Fragile
by Yes
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Fragile is ranked 2nd best out of 69 albums by Yes on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Yes is Close To The Edge which is ranked number 87 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 13,734.
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Fragile track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Fragile ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 04/23/2026 09:30 | Pavloss | 219 | 59/100 | |
| 04/15/2026 08:37 | Liks_on_music | 554 | 81/100 | |
| 03/24/2026 21:07 |  UofTBlues | 3,631 | 71/100 | |
| 03/07/2026 13:08 | BoxFL | 2,767 | 51/100 | |
| 02/21/2026 18:56 | ramontxo21 | 13 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 83.3/100, a mean average of 82.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Record number 4 and the first with keyboardist Rick Wakeman who replaced Tony Kaye after the group had finished touring their breakthrough record, The Yes Album. The artwork for the album was the band's first to be designed by Roger Dean, who would design many of their future covers.
Long Distance Runaround will be covered in a stunning version in 1996 by Red House Painters.
This was very different from what I was listening to at the time. I really enjoyed the composition and arrangement of each song on this album. Roundabout is my favorite song on this album. The artwork on this cover is excellent.
Wonderful collection from a band finding its way. A few of the solo tracks are filler but the band cuts are terrific
The longer songs are where this record shines with the bookends of the album being the two best tracks in my opinion. Everything in the middle I feel like I could take it or leave it but that opener and closer make this album a must listen. There are some good moments in that middle part but there is also some filler especially with the shorter songs such as the interludes which can feel a little pointless. Musically, it is great and the group once again demonstrate their instrumental prowess by delivering some outstanding performances. Overall, I don't think this is the groups best record but it still has highlights and is instrumentally fantastic.
A slightly uneven album with all the interludes but the mega highlights are enough to make this a true classic!
Squonk007 08/16/2022 11:10 | #288539
One of the band's strongest albums. There is outstanding composition and musicianship on this. The standouts...Heart Of The Sunrise, Roundabout, South Side Of The Sky, We Have Heaven, Long Distance Runaround. Tunes I grew up with and I wouldn't have it any other way.
One of the best prog rock albums I've heard. Roundabout is one of the best songs of all time, Heart Of The Sunrise is pretty great too and I don't mind these shorter tracks.
yes top prog rock offering a little dreamy
seb7 03/01/2021 20:32 | #266843
interesting. Not my favorite, but pretty good.
The three "bigs" are big indeed. The rest is a bit disappointing.
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