Yes - Fragile [Remaster]

Artist:

Yes

UPC:

081227378929

See Also:

Downes, Geoffrey REO Speedwagon Buggles Jon & Vangelis The Art of Noise Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Anderson, Jon Bruford, Bill Moraz, Patrick Howe, Steve Rabin, Trevor Wakeman, Rick

Description:

Yes: Steve Howe (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Chris Squire (vocals, bass); Jon Anderson (vocals); Rick Wakeman (acoustic & electric pianos, organ, harpsichord, Mellotron, synthesizer); Bill Bruford (drums, percussion).
Recorded at Advision Studios, London, England in September 1971. Originally released on Atlantic (19132).
Digitally remastered by Joe Gastwirt (Ocean View Digital).
Yes: Steve Howe (vocals, guitar); Chris Squire (vocals, bass); Jon Anderson (vocals); Rick Wakeman (keyboards); Bill Bruford (drums, percussion).
Atlantic`s Gold Standard Audiophile Compact Discs are gold-plated CD`s that boast 20-bit digital reproduction technology for improved sonic dynamics. Each re-issue comes in a specially designed mini-box which includes the jewel CD box plus a 24-page color booklet featuring new liner notes, photographs, and the complete original album artwork.
Yes: Rick Wakeman (piano); Chris Squire (bass instrument); Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Bill Bruford.
Personnel: Steve Howe (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Chris Squire, Jon Anderson (vocals); Rick Wakeman (grand piano, electric piano, harpsichord, organ, Mellotron, synthesizer); Bill Bruford (drums, percussion).
Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
Liner Note Author: Bill Martin.
Recording information: Advision Studios, London, England (09/1971).
Photographers: David Wright; Martyn Dean; Roger Dean .
Arrangers: Yes; Rick Wakeman.
FRAGILE marks the moment when Yes left the planet and took up residence on one of cover artist Roger Dean`s far-off lands. While the band managed to capture the popular imagination with its condensed, accessible version of "Roundabout," which they edited down to a single from the lengthier album version, for the most part FRAGILE laid the groundwork for the expansive, complex, keyboard-dominated work that typified the style known as "progressive rock." The record also marks the arrival of Rick Wakeman--a classically trained keyboardist whose vast array of synthesizers and effects was matched only by his prodigious ability.
In addition to "Roundabout," the band`s best-known song, the lengthy "Heart of the Sunrise" also became a Yes chestnut. Drummer Bill Bruford became the envy of air-drummers across America, and together with Wakeman, guitarist Steve Howe, vocalist Jon Anderson, and bassist Chris Squire created some of the most architecturally ambitious rock of the era. FRAGILE proved to be the band`s breakthrough album, and is a cornerstone recording of the genre.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Roundabout
2. Cans and Brahms
3. We Have Heaven
4. South Side of the Sky
5. Five Per Cent of Nothing
6. Long Distance Runaround
7. Fish, The (Schindleria Praematurus)
8. Mood for a Day
9. Heart of the Sunrise
10. America
11. Roundabout - (Early Rough Mix, previously unreleased)

Album Information

Release Date:

01/14/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Art Rock

Label:

Elektra

Producer:

Yes; Eddie Offord; Bill Inglot; Yes; Eddie Offord

Catalog Number:

8122737892

Original Release Year:

1972

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

60 : 25

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