CLOSE TO THE EDGE

What Yes did in this album is similar to what the Beatles did in the ´60...use the studio like no others did in their time. Yes had already done two excellent albums (The Yes album 1971, my fav and Fragile 1972) and they both sounded fantastic. But here it´s not only about sound, but also about the perfection which was put into it by all 5 members of the band and Eddie Offord the producer (whose job was so important in this album, they even show a picture of him in the back along with the rest of Yes). Really, this album couldn´t be better and I can only imagine how hard it must have been for them to make it, specially with the technology from the seventies. I talk so high about the production, because I have heard Close to the edge live...and it doesn´t come close to the album version, something is missing...and I can´t quite put my finger on it...but I know it´s because the lack of the studio. A marvelous song, perfection in every sense of the word. The rest of the songs are also top notch. And you and I is a very, very nice song...with Andersons sweet voice and Howe´s acoustic playing. This song however doesn´t suffer from "not sounding good live"...on the contrary, I have two live versions of the song...and they both sound amazing!!! And last but not least Siberian Khatru is...great!! Maybe Yes most accesible song in this album...yet I can hear new things with time...nice work, extremly nice work!!!

Well...it´s the peak of prog!!! It´s unbeatable!!!...(at least in my book).