Yes-Close To The Edge

Yes-Close To The Edge

Cover has normal wear and tear for the age. Cover is graded VG. Record is graded VG.

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 centrepiece 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 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.