It was fifty years ago today … in and around the lake
Strangely, most music ‘historians’ tend to mark the main importance of this, their fourth, studio album as the first one to feature Roger Dean’s cover artwork – a style that continued on the majority of their subsequent albums. For me it was a transition album from their early, more rock-based music into being an out-and-out prog band. Whether, long-term, that was a good thing or not is for fans to judge, but it is that transitionary sound that captures both styles is what makes this a classic album for me.
Album: Fragile
Artist: Yes
Released: 26th November 1971
Weeks in UK Album Chart: 16
Highest Chart Position: 7
