Close To The Edge - Yes (1972, full album)

'Close to the Edge' is the fifth studio album by English progressive rock band Yes. It was released on 13 September 1972 by Atlantic Records, and is their last album of the 1970s to feature their original drummer Bill Bruford. After scoring a commercial and critical hit with 'Fragile' and touring the album, Yes regrouped to prepare material for a follow-up, ideas for which had been put down some months before. The album's center piece is the 18-minute title track, with themes and lyrics inspired by the Herman Hesse novel Siddhartha. Side two contains two non-conceptual tracks, the folk-inspired 'And You and I' and the comparatively-straightforward rocker 'Siberian Khatru'. Bruford found the album particularly laborious to make, which culminated in his decision to quit the band after it was recorded, to join King Crimson. Thanks to Wikipedia for the original write-up at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_to_the_Edge Personnel: - Jon Anderson – lead vocals - Steve Howe – guitars, el