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Close to the Edge is the fifth studio album by English progressive rock band Yes, released in September 1972. Drummer Bill Bruford, recording with the band for the last time until 1991, found making it laborious and felt he could not contribute better ideas — a dissatisfaction that led him to leave for King Crimson. The taste it signals reaches toward music built on craft and complexity, stories of artistic dedication, and worlds where creative intensity reshapes everything around it.

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Close to the Edge is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in the UK on 8 September 1972 and in the US on 13 September 1972, by Atlantic Records. It is their last album until Union (1991) to feature original drummer Bill Bruford, who found the album particularly laborious to make and felt unable to contribute better ideas, which influenced his decision to join King Crimson once recording had finished.

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For something that puts music at the centre, 9 Songs and Leto both capture the intensity of living inside a musical moment. Classic Albums digs into the making of records with similar ambition.

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Rock Band 2 is the closest match — it challenges players to master lead guitar, bass, drums, and vocals simultaneously, demanding focused attention to every instrument in the mix.

Why does Close to the Edge resonate so deeply with listeners?

The album was famously difficult to make — drummer Bill Bruford found the sessions laborious and felt he could not contribute better ideas before leaving the band. That sense of craft pushed to its limit is audible in the finished record.

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