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Fragile [Remaster]

Yes
Release Date: 01/14/2003
Original Release:  1972
# of Discs:   1
J&R Item # 472939_CD
UPC # 081227378929
Label: Elektra Entertainment
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Disc: 1
1. Roundabout sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Cans and Brahms sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. We Have Heaven sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. South Side of the Sky sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Five Per Cent For Nothing sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Long Distance Runaround sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Fish, The (Schindleria Praematurus) sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Mood For a Day sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Heart of the Sunrise sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. America sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Roundabout - (early rough mix, previously unreleased) sound samples  real  |  windows media

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Performer: Yes
Engineer: Eddie Offord
Producer: Yes; Eddie Offord
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Yes: Steve Howe (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Chris Squire (vocals, bass instrument); Jon Anderson (vocals); Rick Wakeman (piano, electric piano, harpsichord, organ, Mellotron, synthesizer); Bill Bruford (drums, percussion). Recording information: Advision Studios, London, England (09/1971). This marked the period when Yes left the planet and took up residence on one of artist Roger Dean's far-off lands. The musical transition is apparent with longer instrumental passages taking over from the three-minute song format. Lengthy pieces open and close the album, and both songs have become Yes chestnuts. "Heart Of The Sunrise" and "Roundabout" are strong tracks musically, with the latter winning out as being more accessible. Without detracting from Anderson, Howe, Bruford and Wakeman, Chris Squire's bass playing is superlative throughout.
Rolling Stone (3/16/72, p.56) - "...Gorgeous melodies, intelligent, carefully crafted, constantly surprising arrangements, concise and energetic performances, cryptic but evocative lyrics...a powerful and moving emotional experience..." Uncut (6/03, p.117) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Recorded swiftly in patchwork fashion, FRAGILE avoided the over-meticulous arrangements of previous efforts, allowing Bill Bruford's frenetic jazz drumming to skitter behind Jon Anderson's choirboy voice..."
The longest-running prog-rock group in the business, Yes flew on the strength of Jon Anderson's high, angelic voice and the group's instrumental virtuosity. The band began in England, rising from the ashes of pop-psych outfits like Tomorrow, Bodast, and Mabel Greer's Toyshop. Extending the technical facility of psychedelia and downplaying the trippiness, it helped forge the template for progressive rock and reigned as its most popular practitioners in the '70s. Over the years, Yes has weathered personnel changes, lawsuits, and changing public tastes while holding on to its original vision.
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