Yes Close to the Edge
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Piglet
February 22nd 2016


8564 Comments


ly good

KILL
February 22nd 2016


81582 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

b00m

ArsMoriendi
February 22nd 2016


42363 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

No Cl0ver start with Fragile, it's better.

SCREAM!
February 22nd 2016


15755 Comments


Fragile def isn't better but it's probably an easier starting point especially for someone who doesn't listen to much prog yet

e210013
February 22nd 2016


6395 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I disagree. Close To The Edge is a perfect classic album. One of the best ever. Fragile is less balanced. It has some weak points. Some of the individual tracks of the band members are really very weak. Perhaps The Yes album be a better proposal for a non-prog beginner with this band.

LotusFlower
February 22nd 2016


12000 Comments


I'll just listen to Heaven and Earth and call it good. hue.

Piglet
February 22nd 2016


8564 Comments


yeah treat yerself to a beer as well

SCREAM!
February 22nd 2016


15755 Comments


The longer tracks on Fragile are fantastic though and easily make up for 1 or 2 weaker shorter ones. It was the first Yes album I'd ever heard and I was hooked from the start when I heard the bassline in Roudnabout (I was already into Rush at the time so it felt like an extension to that bass-heavy, rockin prog style).

MrSirLordGentleman
February 22nd 2016


15343 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I'd say their best starting point is Relayer since it goes into a more sensitive side instead of pure wankery

ArsMoriendi
February 22nd 2016


42363 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I don't like Relayer much at all honestly, trust me start with Fragile. Close to the Edge rules hard, but it's more alienating and doesn't have "South Side of the Sky" or "Heart of the Sunsrise" on it.



Oh and "Long Distance Runaround" fucking love that song.

MrSirLordGentleman
February 22nd 2016


15343 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

But dude! Gates of Delirium!

e210013
February 22nd 2016


6395 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@Clover:

As you can see we have different opinions, but all are really good. The Yes Album and Fragile are more in the same line and both have some of the best tracks ever made by Yes. Close To The Edge is more symphonic and has the better track made by them, the title track. Relayer is more heavy and is most appropriate to fans of heavy and hard rock and The Gates Of Delirium is their second best track. These are probably the four best albums from Yes.

@Scream!:

You're right. Fragile has some of the best tracks of Yes. However, I still think that it's unfortunately somehow an unbalanced album. I think it has all about with the history of the album. Yes was forced by their record label to make a new album in a very short time to can pay the new keyboards bought by the group to Wakeman when he entered to the group.

elcrawfodor
February 22nd 2016


1267 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

@CL0VER if you're already a prog fan, just check out the t/t from this, then decide where to go from there. I'm with Jamie that it completely overshadows the other two on here.

SCREAM!
February 22nd 2016


15755 Comments


And You and I is nearly as good though

Jethro42
February 22nd 2016


18287 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah mostly for its instrumental parts. Pure magic.

jtswope
February 22nd 2016


5788 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"I'd say their best starting point is Relayer since it goes into a more sensitive side instead of pure wankery"



I don't know dude, Relayer is a little more indulgent. Fragile is a lot catchier.



@SCREAM! agreed.

Frippertronics
Emeritus
February 22nd 2016


19720 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

this. not relayer or fragile. T H I S

onionbubs
February 22nd 2016


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I GET UP!!!! I GET DOWN!!!

DoctorGreen
March 8th 2016


95 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Good album and that cover, man!

That's obviously a great cover.

Green and all, great.

JWT155
March 16th 2016


15041 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This record always blows me away.



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