album "Close to the Edge" (with Yes)

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"Close to the Edge" is a landmark 1972 progressive rock album by the English band Yes, renowned for its complex compositions, virtuosic musicianship, and status as one of the genre’s defining works.

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instanceOf progressive rock album
studio album
artist Yes
bassist Chris Squire
chartPositionUK 4
chartPositionUSBillboard200 3
considered one of the greatest progressive rock albums of all time
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverArtDesigner Roger Dean
criticalReception widely acclaimed
drummer Bill Bruford
followedBy Tales from Topographic Oceans
genre progressive rock
symphonic rock
guitarist Steve Howe
hasCoverArt green gradient landscape design by Roger Dean
hasInfluenceOn later progressive rock artists
hasMovement I Get Up I Get Down
Seasons of Man
The Solid Time of Change
Total Mass Retain
hasPart And You and I
Close to the Edge (song)
linked to: Close to the Edge

Siberian Khatru
keyboardist Rick Wakeman
labelCatalogNumber Atlantic K 50012 (UK)
Atlantic SD 7244 (US)
language English
length approximately 37:51
mainPerformer Bill Bruford
Chris Squire
Jon Anderson
Rick Wakeman
Steve Howe
notableFor complex compositions
status as a defining work of progressive rock
virtuosic musicianship
numberOfTracks 3
originalFormat vinyl record
performer Yes
precededBy Fragile
producer Eddie Offord
Yes
publicationDate 1972-09-13
recordedIn Advision Studios, London
recordLabel Atlantic Records
releaseYear 1972
sideOneContains Close to the Edge (song)
linked to: Close to the Edge
sideTwoContains And You and I
Siberian Khatru
vocalist Jon Anderson

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John Roy Anderson notableWork album "Close to the Edge" (with Yes)
Eddie Offord workedOn Yes album "Close to the Edge"
linked to: album "Close to the Edge" (with Yes)