Thread: Yes Best Album Poll - 1 of 2

Yes (1969)



Track Listing

1."Beyond and Before" (Squire/Clive Bailey) – 4:58
2."I See You" (Jim McGuinn/David Crosby) – 6:54
3."Yesterday and Today" (Anderson) – 2:53
4."Looking Around" (Anderson/Squire) – 4:05
5."Harold Land" (Anderson/Bruford/Squire) – 5:45
6."Every Little Thing" (Lennon/McCartney) – 5:46
7."Sweetness" (Anderson/Clive Bailey/Squire) – 4:35
8."Survival" (Anderson) – 6:23


Time And A Word (1970)



Track Listing

1."No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens) – 4:48
2."Then" (Anderson)* – 5:46
3."Everydays" (Stephen Stills) – 6:08
4."Sweet Dreams" (Anderson, David Foster) – 3:50
5."The Prophet" (Anderson, Squire) – 6:34
6."Clear Days" (Anderson) – 2:06
7."Astral Traveller" (Anderson) – 5:53
8."Time and a Word" (Anderson, David Foster) – 4:32


The Yes Album (1971)



Track Listing

1."Yours Is No Disgrace" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Steve Howe/Tony Kaye/Bill Bruford) – 9:41
2."Clap" (Howe) – 3:17
Recorded live at The Lyceum Theatre, London, 17 July 1970
3."Starship Trooper" – 9:25
.....1."Life Seeker" (Anderson)
.....2."Disillusion" (Squire)
.....3."Würm" (Howe)
4."I've Seen All Good People" – 6:56
.....1."Your Move" (Jon Anderson)
.....2."All Good People" (Chris Squire)
5."A Venture" (Jon Anderson) – 3:18
6."Perpetual Change" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire) – 8:54


Fragile (1971)



Track Listing

1."Roundabout" (Anderson/Howe) – 8:30
2."Cans and Brahms (Extracts from Brahms' 4th Symphony in E Minor, Third Movement)" (Brahms, arranged Wakeman) – 1:38
3."We Have Heaven" (Anderson) – 1:40
4."South Side of the Sky" (Anderson/Squire) – 8:02
5."Five Per Cent for Nothing" (Bruford) – 0:35
6."Long Distance Runaround" (Anderson) – 3:30
7."The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" (Squire) – 2:39
8."Mood for a Day" (Howe) – 3:00
9."Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson/Squire/Bruford) – 11:27


Close To The Edge (1972)



Track Listing

1. "Close to the Edge" - Anderson/Howe/Squire 18:43
....."The Solid Time of Change"
....."Total Mass Retain"
....."I Get Up I Get Down"
....."Seasons of Man"
2. "And You and I" - Anderson/Bruford/Howe/Squire 10:08
....."Cord of Life"
....."Eclipse"
....."The Preacher the Teacher"
....."Apocalypse"
3. "Siberian Khatru" - Anderson/Howe/Wakeman 8:55


Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)



Track Listing

1. "The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)" Anderson/Howe 20:25
2. "The Remembering (High the Memory)" Yes 20:38
3. "The Ancient (Giants under the Sun)" Anderson/Howe/Squire 18:35
4. "Ritual (Nous sommes du soleil)" Anderson/Howe 21:37


Relayer (1974)



Track Listing

1. "The Gates of Delirium" Yes 21:50
2. "Sound Chaser" Yes 9:26
3. "To Be Over" Yes 9:06


Going For The One (1977)



Track Listing

1."Going for the One" (Jon Anderson) – 5:32
2."Turn of the Century" (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe/Alan White) – 7:56
3."Parallels" (Chris Squire) – 5:53
4."Wonderous Stories" (Jon Anderson) – 3:49
5."Awaken" (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe) – 15:31


Tormato (1978)



Track Listing

1."Future Times" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Steve Howe/Rick Wakeman/Alan White)/ "Rejoice" (Jon Anderson) – 6:46
2."Don't Kill the Whale" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire) – 3:56
3."Madrigal" (Jon Anderson/Rick Wakeman) – 2:25
String arrangement by Andrew Pryce Jackman from an original idea by Rick Wakeman
4."Release, Release" (Jon Anderson/Alan White/Chris Squire) – 5:44
5."Arriving UFO" (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe/Rick Wakeman) – 6:07
6."Circus of Heaven" (Jon Anderson) – 4:31
Featuring the voice of Jon Anderson's son, Damion
7."Onward" (Chris Squire) – 4:05
Arrangement and orchestration by Andrew Pryce Jackman
8."On the Silent Wings of Freedom" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire) – 7:47


Drama (1980)



Track Listing

1."Machine Messiah" – 10:27
2."White Car" – 1:21
3."Does It Really Happen?" – 6:35
4."Into the Lens" – 8:33
5."Run Through the Light" – 4:43
6."Tempus Fugit" – 5:15

It is not necessary to post as to why you voted the way you did, but it would be interesting to the rest of us.

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Note - The albums Keys To Ascension and Keys To Ascension 2 contain both live tracks from previous albums and new tracks, therefore they have been included in this poll. Normally I do not include live albums.

In times past I was referred to as the Sound Chaser, as I travelled through the Gates Of Delirium, in my quest To Be Over you.

Yes ......I am pleased that you relayer(ed) that to us

Close to The Edge IMHO.

Full-blown Prog, but with less of the overblown nonsense that characterised the next few albums, and before they turned mainstream & bland.

DRAMA

This was my first exposure to the band; I had an older sister who was really into the band and I swiped this album to listen to. Immediately "White Car" struck me as amazing in it's simplicity, while "Into the Lens" instigated my love of prog.

This is STILL a great album.

Mac

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I'd put Yessongs ahead of any of the studio albums though!

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