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Album • 1972

Close to the Edge (Super Deluxe Edition)

Yes28 songs • 4 hours, 35 minutes

Close to the Edge is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in the UK on 8 September 1972 and in the United States on 13 September 1972 by Atlantic Records. Comprising just three extensive tracks, the record represents a peak in the group's 1970s progressive era. It is their final album until Union to feature original drummer Bill Bruford, who found the painstaking recording sessions intensely laborious—influencing his decision to leave Yes to join King Crimson prior to the album's release. Following the commercial success and promotional tour for their previous album Fragile, Yes regrouped with producer and engineer Eddy Offord at Advision Studios in London to record a follow-up. Anderson and Howe compiled various musical sketches written on tour, which were meticulously assembled in the studio through a democratic, section-by-section arrangement process. The album's centrepiece is the 18-minute title track, an ambitious four-movement suite with lyrical themes inspired by the Hermann Hesse novel Siddhartha. Side two features two contrasting pieces: the pastoral, folk-infused "And You and I" and the hard-driving rocker "Siberian Khatru". From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_t...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

Songs

  1. 1
    Close to the Edge: i. The Solid Time of Change, ii. Total Mass Retain, iii. I Get up I Get Down, iv. Seasons of Man (2025 Remaster)
    Yes
  2. 2
    And You and I: i. Cord of Life, ii. Eclipse, iii. The Preacher the Teacher, iv. Apocalypse (2025 Remaster)
    Yes
  3. 3
    Siberian Khatru (2025 Remaster)
    Yes
  4. 4
    Close to the Edge: i. The Solid Time of Change, ii. Total Mass Retain, iii. I Get up I Get Down, iv. Seasons of Man (2025 Steven Wilson Remix)
    Yes
  5. 5
    And You and I: i. Cord of Life, ii. Eclipse, iii. The Preacher the Teacher, iv. Apocalypse (2025 Steven Wilson Remix)
    Yes
  6. 6
    Siberian Khatru (2025 Steven Wilson Remix)
    Yes
  7. 7
    Close to the Edge: i. The Solid Time of Change, ii. Total Mass Retain, iii. I Get up I Get Down, iv. Seasons of Man (2025 Steven Wilson Remix) [Instrumental]
    Yes
  8. 8
    And You and I: i. Cord of Life, ii. Eclipse, iii. The Preacher the Teacher, iv. Apocalypse (Instrumental)
    Yes
  9. 9
    Siberian Khatru (2025 Steven Wilson Remix) [Instrumental]
    Yes
  10. 10
    America (Single Version) [2025 Remaster]
    Yes
  11. 11
    Total Mass Retain (Single Version) [2025 Remaster]
    Yes
  12. 12
    And You And I (Promo Radio Edit) [2025 Remaster]
    Yes
  13. 13
    Siberia (Studio Run-Through of Siberian Khatru) [2025 Remaster]
    Yes
  14. 14
    Close to the Edge: i. The Solid Time of Change, ii. Total Mass Retain, iii. I Get Up I Get Down, iv. Seasons of Man (Rough Mix) [2025 Remaster]
    Yes
  15. 15
    And You and I: i. Cord of Life, ii. Eclipse, iii. The Preacher the Teacher, iv. Apocalypse (Alternate Version) [2025 Remaster]
    Yes
  16. 16
    America (Dry Mix)
    Yes
  17. 17
    Siberian Khatru (2025 Steven Wilson Edit)
    Yes
  18. 18
    Cord of Life (Steven Wilson Edit)
    Yes
  19. 19
    Total Mass Retain (Steven Wilson Edit)
    Yes
  20. 20
    Siberian Khatru (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, 12/16/1972)
    Yes
  21. 21
    I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move, b. All Good People (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, 12/16/1972)
    Yes
  22. 22
    Heart of the Sunrise (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, 12/16/1972)
    Yes
  23. 23
    And You and I: i. Cord of Life, ii. Eclipse, iii. The Preacher the Teacher, iv. Apocalypse (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, 12/16/1972)
    Yes
  24. 24
    Close to the Edge: i. The Solid Time of Change, ii. Total Mass Retain, iii. I Get Up I Get Down, iv. Seasons of Man (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, 12/16/1972)
    Yes
  25. 25
    Excerpts From The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, 12/16/1972)
    Yes
  26. 26
    Roundabout (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, 12/16/1972)
    Yes
  27. 27
    Yours is No Disgrace (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, 12/16/1972)
    Yes
  28. 28
    Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker, b. Disillusion, c. Würm (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, 12/16/1972)
    Yes

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