CLOSE TO THE EDGE

CLOSE TO THE EDGE is a masterpiece ! Out of my entire collection this is one of my top ten albums.Their following album :FRAGILE is also in my top ten and I'm not even a big YES fan; this just to tell you that these two albums are a must to listen to.There is no doubt of their quality as others will attest, so the question is: Are they to your personal taste ? Because not everyone enjoys Anderson's high voice or the sometimes less melodic and jumping around of themes. The best song is the title track "CLOSE TO THE EDGE" .It starts off eclectic, jabbing here and there and then the beauty appears transporting you on an 18 minute journey into a surreal variety of themes. The second song "And You And I" is a 10 minute slower, smoother song with nice synthesiser textures and acoustic guitars. The third and last song "Siberian Khatru" is a "funky" rythmic song with some real nice vocal harmonizing. All The musicians perform top notch on all the songs.

YES at their BEST ! Highly Recommended