Close to the Edge
This album was my first Yes album that I ever listened to. I must admit that in the beginning I did not really like it that much. especially because the first three minutes or so are quite aggresive riffs. Though after I told myself that I should give this album a real chance, I found myself falling in love with these three exquisite songs!
Yes Close to the Edge
This album begins with its title track, a 17 minute long epic: Close to the Edge: The Solid Time of Change/Total Mass Retain/I Get Up. The intro is quite agressive, but after three minutes the main melody preludes the first verse and chorus. The mid-song break has a totally different feeling than the rest of the song: beautiful vocals and a church organ. After a few minutes the keyboard kicks in again and the instrumental solo’s start.
The next song And You and I: Cord of Life/Eclipse/The Preacher the Teacher/Apocalypse is a very slow track. This song has some very nice vocals and has a relax atmosphere. This song is very different from the other two songs on the album: it’s a lot slower and more about the lyrics.
Close to the Edge inside
Siberean Khatru almost always shows up in my “genius”-playlists. It seems to fit with nearly any track on my music library. The song is pretty complex but not nearly as complex as “close to the edge”. It features a great solo intermezzo.
This album got me into Yes, and I still enjoy every minute of this album. Even though it only has three songs, it still presents a myriad of different kinds of music.
Tags: progressive, Yes
December 5th, 2009 at 14:12
I posted some comments before anyway, because lots of your stuff is really informative.Absolutely amazing man!
March 27th, 2010 at 07:44
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