 | Close to the Edge by Yes
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.70 BEST STUDIO RECORDINGS. #1. 1972. YES' Grand Opus. Coming out of the chute in 1972 after THE YES ALBUM and FRAGILE. I first heard it about a year or two later. Listening to CLOSE TO THE EDGE in 1974 was like hearing the very first Heavy Metal angels. A Sonic Masterwork. The greatest Progressive record ever made.
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 | Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $8.99 #2. 1974. To the critics at the time, this was self-indulgent. To a YESFAN it's pure GOLD! If you don't like this beautiful Epic recording, you don't get YES. To see this happen LIVE would help.
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 | Relayer by Yes
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.83 #3. 1974. The Progressive Epic battle Hymn, THE GATES OF DELIRIUM. Another Grand Opus including Jon's beautiful Elegy, SOON. The battle in GATES contains more sonic metal that was way ahead of it's time.
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 | The Yes Album by Yes
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.69 #4. 1971. This is tricky. These next two are so close. Just barely edges FRAGILE out of 4th place. Contains the MAJESTIC metal concert closer, STARSHIP TROOPER. And the 4th best Yessong of all time, ALL GOOD PEOPLE. Such a beautiful song.
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 | Fragile by Yes
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.13 #5. 1971. Next to CLOSE TO THE EDGE and AND YOU AND I, this contains the 3rd best YESSONG of all time, HEART OF THE SUNRISE. Another Sonic Masterwork.
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 | Going for the One by Yes
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.95 #6. 1977. Aside from the rocking title track, this has some of the most beautiful YES music ever created. My eyes well up everytime I hear TURN OF THE CENTURY, WONDEROUS STORIES, or AWAKEN. This one is a real tearjerker to old Yesfans. The 6TH best Yesssong of all time, AWAKEN, contains some of Jon's most beautiful poetry and some of the band's most inspired playing.
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 | Tormato by Yes
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.86 #7. 1978. The album and tour that shattered the band. UNDERRATED! ONWARD and DON"T KILL THE WHALE are CLASSICS! My cousin used Jon's wonderful ONWARD in his wedding. What a great choice!
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 | Talk by Yes
Buy used from: $7.46 #8. 1994. I never thought I would rank a Trevor Rabin YES so high. But, TALK is so MAJESTIC it sends shivers up my spine. And the Epic ENDLESS DREAM is very personal to me. UNDERRATED CLASSIC!
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 | Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe by Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $2.94 #9. 1989. REISSUE. ABWH is YES. More Epic YESSONGS. This one doesn't have Squire, but I listen to this more than almost any other YES album. Why? Because it's incredible! And Bruford is on this!
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 | 90125 by Yes
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.99 #10. 1983. MTV Trevor Rabin YES. I really LOVE this album. It's not on here just to fill up space. I rate Jon's Epic song HEARTS as my 5th favorite YESSONG of all time. Buy it or download it. But get it!
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 | Union by Yes
Buy used from: $0.49 #11. 1991. When YES reformed once again, everyone had their own songs. Together, they made UNION. A lot of Yesfans hate this record. It's HIGHLY UNDERRATED! So many GREAT songs! The first time you hear this it must be played at EXTREMELY HIGH VOLUME to appreciate the production values on this album. So, I heard Wakeman doesn't like UNION or TALES. Is it possible that Wakeman's not a real YESFAN?
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 | Magnification by Yes
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.50 #12. 2001. YES and a studio orchestra in place of keyboards. The best album they've done in years. Just Beautiful! A Modern CLASSIC!
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 | Yesterdays by Yes
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $5.54 #13. 1975. The BEST of the FIRST YES album and TIME AND A WORD includes the previously unreleased AMERICA by Simon and Garfunkel. Buy this for AMERICA, SWEET DREAMS, and TIME AND A WORD.
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 | Open Your Eyes by Yes
Buy used from: $5.99 #14. 1997. Another UNDERRATED YES album! Great Production values with pure SOUND and POWER. Real YESFANS should ignore the bad reviews. SOMEHOW, SOMEDAY and MAN IN THE MOON are incredible! Hell, the whole album is incredible! Contains a hidden ambient forest track at the end.
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 | The Ladder by Yes
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.98 #15. 1999. Most fans would put this above OPEN YOUR EYES, TALK, or UNION. This is the one I play the least. But, it's still great! IMHO Jon's beautiful song, NINE VOICES is the best track here.
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 | Yessongs by Yes
Buy new: $24.98 / Used from: $10.97 BEST LIVE RECORDINGS. #1. 1973. HEART OF THE SUNRISE LIVE! At 13 years old, this was the first YES album I ever heard and I was floored. I remember seeing the film at the Nuart midnight show in Santa Monica. A CLASSIC!
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 | An Evening of Yes Music Plus by Yes
Buy used from: $5.25 #2. 1994. Stunning LIVE album from the ABWH days. The best Modern LIVE YES recording available. TURN IT UP! YESSONGS are meant to be heard at FULL VOLUME!
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 | Yesshows by Yes
Buy used from: $7.35 #3. 1980. A Rough performance at times, but this contains 2 YESSONGS that are rarely played LIVE, THE GATES OF DELIRIUM and RITUAL. A mix of Rick Wakeman and Patrick Moraz on keys. A CLASSIC to YESFANS!
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 | Keys to Ascension by Yes
Buy used from: $8.99 #4. 1996. Two NEW STUDIO tracks mixed with LIVE ones. Almost a definitive LIVE collection when you have both Vol's. Contains THE REVEALING SCIENCE OF GOD. The track list is wrong on the Amazon link.
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 | Keys to Ascension, Vol. 2 by Yes
Buy used from: $10.90 #5. 1997. More LIVE YES on Disc 1 with NEW STUDIO YES including the Epic MIND DRIVE on Disc 2. Each Vol. of KEYS is a 2 disc set.
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 | Yes - Yessongs
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $6.79 BEST LIVE DVDS #1. 1972. The CLASSIC Concert Film. Doesn't sound as good as the YESSONGS CDs. Only for older fans, fanatics, or those of you who want to see what the band looked like when they were babies.
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 | Yes - Symphonic Live
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $7.78 #2. 2002. If you heard this wasn't good like I did, don't believe it. YES in front of an orchestra. OUTSTANDING! Contains RITUAL and THE GATES OF DELIRIUM. Two songs they almost never do LIVE. A MUST OWN!
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 | Yes - Songs from Tsongas - 35th Anniversary Concert
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $6.66 #3. 2005. RITUAL LIVE! Some great unplugged moments. The first time I saw this, I shed a little tear. Real YESFANS know what I'm talking about. A religious experience! If you're an old YESFAN, like me, GET THIS!
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 | Yes - Keys to Ascension
Buy used from: $4.85 #4. 1996. Great performance with distracting graphics and some annoying dissolves and edits. Contains THE REVEALING SCIENCE OF GOD from TALES. Another rare LIVE YESSONG.
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 | House of Yes - Live from the House of Blues
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $8.46 #5. 1999. A Great performance. ALL YESSONGS should be played LOUD!
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 | An Evening of Yes Music Plus
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $11.99 #6. 1989. Sound is in 2.1 Dolby Pro Logic. Bruford is back. Wakeman and Anderson are in fine form. Nice to have the performances from this album. If it sounded as good as the same LIVE CDs, it would rank higher.
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 | The Directors Cut
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $11.34 2008. DIRECTORS CUT of LIVE AT MONTREUX. I haven't seen this, so I haven't ranked it. Another Concert from The 2003 35th Anniversary Tour. YESFANS seem to like this better than SONGS FROM TSONGAS, hence its inclusion. This must be awfully good to topple those Discs. Can't wait to see and hear this for AWAKEN, MAGNIFICATION, and DON'T KILL THE WHALE!
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 | Yes: Classic Artists
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $12.22 2008. A massive documentary on The History of YES.
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