Close to the Edge is of course the best, but I do think Tales From Topographic Oceans is unfairly unmaligned. A lot of people don't like it because the songs don't have any real individuality, and I thought that too for a while, but then I realized that its meant to be all one piece, just divided into tracks for the different sides of the vinyls. It contains some of the best, even most melodic material of Yes's career, and it's really no more pompous than Close to the Edge. It isn't as good because it's excessive and a bit dull at times, but those who claim it to be abysmal are overstating things severely.
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