YES


Fragile

(1972 / 2009)



Five tracks on this album are the individual ideas, personally arranged and organised, by the five members of the band.
"Cans And Brahms" is an adaptation by Rick WAKEMAN on which he playes electric piano taking the part of the strings, grand piano electric harpsichord taking reeds, and synthesizer taking contra basson.
"We Have Heaven" is personal idea by Jon ANDERSON in which he sings all the vocal parts.
"Five Per Cent For Nothing" is a sixteen bar tune by Bill BRUFORD, played twice by the group, and taken directly from the percussion line. In Chris SQUIRE's
"The Fish", each riff, rhythm, and melody is produced by using the different sound of the bass guitar. Steve HOWE concludes with a solo guitar piece "Mood For A Day".
The remaining tracks on the album are group arranged and performed.


1. Roundabout 8'36
(Jon Anderson / Steve Howe)
©1972 COTILLION, BMI
2. Cans And Brahms 1'43
(Extracts from Brahms’ 4th Symphony in E Minor Third Movement; Arranged by Rick Wakeman)
©1972 IRVING, BMI
3. We Have Heaven 1'40
(Jon Anderson)
©1972 COTILLION, BMI
4. South Side Of The Sky 7'57
(Jon Anderson / Chris Squire)
©1972 COTILLION, BMI
5. Five Per Cent For Nothing 0'38
(Bill Bruford)
©1972 COTILLION, BMI
6. Long Distance Runaround 3'31
(Jon Anderson)
©1972 COTILLION, BMI
7. The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) 2'42
(Steve Howe)
©1972 COTILLION, BMI
8. Mood For A Day 3'02
(Steve Howe)
©1972 COTILLION, BMI
9. Heart Of The Sunrise 11'33
(Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Bill Bruford)
©1972 COTILLION, BMI

Bonus Tracks

10. America (Single version) 10'33
(Paul Simon)
From the ATLANTIC release "Age Of Atlantic"
11. Roundabout
(Early Rough Mix) 8'35
©1972 COTILLION, BMI

Total Time: 60:30


  • Jon Anderson - Vocals
  • Steve Howe - Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Vocals
  • Rick Wakeman - Organ, Grand Piano, Mellotron, Synthesizer
  • Chris Squire - Bass Guitars, Vocals
  • Bill Bruford - Drums, Percussion

    Produced by YES and Eddie Offord
    Sleeve Drawings by Roger Dean
    Bank Loan Arranged by Brian Lane
    Gary Martin - Assistant Engineer

    All Titles except "Cans And Brahms" Published by YESSONGS

    Recorded at ADVISION STUDIOS, London, September 1971





    1. Roundabout

      I ll be the round about
      the words will make you out n out
      you change the day your way
      call it morning driving thru the sound and in and out the valley

      The music dance and sing
      they make the children really ring
      I spend the day your way
      call it morning driving thru the sound and in and out the valley

      In and around the lake
      mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
      one mile over we ll be there and we ll see you
      ten true summers we ll be there and laughing too
      twenty four before my love you ll see I ll be there with you

      I will remember you
      your silhouette will charge the view
      of distance atmosphere
      call it morning driving thru the sound and even in the valley

      Along the drifting cloud the eagle searching down on the land
      catching the swirling wind the sailor sees the rim of the land
      the eagles dancing wings create as weather spins out of hand
      go closer hold the land feel partly no more than grains of sand
      we stand to lose all time a thousand answers by in our hand
      next *to* your deeper fears we stand
      surrounded by a millions years

    2. Cans And Brahms

      ( instrumental )

    3. We Have Heaven

      Tell the Moon-dog, tell the March-hare
      Tell the Moon-dog, tell the March-hare
      We...have...heaven
      To Look around, to look around
      Yes, he is here; Yes, he is here

    4. South Side Of The Sky

      A river a mountain to be crossed
      the sunshine in mountains sometimes lost
      around the south side so cold that we cried
      were we ever colder on that day a million miles away
      it seemed from all of eternity

      Move forward was my friends only cry
      in deeper to somewhere we could lie
      and rest for the day with cold in the way
      were we ever colder on that day a million miles away
      it seemed from all of eternity

      The moments seemed lost in all the noise
      a snow storm a stimulating voice
      of warmth of the sky of warmth when you die
      were we ever warmer on that day a million miles away
      we seemed for all of eternity


      The sunshine in mountains sometimes lost
      the river can disregard the cost
      and melt in the sky warmth when you die
      were we ever warmer on that day a million miles away
      we seemed from all of eternity

    5. Five Per Cent For Nothing

      ( instrumental )

    6. Long Distance Runaround

      Long distance run around
      long time waiting to feel the sound
      I still remember the dream there
      I still remember the time you said goodbye
      did we really tell lies
      letting in the sunshine
      did we really count to one hundred

      Cold summer listening
      hot colour melting the anger to stone
      I still remember the time you said goodbye
      did we really tell lies
      did we really count to one hundred

    7. The Fish ( Schindleria Praematurus )

      ( instrumental )

    8. Mood for A Day

      ( instrumental )

    9. Heart Of The Sunrise

      Love comes to you and you follow
      Lose one on to the Heart of the Sunrise
      SHARP-DISTANCE
      How can the wind with its arms all around me

      Lost on a wave and then after
      Dream on on to the Heart of the Sunrise
      SHARP-DISANCE
      How can the wind with so many around me
      lost in the city

      Lost in their eyes as you hurry by
      Counting the broken ties they decide
      Love comes to you and then after
      Dream on on to the Heart of the Sunrise
      SHARP-DISTANCE
      How can the wind with its arms all around me
      SHARP-DISTANCE
      How can the wind with so many around me
      I feel lost in the city

      Lost in their eyes as you hurry by
      Counting the broken ties they decided

      Straight light moving and removing
      SHARPNESS of the colour sun shine
      Straight light searching all the meanings of the song
      Long last treatment of the telling that
      relates to all the words sung
      Dreamer easy in the chair that really fits you

      Love comes to you and then after
      Dream on on to the Heart of the Sunrise
      SHARP-DISTANCE
      How can the sun with its arms all around me
      SHARP-DISTANCE
      How can the wind with so many around me
      I feel lost in the city

    10. America

      Let us be lovers
      We'll marry our fortunes together
      I've got some real estate here in my bag
      So we bought a pack of cigarettes
      And Mrs. Wagner's pies
      And walked off to look for America

      "Kathy" I said
      As we boarded a Greyhound to Pittsburgh
      Michigan seems like a dream to me now
      It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
      I've come to look for America

      Laughing on the bus
      Playing games with the faces
      She said the man in the Gabardine suit
      Was a spy
      I said "Be careful, his bow tie is really a camera"

      "Kathy, I'm lost" I said
      Though I knew she was sleeping
      I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
      Counting the cars
      On the New Jersey Turnpike
      They've all come to look for America
      All come to look for America