Just bought Close to the edge

[jeff25624]

Listening to it now, thoughts to come later!!!!!!

[C0ops]

Great buy...I just bought it on LP although I already have it on CD.....yay!

[RobAdams]

CLOSE TO THE EDGE is where my YES journey began. I've never heard anything like it and I was won over.

[Orbert]

Wow. I've been a Yesfan for 30some years, but in a way, I still envy you. I envy the thrill of discovering such incredible music for the first time, the surprises and shocks you're about to receive, the emotional highs and lows. When I was learning about Yes, none of my friends "got" them. They listened to... well, other stuff. I don't want to make it sound like I'm putting down what they listened to, but it just didn't challenge me the way Yes did.

Congratulations, and good luck on your Yes journey!

Orbert

[stevepenn]

Welcome to the edge. Of course, you realize you can never go back once you've been close to it!

Steve

[Bluebird71]

I also bought CTTE recently, about a couple of weeks ago or so. I'm very new to Yes (this was only my third record from the band) but it very quickly won me over as I find the music absolutely beautiful. I find myself immersed in it completely when I listen to it with headphones -a natural high, I suppose. LOL

Before I got CTTE I had already been lurking on various prog rock sites and this record always seemed to feature very high in polls and lists of people's favourite prog records, so I really wanted to hear it for myself. And I certainly wasn't disappointed! :bncy:

I own a total of four Yes-albums now: TYA, CTTE, Relayer and GFTO. The only one I've had difficulties to get into has been Relayer, which is a demanding record sonic-wise and probably just requiers more patient listening...

Anyway, I've enjoyed my Yes-journey very much so far and looking forward to continue on this path -so much music yet to be discovered!!

[Bo Locks]

Nah, Relayer IS difficult...

The sound, the songs, the keyboards. I loved it when I first heard it. Don't listen to it much now. I need to give the Rhino Remastered Relayer (RRR) some revolutions.

Get Tormato next.

[yesyadda]

Great buy...I just bought it on LP although I already have it on CD.....yay!

Now there's a novel approach! Where did you find a vinyl copy? Just curious. I still have my original vinyl CTTE. 32 years old and it still plays great. Gotta love them petroleum products.

[brismike]

Was the first Yes album I listened to also way way back ...

Side one just blew me away .. I couldn't believe how good it was .. I was left speechless.

When tentativly I turned it over to play side two I thought there was no way they could better side one ... or so I thought ..

Wow ... just shows how wrong you can be dosen't it .. :)))

Mike

[Faceintheplace]

Yes' Close to the Edge was the first Yes album I bought with my own money (albiet a used vinyl copy). When I first heard it, I wasn't even 10 years old. I heard that opening section and my jaw was on the floor, where it remained for the next 18 minutes.

[Brewer]

I would rate CTTE up there with Miles Davis' Kind of Blue for best album of all time. You have to be into the genre, but if you are, look out!

[Amy]

Listening to it now, thoughts to come later!!!!!!

So, Jeff, are you just speechless?
We'd all love to hear those thoughts!
So exciting to hear CTTE for the first time!

[yesrolfer]

CTTE is my all time favorite "yes" album. It has taken me through many stages of life. Up and down,good and bad. Listened to it 2 times today on way to work and back. It is "haunting, alluring, sensual, and spiritual" still send "shivers" down my spine, not to mention "goosebumps".
I am truly appreciative and "blessed' ,no offense to the Atheist thread I so love, for that recording to have entered my life. I started with "Fragile", but nothing will ever top CTTE.
Good choice for any new "YESFAN".

[The Whale]

aaahhh ctta and getting through stuff go hand and hand. Ya know what they say I get up, I get down. I may be the only one but Tales from the toppigraphical ocean is possibaly my favorite. Not becouse of any one song but the hole album is speritualy uplifting. That is saying alot comeing from some one who was an athiest until yes played in their head every day.

[Kevin Still]

Coming quickly to terms!!!!!!

[inside_out]

I've worn out the album, cassette, 8-track, album, cassette again, CD, CD and burned copies. I let you know when I'm done.

[yesrolfer]

I forgot about my original CTTE, it was on 8 track. OMG, that is so campy sounding now. So i've been through ! 8 track, 3 LP's, 2 cassettes, and numerous CD's. WOW, the story of that masterpiece. I love it.

[Grima]

My first YES album ever about 30 years ago. Best listened to using a good set of head phones. I have never taken any drugs but this is the closest Ive come to tripping. Got me hooked, the second album was YESSongs, the rest is history.

[jeff25624]

Well, here are my thoughts, though they have been delayed a bit;) Close to the Edge is out of the Yes albums I have the best, and I'm willing to bet that would mean it is the bet. I have Fragile, Tales, CTTE and 90125 and this is the best. Fragile, not unified enough, yet amazing. Tales, while outstanding, proably could have been trimmed down. 90125, great 80's pop album but doesn't hold a candle to the others. Close to the Edge is the best becuase it while it only has three tracks, each pirece holds your attention for the entire duration. And you and I and Siberian Khatru are wonderful, but the album really is made by the title track, in all of it's 20 minute glory. The changes, the vocals, the dizzying heights, just amazing muscianship at work. One of the best albums I own, probably one of the best if not the best of prog rock. Those are my thoughts! Sorry for any spelling errors by the way.;)

[endlessdreamer]

I too am a little jealous. After Fragile I had no idea when the next Yes album would be released.I remember seeing CTTE on the record store shelves. I rode my bike quickly home and dug up the $4.99 it would cost. 30+ years later I still get chills listening to it.
No album has ever come close to this. My all time favorite.
Enjoy the ride Jeff ,I have been since 1971.

[Bluebird71]

Jeff, I'm happy to read about your positive impressions regarding CTTE. Now you need to get The Yes Album and Going For The One as soon as possible! These records won't disappoint you, either, I'm sure. (I, on the other hand, will probably buy The Yessongs next, since I keep reading how much better the live-versions of songs like Perpetual Change and YIND are compared to the studio-versions... I adore those tracks on TYA so it should be a real treat!)

CTTE really does come through as that proverbial perfect record in many respects, doesn't it... The first time I listened to it I went out for a walk while having it played on my portable CD-player. I enjoyed it but it wasn't until I listened to it for the second time a couple of days later that I suddenly got hooked on it for real -it just suddenly opened up for me and after that I had to listen to it again and again. The other evening I had it playing once more and the title-song actually managed to bring tears in my eyes. I don't know why this epic in particular resonates so strongly with me, but it does... The power of simply amazing music, I guess.

[Orbert]

"On the hill, we viewed the silence of the valley" always gets me, it's so powerful, beautiful, cool. I've always loved that particular melody, and the way it shows up in different flavors during the piece.

On the extra disc that comes with YesSymphonic, they talk to someone who relates how he was brought to tears when they got to that point in the song, and I just nodded and went "Me too, me too!"

Orbert