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Track Listings
1 | Roundabout (2003 Remaster) |
2 | Cans and Brahms (2003 Remaster) |
3 | We Have Heaven (2003 Remaster) |
4 | South Side of the Sky (2003 Remaster) |
5 | Five per Cent for Nothing (2003 Remaster) |
6 | Long Distance Runaround (2003 Remaster) |
7 | The Fish (Schindleria Praemeturus) [2003 Remaster] |
8 | Mood for a Day (2003 Remaster) |
9 | Heart of the Sunrise (2003 Remaster) |
10 | America (2003 Remaster) |
11 | Roundabout (Early Rough Mix) |
Editorial Reviews
FRAGILE (1972) Features: New keyboardist Rick Wakeman on massive breakthrough RIAA-gold #4 album's 9 tracks (including the full-length versions of the hit singles "Roundabout" and "Long Distance Runaround") plus 2 rare bonus tracks (the unedited 10:34 cover of Paul Simon's "America" first issued only in the U.K., and an early, rough, previously unreleased version of "Roundabout")!
Expanded & Remastered Editions produced under supervision of the band.
All tracks carefully remastered for the best sound ever.
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.12 x 5.71 x 0.43 inches; 3.17 ounces
- Manufacturer : Elektra Catalog Group
- Item model number : 81227737892
- Original Release Date : 2003
- Date First Available : December 7, 2006
- Label : Elektra Catalog Group
- ASIN : B00007KWHP
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,029 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #63 in Progressive Rock
- #84 in Arena Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #176 in Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) (CDs & Vinyl)
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"Fragile" opens with a great song for any tyme period "Roundabout", eight and a half minutes of sheer bliss. "Cans And Brahms" is something that I might not have appreciated had I heard it back in my youth, yet it would have stuck with me through my musical evolution...it is just a short little lesson or Xperience in Classical Music, which might take an interested listener on another adventure. "We Have Heaven" seems to fit well with the whole album flow, but if there is a cut on this album that is going to annoy the listener, this would be it. It has a very repetitive, almost childish, line throughout the entire minute and forty seconds...I'm probably just missing an intended point. Track four "South Side Of The Sky" clocks in right at eight minutes. I do not recall ever hearing this song played on the AOR FM stations. I'm going to say this is one of those somewhat overlooked gems, that those in search of the next Popular song would dismiss, but those who actually listened to this album or tape straight through would have enjoyed Immensely. I really have enjoyed finding this one. "Five Percent For Nothing" is a very short intrumental that just takes the listener from one song into the next. That next song "Long Distance Runaround" which is another AOR FM Staple. My only wish is that this song was another one of Yes's eight minute long works. Great guitar, Great Song. "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" follows, actually it pretty much is the closing of "Long Distance Runaround", mostly an instrumental with an interesting smooth delivery of Schindleria Praematurus during the final fifty seconds. So, you put "Long Distance Runaround" & "The Fish" together and you have a six plus minute song. "Mood For A Day" Steve Howe introduces the listener to some samplings of what sounds like Spanish Guitar styled playing, it might be a European style...it is very pretty and easy on the ears. It is little things like this that make listening to an entire album versus just picking through the popular hits so worth while...not all albums have that quality though. Enjoy the ones that do. Track Nine "Heart Of The Sunrise" is yet another overlooked gem that I have no recalection of ever hearing back when Yes was getting air play. Could be it is a regional thing, but in the Dallas/Ft. Worth and Houston areas I never heard it. This song could easily be considered Classic Yes, clocking in at eleven and a half minutes, and it just flows so smoothly. At the closing of this song it has a connection to the ending of "We Have Heaven"...I don't personally understand the intent of the connection, but it is there and probably means something.
The Bonus Tracks: "America" (Paul Simon), this is a ten and a half minute version of this cover. Very good and I think I prefer this version to the shorter (Single Version)...but, that's just me. Towards the end of "America" (9:50 mark) they quickly go into what sounds like a Santana Latin Drum rendition...kind of cool. "Roundabout" (Early Rough Mix), I don't think most listeners would be able to distinguish this version from the original, to me it sounds pretty much the same...and that's good, real good. Since I never listened to this album way back when, I have no reference point for what the album should really sound like, but I feel the two Bonus Tracks are welcomed additions to the original release.
Because of contractual problems largely stemming from Rick Wakeman, Fragile consists of three band compositions and several smaller solo pieces. The three band compositions are excellent and include the alternately ripping and melodramatic Heart of the Sunrise (their response to 21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson, 1969); South Side of the Sky (about a failed mission to Antarctica I think); and the classic piece Roundabout. The solo pieces vary in quality and include the excellent Long Distance Runaround/The Fish (Jon wrote Long Distance Runaround, while The Fish is a Squire tour de force on the electric bass with percussion by Bill); Rick Wakeman's Cans and Brahms (extracts from Brahms's 4th Symphony in E Minor Third Movement performed on an arsenal of synthesizers) (Rick did not like Cans and Brahms at all); Steve Howe's excellent acoustic solo piece Mood for a Day; Bill Bruford's painfully short and unfinished sounding instrumental piece Five Percent for Nothing (a slam on the band manager apparently); and finally, Jon Anderson's We Have Heaven. As a bassist and avid worshipper of Squire, The Fish is hands down my favorite, although I generally like all of the solo pieces.
Overall, the music on Fragile is simply amazing and has all of the emotional punch (some might say melodrama) of tracks like Survival (1969); and Starship Trooper (1971), yet with the instrumental sophistication that would mark all of the 1970s work. Some very melodramatic moments can be heard on Heart of Sunrise, which is an absolutely super 10'34"; and South Side of the Sky is certainly not without drama. However, what really got me when I first listened to this album over 25 years ago (and to this very day) is the playing - these guys were in a class by themselves when it came to sheer virtuosity. Although the playing can get overwhelming at times, it is nicely leavened by softer, acoustic passages (on guitar and piano) and Jon Anderson's high pitched vocals. Along with some unbelievable vocal harmonies, this makes for one amazing listening experience.
With respect to the cover art (the first with Roger Dean), I feel that the painting of the tiny and "fragile" world on the front cover is very warm and intimate despite the planet being surrounded by the cold vacuum of outer space. Of course, on the back cover this peaceful world is depicted as breaking up - a very different scene from the front cover. The neat thing is that the breaking up of the planet was reiterated on the live Yessongs album. As I recall, I used to stare at the "large" cover art on the Fragile LP and it was very much a part of the listening experience. Then again, the cover art was very important for me on all of the Yes albums (even Drama (1980)) and is something I feel compelled to mention when I review any of their works.
The remastering on this album is incredible and (sort of) takes me back to the vinyl days. The booklet is excellent and features the original album artwork; a ton of liner notes; and photos of the band. Although the liner notes are pretty much old hat for the typical Yes freak (such as myself), they should prove informative to lots of folks. The excellent bonus track America was a very nice addition that was originally recorded for the 1972 Atlantic sampler LP "Age of Atlantic". Although I did not own this LP, I did own the compilation album "Yesterdays", which also featured America. The other bonus track includes an early rough mix of Roundabout that really does not add much.
All in all, an incredible Yes album that is very highly recommended along with all of their works from 1971 -1977.