Yes - Close To The Edge

Bill Bruford quit playing drums for Yes after they released “Close To The Edge” in 1972 to shack up with Robert Fripp in King Crimson, citing the trouble they had composing music due to the different social backgrounds of the various members as a contributing factor. Some have wrongly speculated that he left due to the overly ambitious nature of the record - a three-track suite of long, complicated prog adventure that combines the sunshine harmonies of Californian pop with the orchestral scope of classical music and the psychedelic skuzz of late-sixties English blues rock. “Close To The Edge” is listed as #445 on Rolling Stone’s 2020 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time which means it’s time for Liam Withnail and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd to Enjoy An Album. They talk about everything from Rick Wakeman’s prog-on-ice Wembley show known as “The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table” to the Yes-themed sea-faring convention aboard the Royal Carribean’s Mariner of the Sea known as Cruise To The Edge. All that plus Secret Posho, Unhinged YouTube Comment of the Week, Tattoo Woohoo/Tattoo Boohoo, and much much more. Enjoy!