Release Date: November 26, 1971
Singles: Roundabout
Fragile opens up with one of Yes's biggest hits, Roundabout. Let me repeat that: one of their biggest hits is a song about roundabouts. Traffic circles. These things:
Anyway, the driving bass line really gets this album going. Like a lot of prog rock, this album has some lengthy tracks, and some short ones. There's changes in time signatures. "Five Per Cent for Nothing," which opens the second side of the album, sounds like a jumble of notes that barely qualifies as music. If you don't like prog rock, you probably won't like this. But give it a shot if you've never heard prog rock as this is a prog rock classic.
Rating: Five thumbs up - I like most of the tracks on this album, but I think the tracks don't really flow that well together.
Here's "We Have Heaven." And a game to go along with it: try to figure out what the hell is being said without looking it up.
Pat is crazy.
Yes!
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