YES/FRAGILE

Descripción

LIMITED 180 GRAM VINYL LP PRESSING. FRAGILE IS THE FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM FROM PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND YES ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1971 ON ATLANTIC RECORDS. IT IS THEIR FIRST ALBUM RECORDED WITH KEYBOARDIST RICK WAKEMAN IN THE BANDS LINE-UP AFTER TONY KAYE WAS FIRED FOR HAVING A LACK OF INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE ELECTRONIC KEYBOARDS. FORMED OF NINE TRACKS FOUR ARE GROUP PERFORMANCES WHILE THE REMAINING FIVE ARE SOLO FEATURES WRITTEN BY EACH MEMBER. ITS COVER WAS DESIGNED BY ROGER DEAN WHO WOULD DESIGN THEIR FUTURE BAND LOGO STAGE SETS AND MANY OF THEIR FUTURE ALBUM COVERS. FRAGILE RECEIVED A POSITIVE RECEPTION UPON ITS RELEASE AND WAS A COMMERCIAL AND CRITICAL SUCCESS REACHING #4 ON THE US BILLBOARD TOP LPS CHART AND #7 ON THE UK ALBUMS CHART. ROUNDABOUT WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE IN THE US WHICH REACHED #13 AND IS ONE OF THE BANDS BEST KNOWN SONGS.