Close To The Edge

User Review ：4.5

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Item Details

Genre

Rock & Pop

Catalogue Number

7567.82666

Number of Discs

Label

Atlantic

Release Country

Europe

Original Release Year

1972

Format

Other

Import

Product Description

Yes: Steve Howe (vocals, guitar); Chris Squire (vocals, bass); Jon Anderson (vocals); Rick Wakeman (keyboards); Bill Bruford (drums, percussion).
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Taken as a musical whole this suite of three parts is very sound, but what does begin to jar are some of the lyrics. In the 90s, even with the hippie revival and new age travellers, lyrics such as 'my eyes convinced eclipsed with the younger moon attained with love' do make you shake your head and say out loud, 'whaaaat are they talking about'? Yes have been shabbily treated by the press over the years yet their continuing popularity is in some way a vindication of their talent. Steve Howe's guitar sounds confident, Squire's bass wanders and thunks throughout, but what makes the album so good is the highly melodic theme that runs through it.

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Close To The Edge (Papersleeve)

¥2,487 Japan Edition Limited Edition Paper Jacket 06 Aug 2013
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Close To The Edge

¥952 US Edition Import 21 Jun 2011