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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
And Yes expressed a huge divergence from progressive rock. I think you explained it best: that their early and later albums sucked.
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When then lets say **** you to Black Sabbath for all the **** they did with Dio then.
And I never said anything about their early albums, Yes was an average but decent enough debut, and Time and a Word is actually pretty damn good.
And not all their later albums are bad either. Their last two albums were good, they mark a return to their prog roots and the traditional lineup. Hell Magnification was pretty much the best thing they've done since Going for the One. They only have 5 truly mediocre/bad albums IMO, hardly any more than Pink Floyd, and hell, Genesis, Jethro Tull, ELP and Moody Blues have all put out more sh*t than Yes ever did, the amount of crap Yes have put out is actually relatively small for a 70s prog band.
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Why? Because they elected to start manufacturing trepid pop music and marketed it to sell to the masses.
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They were only pop briefly, it started with Drama, which was a very good album, then even furthur with 90125, which was still good. They only have a few albums I'd call horrible, Big Generator, Union and Open Your Eyes, that was their bad pop/arena rock phase. Tormato and Talk are pretty mediocre but had a few redeeming qualities.
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Their clumsy relationships with each other resulted in poorly produced albums for the last two decades.
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They still have more good albums than bad ones.