Fragile
| Fragile | ||
|---|---|---|
| LP by Yes | ||
| Released | January 4, 1972 | |
| Recorded | September 1971 at Advision Studios in London, England | |
| Genre | Progressive rock | |
| Length | 41:13 | |
| Record label | Atlantic Records | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Yes Chronology | ||
| The Yes Album (1971) | Fragile (1972) | Close to the Edge (1972) |
Fragile is an album by British progressive rock band Yes. The album was intended to showcase the solo members' talents as well as the band. "Cans and Brahms" is a piece by Johannes Brahms arranged by Rick Wakeman; "We Have Heaven" is a Jon Anderson solo in which he sings all the vocal parts (a technique he returned to on his solo album Olias of Sunhillow); while "Five Per Cent For Nothing", "The Fish" and "Mood For A Day" are solo pieces by Bill Bruford, Chris Squire and Steve Howe respectively. The rest of the songs are all group performances.
"Roundabout" was subsequently released in an edited single version and may be the band's most well-known song. "Long Distance Runaround" and "Heart Of The Sunrise" are also among the band's most popular songs.
The cover design by Roger Dean depicts a tiny planet on the front. On the back, the planet has begun to break up and the population is escaping in a wooden space glider - a concept that was to inspire Anderson's Olias Of Sunhillow.
A DVD-Audio version of the album was released in 2002, featuring Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound mixes and other additional features.
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