythms chucked in for good measure.

Close to the edge can't be topped, in my opinion.

The Ladder was certainly a step in the right direction though.

I think the Homeworld theme was the first Yes song I ever heard but I had never heard of Yes back then, awesome game that was.

I`ve heard every single Yes album except "Magnification" I`ve got it, but it just kind of got forgotten, do you think Yes will ever release another album? As having a quick read on wiki it kind of seems unlikely.

Relayer is still my favorite Yes album, but The Yes Album through Close to the Edge is absolute perfection in music.

Would anyone be able to PM me Relayer. I can't find a good link anywhere, which seems pretty strange because I didn't have any trouble getting the other Yes albums.

Yes Interview
 

Hi,

My name is Ben Hewitt and I'm the news editor of The Quietus, a UK music website.

We've just published an interview with Yes bassist Chris Squire, which I think you may be interested in.

thequietus.com/articles/03185-dr-rock-tales-from-chris-squire-an-interview-with-yes

Have a look and let us know what you think!

Cheers

Ben

I m a big yes fan my fave albums are the yes album close to the edge and the three live albums yessongs yesshows and keys to ascension two more studio albums time and a word live at the bbc tormato and drama saw them live in 1991 at the nec birmingham they are fantastic jon anderson s the main man if he left there wouldnt be a yes

^Sorry, Jon Anderson did leave. Well, kinda. They're touring with a singer named Benoit David, but they're being a bit fuzzy about whether Jon Anderson's officially left or not. (Having said that, I think Drama is decent, which didn't have Jon Anderson.)

Anyway, I'm a proud Trooper. Close to the Edge is my personal favourite, The Yes Album is of course another classic, and I think Relayer was an interesting change. Still, almost everything Yes did (that includes Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe) is great... except for Tormato and Union, but hey, a great band has to have a few clunkers once in a while.

The Official: (YES) & Band Members, Solo Album's & single's (Thread).
 

The band (Yes) is one of the most artistic bands in the history of progressive, classical, & Rock music, etc. (Period).
An era when rock music reached a level of perfection artistically in most every aspect with the application of intricate musical arrangements, articulation, and outstanding studio production.
(Genres)= (Progressive rock, symphonic rock, art rock, pop rock, psychedelic rock (early).
No band is better than 'YES', when it comes to my personal, 'Biased' opinion & loyality. :)

YouTube - Steve Howe - Long Distance Runaround

YouTube - YES - LEAVE IT ( HELLO, GOODBYE MIX )

YouTube - YES - Owner of a Lonely Heart.wmv

YouTube - Close to the Edge by Yes Part 1 of 2

YouTube - Chris Squire - Hold out your hand / You by my side (1975)

YouTube - RÄ°CK
WAKEMAN - JOURNEY to the center of the earth

YouTube - Jon Anderson - Change We Must

YouTube - Steve Howe - The Ancient

YouTube - Long Distance Runaround by Yes