yes FRAGILE

for shame that this hasn't been polled yet

Heart of the Sunrise or go home.

Great album, but not a hard choice: "Heart of the Sunrise"

South Side, baby!

heart of the sunrise

I'm probably going to go with the one that I named an email address after in the end but there are some strong contenders.

Roundabout is one of the best songs ever made

heart of the Sund4rise

you haven't scaled the summits of existence until you've played 'roundabout' on a football field in a marching band

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But South Side in 2nd, so propulsive, so determined, the perfect tune for walking in wind and snow

tell the moon don't tell the marcher

Howe’s chromatic runs

Roundabout is a pretty close second for me. Definitely one of the most breathtaking radio singles ever.

haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KUmPPAQu58

"Long Distance Runaround" for me, because of the e m p t y s p a c e so graciously left for us (aided by ridiculous bass-drum work by Bill Bruford), as we're waiting to feel the sound, like mountains coming out of the sky and standing there (was it ever colder on that day? I feel lost in the city)

The double bass drum in the first verse when Jon sings "Cold summer" and the Chris Squire bass run when Jon sings "One... Hun...dred"; which he follows with this rad downward bass slide during the second verse when Jon sings "...Sou---ou--ou--ound".

Steve and Rick harmonizing in that awesomely-Bach-esque riff ain't so bad, either.

it's going to be tough to choose between roundabout and south side

long distance runaround!!!

Voting for South Side because it is such a great song, but so often overshadowed by the bigger hit tracks. Love all of Howe's interjections in the verses, and Bruford's drumming is totally badass. A real gritty, chugging song for Yes.

I probably mentioned it in the classic rock poll thread a few years back but I didn't realize just how heroic Steve Howe's performance on Roundabout was until I watched a live video. The man also has A+++ guitar faces.

https://media.giphy.com/media/oyKYalqZO274KPtm1B/giphy.gif

I remember trying to learn "Roundabout" on guitar and struggling mightily. Howe must have some really long fingers.

'South Side of the Sky' is the one that gets stuck in my head the most from this, so that.

Not that I know a lot of their work, but I still love "Roundabout" 46 years after I loved it on Top 40. Gone, gone, gone--couldn't get a song like that anywhere near the radio/charts/whatever today.

Yeah, it seems almost surreal that Close to the Edge was a top 5 album.

I'm not sure if I have ever listened to the single edit of "Roundabout"! Classic rock stations always play the album version ime.

South Side of the Sky

first time I heard "Roundabout" I wondered why they'd borrowed the intro of "From the Beginning" even though it was definitely the other way around

still weird to have two radio hits begin the exact same way

I've been faked out by that too.

Had to be Roundabout, that bassline is so fun to play. But for the most part I don't think this album stacks up against their other albums from their good era, Yes don't really work in short-form for me. But The Fish is pretty cool, it sounds surprisingly ahead of its time I think, you can almost hear Tool being invented.

first time I heard "Roundabout" I wondered why they'd borrowed the intro of "From the Beginning" even though it was definitely the other way around

The only ELP I know is radio ELP, but I've never heard that song!

Love all of Howe's interjections in the verses

otm but still voted Heart

This album would be a perfect 10 if it lost the solo crap

The Fish is OK but the others are such a drag

True, the Wakeman and Brufors ones are my least favorite, others are fine.

Fine but unnecessary

the definition of filler

Heart of the Sunrise over South Side of the Sky because of the cheesy light entertainment section in the latter.

"We Have Heaven" is one of my favorites

I actually like how those short solo bits work to break up the longer compositions.

heart of the sunrise without a second's hesitation.

Going from Roundabout to Cans & Brahms as to be about the shittiest, biggest letdown first to second track transition ever.

*has to be

Definitely gonna put on either this or Close to the Edge on the way home now. Getting excited.

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Dreamer easy in the chair that really fits you

thought it was “dream more”

Dreamoire

that works

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otm

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Have we done a Yes vs Crimson poll? Sheet

I’m sure Y would crush...

What are the chances Jon dictated all of Squire’s lines

South Side of the Sky is my jam.

WERE WE EVER COLDER ON THAT DAY
A MILLION MILES AWAY

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South side is great but gotta go Heart

on any given day it'd be roundabout or south side. today it's roundabout

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I FEEL LOST IN THE CITY-AY-AY!

(rush's homage to this song -- "the camera eye" -- is almost as good!)

Hmm, that's an interesting angle, never really considered the connection between those two tracks.

What’s the connection? Rush baffles me

Songs about cities, being a tourist in a city, the soul of a city

I find the lyrics to Heart of the Sunrise far more perplexing than The Camera Eye. You could probably say that about any Yes song vs any Rush song though.

In and around the lake . . .

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I was just about to say that I thought this one had been polled already, but then I realised it's the same poll!

Did Peart (or anyone) actually say "The Camera Eye" was an homage or was that a joke?

I don't know how long the Steven Wilson remixes have been on Spotify, but there they are.

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Nice

haha wow

both choices are correct

nice

condolences 5und4r

I voted for "Sunrise"! And I like "Roundabout" a lot!

lmao accurate

a little surprised Long Distance Runaround trailed so far behind the other 3

poor 5%, it didn't deserve to tie with cans

schindleria præmaturus deserved slightly better

i always wind up listening to 5% four times in a row

It’s not that the songs that placed low are not good, it’s that the songs that placed high are monuments

Yeah, the top 4 (plus 'The Fish', which I see more as a coda to 'Long Distance Runaround' - can't have one without the other) are the real meat of this record. Anything additional is just highly listenable padding.

'Mood For A Day' isn't as enjoyable as 'Clap' but it's kinda funny seeing it only get one vote when I assume these are some very difficult songs to play.

(listening to them again) ... maybe 'Mood For A Day' is better

happy 47th birthday, FRAGILE!

wheres those tax returns wakeman

According to Anderson, the song is about being lost in the city.[2]

The song is about being the roundabout.

the sunshine -- in mountains sometimes lost
the river -- can disregard the cost

and melt in the sky -- the warmth when you die

cans & brahms 0

About right

Yes was a band that was partly great for reasons beyond the control of any of its members. The corny "give each member a feature" aspect of this album is evidence of just how questionable a lot of their ideas and taste were. I always pictured that as being Jon Anderson's influence although IDK for sure. Jon Anderson himself has a lot of lame tendencies (as does Rick Wakeman) and yet both work exceedingly well over that rhythm section.

i love heart of the sunrise so much

the 'give each member a feature' is a fun aspect of the album imo, and the fish and mood for a day stand pretty well on their own tbh.

it's filler, but sometimes it's nice to have some filler to welcome us into the band's sonic world.

I like all the solo bits, besides Wakemans. Mood for a Day is really pretty and I like The Fish has an extended coda to Long Distance Runaround. Even Jon's is pretty fun.

bruford's is kinda pointless, but it's also 30 seconds long, so it's fine.

the instrumental virtuosity each YES person performs here is more compelling and inspirational than "good taste" imho. i mean "heart of the sunrise", holy fuck

"We Have Heaven" is amazing.

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