Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 445/500!
Close to the Edge, Yes's follow-up to the 1971 smash album Fragile, has been called the greatest progressive rock album of all time, and with good reason.Close To the Edge is the fifth studio album by Yes. This 1972 recording set a trend for Yes of structuring an album around a single epic song. Here the centerpiece is the song "Close to the Edge". The album reached No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 during a chart stay of 32 weeks.
Close To the Edge is pure progressive rock - thoughtful and intelligent compositions executed by the classic lineup of Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Bill Bruford and Jon Anderson. All of the musicians in Yes are true virtuosos. The individual and group ensemble work on Close To the Edge is breathtakingly complex and the arrangements are incredible, everything flawlessly flows from one piece to the next.
There's a spiritual influence introduced by Jon Anderson, in the music and lyrics of all three tracks on Close To the Edge. Renewal and repetition are other main themes. The album works incredibly well as a complete work that fuses music, lyrics and Roger Dean's album covert art together in one seamless totality.
Billboard 200 - Peaked at #3!
Features:
• DVD-Audio & CD
• Includes New 24/96 MLP Lossless, 5.1 Surround 24/96 MLP Lossless & DTS 96/24 & Original 24/192 Lossless Stereo Mixes
• Alternate versions, single versions & edits
Musicians:
Jon Anderson, vocals
Bill Bruford, percussion
Steve Howe, guitars, vocals
Chris Squire, bass, vocals
Rick Wakeman, keyboards
Selections:
CD
New Stereo Mixes:
1. Close To the Edge
2. And You And I
3. Siberian Khatru
Additional Tracks:
4. America
5. Close To the Edge - Early assembly / Rough mix
DVD-A
New Stereo Mixes:
Close To the Edge - New Stereo 24/96 MLP Lossless
And You And I - New Stereo 24/96 MLP Lossless
Siberian Khatru - New Stereo 24/96 MLP Lossless
5.1 Surround Mixes:
Close To the Edge - 5.1 Surround 24/96 MLP Lossless - dts 96/24
And You And I - 5.1 Surround 24/96 MLP Lossless - dts 96/24
Siberian Khatru - 5.1 Surround 24/96 MLP Lossless - dts 96/24
Original Stereo Mixes:
Close To the Edge - Flat Transfer from original master - 24/96 MLP Lossless
And You And I - Flat Transfer from original master - 24/96 MLP Lossless
Siberian Khatru - Flat Transfer from original master - 24/96 MLP Lossless
America:
5.1 Surround 24/96 MLP Lossless - dts 96/24
New Stereo - 24/96 MLP Lossless
Flat Transfer from original master - 24/96 MLP Lossless
Additional Material:
Alternate album:
Close To the Edge - Early Assembly / Rough mix - 24/48
And You And I - Alt. version - 24/48
Siberia - Studio run-through of Siberian Khatru - 24/48
Single Versions & Edits:
Total Mass retain - single version, mono - 24/48
And You And I - promo single version, mono - 24/48
America - single version, mono - 24/48