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The solo tracks on Fragile
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Poll Question: How do you feel about the solo tracks on Fragile by Yes?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
5 [6.25%]
4 [5.00%]
14 [17.50%]
14 [17.50%]
1 [1.25%]
2 [2.50%]
1 [1.25%]
1 [1.25%]
3 [3.75%]
12 [15.00%]
5 [6.25%]
6 [7.50%]
9 [11.25%]
3 [3.75%]
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I voted for "I accept them and don't have a problem with them". They don't make the album better or worse, and the band's discography would not be as interesting without them. "Mood for a Day" is my favorite of the five.

If you'd really like to make this thread interesting, can't it also be said that "Long Distance Runaround" (not to mention "A Venture" from The Yes Album) is also a Jon Anderson solo piece with the rest of the group backing him?
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They give the album part of its characters. IMO "The Fish" and "We Have Heaven" are the standouts, "Mood For a Day" is good (but I do prefer "Clap" from the Yes Album), "5 Percent for Nothing" is interesting but doesn't hit any emotional notes, and "Cans and Brahms" is ok but the actual Brahms Symphony its from is better, although I get that Wakeman was restricted from composing something for Yes so they had to do some sort of cover.
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Originally posted by AJ Junior AJ Junior wrote:

Never really thought about it until people on the internet started complaining. Still a 5-star album for me and one of the greatest of all time. Controversially, my favorite Yes album. I'm still kinda confused as to what the "solo-tracks" even are though. 

My thoughts exactly which is why I added it as an option. People also complain about I know what I like and more fool me but not as much as the solo stuff on Fragile imo. Fragile is one of my favorite Yes albums but maybe that's partly because it's one of the first I ever heard. 

The solo tracks are considered to be:

Cans and Brahms (Wakeman)
We Have Heaven (Anderson)
Five Percent For Nothing (Bruford)
The Fish (Schilenderia Praemataurus) (Squire)
Mood for a Day (Howe)


Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - October 20 2023 at 10:25
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I certainly don't have a problem with them. Smile
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I like them all, although Cans & Brahms is my least favorite. There's something pub like about that track!
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Points: 253 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AJ Junior Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 20 2023 at 10:02
Never really thought about it until people on the internet started complaining. Still a 5-star album for me and one of the greatest of all time. Controversially, my favorite Yes album. I'm still kinda confused as to what the "solo-tracks" even are though. 
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I only really like the Howe, Squire and Anderson ones (Clap is on the Yes Album, the one here is of course Mood For A Day).
They do kinda break the flow of the album for me except for The Fish as it flows nicely out of Long Distance Runaround.
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It's their mini version of ELP's Works Vol 1.  LOL
But seriously, given the intent to highlight each musician individually, and thereby setting up the extended solo stuff live, I get it. And yes, it does break up the momentum of the otherwise, brilliant, other 4 songs.

I accept them and don't have a problem with them
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Points: 9050 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote suitkees Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 20 2023 at 08:55
I like all the solo tracks even five percent, they make the album more interesting, or at least more special. I actually don't understand the aversion against those tracks. I generally like it when a band experiment things and you would expect that progressive rock fans would like that too. It may not necessarily be good or fantastic, but it is at least interesting - and I think that all those solo tracks are interesting and make Fragile special.

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I voted Other. Five Per Cent of Nothing should have been expanded into a 7-minute long instrumental and all the other solo tracks should have been saved for their respective solo albums. All my footprints go in very specific places, especially after getting soaked up by a dish rag.
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I really only like of Cans And Brahms” of Wakeman that is an interesting piece of classical music and “Mood For A Day” that is a good piece of acoustic guitar music. The others three tracks are disconnected and don’t deserve make part of this great album. Without  these tracks thi scould have been a masterpiece. It's the reason why I gave only 4 stars to the album.
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Points: 18483 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 20 2023 at 06:58
Multiple votes are allowed. Up to 5 if necesssary. Lol.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - October 21 2023 at 13:52
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