Prog Goons ONLY - is Griff right....?

[C]

I remember reading somewhere that when they were recording this [The Yes Album], Anderson hung a copy of In The Court Of The Crimson King on the wall in the studio to remind the band of how high they were aiming.

In my view, they totally trounced it.

Personally, I wouldn't want to be without either one. Two stunningly phenomenal albums.

Griff - meaning Crimso were trounced....?
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Absolutely.

I couldn't live without either

An impossible call...


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Okay, no sitting on the fence goons...!





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[Quaco]

Pretty close, but I prefer The Yes Album. Not as iconic, but there's a bit more to it.

[Hightea]

Court album blows the doors over the Yes Album.
Although two great albums
people here and in the world make too big a deal about prog being this or its just f*cking music.
You like it great you don't move on.

[Neil Jung]

I’d go for Court. The Yes Album is fine but I prefer the versions on Yessongs which flow better and sound less stilted.

[yomptepi]

I think ITCOTCK trips up with Moonchild. The Yes album has no such stumbles. And I prefer Lizard to the debut anyway.

[Matt Wilson]

God, they're both classics. I'm not getting off the fence.

[never/ever]

I love both but it's the Yes Album I play more these days.

[Quaco]

What we have learned here is that King Crimson fans are more unconventional. They don't conform to anybody's rules! You can't make THEM vote. While Yes fans vote silently, anonymously.

[never/ever]

What we have learned here is that King Crimson fans are more unconventional. They don't conform to anybody's rules! You can't make THEM vote. While Yes fans vote silently, anonymously.

That's reverse symptomatic for any of Coan's 'BCB-personal' polls where even the aliases appear from out of the woodwork....

[Bent Fabric]

I love Court, but TYA is easily my favorite of the two.

[Jimbly]

I think ITCOTCK trips up with Moonchild. The Yes album has no such stumbles. And I prefer Lizard to the debut anyway.

and the Yes Album has A Venture and (The) Clap.

[robertff]

Like both but listen to the Yes Album far more, so Yes it is.

[WG Kaspar]

I listen to Yes album more too and prefer Yes is general but in this instance the Crimson album takes it, in fact I'd take it over any Yes album. Crimson created something unique with this album almost otherworldly that nor they or anyone else managed to replicate. It's like their Astral Weeks.

[yomptepi]

I listen to Yes album more too and prefer Yes is general but in this instance the Crimson album takes it, in fact I'd take it over any Yes album. Crimson created something unique with this album almost otherworldly that nor they or anyone else managed to replicate. It's like their Astral Weeks.

Christ. It isn't that bad.

[WG Kaspar]

I listen to Yes album more too and prefer Yes is general but in this instance the Crimson album takes it, in fact I'd take it over any Yes album. Crimson created something unique with this album almost otherworldly that nor they or anyone else managed to replicate. It's like their Astral Weeks.

Christ. It isn't that bad.

How hot hot. It's definitely not that good.

[C]

I love them, both and it is difficult to get off the fence

I play them both about the same but there is soemthing very special about the Crimso album. Very special.

I love Moonchild and of course all the other tracks are corkers.

For every Yes track I can think of the equal match up

Crimso has it. Yes, Crimso has it





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[C]

I'm not sure the lad is right....





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[toomanyhatz]

I'm not a goon, more of a prog dilettante, but these are albums my kind gravitates toward.

Anyway, it's not a trouncing, but I have generally rated Yes higher, uh...yes.

I still think Crimson gets overrated for getting there first when they didn't really invent anything, and, as others have said, it's maybe not even their pinnacle. Whereas for me, tYA definitely is.

Anyway:

Lake>Anderson
Howe>>Fripp
Squire>>>Lake
Bruford>>>>Giles
MacDonald>>>>Kaye
Sinfield>Anderson (though lyrics are not that important to either album's case).

So it's pretty close on paper, but I'm with Quaco - tYA just runs deeper. Though I guess Griff iswrong in that it's close...

[Mike Boom]

He's bang on.

[ChrisB]

Both great, but Yes album is more consistent.