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Fragile (Yes album)
''Fragile'' is the fourth studio album from the English progressive rock band Yes, released in November 1971 on Atlantic Records. It is their first album recorded with keyboardist Rick Wakeman after the departure of Tony Kaye earlier in the year. It consists of nine tracks, four of which are group performances while five are solo features written by each member. It marked the band's first collaboration with artist Roger Dean, who would design their logo and many of their future covers.
''Fragile'' was the band's greatest commercial and critical success at the time of its release. It peaked at number 4 in the U.S. and number 7 in the UK. "Roundabout" was released as a single in the U.S. and is one of the band's best-known songs. The album is certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over two million copies.
==Background==
On 31 July 1971, Yes performed the final concert of their 1970–71 tour of Europe and North America at Crystal Palace Park to support ''The Yes Album'' (1971). The line-up during this time consisted of singer Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Bill Bruford, keyboardist Tony Kaye, and guitarist Steve Howe. Following the tour, Yes started work on their next studio record that was originally conceived as a double album with a combination of studio and live tracks.〔Hedges, p. 59〕 The concept could not be realised due to the time required to make it.〔Morse, p. 25〕 Ideas to have the album recorded in Miami, Florida with producer Tom Dowd also never came to fruition.〔Welch, p. 96〕
Rehearsals took place in August 1971 in what Squire described as "a little rehearsal studio in Shepherd's Market" in London.〔 Working with Kaye became unsuccessful; he was reluctant to expand his sound beyond his usual Hammond organ and piano and play newer instruments like the Mellotron or Moog synthesizer. Anderson and Squire asked Kaye to leave Yes and found a replacement in Rick Wakeman, a classically trained player from the folk rock group Strawbs. Wakeman joined the group as they rehearsed "Heart of the Sunrise".〔 Squire spoke about that first session: "That marked the first real appearance of the Mellotron and the Moog—adding the flavour of those instruments to a piece we'd basically already worked out".〔Hedges, p. 58〕 According to Wakeman, the basis of "Roundabout" was also put down on the same day.
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