Which Rabin-led Yes album is your favorite?

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by stodgers, Apr 26, 2018.

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  1. Zach Johnson

    Zach Johnson Forum Resident

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    It's one of my favourite songs, and I don't think it's just because it's long...Real Love is another good one.
     
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  2. LEONPROFF

    LEONPROFF Forum Resident

    90125 is my favorite Yes and I think a logical progression from Drama which I like a lot but not as much as Album, Fragile and Close to the edge. Big Generator I liked a lot upon realize, but tired of quickly. Like 6 months quickly. So quickly I never gave Talk a listen to. I will rectify that now.
     
  3. Rfreeman

    Rfreeman Senior Member

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    Real Love is my 2nd fav. I just don't think Endless Dream sounds at all like Yes apart from the voice.
     
  4. magister345

    magister345 Forum Resident

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    90125 simply has the best songs of the bunch and a killer production.
    It's a co...It's a co...It's a co...It's a constant fight...

    And Hearts to me is a better "epic" than Endless dream (even if it is just half as long).
     
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  5. Dr. Mudd

    Dr. Mudd Audient

    Big Generator
     
  6. Agree. Endless Dream is a hodge-podge. The instrumental opening is awesome...but then it kind of fizzles.
     
  7. lee59

    lee59 Member Envy

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    'Hearts' is one of my favorite Yes songs ever!

    Agree...song for song, 90125 has the edge.

    Talk is still pretty great, but it sounds like a Trevor Rabin/Jon Anderson album. "Real Love" is the highlight for me.

    BG could have been a lot more interesting if it had more in the vein of 'Final Eyes' and 'Im Running' and less of 'Love Will Find A Way' and 'Almost Like Love'.
     
  8. stodgers

    stodgers Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Um... The majority of 90125 was from Rabin demos. He took over and finished production on Big Generator. He wrote all of Talk, with pretty much only Anderson involved, and produced and recorded it himself with other members' contributions added in.

    He was definitely in control of the band, as constituted, during this timeframe.
     
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  9. PJayBe

    PJayBe Forum Resident

    90125 or Talk depending on which one I listened to most recently. So as I played it on Monday it's 90125!!!
     
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  10. lee59

    lee59 Member Envy

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    Yes owe him a lot for keeping the brand alive in the 80's.
     
  11. :agree:
     
  12. GodShifter

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    Yeah, I can't imagine anything but 90125 is going to get many votes. 90125 was a huge album for the band and caused a resurgence for Yes in terms of popularity. I really like Big Generator a lot, but it's not of the same ilk as its predecessor.
     
  13. stodgers

    stodgers Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    I opened the thread and didn't comment or vote, because for me it is too close to call on all three. I would rank them 1a, 1b, 1c. :)

    1a. Talk
    1b. 90125
    1c. Big Generator

    For me, each of these albums has what I could consider to be one of the best Yes songs from this era: Changes, Shoot High Aim Low, The Calling. They are all somewhat inconsistent as overall albums, and I often forget what other songs are on one album vs. the others. But only BG has one truly bad song: Almost Like Love, which IMO does not belong on a Yes album. I put Talk first because I think when I pop this album in, I have no desire to turn it off. The other albums tend to meander a bit and are less adventurous.

    So that's my take. Today. :)
     
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  14. zen

    zen Senior Member

    Love 'em all. Voted Talk, because lately, I'm diggin' it. :thumbsup:
     
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  15. GodShifter

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    "Shoot Him Aim Low" seems like a rather nasty order :D ;)
     
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  16. jpmosu

    jpmosu a.k.a. Mr. Jones

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    I really enjoy Big Generator (and Talk), but 90125 made me a Yes fan.
     
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  17. progmog

    progmog Senior Member

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    'Talk' . One of Yes's best albums - right up there with the classics ('Fragile', Close To The Edge'....etc.)
     
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  18. stodgers

    stodgers Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Quick, but not quick enough - I edited that!! Was thinking 'aim' before I even finished the word 'high'! :)
     
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  19. I agree with all of this, except it doesn’t mean he was “in control of the band.” He was given free reign for a time, sure.
     
  20. Squealy

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    It doesn't sound like they're on this song to me. The only track that sounds to me like all five guys are playing on it is "The Calling."
     
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  21. jonboy71

    jonboy71 Forum Resident

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    Love Will Find A Way and Shoot High, Aim Low are excellent songs from Big Generator. I know Rhythm of Love fits in there as well, but that one's not a particular favorite of mine.
     
  22. Rfreeman

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    I agree, they are more audible there. That one slipped my mind. That is the one you can really hear Kaye, not State of Play.
     
  23. stodgers

    stodgers Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Okay, if you want to split hairs.
     
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  24. gja586

    gja586 Forum Resident

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    BG for me! Rhythm of Love is my Yes guilty pleasure. :hide:
     
  25. PJayBe

    PJayBe Forum Resident

    It's worth it. Took me ages to buy it and almost as long to stop playing it when I did.

    90125 almsot sums the 1980s in production terms. Amazing that a band with Yes's past could sound so vibrant and modern. I think the production is the thing that really dates the album.
     
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