Yes solo albums - rank your 10 favs

Fish Out Of Water
Fish Out Of Water
Fish Out Of Water
Fish Out Of Water
Fish Out Of Water
Fish Out Of Water
Fish Out Of Water
Fish Out Of Water
Fish Out Of Water
and
Fish Out Of Water

 

Muddying the waters further, I just ran to my CD shelves and was reminded there's also Squire/Sherwood - Conspiracy Live!

 

Thanks for the reminder, I need to give this one another shot. I do remember liking it but for some reason it didn't stick. Must refresh my memory...

 

I do enjoy it though the more individual song (with different guests) based nature of it always made it feel a bit more fractured than the original which I tend to see and enjoy as one big piece (though I know it can be bisected as well)

 

1. Fish Out of Water
2. Six Wives
3. The Steve Howe Album
4. Two Sides of Peter Banks
5. Feels Good to Me
6. Rhapsodies
7. Journey to the Center of the Earth 2014 version
8. Olias
9. One of a Kind
10. Squackett (half a name should be as good as 1 of 2)

 

Off the top of my head, and in no particular order :

Chris Squire -- Fish out of Water
Anderson -- Ollias
Anderson -- Animation
Anderson -- Song of Seven
Bruford -- All 3 of them
Steve Howe -- Beginnings
Moraz & Bruford -- Flags
Wakeman -- the one about Mars

 

Anderson — Change We Must
Wakeman — The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Bruford — Earthworks
Howe — The Steve Howe Album
Anderson — Olias of Sunhillow
Moraz — Story of I
Wakeman — Criminal Record
Rabin — Rio
Wakeman — Journey to The Centre of The Earth
Bruford — All Heaven Broke Loose

 

Ok best shot:


1 Chris Squire fish out of water

2 Jon Anderson animation

3 Rick Wakeman vi wives of Henry viii

4 Jon Anderson song of seven

5 Bruford one of a kind

6 Moraz bruford music for piano and drums

7 Rick Wakeman journey to the center of the earth

8 Jon and vangelis friends of mr Cairo

9 Steve Howe the Steve Howe album

10 Rick Wakeman criminal record

bottom half could probably swap out and change on a whim.

edit good lord forgot Jon and vangelis!

 

For a list of 10 without an order, each item will get the average 5.5 points

For a list of less than 10, the bottom entry will get a 1 and I will count up from there, to avoid 10s getting awarded and skewing totals based on someone unfamiliar enough with the topic to do a full list

 

Some favorites:

Chris Squire – Fish Out of Water

Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Rick Wakeman’s Criminal Record

Patrick Moraz – The Story of i

Bruford – One of a Kind

Jon Anderson – Toltec
Jon Anderson – 3 Ships
Jon Anderson – Olias of Sunhillow
Jon Anderson – Animation

Jon and Vangelis – Private Collection

 

1 Chris Squire – Fish Out of Water / Rick Wakeman – Criminal Record (tie)

2 Rick Wakeman – The Red Planet

3 Rick Wakeman – Six Wives of Henry VIII

4 Bruford – One of a Kind

5 Bill Bruford – Feels Good to Me

6 Patrick Moraz · Bill Bruford – Flags

7 Jon & Vangelis – Short Stories

8 Bruford Levin Upper Extremities – BLUE Nights

9 Steve Howe – Turbulence

10 Steve Howe – The Steve Howe Album

(11 Trevor Rabin – Wolf)

 

1. Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
2. Steve Howe - The Steve Howe Album
3. Rick Wakeman - Six Wives of Henry VIII
4. Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water
5. Rick Wakeman - Criminal Record
6. Bruford - One of a Kind
7. Jon Anderson - Change We Must
8. Jon & Vangelis - Private Collection
9. Steve Howe & Martin Taylor - Masterpiece Guitars
10. Steve Howe - Natural Elements

 

⠀
no order just listed
Two Sides of Peter Banks
The Steve Howe Album (1979)
Fish out of Water - Chris Squire
Criminal Record - Rick Wakeman
Journey to the Centrr of the Earth-Rick Wakeman
⠀

 

1) Six Wives of Henry the VIII -Rick Wakeman
2) The Steve Howe Album
3) Animation -Jon Anderson
4) Criminal Record -Rick Wakeman
5) Fish Out Of Water -Chris Squire
6) Turbulence -Steve Howe
7) Song Of Seven -Jon Anderson
8) The Friends of Mr. Cairo -Jon Anderson and Vangelis
9) Beginnings -Steve Howe
10) Olias of Sunhillow -Jon Anderson

 

I'm into this and will submit a list. So many Yes solo things to consider.

 

Would live albums, whether they include Yes classics or not, count?

 

You can include live albums if you wish but to the extent the live album is largely versions of Yes tunes, voting for preferring that to albums of solo material runs counter to the purpose of the thread which is celebrating their solo works. But I will let each poster make that call.

 

Best of ok? (Jon and Vangelis)

 

I'd tend to go with core albums. I expect if you vote for a specific compilation you will be one of the only ones to vote for that and less votes will go to their core albums too.

Got 15 lists of 3-10 so far, keep em coming.
Not gonna tabulate the few entries that only list one album.

 

I think this is going to be even more predictable than the Yes countdown!

1) Chris Squire "Fish out of Water", phenomenal! I mean what could top this one, really?
2) Steve Howe "The Steve Howe Album", awesome.
3) Jon Anderson "Olias of Sunhilow", great.
4) Patrick Moraz "Story of I", I love Brazilian music so that was easy for me to love this one. Great album regardless.
5) Rick Wakeman "Six Wives of Henry VIII", love it!
6) Peter Banks "Two Sides of Peter Banks", love it!
7) Steve Howe "Beginnings", Awwwwwstrayleeeeeeeeeea-aaaaaaaaaaa.....I got used to it after a while but damn, was it painful the first 50 times!
8) Bruford "Feels Good to Me", great!
9) Rick Wakeman "No Earthly Connection", solid album.
10) Patrick Moraz "Future Memories", I like how experimental this is

Thanks for doing this @Rfreeman

 

Fish out of Water
The S Howe Album
Olias
Six Wives
Friends of Mr Cairo

I’ll cut it off there as this would be my extremely-good-to-great list.

 

Great thread idea!

Let me also suggest as being within the specified parameters: Anderson/Stolt

 

So cool seeing all the love for Turbulence. I've never seen that album get any ink before now and it is a most worthy choice!

 

10. Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Center of the Earth
9. Anderson/Stolt - Invention of Knowledge
8. Peter Banks - Two Sides of Peter Banks
7. Jon Anderson - Toltec
6. Steve Howe - The Steve Howe Album
5. Rick Wakeman, 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII
4. Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
3. Steve Howe - Turbulence
2. Chris Squire - Fish out of Water
1. Bruford - One of a Kind

 

1. Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water
2. Jon Anderson- Song Of Seven
3. Peter Banks - Two Sides Of Peter Banks
4. Patrick Moraz - The Story Of i
5. Bill Bruford - One Of A Kind
6. Peter Banks - Self-Contained
7. Steve Howe - The Steve Howe Album
8. Jon Anderson - Animation
9. Rick Wakeman - Rick Wakeman’s Criminal Record
10. Patrick Moraz - Out In The Sun