Big Generator (studio album) by Yes

Big Generator by Yes
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 15,066th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
64/100 (from 87 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (208th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,071st)
Award Best albums of all time (15,066th)
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Yes bestography

Big Generator is ranked 18th best out of 53 albums by Yes on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Yes is Close To The Edge which is ranked number 90 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,507.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
64/100 (from 87 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.9/100, a mean average of 61.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.

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75/100
From 08/18/2022 16:00
Not nearly as successful as 90125 in the pop Yes transformation era. But there are a couple songs here that are solid.
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Perhaps the most maligned release in the Yes canon I actually found Big Gen to be a breezy, uplifting listen. It's not the second coming of "Close To The Edge" either but I much prefer sitting through this then 90125
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From 07/24/2016 03:28
This one makes me cringe, but maybe I like it once in a blue moon. It is what it is, and it doesn't even seem embarrassed about it.
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