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DISCID=590f4007
DTITLE=Yes / Close To The Edge
DYEAR=1972
DGENRE=Progressive Rock
TTITLE0=Close To The Edge
TTITLE1=And You And I
TTITLE2=Siberian Khatru
TTITLE3=America (Single Version)
TTITLE4=Total Mass Retain (Single Version)
TTITLE5=And You And I (Alternate Version)
TTITLE6=Siberia (Studio Run-Through of "Siberian Khatru")
EXTD=Originally Released on September 13, 1972\nRemastered Edition Rel
EXTD=eased August 16, 1994\nJapanese Version (Mini LP CD Packaging) Re
EXTD=leased March 31, 1998\nRemastered, Expanded Rhino Edition Release
EXTD=d August 26, 2003\n\nAlbum Details (Mini LP CD Packaging)\nJapane
EXTD=se limited edition featuring High Definition Digital Rematersing 
EXTD=(HDCD) a miniature gatefold LP style sleeve for initial pressing.
EXTD= \n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: For most fans, this album represents the 
EXTD=peak of Yes' work. Side-length suites allowed Jon Anderson even m
EXTD=ore opportunity for vocal acrobatics and Rick Wakeman an even big
EXTD=ger canvas on which to paint his electronic synthesizer swirls, o
EXTD=rgan arpeggios, and great swathes of Mellotron-generated color. S
EXTD=teve Howe's playing took on a particularly urgent quality here, b
EXTD=ut never lost sight of its lyricism, while Chris Squire's bass is
EXTD= practically another lead instrument, and Bill Bruford -- in his 
EXTD=then seeming swansong with the band -- contributed some of his mo
EXTD=st elegant drumming.The 1995 remastering, referred to on the top 
EXTD=back of the jewel box, was especially welcome on this album, the 
EXTD=new CD version being many steps superior to the old one in terms 
EXTD=of sound. -- Bruce Eder\n\nAmazon.com essential recording \nWhat'
EXTD=s it allabout? "A seasoned witch could call you from the depths o
EXTD=f your disgrace / And rearrange your liver to the solid mental gr
EXTD=ace." Actually, it really doesn't matter. Later they would fragme
EXTD=nt and lose focus, but here is Yes functioning for once in the ba
EXTD=nd's tortuous career as an organic unit, and individual elements-
EXTD=-such as Jon Anderson's trippy lyrics--are less important than th
EXTD=e whole. Even Rick Wakeman's Rachmaninoff-for-Hammond-organ exces
EXTD=ses work in context, compensated for by Steve Howe's amazingly fl
EXTD=uid guitar (equal parts Charlie Christian and Chet Atkins), in tu
EXTD=rn counterbalanced by Chris Squire's behemoth Rickenbacker bass a
EXTD=nd Bill Bruford's jazzy drumming. This is rock music informed by 
EXTD=the improvisational spirit of jazz and allied with the grandiosit
EXTD=y of the classics. Love it or hate it, Close to the Edge is the d
EXTD=efinitive prog album. --Mark Walker \n\nCD Now Review (September 
EXTD=7, 2001)\nYes released two LPs in 1972: the hodgepodge Fragile, w
EXTD=hich broke the band in the U.S. as "Roundabout" reached No. 13 on
EXTD= the pop singles chart, and Close to the Edge, perhaps the group'
EXTD=s finest and most representative effort. These were the only two 
EXTD=Yes studio albums to feature the classic quintet lineup of vocali
EXTD=st Jon Anderson, keyboardist Rick Wakeman, guitarist Steve Howe, 
EXTD=bassist Chris Squire, and drummer Bill Bruford; the flamboyant Wa
EXTD=keman replaced the more understated Tony Kaye in mid-1971, while 
EXTD=polyrhythm master Bruford left to join Genesis in mid-1972, and w
EXTD=as replaced by the more straightforward Alan White. \n\nThe sound
EXTD= they created together was often dense and complex, the epitome o
EXTD=f accessible progressive rock, yet at some moments could consist 
EXTD=of just acoustic guitar and vocal. Unlike some other prog-rock ba
EXTD=nds, Yes always had melodic tunes and catchy riffs, and on Close 
EXTD=to the Edge, unlike Fragile, all the elements came together in a 
EXTD=cohesive fashion. Wakeman's broad array of sounds and textures (u
EXTD=nlike Kaye, who mostly stuck to piano and organ, Wakeman also inc
EXTD=orporated everything from synthesizers to harpsichord) and bravur
EXTD=a flashiness, Squire's fat, tensile bass lines that were as upfro
EXTD=nt as Howe's intricate guitar licks, Bruford's shifting rhythmic 
EXTD=patterns, and Anderson's multi-layered, overdubbed vocals (with H
EXTD=owe and Squire contributing) and mystical lyrics were interwoven 
EXTD=in a musical fabric that -- more than most rock, even most progre
EXTD=ssive rock -- repaid careful and repeated listening with a multip
EXTD=licity of detail. Unlike some Yes albums from later in the decade
EXTD=, however, the pretensions were bearable, and their ambitions did
EXTD=n't exceed their grasp. \n\nOn the original LP, the nearly 19-min
EXTD=ute title track took up all of side one. It slowly fades up with 
EXTD=a mix of twittering birdsong, jingling bells, and rushing water b
EXTD=efore exploding into a spiraling sequence by Howe, Squire, and Br
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