Fragile is a Rock album by Yes, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 394 pressings tracked, owned by 149 collectors.
About
Thanks largely to the funky charms of “Roundabout,” <i>Fragile</i> is the album that came to define the Yes sound. Their rhythmically pugnacious progressive rock is a patchwork quilt of musical fragments, some of which are entire songs (“We Have Heaven,” “Cans and Brahms”), while others are woven together into longer tracks. “South Side of the Sky” and “Heart of the Sunrise” benefit particularly from this approach, making sterling use of Rick Wakeman’s synth cascades against Chris Squire’s forbidding bass attack.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Roundabout
- A2Cans And Brahms (Extracts From Brahms' 4th Symphony In E Minor, Third Movement)
- A3We Have Heaven
- A4South Side Of The Sky
Side B
- B1Five Per Cent For Nothing
- B2Long Distance Runaround
- B3The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
- B4Mood For A Day
- B5Heart Of The Sunrise
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- layered
- triumphant
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Original UK release in matte gatefold sleeve with attached booklet on red/plum Atlantic labels.
First cat. no. on spine & gatefold inner, 2nd on labels.
Atlantic Deluxe on spine & gatefold inner.
Recorded at Advision Studios, London, September 1971
Published by:
Rondor Music (London)/Yessongs (tracks A1, A3 to B5)
Arnakata/Kinney Music (track A2)
Polydor Records Limited
- A2 song title breaks after 'Symphony'.
- B5 song title and writers' credits on one line.
- Ronder Music instead of Rondor Music on label side B only.
Runouts are stamped.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bill BrufordDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTATION BY , DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Chris SquireBACKING VOCALS BASS BASS GUITAR
- Jon AndersonINSTRUMENTATION BY , VOCALS INSTRUMENTATION BY, VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Rick WakemanGRAND PIANO HARPSICHORD, MELLOTRON, ORGAN, SYNTHESIZER, ELECTRIC PIANO, GRAND PIANO HARPSICHORD, MELLOTRON, PIANO , PIANO , ORGAN, SYNTHESIZER
- Steve HoweACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, VOCALS
- YesARRANGED BY, PERFORMER PERFORMER, ARRANGED BY
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