Close To The Edge

I think Close to the Edge is great, but personally, 'Relayer' just shades it for me, because 'The Gates Of Delirium' is just sooooooooo fantastic.

 

Individuality is perculiar. I prefer both Fragile and Relayer although CTTE is a great album. I doubt any album could stand up to the reputation of being the greatest Prog album of all time. There are so many gems in the genre and some are great in some areas and others in other areas.

Trouserpress wrote: Personally Relayer just pips it for me. As for Fragile... never quite saw what all the fuss was about. A lot of filler on that album.

Bah Relayer is like The Prodigal Son,but I'm not up for forgiving this turgid mess.
CTTE 4 EVA !

I also just recently heard CTTE for the first time, and its my second Yes album after the Fragile, and I love it. If their other albums are as good I think they might beat out KC as my all time favourite prog band.

What should be my next Yes album? Relayer?

This is about the nicest thread I've seen. Good job

The first track on Relayer has a jazz feel to it.  Some great work by Alan White on percussion. Patrick Morazs' keyboards are adequit and he proved a worthy sucessor to Rick. Gates of Delerium was their last foray into the "one side, one song" way of wrighting.(?) Howe, Squire and Anderson are brilliant as usuall. They are the only band I can think of where every member is playing a solo all the time.
Going for the one would be a good choice as next album if for no other reason than the tracks Awaken and Turn of the Century, arguabley two of their best pieces of work.



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moonlapse wrote: Well, I just bought Close to the Edge a few days ago and think it sucks totally... Actually it's fantastic, I love it. So I bought Fragile yesterday...couldn't resist...and it's great too.  Planning on getting Tales from Topographic Oceans and Relayer next.

 

That is utter blasphemy on this forum. I agree somewhat though, Siberian Khatru isn't quite up to par. I love the title track though.

Yeah, I really can see the hype with CTTE as the greatest prog album ever; I seriously had an obsession with it at first (which never has and probably never will completely die off).

I must comment that though all three songs are among my all-time favorite Yes songs (and prog-rock songs), I often feel like the only one who says "Siberian Khatru" is the favorite of the three.  I don't know, all those songs are ecstasy (sp), yet it's always that last song that really gets me going (last two minutes=greatest rock song fadeout ever IMO).

I like the covers also very much!

The outer sleeve of the album is abstract and mystical, while the inner sleeve contains the romantic Dean landscape with all the nice details. Just like the music begins with an abstract wall of sound coming forward, then all the details suddenly burst towards you.

I remember Roger wrote in some of his artbooks, that he had an idea of hiding the detailed artwork at the inner side of the album jacket, so one should cut the album open to get to see it!

TheProgtologist wrote: Arsillus wrote: Yes, it is a great album.  Most definitely.Hearing my older brothers playing their CTTE and Fragile albums when I was a kid is what got me interested in prog.

It's kind of sad that I didn't listen to 70s prog as a kid ... I guess that I'd have a different perspective on music if I had listened to that kind of music earlier.