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Originally Posted by jackhammer
Like:
Close To The Edge
Tormato (yes I know)
The Yes Album
Fragile
90125
Talk (half of it was good).
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Talk? Well it's good to know that you're not too discriminating then.
Here some other albums worth checking out.
Time and a Word: This was before Howe joined the band, when Peter Banks was their guitarist. They used orchestration for most of the album, similar to what The Moody Blues did with Days of Future Passed. The songs here are short (by Yes standards) and are more along the lines of Beatles-esque pop songs than the prog that they would establish with The Yes Album, but it's pretty good.
Relayer: I can't promise that you would like this one, I will say that it's very different from anything else they've done. Probably their most challenging work after Tales. Really frantic off the wall stuff, a lot more moog than the usual Yes stuff and Howe plays pedal steel for most of the album, the production is a little unpolished compared to their other stuff.
Going for the One: This forshadows the more polished production sound they would adopt with Tormato but it's way better. Some of the best keyboard work Wakeman has ever done with them.
Drama: This is the one they did without Jon Anderson, though Trevor Horn does a pretty damn good impersonation of him. Like 90125, but proggier.
Magnification: Their most recent album, they didn't use a keyboardist for this album and instead used a symphony orchestra. The songs here aren't really prog songs, everyones really laid back and theres no real noodling to be heard, just really good pop songs with a classical flavor.