Relayer
by Yes
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Relayer is ranked 6th best out of 71 albums by Yes on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Yes is Close To The Edge which is ranked number 86 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 13,471.
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Relayer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Relayer rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | F2LF: Yes | 4/23 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Yes Albums Ranked | 2/25 | - |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 36 Music Albums of 1974 | 11/36 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 97 Music Albums of 1974 | 91/97 | 0 |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 45 Music Albums of 1974 | 7/45 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 52/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 266 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,263 | |||
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Relayer ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/25/2026 02:41 |  nextorgd | 1,236 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 15:12 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2026 12:45 |  flamingyesdept | 2,945 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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Relayer forum mentions
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Relayer comments
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/20/2017 17:31 | #183518 | TOP COMMENT
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Super-incredible instrumental virtuosity everywhere! More challenging than Yes' most classic albums, but no less musical. I find it awesome that for this album, they dispensed with any attempt whatsoever to make something with broad listening appeal and go for the absolute pinnacle of blow-your-mind skill. Not everyone can hang, but for those who can, this one is stellar.
There is a lot to digest on this album. I think Yes really push the boundaries at times here and display extraordinary musicianship - maybe crossing the line slightly into chaos (but never spiralling out of control). Some amazing polyrhythms and random time changes are demonstrated here - the Gates of Delirium is just mind-boggling. They delve heavily into jazz-fusion on this one. It is balanced out nicely with some very peaceful, grandiose and reprised melodic sections (eg. "reason to be here" with the slide guitar/organ) which are ingeniously crafted and melded in as interludes. Overall, not as accessible as CTTE, Fragile and Yes Album, but this is still a brilliant piece of work. With the change in line-up preceding this and TFTO this shows the band were certainly not stagnant and keen to continue their evolution. (Edited)
For a long time I thought this was a mess of an album with very little actual music but it turns out it's now one of my favourites from them. Definitely more processing needed for this one though.
I adore this album after dismissing it for a long time. I think what put me off was the production, or just the general sound - very abrasive and far less clean and clear than say Fragile. But the music itself is as progressive as Yes ever managed in my view, full of power, beauty and surprise.
Mother Nature's Son TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/30/2015 13:05 | #142687 | TOP COMMENT
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Sometimes the human brain is really flawed! I was for instance going to comment what a shame it was they didn't include "Soon", and how it would've been the most beautiful song on album. Then I realized it was part of "The Gates of Delirium"... Anyway, another epic Yes album!
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