![]() ![]() In 1972, Close to the Edge was a flawless masterpiece. Addeddate 15:54:15 Externalmetadataupdate Identifier 16BillContiOverture201707 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3. Close to the Edge would make the Top Five on both sides of the Atlantic, dispatch Yes on the longest tour of its career so far and, if hindsight be the guide, launch the band on a downward swing that only disintegration, rebuilding, and a savage change of direction would cure. Close to the Edge comprised just three tracks, the epic "And You and I" and "Siberian Khatru," plus a side-long title track that represented the musical, lyrical, and sonic culmination of all that Yes had worked toward over the past five years. Billboard 200 - 4, 1977 Billboard Hot 100 - 1, 1977 - Gonna Fly Now Academy Award Nomination - Best Original Song, 1977 - Gonna Fly Now Bill Contis soundtrack to the film Rocky includes one of the most iconic movie songs ever composed, the number one single and Oscar nominated hit Gonna Fly Now. Drummer Bill Bruford was already shifting restlessly against Jon Anderson's increasingly mystic/mystifying lyricism, while contemporary reports of the recording sessions depicted bandmate Rick Wakeman, too, as little more than an observer to the vast tapestry that Anderson, Steve Howe, and Chris Squire were creating. ![]() With 1971's Fragile having left Yes poised quivering on the brink of what friend and foe acknowledged was the peak of the band's achievement, Close to the Edge was never going to be an easy album to make.
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