What was your favorite Yes lineup?

[shoeless]

I prefer the lineups from Drama and 90125:

Drama

• Trevor Horn: Vocals
• Steve Howe: Guitars, vocals
• Chris Squire: Bass guitars, vocals
• Geoff Downes: Keyboards
• Alan White: Percussion

90125

• Jon Anderson: Vocals
• Trevor Rabin: Guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Chris Squire: Bass guitars, vocals
• Tony Kaye: Hammond organ, electric piano
• Alan White: Percussion

While I like old Yes and love Bruford's drumming, I prefer the more modern era of Yes. Horn and Downes brought the Buggles prog sound to Yes and when Rabin joined, made for a more rock driven prog sound. As for Bruford, love his playing with UK, Solo, Holdsworth, etc.

It was the classic lineup that got me into Yes as a youngster, so I had to go with that. However, I really like a lol of what the 90125 lineup produced. One of my favorite Yes songs, overall, is this one from the much-neglected Talk release, The Calling. Seems like this could have been a radio hit, but it never was. Perhaps the ~7 minute runtime had something to do with that.

 

[Dew Knot Humps]

When I was young I bought Fragile at a garage sale for a dime. I was 12 years old and had never heard music like that before. That was around the same time Drama came out and I bought that. In high school I was into the Yes live Albums and 90125 as well.
But as I matured and evolved over the years I totally grew out of my Yes phase.

My favorite lineup is the one with Steve Howe in it.

 

[Modern Saint]

It was the classic lineup that got me into Yes as a youngster, so I had to go with that. However, I really like a lol of what the 90125 lineup produced. One of my favorite Yes songs, overall, is this one from the much-neglected Talk release, The Calling. Seems like this could have been a radio hit, but it never was. Perhaps the ~7 minute runtime had something to do with that.

If you like this era of Yes, check out Kevin Gilbert's music if you haven't yet. Very reminiscent of this era of Yes. Kevin's most notable recording was with Toy Matinee but all of his music is incredible. Tim Pierce (studio extraordinaire) and company rave about the recording Toy Matinee.