I'm sitting here at home in my office, took a break from programming work..... and I just listened to this for the first time in 40 years (I was 16 when I bought the album). I closed my eyes and listened to the whole thing. Unexpectedly, here I am a grown man - and tears are streaming down my face. This song took me right back to the place where I was a hopeful young man, not close to being aware of what life can do to you. I've forgotten what it was like to have hope and wonder about what life would bring. Here, now, I suddenly remember who I was then, and that I once believed there was more to life than sitting behind a monitor, earning enough to pay the bills. No more sense of wonder or hope. Now, today though - it was wonderful getting those thoughts back in my head, if even for a fleeting moment in time. This band and the artistry they exhibit is a musical time-machine...

My Grandma saw this band in concert. She also saw Led Zeppelin. She also has a very jealous grandson.

Owner of a Lonely Heart (Level 1) Roundabout (Level 10) Close to the Edge (Level 100)

I'm 62 yrs old. Been a Yes fan since high school. Have seen them in concert a few times. This whole album is a symphony. A concerto. A Classical masterpiece. Not just "classic rock". But "classical" in the sense that it's right up there alongside anything by Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Handel, Tchaikovsky, etc. etc. It should be remembered in history as equal to any orchestral composition of the last 400 years. It is THAT GREAT!!!

Every single second of Close to the Edge matters.

I unironically believe this is the greatest piece of music ever recorded

I genuinely consider this to be the greatest song ever written.

This in my humble opinion is the magnum opus of music.

I am an African American who mostly listens to Jazz and Funk music, but this Masterpiece from the 1970s blew me away. First time listening to it I was hooked, first for its length, the vocals, the guitar playing, the drums, the bass and keyboards...its all there...the various mood changes...this classic Progressive Rock piece changed my opinion of Rock music forever...thanks Rico for introducing me to this MASTERPIECE ...rock on YES!!!

I'm proud of myself for discovering this song on my own

You know you've been listening to a lot of prog rock when 20 minute songs feel like they're 3 minutes long while actual 3 minute long songs feel like they're 30 seconds long.

When the church organ hits, that's like a spiritual experience. It never fails to knock me back on my heels.

Imagine Black kid in late 60's early 70's South Louisiana.... And hearing Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, and the "Great" Rick Wakeman for the first time and digging the "Funk" clearly evident to the future musician of my time. I get up... I get down... Much respect !

70 here. Would put this on back in the day and my dog actually understood the lyrics. He is running some country in South America now.

the bass work on this is unbelievable

To be clear......this is a modern classic...a class of its own.

"seasons will pass you by" this was written for young people for when they get old

This is the greatest thing that humans have ever created

This is like watching a full movie with your ears...

I'm 64 and have seen them in concert and they played this whole album in the. Concert and when they finished nobody wanted to leave !

I've come to the conclusion that this just might be the most epic song ever. I mean I love Echoes by Floyd but.. I don't know this one just takes the cake for me.

As a grown man, the "Get up, get down" section onwards is so beautiful it has made me cry more than once. This song evokes such strong emotion in me. I have to cite Yes as one of the reasons I am alive today. Their uplifting music helped me out of a very dark time of my life, and I'm forever grateful.

I like to picture robert fripp listening to the drums on this the year it came out, with some sort of burning effigy sacrifice behind him, rubbing his hands together, cackling madly, "Soon the one called Bruford shall be mine!"

We are so advanced now today with all these gadgets and access to information... And yet I have to go back 50 years to find good music.

this whole album is a work of art

These aren’t just three of the greatest songs Yes ever made; these are three of the greatest progressive rock songs ever made.

I get goosebumps at the "I get up, I get down" part at the end.

My dad who loved classic rock was listening to this before he passed away on Friday

This entire musical collection is an ear hole masterpiece orgasm. At 63 years old, all I can say is seasons will pass you by, I get up, I get down, I get up, I get down, I get up, I get down...

The bass playing in this song amazes me, Chris Squire immortalized himself here.

my mom passed away 2 years ago at the age of 56. she brought me to 3 yes concerts and they're one of my favorite groups. i cant listen to this without tearing up because i remember her singing it.

closer to the edge, 2112 & thick as a brick are some of the best music ever made. Prog forever!

In my humble opinion, this is the greatest song ever recorded. I am no religious man, but this song is a religious experience

Just the fact that Green Day is being inducted into the hall of fame before YES shows just where their priorities are at. Bands like Yes are unsurpassable and this song proves it. You don't just snub this band or any of the other ancient greats and not expect to lose credibility. Period.

I know this is said about a lot of songs on youtube, but this really is a strong contender for the greatest song ever written

In 1976, at the age of 12, I bought this from my friend at school for a quid. He had just got into punk and was ashamed of his prog rock albums. I went home, drank some of my Dad's beer, put my headphones on and relaxed, knowing that miracles do happen.

Hard to believe the Best Bass player on the Planet has been gone 5 yrs now ! We miss you Chris Squire!🎸

I'm a classical musician who first heard this track in 2017 while I was a college student. I'm not exaggerating when I say that it totally changed my conception of what music could be. I'm forever grateful to the person who introduced it to me - if you're out there Caroline, thank you!

This is one of the most incredible songs I've ever heard.

I enjoyed this song with my brother A many times! He recently passed away! Love you A! We thought of being in Heaven with our loved ones and with Jesus Christ, Our Saviour and Lord and the World's! He's coming soon!Please receive Him as your Lord and Saviour today before it's too late and all hell breaks on earth! John 3:16

I was a knucklehead freshman in college who liked music but didn't really have any ...depth. A friend introduced me to YES and it became the beginning of a lifelong intimate relationship and appreciation of artistry and the power of music.

This is not simply great music but also a great work of art.

I listen to this once a week to keep myself sane in this crazy world. We're all lucky to live in a time when so much music is readily accessible.

Listen close at 15:18 and 15:48, and you can hear someone in the background letting out a “WOOOO!!” during Rick Wakeman’s epic organ solo. Whoever that is, he speaks for all of us!

Close to the edge = one of the greatest musical experiences.

The I Get Up I Get Down part still brings tears to my eyes. Absolutely beautiful.

Easily one of the best rock epics of all time. Nearly 18 3/4 minutes of pure majestic glory.

I'm 24 and this is my favorite yes song and one of my favorite songs ever.

Everyone here is talking about Anderson and Chris but no one acknowledges truly how amazing Steve is

That...was a journey.

a song.. a universe..

once in a time (1967-1985), once in a place (England), a group of 20's something showed the rest of us that practing and listenning to the music of Stravinsky and Mozart, and been stuck in a room practing an instrument for hours instead of being out getting drunk was worth doing it, and oh my, all I can say is YES, thank you...

that intro is glorious. pure proggy madness. i cant get enough of this song.

Every time I play this album I cry my eyes out. Its was my father's favorite band and he is no longer here with me. I would do anything just to sit back with my dad and listen to this with him just one more time.

This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard

Only Chris Squire can make the Bass sound like a trombone. Pure genius.

Once you have heard this masterpiece the experience you go through stays with you forever.

That keyboard solo still gives me goosebumps after hearing it for the 9000th time!!

When I heard this song for the first time, I felt a feeling that I never knew was even possible for a human to experience.

This song was not so much written as it was composed. A true masterpiece on the order of Mozart's 40th or Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Each listen reveals a nuance previously undiscovered. Simply amazing !!!

Perhaps Yes' single greatest track, and easily one of the best songs in the history of this wonderful medium that is *music*.

I heard this wonderful music for the first time when I was 15. I thought then "when I was 50, I will be hearing this music with joy and happiness" . I am 55 now. Nothing has changed.

A masterpiece that will live on for many centuries.

They were GIANTS of the industry. They filled stadiums and arenas.

Rick Wakemans first organ fugue near the end almost gets you hard Honestly, this is as complex as many symphonic works

I´am 60 IT programmer . When I listeneded song "And You And I" from this album, tears was falling on my face.

masterpiece of the highest order

I am a high school student and my teacher recommended me this record, and the first time I listened to this I was blown away in silence. Jon Andersons vocals are on another level thank you Mr. M for telling me about this masterpiece that I will play for the rest of my life

This is where prog rock reached its peak: 8:29 "I get up, I get down" This lush, gorgeous, harmonic, sweet, poetic dream scene was the most magical thing that happened to me as a teenager, instantly turned me into a man of peace and established Yes's eternal legacy.

This song helped bring some solace to me as a lonely, troubled teen. I'm 60 now and this song still moves me.

It seems more cerebral now in 2023, amazing musicianship. No one has Time any more for actually listening to music !

I will never forget being at my best friends house in HS (around 2000), his parents out of town. We stole some booze, smoked some reefer, turned out the lights, before my friend said wait until you hear this track. what an experience. we ended up seeing Yes three times before getting to college. the first time we saw them, at the Hartford Meadows, our other buddy passed out literally seconds before Howe played the intro strings to Roundabout. That friend never lived it down

I find the ending of this song, from 16.30 on, just so incredibly beautiful: "on the hill we viewed the silence of the valley. Called to witness cycles only of the past. And we reach all this with movements in between the said remark. Close to the edge down by the river, Down at the end, round by the corner. Seasons will pass you by. Now that it's all over and done, called to the seed, right to the sun. Now that you find, now that you're whole. Seasons will pass you by....i get up, i get down"

Bruford's cymbal playing is unbelievable on this and he has the best snare drum sound ever.

One of the greatest bands ever

Loved this in my 20s ..still do in my 70s ......... Thankyou YES

Here's a fun fact about the beginning of CTE (at the 1:14 mark where Steve starts his solo): Rick Wakeman is playing the exact same riff as is Chris Squire, except twice as fast. It's that tinkly sound in the background. If you slow the track down you can hear it. At the 2:00 mark, Steve also plays the riff. It's based out of the D Harmonic Minor scale. When I first heard it at age 14 back in the 70's, it just sounded like noise to me, but the coolest noise I had ever heard!!!!! I've been playing guitar since the 70's and, although many great bands and amazing guitarists have come on the scene since then, none of them touch me like Yes still does. It will be a long time, if ever, that a band like Yes appears to give us hope of greater, more transcendent realities.

Bloody hell. I've been listening to this song since the day it was released, and just listened to it again right now. It never, never, never gets old. Divinely inspired. A towering, immortal achievement.

The thing about Bill Bruford is that he DOES keep hold of the band on every track...yet - simultaneously - plays to an entirely different song in his own head. Unbelievable...

That fucking keyboard solo man. I was 15 when I heard it for the first time I'm now 34 and it still blows me away everytime.

I thank god for giving me life in a time that I can listen and enjoy the voice of jon Anderson and the majestic music of yes, it is a great time in history, a great time to be alive

The greatest song ever. I know what you're saying: "What about "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Stairway to Heaven or whatever the critics who only care about how successful a band was think the best song ever is?". But no other got this melody, emotion and earthliness. 100/10.

I hope people will still be listening to this over a hundred years into the future. Something this good should not be lost to the test of time.

Close to the Edge and Dark Side of the Moon - grateful I got to hear them in the time they arrived. Magic.

I have lived the entirety of my life close to the edge and thrived.

17:00 my favorite moment of this omnious Masterpiece, the way they ended it in such an epic way will never seize to amaze me, kinda reminds me of eclipse by pink Floyd.

My mom took me...at 13. To see them...my first of many shows to follow THANKS MOM. It mattered

............ fifty years !!!??! I m how ..........? Afukin kid when this record came out . WHAT HAPPEN ? NOW 58. i still listen to this . it cant be beat . not some days . but ... Enjoy it all you fine folks. Cheers . Viva Ukraine !!!

The single best thing prog music ever accomplished.

I could call this song a religious experience, each line is a story itself, the lyrics are abstract but understanding them is key, the song instrumentally is just such a masterpiece, never get tired of the structure

This album was a Christmas present from my older sister. I was thirteen and at sixty two still love it. Love who you love. Live how you live. Great album.

Somehow, listening to this song feels like living through 20 years of emotions.

Best studio recorded song of all time, in my very humble opinion.

A great album. Complete. No flaws.

Here's how old I am -- I saw YES for the first time in concert in the mid-70s, and the warmup band was a previously unknown quantity...called "The Eagles"...

Every trip back in the day this album was essential listening....just took you away.

Every minute of this feels so good.

The most symphonic music I have ever heard. I'm 81 now and sick but it can make you feel better!!

One of the most life-changing moments I have with music is this track here. I was sent from NY to Colorado on a moment's notice from work, in december, with just the clothes on my back to run a tradeshow. Here I am, 12 hours later from being told what to do, in a crappy Nissan SUV in 1993. I had 1.5 million dollars of aerospace hardware in the back, no idea what I was doing, and where I was going in life. I come through the Eisenhower tunnel, through the Loveland Pass in Colorado, and I'd just come out of a blizzard as I bumbled into Keystone. The sun came out, and as the storm boiled off in the sunlight, the Rockies suddenly came into full majestic view. At the exact moment the Rockies revealed themselves, the pipe organ solo hit, and.....I burst into tears. The sheer beauty of the song, the power of the organ matching the clouds scudding along the side of the mountains, as this kaleidoscope of oranges and purples from the emerging sunlight just utterly eviscerated me in a very, very good way.

Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth.