 Yes
 Close To The Edge
 Review by Gary Hill
This is the first Yes album that I ever heard, and although it took me several listenings to get into it (I actually hated it first time through) it completely won me over. It is truly my favorite Yes album and the disc that got me interested in the band, and in progressive rock. They created a monster! The disc is composed of three epic length cuts, and they really got it right on this one. Everything gels extremely well, and there is no weak material. Truly the title cut at 18:50 is one of the most successful demonstrations of how an extremely extended rock number can remain cohesive and coherent. Many lesser bands have trouble with this, and I think Yes themselves sometimes do, too.
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