Going for the One

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11 years, 4 months ago at Dec 4 21:13

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"Going For the One" is the most important and influencing album I have ever owned. I think the entire Yes philosophy is contained in this album and with Rick Wakeman returning for this album made it particularly outstanding.

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Description: 2 2 0 0 In 1977, with England still in the throes of the punk explosion, and art-rock becoming a decidedly unfashionable commodity, the longstanding progressive-rock institution Yes was making some of the most inventive and energetic music of its career on Going for the One. The album--which marked the return of star keyboardist Rick Wakeman to the band--features the FM hit "Wondrous Stories," one of frontman Jon Anderson's most limpid acoustic ballads. Elsewhere, the propulsive title track and the hyperactive "Parallels" find the band flirting with dissonance, belying Yes's image as a hidebound dinosaur. ... (more)

Manufacturer: Atlantic
Release date: 26 August 2003
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0081227379322 UPC: 081227379322