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Originally Posted by boo boo
Actually it's his second, Fragile was his first.
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I knew that, it's just a
topographical error.
I love that line-up, it's the creme de la creme of Yes.
I always like the similarities between Yes and The Beatles, I always felt Yes picked up where The Beatles left off. If I remember correctly Jon and Chris meet in a bar and their conversation was about The Beatles. Yes did very few cover songs and one of them was The Beatles. The Fragile album was like The Beatles (White) album were the songs were individual endeavors like Mood For a Day, The Fish, Cans and Brahms, and We Have Heaven. Back in the day when vinyl was king, Close To The Edge was like Abbey Road were one song took up one side. What gave Close To The Edge an
edge over Fragile, which has many of my favorite song with the same line up, was that it was a band effort as a cohesive whole. Maybe there are better concept albums out there, but Close To The Edge seems to be one of the best. Concept album music-wise, not so much lyrics-wise which I never understood enough to know if they was a underlying theme throughout the album.
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