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🔗Christopher Bailey <cb202@...>

6/17/2003 1:25:17 PM

Wait. . . . .there are people in existance who actually don't think that
Close To The Edge is the greatest Yes song (maybe album) ever?!

cb

🔗Carl Lumma <clumma@...>

6/17/2003 5:54:31 PM

> Wait. . . . .there are people in existance who actually don't
> think that Close To The Edge is the greatest Yes song (maybe
> album) ever?!

Right here. Actually, Anderson himself cites Awaken as his
favorite song.

I think of ctte, Tales and Relayer as each having artistic
perfection in their own space. Edge is still in the world of
rock, and is definitely the most tame of the three. Tales goes
into Sibelius/Stravinsky space, and represents Yes at the
absolute pinacle of their game. Relayer is an 'over the top',
schizoid burnout. My friend thinks Tales eeks ahead of the
others. I say Relayer. It's been a sore spot between us for
years. :)

-Carl