What's So Great 'Bout "Close To The Edge?"

I guess you had to be there.  When that album came out it was akin to living with only candles for illumination and suddenly acquiring an electric light bulb.

chopper wrote:     It's not compulsory to love or even like CTTE.

*Dials the PA secret police.*

I think the title track from "Fly With The Wind" is THE track that convinced me that Billy Cobham is the best drummer in existence, if you bass it on chops, technical ability, speed, time-keeping ... he's unbelievable.  And then there's his solo output, which for the most part is brilliant as well.

A diversion of topic but Cobham is a mighty fine drummer. 

I've got some Bubu on the way it may blow the Edge out of the way by virtue of its new to me ness.

Edited by Slartibartfast - March 02 2010 at 15:52

The-time-is-now wrote: Logan wrote: The-time-is-now wrote: Of course, saying that an album is better than an other is most often biased. But Close to the edge is ONE of the albums that made the prog myths. Exactly, the myth that it's a great album.   If people love it, that's fine, I never got much from it.  To each his or her own.  I don't know why it's so applauded, but obviously it had huge impact.  It's hardly bad for my tastes, just rather mediocre (I'd still give it a three, which means a good album). Something better than CTTE ? What would you suggest ?

Not better, merely better for me, and in that regard I could mention hundreds of albums (it's just a matter of taste; heck, I prefer Yes' Fragile).  For starters, how about Greaves et al's Kew Rhone, Herbie Hancock's Crossings, Magma's Kobaia, Art Zoyd's Generation sans Futur,  Bubu's Anabelas, Comus' First Utterance, Heldon's Un Reve..., Davis' Get up With It, Soft Machine's Third, Art Bears The World as it is Today, Vannier's L'enfant, Sheller's Lux Aeterna, Henderson's Realization, Spirogyra's debut, Area's Radiation, BdMS debut, Khan's Space Shanties, Univers Zero's debut,U Totem's debut, Agitation Free's Malesch, Edgar Froese's Epsilon, Priester's Love, Love etc.

Still, I'll sugest Bubu's Anabelas for your possible listening pleasure. But I'm not saying it's better, merely better for me.  To each his or her own taste.

http://www.myspace.com/bubuprog



Edited by Logan - March 02 2010 at 14:15

OK, gonna listen to it to make a decision :)

Logan wrote: The-time-is-now wrote: Of course, saying that an album is better than an other is most often biased. But Close to the edge is ONE of the albums that made the prog myths. Exactly, the myth that it's a great album.   If people love it, that's fine, I never got much from it.  To each his or her own.  I don't know why it's so applauded, but obviously it had huge impact.  It's hardly bad for my tastes, just rather mediocre (I'd still give it a three, which means a good album).

The-time-is-now wrote: Of course, saying that an album is better than an other is most often biased. But Close to the edge is ONE of the albums that made the prog myths.

Exactly, the myth that it's a great album.   If people love it, that's fine, I never got much from it.  To each his or her own.  I don't know why it's so applauded, but obviously it had huge impact.  It's hardly bad for my tastes, just rather mediocre (I'd still give it a three, which means a good album).

Oh Dear, My Fav Yes album is Tales From Topographic Oceans although I haven't listened to it in years. Does this make me completely sad. All the bad press that existed for "Oceans" and I loved it.