FRAGILE

South Side of the Sky" is one of the greatest songs in prog history! "Long Distance Runaround" starts off with one of the most original and melodically interesting guitar passages ever. The three large works "Roundabout", South Side of the Sky", and "Heart of the Sunrise" are all excellent and the songs in between are small ear catchers. We hear each person in this group contributing his own composition and we get a taste of each players individuality. Songs like Bill Brufords interesting drum excercise "Five Percent for Nothing", Steve Howe's lovely classically textured "Mood for a Day" and the subtle dynamics and repetition of "The Fish" are great pieces of music. These songs are smattered about the record because this is what Yes was. A wonderfully diverse group of musicians who at this point in their journey was never satisfied with what they had already done, so they went on creating better music. I agree that Close to the Edge is their masterpiece, the pinnacle of their career, but Fragile worse than the Yes Album? Give me a Break! That album has but three memorable songs and the hit song (Ive seen all good people) is so overplayed that any true Yes fan should hate it by now. It is absolutely mind-boggling that any Yes fan can not like this album.