FRAGILE

The album Fragile was the consolidation of the potential that Yes Album had shown. That was first because the musical identity of the band started to be more defined and second because of the incorporation of the arsenal of organs, mellotrons, clavichords and synthesizers that Rick Wakeman brought into the group. We can say that these factors ended up rounding the band´s most distinctive style.

The creative freedom that these virtuous musicians show to develop their musical potentialities, shaped fundamental material from their discographies, such as the extensive and complex Roundabout and Heart Of The Sunrise, two of the most representative compositions of the progressive genre.

There was also room for individual brilliance, such as Wakeman's delicate arrangement in Cans And Brahms of the 4th Symphony in E Minor, Third Movement by Johannes Brahms. Other ones are Jon Anderson's overlapping vocal performance in We Have Heaven, Steve Howe's mastery of the acoustic guitar in Mood For A Day and Bill Bruford's very short percussion experiment in Five Percent For Nothing.

South Side Of The Sky and Long Distance Runaround, two other good songs, but less impressive than the predecessors, complete the album.

Fragile is also the beginning of the band relationship with Roger Dean, the fantastic designer who was in charge of masterfully interpreting on the covers and the interior material, the message the group wanted to convey with his music, and from that moment, it formed a fundamental part of the band image