NewCC0087: Yes
Submitted by lbangs on Wed, 05/16/2001 - 11:49
Tags:
- Fragile (72): **** 1/2
- Close to the Edge (72): **** 1/2
- The Yes Album (71): ****
- Yessongs (73): ****
- Classic Yes (81): ****
- Yesyears (91): ****
- Yesstory (92): ****
- The Very Best of Yes (93): ****
- 90125 (83): *** 1/2
- Keys to Ascension (96): *** 1/2
- Yes (69): ***
- Tales from Topographic Oceans (74): ***
- Relayer (74): ***
- Yesterdays (75): ***
- Going for the One (77): ***
- Drama (80): ***
- Yesshows (80): ***
- Keys to Ascension, Vol. 2 (97): ***
- Time and a Word (70): ** 1/2
- Open Your Eyes (97): ** 1/2
- Tomato (78): **
- Big Generator (87): **
- Union (91): * 1/2
- Talk (94): *
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever