No, I understand that, and agree Howe suits Yes , especially classic Yes more than Rabin. I just think some songs he could have experimented and been a bit braver with his tones, in the way Hacket was a lot happier doing with Genesis.Sometimes I think he got lost in the mix as the sound was carried by Squire and the keyboards,.You prefer the heavier Rock guitar sound.
Steve has always been very into Jazz and classical tones. Which was the reason they got Steve (and sacked his predecessor). They thought it blended in well with their sound. (and he was the only one with that sound in Rock) and gave them a distinctive sound.
I personally prefer Yes with Steve. His style imo suits albums like CTTE, Topographic, The Yes album, the classic Yes years.
With Rabin they began to sound like a hundred other American stadium Rock bands.
Steve gave Yes a different personality to those bands (along with Chris & Rick).
20 | Parallels | 2 | 14 |
| Owner of a Lonely Heart | 3 | 14 | |
18 | Tempus Fugit | 3 | 14 |
17 | Perpetual Change | 3 | 15 |
16 | Revealing Science of God | 2 | 17 |
| It Can Happen | 3 | 17 | |
14 | Turn of the Century | 3 | 17 |
13 | Going for the One | 5 | 17 |
12 | Siberian Khatru | 4 | 19 |
11 | Wondrous Stories | 4 | 24 |
10 | On the Silent Wings of Freedom | 5 | 24 |
9 | Gates of Delirium | 4 | 25 |
8 | Ive Seen All Good People | 7 | 25 |
7 | Heart of the Sunrise | 7 | 30 |
6 | Starship Trooper | 8 | 39 |
5 | Yours is no Disgrace | 7 | 44 |
4 | Roundabout | 6 | 46 |
3 | And You and I | 8 | 59 |
2 | Close to the Edge | 8 | 67 |
1 | Awaken | 11 | 75 |
Turns out I wasn't the contrarian I thought I was :)
Parallels Owner of a Lonely Heart Tempus Fugit Perpetual Change Revealing Science of God It Can Happen Turn of the Century Going for the One Siberian Khatru Wondrous Stories On the Silent Wings of Freedom Gates of Delirium Ive Seen All Good People Heart of the Sunrise Starship Trooper Yours is no Disgrace Roundabout And You and I Close to the Edge Awaken
Gates of Delirium far too low, should be third.
Parallels Owner of a Lonely Heart Tempus Fugit Perpetual Change Revealing Science of God It Can Happen Turn of the Century Going for the One Siberian Khatru Wondrous Stories On the Silent Wings of Freedom Gates of Delirium Ive Seen All Good People Heart of the Sunrise Starship Trooper Yours is no Disgrace Roundabout And You and I Close to the Edge Awaken
Totally agree with you there one of my favourites . Shame you didn’t vote for whatever reason :-)Gates of Delirium far too low, should be third.
Surprised by Awaken, it's a favorite of mine but I didn't expect it to be top.Hats off to @GornikDaze who got all his choices in the Top 20.
Great to see the whole of the GFTO album in there.
Awaken beating Close to the Edge !!!
Thank you Bill. Always enjoy this type of thing :-)Great job PJ !!
I think I’ve just been outed as a ‘greebo’!!Hats off to @GornikDaze who got all his choices in the Top 20.
Great to see the whole of the GFTO album in there.
Awaken beating Close to the Edge !!!