just bought the cd today and its damned amazing

i've seen bits and pieces from the dvd and got the cd today at best buy

if you are a fan of Yes and don't own this, go out and buy it

by far one of the finest performances i've ever heard

4/23/2008 3:35:34 PM

tales from topographic oceans by yes

the single most unneccessary recording in the history of music

4/23/2008 3:38:50 PM

i don't know about that i actually liked tales from topographic oceans

4/23/2008 3:40:41 PM

rawr rawr!

4/23/2008 3:41:14 PM

it's like all the worst parts of yes combined on to two discs

and i can actually stomach yes sometimes

but not that

4/23/2008 3:45:46 PM

Steve Howe's guitar work throughout is stellar
Alan White is every bit as good of a drummer as Bruford is
Chris Squire is an amazing bassist period
and Rick Wakeman is Rick fucking Wakeman
and Anderson uses his voice as an instrument itself

sure the album is long winded but each of these musicians come together and do some amazing stuff, you've only to listen out for it

4/23/2008 3:52:01 PM

My dad is a huge Yes fan and has just about everything they have ever put out. (Has all the albums up to 90125 on vinyl, then rebought them all when they came out on CD.) I didn't care too much for this one. I liked the 35th Anniversary tour and Symphonic DVDs better.

As for Topographic Oceans, there are pieces of every song that are pretty good, but on the whole the album is a piece of crap. Definitely have to be in the right mood to listen to even one song off of it.

4/23/2008 3:53:31 PM

admittedly there are better yes albums out there than tales

my 3 favorite always have been and always will be the yes album close to the edge and fragile

but i still don't dismiss tales as horrible

4/23/2008 3:56:48 PM