Drama
by Yes

Album
Drama by Yes
Year: 1980
Release date: 1980-08-18
Overall rank: 3,156th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 185 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (60th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (464th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,156th)

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Yes bestography

Drama is ranked 9th 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 13,457.

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Drama track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Machine Messiah
Average Rating: 86 (61 votes)Comments: View 1
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White Car
Average Rating: 73 (43 votes)Comments: View 1
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Does It Really Happen?
Average Rating: 79 (43 votes)Comments: View 2
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Into The Lens
Average Rating: 79 (45 votes)Comments: View 3
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Run Through The Light
Average Rating: 75 (41 votes)Comments: View 2
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Tempus Fugit
Average Rating: 84 (64 votes)Comments: View 2

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Drama rankings

Drama rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,156th | 1980s rank: 464th | 1980 rank: 60th  Overall chart history
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Drama ratings

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75/100 (from 185 votes)
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 !		08/10/2026 06:09 nextorgd  Ratings distribution  1,23084/100
 
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Drama forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdept
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Drama comments

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From 02/20/2016 17:50 | #160345 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is actually a pretty good record. Almost a throw back to their earlier material. Their best record besides "Relayer" without the classic "Yes" line up. (Edited)
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From 11/15/2019 16:20 | #244851 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album should have been a disaster. How do you replace your voice and one of rock's all time greatest keyboard players? The loss of Anderson and Wakeman should have been devastating, but the 40% new Yes still put out a killer record. This album is heavier than Yes' previous output, almost metallic at times, and as it turns out, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that! Great job. (Edited)
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From 12/27/2017 01:33 | #203951 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Just got this on vinyl. Decent. Not quite the proggy intricacy and grandeur of their best, but this album certainly has an energy and tightness to it. Chris Squire dominates this record. Machine Messiah is a pretty impressive track too. (Edited)
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From 03/21/2018 19:47 | #211446 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A lot better than I expected. No Jon Anderson but Trevor Horn does sound similar to his predecessor but without his range. It's certainly a heavier sounding Yes and a huge improvement on, Tormato. Not bad at all. (Edited)
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From 09/29/2022 19:19 | #290060 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Energetic prog with pop stylings woven intricately in between. Really good stuff with Yes reinventing themselves. Machine Messiah, Does It Really Happen?, Into the Lens, and Tempus Fugit are all excellent. (Edited)
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