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yes - fragile (gold cd)
[UDCD766S]

33,33EUR

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MEDIUM : GOLD CD
AUDIOPHIL : Yes
CONDITION CD : sealed
CONDITION COVER : M mint
SERIALNUMBER : No
BARCODE : Yes

MUSICIANS :

Jon Anderson - vocals
Bill Bruford - drums & percussion
Steve Howe - guitars & vocals
Chris Squire - bass & vocals
Rick Wakeman - organ & grand piano & mellotron & synthesizer

TRACKS :

roundabout - 8:29
cans and brahms (extracts from brahms' 4th symphony in e-minor, third movement) - 1:35
we have heaven - 1:30
south side of the sky - 8:04
five per cent for nothing - 0:35
long distance runaround - 3:33
fish (schindleria praematurus) - 2:35
mood for a day - 2:57
heart of the sunrise - 10:34

REVIEW :

The band's breakthrough album, dominated by science-fiction and fantasy elements and new member Rick Wakeman, whose organ, synthesizers, Mellotrons, and other keyboard exotica added a larger-than-life element to the procedings. Ironically, the album was a patchwork job, hastily assembled in order to cover the cost of Wakeman's array of instruments. But the group built effectively on the groundwork left by The Yes Album, and the group had an AM-radio sucker-punch, aimed at all of those other progressive bands who eschewed the notion of hit singles, in the form of "Roundabout," the edited version (sort of "highlights" of the album version) of which pulled in millions of young kids who'd never heard them before. The single clicked, most album-buyers liked the long version and all of the rest of what they found, and the band was made

- Bruce Eder, amg -

RECORDING : September 1971
RE RELEASED : November 2006
RATING : 4 3/4 Stars out of 5
SOUND : Audiophil
MADE IN : USA

STYLE :

Rock / Prog Rock / Art Rock

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 21 November, 2006.