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How would you rate Yes' Close to the Edge album? |
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Frenetic Zetetic 
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 Posted: May 22 2020 at 04:31 |
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Exemplary progressive rock, and my favorite prog album of all time, hands down, no contest.
6/5 stars, no hyperbole. It breaks ratings. It transcends itself, and the genre, while the genre was just starting to really take off. Untouchable for me.
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Rick1
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 06:14 |
Exactly! Albums such as this transcended the genre along with 'Tarkus' etc. A touchstone album that really does not need to be re-assessed or re-analysed...
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twosteves
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 09:01 |
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https://youtu.be/GvEfa5zKK7g
this will explain to those who don't understand
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dr prog
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 15:32 |
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4 stars. Yeah title track and khatru start well but drop off a bit. You and I is solid
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All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Manuel
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 16:49 |
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To me is a 5 stars album, but not the master piece of all master pieces. One of the most important albums of the gloden era of progressive music, but not the ultimate progressive music album.
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richardh
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 23:39 |
there is no such thing though. For the time and considering that symphonic prog dominated , then its as close to anything else that I can think of. Maybe if Genesis had made LLDOB a single album , then that would be it. Possibly Wish You Were Here wrapped up everything in a nice package as did TAAB. Beyond that what else? GG were just too quirky and VDGG off the scale weird. CTTE is accessible, perfectly performed and easy to listen to while retaining enough complexity of ideas to be a proper prog album. Yep it's numero uno in my book.
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Frankh
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 23:43 |
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Absolutely beautiful.
However many stars that is. And Tales, too. ( felt like Dorothy Gale adding that ) Edited by Frankh - May 22 2020 at 23:45 |
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Perhaps finding the happy medium is harder than we know.
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 06:13 |
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I've given it 5 stars when I reviewed it long time ago. I haven't changed my mind.
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Progmind
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Posted: May 30 2020 at 16:12 |
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To me its a solid 4 stars, i prefer Fragile over CTTE
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: July 16 2020 at 05:58 |
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Right - I’ve just spun my record of CTTE - it has been quite a while. Just felt like it this eve. I stand (or rather, sit, here, currently) and it is indeed up there with the BEST, that Prog has to offer. It’s definitely an enduring CLASSIC. Everything in the right place.
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Earl of Mar
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Posted: July 16 2020 at 10:16 |
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CTTE was the first Yes album I ever heard back in 74. I loved it then and I still regularly play it when exercising each morning. CTTE is a fantastic piece and even if SK is a weaker track, the album is still superb.
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Posted: July 16 2020 at 14:04 |
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For me, it has to be five stars, any way I cut it. Let me give you one very simple reason:
I consider Siberian Khatru a bit, just a bit less exciting than And You And I and Close to the Edge suite. So, logically, this one is the "weakest" track, according to my taste... but it's still a five star material. It has great melodies, sense of danger, unique sounds, very tasty twists and turns. Very Fragile like composition, but better than Roundabout. Yes, this album is easily 5 stars worthy.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 16 2020 at 15:47 |
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The voting is not even Close to the Edge so far. Yes, it's five stars all the way for me too, baby.
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King of Loss
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Posted: July 18 2020 at 06:39 |
It is not surprising. A lot of us believe it is the quintessential progressive rock record!
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dr wu23
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Posted: July 18 2020 at 10:53 |
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4.5..............because nothing deserves 5 stars.
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Posted: February 25 2021 at 20:50 |
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5/5 its perfect.
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SolNiger
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Posted: March 03 2021 at 04:51 |
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5/5. But Tales is a 5.5/5
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4.5 for me. Really enjoyed the first and third tracks, very stirring and exciting pieces of music! And You and I is not quite as consistently gripping of a song from start to finish in my opinion, but it certainly isn't bad.
If I reviewed the album and had to choose between 4 and 5 stars, it would be a 5. |
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uduwudu
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Posted: March 09 2021 at 02:30 |
Classic rock is sales format not a genre or style. E.g how does one play a guitar solo in a classic rock style? Fleetwood Mac or Black Sabbath and bands like these? All lumped in as they recorded in the 1970s and this tag, or headstone has been imbued with meaning without definition. Dark Side was probably the primary prog rock album to break through into popular culture possibly way more than ITCOTCK or CTTE. ******** Anyway for those interested (no one) And You And I is incomparable. Khatru pretty much the same level of brilliance. The suite is terrific (I even once had the single...). Colourful creative music. Not going to put Yes in the public pantheon the way Dark Side did; far too specialized i.e. not universal though And You And I could work on the public in that way. It's as brilliantly timeless as the great classical melodies. |
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Posted: March 09 2021 at 02:42 |
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I rate it 4 stars, which is as good as Yes get for me.
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