Close To The Edge
by Yes
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 90 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 3 hours ago |  NowhereMan | 1,459 | 78/100 |
| ! | 4 days ago | stryker700 | 295 | 90/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2026 22:53 | villagegreen831 | 154 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 18:00 | abbolton | 77 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 19:14 | Svelte8 | 1,859 | 73/100 |
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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 85.4/100, a mean average of 84.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Prog rock at its best.
A great follow up to their last two albums with another perfect progressive rock album. I enjoy how they combined elements of classical music, pop, and jazz. Musically this is stunning with the experimentation and creativity truly flowing from the band. Buckle-up when listening because of the highs, it makes this a must listen even for those not fans of this genre.
Prog's an interesting genre as there's so many variations. If you needed to explain a concise definition and what typical prog may be, this album would be the perfect example. I find albums like this do seem to take multiple listens before gelling with though. This is one that does have the right mix and blend of melody v's complexity.
Siberian Khatru is a good track, the first track I'm not a huge fan of, especially the beginning. generally I don't like this long-form style of prog rock
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Perfect album for me , stunning from start to finish andat 40 mins long you can quickly get through multiple listens when introducing yourself to it 10/10
perfect
One of the greatest musical achievements ever. Especially in prog rock. 3 songs, 38 minutes. High replay value. Wish more prog albums were like this. Favourite track: And You And I, strongly followed by Close To The Edge.
Heresy: I sometimes skip the intro to Close To The Edge and the last minute or so of Siberian Khatru. It depends heavily on my mood though.
One of the best progs album
Perfection. It’s that simple
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