Reviews (page 8 of 9)
Close to the Edge “Sad preacher nailed upon the coloured door of time Insane teacher be there reminded of the rhyme There'll be no mutant enemy we shall certify Political ends as sad remains will die Reach out as forward tastes begin to enter you Oooh, ooh’ I mean what can you say about this album? It’s Yes, it’s 18 minute songs consisting of multiple parts, there's lots of technical skill, there's blues and folk influences, the lyrics are shit, the singer enunciates all the syllables at equal length and it’s all a bit lumpen. So it’s exactly what it is - if you are into them and Prog then I imagine this is great. If you aren’t that into them then this all feels a bit pointless. The Close to the Edge Suite - not a great deal to pick out, the guitar intro is immediately aggravating and I don’t think the reggae inspired beat works particularly well. Although I do quite like the bass sound, there is the odd good guitar run here and there and some of the backing vocals are decent. There is probably a great folk inspired song in And You and I, but it gets lost in the rather unnecessary musical changes. This is also probably the worst track for lyrics and vocal style. His voice isn’t particularly interesting and the vocal/melodic style isn’t great either. Similarly there is a decent blues/funk rocker in Siberian Khatru, but, again, the musical changes don’t add to it, they rather dilute the nucleus of something good in that riff and bassline. I think Prog is the genre I’ve struggled most with so far with the list, especially as I feel like I’m now starting to appreciate Jazz (even if I’m not yet fully embracing it). I hadn’t listened to a great deal of Prog before, despite some attempts, so I was looking forward to giving things like this a proper go, but I’m finding it hard going. Not because, I think, I’m struggling with the musical density and difficulty of it, more that I’m struggling with it philosophically. Everything, both musically and lyrically seems to be done for the sake of being complicated or fantastical, with very little sense of either depth or fun, emotional weight or joy, or that it comes from a genuinely different perspective or from actual musical bonkersness or eccentricity - purposefully writing stupid lyrics and overcomplicating songs seems to be the only principle, rather than actually making genuinely interesting music. I gave the previous Yes album 3, as I think it had better songs and ideas and I probably had more of a sense of innocent open mindedness back at album no 82, but this is certainly a 2. It can’t be a 1, as I think, despite the above, there are some decent moments and I can appreciate that if you are a fan then this is good, but it really doesn’t work particularly well musically or emotionally for me. 🥱🥱 Playlist submission: Siberian Khatru
I didn’t listen to the deluxe edition, just the regular. That was enough. Probably a 1.5.
Just way too long and boring for me
2 heavy on the progg, 2 easy on the grogg
Progressive Rock suggests it’s Rock that is better than the Rock that came before, and that is clearly not the case with this album. Progress is an admirable goal, but they fell short here. This is the musical equivalent of Musk trying to build something better than an underground train and ending up with an inefficient taxi service that can only drive one route very slowly. It’s stupid enough trying to reinvent the wheel, but you should at least arrive at something that functions as, you know, a wheel!
No!
let me start out by saying that these guys are very talented. i do like rush and what i have heard from king crimson, so it’s not that i don’t like progressive music, but it’s that yes is just so… boring. the album clocks in at just under 38 minutes. and there are only THREE songs, so i knew going in this would be a challenge. the issue that many progressive bands have is that they tend to lean towards songs being long, grandiose epics full of masturbatory excess. any time a band separates a song into separate “suites”, that’s usually a bad sign. this is one of those albums. but like i said, they’re very talented.
Not my jam.
Starting to think some of these Brit prog acts didn’t have much to say.
Prog is just not my thing. It sounded exactly how I expected it to be; with harpsichords, big riffs and odd lyrics about stuff no one cares about. Then there was the third song with it's funky way-outness. I did like that one so it gets a 2.
Prog Rock ist nicht so mein Ding
This record wasn't as bad as the last Yes record but I wouldn't say it was good. I like the idea here but there has to be SOMETHING to hold onto. Some melody or something.
It's not a Yes from me. Wasn't sure how to rate this one because parts of it were good. But overall, I was begging for the album to end. Songs were way too long. The bird noises at the start threw me off, and theres multiple riffs and genres mashed together on one song. Also wasn't a huge fan of the singers voice. Sorry! 2 ⭐️
Ironically, no.
I wanted to like it more but unfortunately didn’t do much for me
Busy, too much going on. I prefer Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
The nature sounds to start the album off are nice. Very interesting instrumentation, especially the guitar. Really excited for another progressive album. This first song has been a wild ride. Am loving the gothic organ type music 12 mins in! Another vibe change within the same song! Keeps you guessing for sure. And You and I is a really good song. I like the folky bit 6 mins in. The nonsense lyrics sprinkled in are kind of funny to me. So far it has been an ok album, but nothing has gripped me. Some of the instrumentation seems a bit pointless, which I think is a common gripe of progressive music. I am enjoying the song America. This album was fine, but nothing special. That was surprising to me since I enjoy prog so much.
A nothing album
Heard some of it, just to long of songs that didn't really land.
2.5/5
Pompous, fantasy van music. The funny part is, I don't think nights flying dragon or aliens, floating through space would want to listen to the garbage. When it comes to Yes, I say no thanks.
No
prog slog
Not a prog enjoyer
I like two songs by YES. Neither is on this album. But if you've ever heard Roundabout and thought, I wish this song was longer, 10 minutes longer, and more pointless - this may be the album for you. Not for me though.
Boring and weird.
Never thought I’d find an album too “progressive”, but hey, if you are a fan of the genre, you’re going to love this album.
If my kids ever ask what 70s prog-rock sounded like outside of radio-edited singles, I feel confident that I can point to this or Jethro Tull’s “Thick as a Brick” as representative examples. I’m equally confident that they will never ask that question. Prog-rock singles are just fine.
Three songs too many Rambling jammy hoopla No hooks, just endless
I'd heard of Yes, but hadn't listened to them. I'm not sure how that had happened but i'm glad it did. time saved
This is overly long and too similar to Roundabout for me
I prefer other Yes albums. Never listened to this one before. Probably won't listen again...
I enjoy an occasional Yes tune but this was a bit overwhelming. Didn’t love it.
I guess I just don’t understand what this adds to the list that the previous two Yes albums that cropped up don’t. 2.5
Day76 - crazy that an album was released with just 3 songs
Meh. I like some other Yes but this didn’t do it for me.
Interesting album. Not terrible but not really my jam. 2.5 stars
no
Amazing musicianship, but I don't come away humming Yes melodies.
Yes? That’s a no from me dawg.
Forgot pretty much everything this album presented to me the second it finished
Как старый неинтересный фильм посмотрел, не понравилось.
5/10
I really can't get into prog. Just so insipid.
I usually like prog...
Weird album. 2
I’m not averse to a bit of prog when I’m in the mood, but to quote Joseph II this really has far too many notes for my taste. It opens with mad, free jazz style guitar noodling and never really calms down at any point. The 18 minute title track has some good parts, but it’s hard work to listen to. Apparently side 2 is supposed to be more folk and rock oriented, but it’s really more of the same, although the songs are a bit shorter. OK, I guess.
No.
Yes? No.
Sehr konzeptionell angelegt. Ein paar nette Passagen dabei, aber dann doch teilweise etwas zu abgehoben für mich.
No. Mere end 18 minutter er over kanten...
I was not expecting a sea of 5 star reviews here. The amount of interesting music summarily dismissed because it isn't straightforward rock music in this list is extremely high. So I naturally imagined this would get a rough ride. I don't know Yes. I haven't ever really heard their stuff, but I know they are largely the reason the music press turned on prog and convinced a young and impressionable me that it was unlistenable noodle wank, and so I didn't listen to any prog for many years. It later seeped in as I delved deeper into the output of crate diggers with niche radio shows and podcasts (and also, World Snooker Champion turned DJ Thundermuscle, Steve Davis, opened my ears to the wondrous Weidorje), and there is so much to love about it. I'm still not sure about Yes though. Some of this stuff sounds like Flaming Lips in places among other things. Particularly the midpoint in the opener. This isn't a bad thing, but my favourite stuff in prog is when a tune builds and builds on a rhythm and goes in different directions, expanding and contracting all the while. This does that, but chaotically, a little like free jazz, which I find a little harder to connect with. The apotheosis of prog? No. Get out. It is definitely 'interesting' however. Thanks, Steve.
Ugh
not a fan of prog. my adhd simply cannot handle an 18 minute song. the shorter songs were more bearable but i just wanted it to be over
Sorry but I really dislike prog rock
Again, not sure why this is considered a top album.
It's not that it's bad or anything, it's just that this is not well-suited to my tastes. It's self-indulgent. It's too dang long. It's got more head than heart involved in the creation of it. It's very clever. And I'm a fan of cleverness in lots of human endeavors, but not really in music all that much. I think it could use an editor. I'd prefer it if it were in two-and-a-half to five minute long chunks instead of in overblown 18 minute long slogs. These guys are incredible musician's. They are capable of greatness. This album is just a little too far up its own butthole for me to really enjoy it.
Well, I guess brilliant if you like progressive rock, but I don't. Okay, the musicians including singer are of course exquisite, legendary line-up, that makes it 2 stars and not 1.
A bit to proggy for me. I thought every song sounded like Roundabout and none were
- Als ich die Laufzeit des ersten Songs gesehen habe, hatte ich direkt wieder Bedenken. Allerdings gefiel es mir bis zum dritten Part tatsächlich gut. Nach einem ruhigeren Übergang, gegen den wenig einzuwenden ist, ging es dann mit dem vierten Part nervig und eintönig zu Ende - schade. Im Song Titel haben sie schon die Unterteilung in vier Parts, dementsprechend hätte man auch vier Tracks daraus machen können (wobei ich natürlich verstehen kann, dass sie hier wahrscheinlich ein Konzept dahinter gibt und diese vier Akte ohne Unterbrechung rüberbringen möchten). - And You and I hat zwischendurch ganz coole Instrumentals, hätte aber auch wieder gerne ab der Hälfte zu Ende sein können - Auch die zweite Hälfte des Albums holt mich nicht mehr wirklich ab Rating: 2 / 5
No to Yes. Songs are series of novels. Some fun lyrics and instruments but nah.
2/5 - Hard for me to judge this properly as I don't like the genre. Not my cuppa.
Puf, sin pies ni cabeza. Puf, encima tienen una versión de América de Simon and Gartfunkel ... que no mejora nada la original.
Group should be called No this was not for me
I like Yes but I have to be in the right mood for this one. The title track might be good for meditation or falling asleep'
Music for pretentious hobbits
I really tried but it’s too meandering and I couldn’t hold my attention for even the length of the shortest track. Great musicianship - mediocre record.
Too much organ synth.
zu stressig
I’m generally feeling kind of meh about this. It’s 70s prog rock, lots of guitar shredding and synth sounds together. It’s just not really hitting much for me beyond a few moments here and there. Not super critical, but the album is stylized in a weird way that wasn’t super clear from the Spotify version. I was listening to the first song (15 minutes long) and I thought “this sounds like multiple totally different songs”. Turns out on the original version each side was one song with sub-songs (plus one more main song on the B side). Spotify doesn’t make this clear though, so it makes the 15 minute song feel a bit odd altogether. The Spotify version also has a few other tracks that weren’t on the original, including an “America” cover (significantly worse than the original). Favorite song: And You and I Other: Total Mass Retain
Puf, sin pies ni cabeza. Puf, encima tienen una versión de América de Simon and Gartfunkel ... que no mejora nada la original.
Favourite songs: Total Mass Retain, Siberian Khatru Least favourite songs: Close to the Edge 2/5
Classic Yes
Apparently my old music teacher at school used to get beaten up for his love of Yes albums in the 70s. While I abhor bullying, I can't help but feel his tormentors may have been trying to help him. With 7 songs in one hour, this is truly the Geoffrey Boycott innings of records. Unlike The Yes Album, there is at least an element of groove in this, and some synths to vary the textures of the album. However, they are still taking 10 minutes to say what others say in 2. Good prog makes 10 minute songs that need that space. Bad prog feels like they started with 10 minutes to fill and kept going till they did. This falls on that side.
every song was so long and not intreseting enough so i barely listened, didnt seem bad tho
Not good.
There is much musical virtuosity here but the songs are rambling and similar-sounding due to the common arrangements.
Puf, sin pies ni cabeza. Puf, encima tienen una versión de América de Simon and Gartfunkel ... que no mejora nada la original.
It's interesting, intriguing, but I'm sorry Prog Rock, I just don't want to join you on that very, very long journey
Yes is not one of my favourite band directly. It feels sligthly navel gazing. I really wasn't a fan of the opening track but the next few ones where better. But i got really tired of it and struggled to listen to it all the way. This type of progressive long songs takes a few listens to get into but I don't feel like I wan't to listen to it again to get to know it better. I guess that means it will have to be a 2 for now.
It was ight, rlly boring
I feel like I've already had this album five or six times already. That's what happens when your opening track is over 18 fucking minutes long. That takes up all of side one for those of you scoring at home, or even if you're alone. The reissue of this thing has a funky cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "America". That's a feature and surely not a benefit. Having to listen to so many Yes albums is just toying with my Spotify algorithm at this point. Leave me alone.
This is the kind of music that bores me. No-one needs an 18 minute song. No-one has ever needed an 18 minute song. Though it's not even one consistent song, it's several mashed together. There's interesting bits, but overall it's so far up it's backside. I mean it's technically good, but it's not for me
It's alright if you want to donate your most valuable resource, time. Otherwise, a bit indulgent.
bit long and shit innit.
Meh again
Far too experimental for me.
Prog rock, very long but not filling the time so to speak. It just seemed like many songs with no cuts. 2/5
Absolute dirge
Much of the music of Yes is phrenetic and this one was too. Hard to groove to it because it bounces all over the place. Yes just isn't my style.
You say "YES" and I say, "meh" This is a transitional album. It's like a bridge from one era to the next. Once you cross that bridge there's no reason to keep it because you're on the other side and nobody cares to look back except some weird mix of people that frequent 1001 albums ... and the bridge falls into disrepair, or an earthquake comes and demolishes it, or maybe not demolishes it, but badly damages it so you can't use it even if you wanted to. And then, maybe there's a flood and it gets washed away and all that remain are some steps to the bridge but nobody cares about the dumb bridge unless those weird 1001 people come over to it and take pictures and occasionally ask each other "Hey, where do you suppose those steps used to lead to..." And someone says... uh, I dunno I guess they lead ... "Close to the Edge"
Two underwhelming prog albums in a row with "Close to the Edge" following "Peter Gabriel." Yes has much better work than "Close to the Edge." I'm sure the title track is a brilliant literary work of poetry, but it's 18 minute "Siddhartha" and "Lord of the Rings" inspired meanderings are lost on me. It might have been lost on the band, too? Apparently the writing and recording process was a bit of a mess, and it eventually drove the drummer away from the band. Prog is a weird genre. There are a lot of elements of it I like, when done well. (Or done to my taste?) How do you make a long, meandering rock song rise and fall, sink and swell, shift and then return, without it feeling disjointed? I can't answer that, but I know it when I hear it. And this ain't it.
not for me
No.
Tedious.
It's all quite long winded and wanky. As well as the Simon & Garfunkel cover.
Could not wait for this to end. It’s a meandering mess, somewhere between 1 and 2 stars.
undeniable talent, but it's all a bit too much for me
I just ... never really got Yes. They're innovative but just... meh. They're like bad jazz for guitarists.
I dont mind it that much but there us no reason for a song to be 18 minutes long Jesus Christ.
whats with the 10 minute songs my guy
To sporadic
I can see why prog rock gets a bad name. I expected to like this far more than I actually did, but found much of it fairly tedious.
This album has 3 songs. They are long. I definitely understand why this is on the list, but it’s not something I’d listen to again. The first 3 minutes of this album felt like the musical version of a panic attack - that horrible energy was then resuscitated at around the 15 minute mark of this EIGHTEEN MINUTE track. Despite this, the first track was the best one on the album, with the following two paling in comparison to the point of boredom. As a summary: prog rock is apparently not for me.
One of the things I am noticing about this list is that it seems to pick the most commercially successful album of a group, which, in my opinion, is often not a band's best work. Eliminator by ZZ Top is a good example and so is this. No one listened to this, at least no one who would admit it. It was the first two albums with, Yours is no Disgrace, I've Seen All Good People, Roundabout, etc. The first 2 Yes albums are enough. Tres Hombres is enough for ZZ Top.
Noooooooooo! First song is 18 minutes long! Starts with birds and chimes? Prog is both good and way too self indulgent! I like ideas in the music but they need to be removed, shortened and made into more manageable songs! The sing chanting doesn't help! All the playing is too notch, just nerds that wouldn't stop until they were perfect players! Oh it's supposed to sound like a bunch of songs it's like part 1,2,3 or whatever! 18 minutes later...still not sold on prog but I didn't turn it off! Oh track 2 is only 10 minutes and I've heard this before! Still can't get into the voice!
Very trippy! I didn’t quite ever know what was going on, but there were some recurring themes that are interesting. I probably won’t listen again but that’s not on Yes. Favorite song: “America”
I like Yes, but did not enjoy this album
Not a Yes fan
Overdone noodling. 2/5
Here we go, another album by Yes on the list! Hurray! If only I could move back in 50 years I would be the happiest person on Earth. Well, I'm not a fan of this band or what they represent. This album reminded me a little bit of Rush (maybe because of vocalist?), but the overall effect is very underwhelming. I much more prefer King Crimson, or even Emerson, Lake and Palmer when we are talking about progressive rock from this period in time. In Case of "Close to the Edge" I don't feel anything special, no unique atmosphere is generated, three long songs that are quickly gone, like tears in the rain, to quote our favourite android. I wasn't hooked by any riff or guitar solo, I don't even remember drums or bass guitar, and I definitely didn't like the vocal. I suspect that whoever made this list certainly overvalues 70s prog rock. But to be fair, 1000 albums is a lot, so they have to fill the list somehow.
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: not really, it wasn’t awful I just can’t grasp music that isn’t classical having songs that are above 10 minutes Long Favourite song: didn’t have one
Not a fan of this particular Yes album. Just 3 long suite type songs that don't really appeal to me. 2 stars
Despite their name its a no from me. The songs are faaar to long and doesnt hold enough quality to justify being that way
Better if it had no vocals
Well, there's a whole lot going on here, and it goes on for a whole long time. Can't fault the musicianship, but golly gee it rambles, and not in a way that holds my interest.
It’s a No for me
Not terrible considering what it is, but still mostly pretentious, self indulgent wanking.
Not really my cup of tea, but decent enough background music
At the beginning I thought to myself "what's this?" later on it got better but as far as songs by yes go I really prefer songs like owner of a lonely heart and roundabout over any of these
Kind of just blurred together really
Didn't feel like a lot going on but was fine
its very similar to Boston and rush 3 songs but each last 13 minutes 2.5
Mystical hippy dippy music from a band that when they were hot, they were HOT.
No.
No
no
This is utter wankery. I can appreciate the technical musical skills, but it’s a fucking mess and so far up it’s own area that it can see the sky. So many different elements and yet none with memorable hook or moment.
Prog widdling and noodling dreadful but some of the more conventional song sections almost Steely Dan-esque so an extra star for the yacht rock elements
They’ve gone for epic, and A for effort, but to my ear it’s a gratuitous mess. Lead singer sounds like Sting, which in itself is extremely off putting. Hate the omnipresent slappy bass. Having listened to the whole thing, there’s not a single hook I could recite back. Not for me.
Christ
Still figuring out how I feel about prog. This one had a few enjoyable moments, but they're lost in all the clever noodlings and whacky time signatures (which never feel out of place with eg Tool, FWIW). And I couldn't stand the empty sounding, high-pitched vocals. Not doubting the musicianship, but I preferred Rick Wakeman's work in the dictionary corner on Countdown.
Knowing this isn't my usual genre of music, I really tried to go into this listen with an open mind after seeing the reviews. 'And You and I' saved it from a one-star. Not for me.
The rock ballads of the decade don’t appeal to me some of the songs are good but the overall album was just too much instrumental
To be honest I found this heavy going at times
It didn’t really speak to me, but I didn’t get a chance to listen to the whole album
Every now and then there's a good bit, but just as you start enjoying that it changes, so it's a No rather than a Yes for me.
Yes? More like no
Yes
I really like Yes and prog rock, but this was just an average to below average, kinda bland offering. Just nothing but endless songs with little redeeming value. 2/5
interesting take on America, otherwise not much else there
Meh
Bit too boring for me
2/5 nothing much
more of that 70's rock I dont like
I was not a fan of this. Three overly long songs doth not an album make. I didn’t find the songs interesting or engaging. I didn’t hate it, but I was glad when it was over.
I'm just not a fan of prog rock. Feel like I should like it, but I find it boring.
This had none of the famous yes songs on it and was more prog rock than anything. Wasn't super memorable
I didn't listen to the version of Close To The Edge with the bonus tracks, just the original release, and it's more miss than hit. The title track doesn't do it for me, And You and I has its moments, as does Siberian Khatru. Don't think I enjoyed it enough for a 3 so it's a 2/5.
The 18 minute opener for me is just too long, too fusion in style and just plain TOO MUCH! Ends up clouding my opinion of what comes after which has some fine moments. 2.5 stars
It is a short album but is not memorable in any way. One song is over 18 minutes which is half the album. I did not skip any songs but I wasn't entertained. I will not be listening to it again.
I like the “I get up I get down” bit but the songs drag on a bit too much for me. Not too bad though 4/10
Let down by its frequent forays into gibberish
ugh. Prog. Why do lists like this rate prog so highly? prog often forgets to just rock, you know? Too much talk, not enough trousers. Some terrific moments, but just too clever clogs for me. (Interestingly, the deluxe version I listened to had the studio run-through guide track for Siberian at the end. I MUCH preferred the more straightforward playing approach)
Ça faisait longtemps que je ne m'étais pas replongé dans cet album. Je l'aime moins qu'à l'adolescence. Yes est peut-être le groupe qui fait en sorte que les gens n'aiment pas (voir détestent) le progressif. La voix de Jon Anderson n'est vraiment pas évidente et les thématiques fantastiques à la Lord of the Ring (inspiration justement pour la pièce titre) n'aident définitivement pas. Les harmonies vocales aussi ne sont pas intéressantes. Je préfère de beaucoup King Crimson et Genesis (époque Peter Gabriel). Par contre le lineup de musiciens sur cet album est mon préféré avec Bill Bruford au drum, Chris Squire à la basse (avec son son emblématique de sa basse Rickenbacker), Steve Howe à la guitare et Rick Wakeman aux synthétiseurs. Si tu aimes le genre, Close to the Edge et Fragile sont les 2 albums à avoir de Yes.
Not a fan
The thing about Prog rock is that while the musicianship is quite amazing, it too often requires one to put up with over indulgence. This is pretty self indulgent.
No.
Its fine but don't know if I would really listen again.
It's ok... a bit boring, bloated and self-indulgent.
I was ready for this to be over with 10 minute left in the first song. I did not dig it
Multiple 10+ min songs (one that's 18!) typically means overstaying its welcome, and "yes" it happened here too. Was fine at first but I was ready for it to be done.
bit close to rush. annoying. some great musicianship and vibes, but its the vocals that turn me off.
Long songs, not bad background music but couldn't finish
I don't understand prog rock
If "Yes" is the answer, what is the question? Is this the last time you ever want to hear an album by the prog rock band Yes?
Never been a fan of progressive rock... Never been a fan of songs longer than 5 minutes either... This album isn't for me. There are some good moments but for the most part, meh... The only song I knew by them beforehand is Owner of A Lonely Heart which is a delight. I was excited for this album but you know. 2.3/5
More of this? What even is the difference between this and Fragile? I'm just glad I could put it on in the background and get through it. Sounds like an uninterrupted continuation of all their albums. *shrug*
Only 3 songs, how tedious could it be to sit through 35 minutes of classic 70's meandering prog rock? Hitting fast forward quite a long while then realizing, "Mercy, I'm still in the middle of the first song." I get it, Yes exemplified breaking out of rigid rock conventions and setting free with dream-logic compositions. Still, this free expression is lost on me, is more aloof than adroit at lyrically/rhythmically/melodically connecting with anyone. Like I divulged in an earlier Yes review, "90125" is more my style, which probably shouldn't count as being the same band. That was the first record I ever heard from them. Imagine a fan of this "Close to the Edge" style of Yes hearing "90125" and thinking it was horribly self-antithetical.
Vähintäänkin outo levy jota on vaikea arvioida yhdellä soittokerralla, mutta toista kierrosta ei taas halua ottaa. Kakkosen ja kolmosen välistä.
Ei jääny mieleen ja ku näin jälkikäteen arvostelee, nii kakkonen?
Track 01 - 1.5/5 Track 02 - 2/5 Track 03 - 1.75/5 Track 04 - 2/5 Track 05 - 2/5 Track 06 - 1.75/5 Track 07 - 2/5 Overall: 2/5 Album Art: 1.75/5
Not musical way to experimental and all over the place
Puf, sin pies ni cabeza. Puf, encima tienen una versión de América de Simon and Gartfunkel ... que no mejora nada la original.
First listen. I like Yes, first I heard of this album though. After listening to it a few times, I'm not feeling it yet. 2/5 for now.
a full length album with only 3 songs was a red flag, and so it turned out. Too much trying to be clever, not enough balls out rock.
There's an awful lot of prog rock on this list. It would take a lot of effort and concentration to have a chance of enjoying it, and even then it might turn out to be rubbish, so I don't think I can really be bothered. This album seemed better than most in the genre and was enjoyable in places, particularly the last of the 3(!) tracks which had some nice harmonies, guitar and turned into a cool jam at the end (it also a Tudor thing going on about 1/3 of the way through). However, it still didn't grab me or inspire any interest to dig into the album, band or genre further. 2/5.
An interestingly formatted album. The songs are long but they’re just segmented into different parts. Overall the music itself wasn’t anything amazing. At times it was ok but with the few amount of songs it’s hard to decipher what was good and what wasn’t. Overall it felt like it tried to be something bigger. 4.4/10
combines a voice i'm not really a fan of, with insanely overcomplicated time signature changes
It's certainly a compositional and recording feat. I just didn't find it very interesting.
Good God, it never ends.
En blanding af sange i sange. En rodet affære med alt for lange numre og meget larm
I'm not really sure why this is here, it's pretty mediocre. Got bored about half way through, but nice instrumentals.
Not in the mood for this kind of prog rock, gets on my nerves very quickly. There might be other Yes albums that I prefer, though.
Yes: Nee dus, nooit veel aan gevonden, kan niet dus ook niet echt mee uit de voeten...
Vond Fragile nog wel goed te doen en met vlagen zelfs goed, maar dit was me toch iets te langdradig.
Na 30 seconden was het me al duidelijk dat ik echt een schijthekel heb aan dit soort gepingel en gepiel. Een fucking rock-opera is echt het slechtste idee ooit.
2.5
Nope, songs are too long.
Imagine being young in the 60s/70s and discovering prog rock as it emerges. I think I would be a prog nerd then. But I can imagine I would also get pretty exhausted sometimes, because these guys (it always seems to be guys in this time period, Renaissance being an exception) are always trying to scare me with their intricate solos, quick chord changes and thick vocal harmonies. After listening to, like, a couple of prog rock albums, my theory is that a lot of it tries to throw all its darts haphazardly at once and in doing so, fails to hit the nail on its head. So now when I listen to prog stuff, I try to judge it not on how supernaturally virtuosic they all are and how mind-bendingly out of this world the arrangements are, but on whether it does that thing music is supposed to do, and has done since its inception in prehistoric times: communicate something meaningful to me, as a listener. This album is honestly a mix of shallow feeling storms and beautiful calm, shimmering lakes. So it lands in the middle. Also, is it just me, or does it sometimes sound like Freddie Mercury?
Not really my kind of jam
Great instrumentals...however, just not my bag, baby. A song sounding like four different songs and lasting 8-18 minutes long are only good in a slim span of circumstances. I can understand whoever made this list being probably in their 40s or older and taking into account just great music making, but in terms of popularity in a good time of listening to music, the majority won't be my thing. Maybe one or two songs from each. Finding great full albums will be hard, only a seldom few are successful. 2of5 for me
Loved the last track but wasn't too sure on the rest
Alright background music
Bit too prog for this guy.
Ok after listening to an old Genesis album and now this, I really don't want to listen to any more classic prog rock for a while. I skipped around and eventually gave up after about 20 minutes of listening. All I can say is that it's an impressive set of music to compose, arrange, and play well, but it's also kind of boring and the lyrics didn't do much for me.
Far from Yes' best, but certainly reflective of its general output.
Some nice bits but still too much PROG
Habt ihr euch die ganz angehört? Schreckliche Angebermusik, oder? Vielleicht geb ich, aus reiner Anerkennung, dafür morgen früh nen Sonderpunkt. Vielleicht aber auch nicht. (Ok, did it)
Puf, sin pies ni cabeza. Puf, encima tienen una versión de América de Simon and Gartfunkel ... que no mejora nada la original.
This isn't for me. It isn't ear-wormy enough.
Meh
Didn't really enjoy this. It was like an excitable fever dream that you wake up from sweating and annoyed.
Oof that was an effing slog
Everyone gets their own solo, for better or worse. No denying the talent in this album, but a lot of the solos or jams were simple chords and not complex enough to draw me in. Somehow I wanted more and less of the songs. I hate to focus on the drummer but this album could of really gone that extra mile if they had focused on percussion as much as they did their leads. 2/5
Interesting, if nothing else. Starting off with an 18 minute song is bananas. Lots of hippie dippie funky sounds
Interesting experience, might not listen to it regularly but come back to it from time to time.
Spotify. I say no to Yes
1972. Key Songs: Siberian Khatru, America
A lot funkier than I thought it would be but also very spiritual. Lots of good moments, but the songs are so long that I can't imagine returning to them. I feel like this was a good introduction to prog rock.
Will never get this band
Ik haat Yes, en daar heeft dit album geen verandering in gebracht
More like No. Am I right?
Well, at least I have now finished the 3 Yes albums from the list. It's not any worse than the others but as there really shouldn't be so much Yes, this is 1 star.
just one of the worst bands to ever come along. their music and lyrics are just awful and why they were popular I will never understand. Si, I am a Yes hater. I did give this album a chance and listened to the whole thing and there is not one redeemable song on this entire album.
Otrasné...
fucking terrible
Made me close to the edge
Hated it.
I hated this. I hate prog rock. This was only 3 songs and the album was 37 minutes of pure torture.
i don’t like this album. sorry.
Dreadful
Appalling, self indulgent slop
My favorite part of this album was its relative brevity. Musically, it feels like something made for a film I don’t want to see about far-away kingdoms, ornate costumes, fantasy landscapes and too many dramatic resolutions without any real tension or plot. The church organ was a real choice.
Three songs. Close to 40 mins in length. Prog can fuck right the fuck off.
Yes? More like No. Maybe, at best.
Какая-то абстрактная дичь
Un disco que parece que se juntaron en un cuarto, fumaron cantidades industriales de marihuana escuchando música, entre su repertorio escucharon Led Zeppelin, y comenzaron a tocar. Estaban tan fumados que no sabian cuando comenzaba y terminaba la canción, por eso estas pistas duran 10 u 8 minutos. Es un disco para quien conozca mas a Yes y le guste, que sepa mas de Owner of a Lonely Heart y Roundabout
I think this album does deserve its place in this list, as one of the mainstays of the progressive rock scene. But having played it through twice, I really dislike it. The long title track is so fiddly-diddly with all these changes that I find it frankly irritating, presumably a consequence of the recording methods (as recounted in the Wikipedia page). The album's three tracks are strangely lacking in emotional content.
Complete BGM lol did not enjoy it
A cacophony of noise
No
Basically the horrid music you fast forward through during Stuart Maconnie’s Freak Zone. This is as contrived and fake as any game show boy band. The classic bigwigs at the record company decided what rock needed was a dose of classical music to educate the youth and keep them docile. The result is a mess of unconnected ideas and hideous virtuosity. Punk must have seemed like a godsend a few years later.
Expansive progressive rock built on intricate keyboards, shifting guitar passages, dynamic drumming, and soaring, high-register vocals unfolds in long, complex movements. Listening feels like navigating an elaborate maze where ideas constantly branch and circle back, demanding full attention, feeling only self-indulgent.
Great musicians who become very uninteresting and dull quicker than imaginable.
Indifference I guess is as bad as hate. This did nothing for me. I did not dislike it as hard as Genesis, so it's a 1,5/5, but it does make me think that progressive rock in general is just not for me.
nice
Is this a concept album about Bono?
I didn’t like this
That was hard-fucking-work. The opening to the first track was so long and boring, and sounded so fucking bad that I thought it was the band warming up. It made me look at the track listing and there were 28 tracks, but a lot of them were sub-tracks like 1a and 2d etc. That immediately makes me think "what a bunch of up-yourself" cunts. Digging a bit deeper and the 28 tracks relate to reissues and super deluxe version - deluxe? fuck right off with that. Anyway, as a stickler for originals, I decided to only listen to the tracks that formed the original release - and I couldn't even manage that to do that because it was utter dogshit.
This is the worst kind of prog.
1 so awful
Boring
This was not very good, and that cover of America was atrocious
No!
Eh, I just didn't get it; it felt more like an explosion of sound more than a rock album to me.
No. Far from the sweet spot. Siberian Khatru is tolerable, the other two are skippers. Luckily, it’s a short album. (1.3*s) It was the artwork that sold their albums.
Yes is a big no
got NO business churning out 8min songs who do you think you are
I was curious to listen to CTTE afresh and in full, since this kind of music had been an anathema to me in my teens, yet I know it’s revered by many people. Well, I did try, but it just doesn’t work for me. A sprawling mass (mess?) of sounds overlaid with pretentious lyrics that take you nowhere interesting. If I didn’t know better, I could be persuaded that this is a very elaborate Spinal Tap-style parody of prog rock.
Oh great more prog rock. You cant beat an album where you have to wait before the music actually starts. When it does it’s the sound of instruments falling gradually down a winding apartment block stairwell, punctuated by shrieks. 3 minutes and something vaguely resembling a tune comes in, goes nowhere and then completely different tune comes in, this time with horrendous vocals. Around 9 minutes in it sounds like even the band may have given in. Frankly i wouldn’t blame them. 13 mins in, we get a load of wanky keyboards which eventually get even more excited and speed ip like a kid increasing the tempo button on their casio keyboard. Track 2 agains starts as if joining the band getting ready to start playing
i fell asleep in the middle of the first sound
There is no reason why a twenty minute song should be on an album and then be followed up with a ten minute song. This album seemed to never end even though it only had 7 songs. When I finally made it to the good part in the music, I didn’t even care anymore. This is the kind of album that people say they love just so they can appear niche and interesting. I’m not buying it.
Two Yes albums in one week. This better be the last one. I'm so tired of this band.
No.
why is a song 18 minutes... these are excessive they were alright but the length is v offputting
Boring
I've always had a soft spot for Rick Wakeman. In 1974 Mr Eagan my Year 6 teacher (World War 2 vet with a three piece suit, all year round) had a student teacher who was straight out of Miss Honey central casting. Man how we loved her, and she would play Journey to the Centre of the Earth at the end of the day and we loved it. Do I play it now, in the depths of the horror that is the 21st century? Or do I leave it as a unsullied memory? Dunno. Meantime, as much as I love Rick, I just can't do this. The first track, 18 minutes of prog heaven (hell). Look if you are not into the genre, spare yourself, it's not good.
Nothing redeemable about this one
Unbearable!
The longer it went on the more I hated it. There was absolutely no need to make the opening track 18 minutes long - and why did they repeat the same song 4 times?!!!!! 1.5/5 rounded down to 1/5
Three albums in, I do declare Yes is the squirreliest band here. Impossible to pin down, and I tire. I enjoyed parts of the third and fourth movements(?) of the Close to the Edge suite(?)
:(
This album is everything thing that's wrong with early 70s prog rock. Technically brilliant musicianship but all head and no heart.
No.
Not a fan. Not sure what those combo tracks are supposed to be.
At least we got punk rock in response to this.
Didn’t have the willpower
Yes to Yes. No to this.
I really tried but this just doesn’t do anything for me
1 hour and 4 minutes. 7 songs... why are so many of these albums self absorbed long arse (15 minute plus) escapades in to the forest of wandering shit? There's way more talent in keeping a great song under 10 minutes than rambling shit over it.
Not for me
Prog Rock. Just say no, kids.
No. Just no.
oh my god
You know you're listening to some self-indulgent prog when it opens with a track that is nearly 20 minutes long and that itself opens with awful, tuneless, rhythmless, toneless guitar squeaking and flat vocals. Annoying from the very first minute, almost calculatedly so. This is Spinal Tap's Prog Odyssey. That said, I do agree with the points made by the top-rated review (at time of writing): A - This deserves its place on the list as some very distilled, representative prog; B - It's a stepping stone to punk, as a stripped-down, simplified reaction to this absurd, overelaborate, overproduced music.
I'm not a big fan of prog rock. It wasn't the worst thing I've listened to (Moby), but I'm fine never listening to this again.
This album is like the time you illegally downloaded a movie to watch with a girl you’ve just started dating. However when you start the movie you find it has been recorded on a phone camera in a cinema. In Uzbekistan. And someone in the row behind is watching another movie on their phone.
It's prog. I just don’t get prog.
Three tracks, 37 minutes, a slow crescendo fade in of nature sounds on the first track..... this better be doom metal or I am out of here (I know Yes isn't Doom Metal -- but a boy can dream right!) This is why I don't listen to Yes, this sounds like that Spinal Tap song where the tiny Stonehenge lowered onto the stage but this is a sincere effort to make thoughtful music. I know people love this ish', there are all good musicians -- just not my speed.
Not really my cup of tea. I like oldies and rock music but I'm just not feeling the songs on this album. Feels too experimental for me.
Never liked yes much. .too dreamy pretentious or something
Taking notes in real time here... ...the 1 minute, birds chirping fade in on an 18 minute song isn't boding well... ...the next minute of discordant wanking isn't much better... ...2.5 min in and I'm Close to the Edge of my sanity and about to shut this shit off... THAT'S IT! I've made it 2.5 songs (which to my credit is 32 fucking minutes) and if I listen to anymore of this shit my head will explode. FUUUUUCK 70s prog rock.
I like Yes, but I do not like Progressive Yes, so it's a No for me. 1/5
3 10+ minute long songs in an album is certainly a choice. Not my favorite choice.
Nu vet jag ju att progrock o dyl kräver fler lyssningar, så med viss reservation för att albumet växer på mig om jag skulle testa igen - ointressant och hopplöst långtråkigt. Blir ett "No" till Yes.
The phrase 'tedious wank' gets thrown around gratuitously nowadays, but sometimes it's the only one that fits. Grating vocals, over thought compositions, technically skilled musicians who can't stop flexing, d-grade Tolkein mythology. The interesting moments are all immediately subsumed by a new idea and tone shift, just totally scattered whiplash songs more concerned with being clever than good.
FUCK. I hate prog
Yes it's a No from me. I guess I don't have the right dru6s du enjoy this :D
Stop giving me Yes!!
Im sure that i'm not the first and I definitely wont be the last to make this joke: This band should be called No
Juu ei. 9 min biisit? Ja liian omahyväistä.
Niinhän se on, että Elvis teki jo kaikki tarpeelliset rock-levytykset. Nyt on aika kisailla siitä, kuka keksii hupaisimman pikku melodian pätkän hupaisimmassa tahtilajissa.
I just do not care about this wankery.
i hope everyone involved feels bad about what they've done
Not for me I think.
Everything g that is wrong with 70s Music in one album!
Awful - is it meant to sound like that?
Holy heck, prog rock is such a shitty genre
Diese Art von "Yes"- Album ist nicht meins: Geduddel mit Jazz. Unerträglich