Yes ‎– Going For The One

RARE/2HAND VINYL ON ATLANTIC RECORDS 1977.

SD 19106 made in US. With original innersleeve.

Gatefold cover.

Vinyl NM. Cover VG+.

Going for the One is perhaps the most overlooked item in the Yes catalog. It marked Rick Wakeman's return to the band after a three-year absence, and also a return to shorter song forms after the experimentalism of Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans, and Relayer. In many ways, this disc could be seen as the follow-up to Fragile. Its five tracks still retain mystical, abstract lyrical images, and the music is grand and melodic, the vocal harmonies perfectly balanced by the stinging guitar work of Steve Howe, Wakeman's keyboards, and the solid rhythms of Alan White and Chris Squire. The title track features Howe on steel guitar (he's the only prog rocker who bothers with the instrument). "Turn of the Century" and the album's single, "Wonderous Stories," are lovely ballads the way only Yes can do them.

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Tracklist.

A1 Going For The One 5:30
A2 Turn Of The Century 7:58
A3 Parallels 5:52
B1 Wonderous Stories 3:45
B2 Awaken 15:38