CLOSE TO THE EDGE

Close to the Edge is Close to the Edge. All the members are in their best, the vocal harmonies are excelent, more complexes than in Yes Album and Fragile, and the composition is the best there can be in prog. In the epic song, Yes managed to do perfect prog with weaker melodies, because the arrangements are so mind-blowing and complete that the melodies don´t matter at all(the vocal, because Howe´s melodies are very good). And you and I is in some ways the oposite: it´s not mind blowing, and the emphasis is in melodies. The part with "organ-backing vocals" is an absolute musical orgasmous. Siberian Kathru is closer to classic rock´n´roll, but with the complexity of Yes. I see it as a better version of Roundabout. Comploetely essential.