DOWN AT THE EDGE
ROUND BY THE CORNER
NOT RIGHT AWAY
NOT RIGHT AWAY
CLOSE TO THE EDGE
Close to the Edge
is the fifth
studio album
by the English
progressive rock band
released in the UK
on
September,8th 1972
and in the US
on
September,13th 1972,
by Atlantic Records.
It is their
last album until
Union
(1991)
to feature
original drummer
Bill Bruford,
who found the album
particularly
laborious to make
and felt unable
to contribute
better ideas,
which influenced
his decision to
join King Crimson
once recording
had finished.
After scoring a
critical and
commercial hit
with their
previous album
Fragile
(1971)
and touring
the album,
Yes regrouped
with producer
and engineer
Eddy Offord
to record a follow-up.
The album's centrepiece
is the
18-minute title track,
with lyrics
inspired by the
Hermann Hesse novel
Siddhartha.
Side two
contains two
non-conceptual tracks,
the folk-inspired
"And You and I"
and the comparatively
straightforward rocker
"Siberian Khatru".
The album's cover,
designed by
Roger Dean,
marked the debut of
the band's
"bubble" logo.
Close to the Edge
became the band's
greatest commercial success
at the time of release,
reaching No. 4
in the UK
and No. 3
in The US
where it sold over
one million copies
The album's
1972–1973 tour
comprised over
90 dates worldwide
and marked the debut
of drummer
Alan White,
who joined the band
three days before it started
Close to the Edge
has since received
widespread critical acclaim;
in 2020,
it was ranked 445th
on Rolling Stone's list
of the
"500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
TRACKLIST
Close to the Edge:
The Solid Time of Change/
Total Mass Retain/
I Get Up
And You and I/
Cord of Life/
Eclipse/
The Preacher the Teacher/
Apocalypse
Siberian Khatru
South Side Of The Sky [*]
America [*]
[Single Version]
The Prophet [*]
Total Mass Retain [*]
[Single Version]
And You and I/
Cord of Life/
Eclipse/
The Preacher the Teacher/
Apocalypse
(Alternative Version)
Siberia [*]
[Studio Run-Through of Siberian Khatru]
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