Close to the Edge is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in the UK on 8 September 1972 and in the US on 13 September 1972, by Atlantic Records. It is their last a
Cover of the 2018 reissue of the Steven Wilson remix
Drummer Bill Bruford left the band after the album was recorded.
The inner sleeve artwork was inspired by the tarns in the Lake District
William Scott Bruford is an English drummer and percussionist. He is known for his work from the late 1960s to the 1990s, primarily as both a founding member of Yes and as a member of three forms of K
Close to the Edge
…UK on 8 September 1972 and in the US on 13 September 1972, by Atlantic Records. It is their last album until Union (1991) to feature original drummer Bill Bruford, who found the album particularly laborious to make and felt unable to contribute better ideas, which influenced his decision to join King Crimson once…
Bruford performing in 2008
King Crimson in 1974. From left: John Wetton, David Cross, Robert Fripp, and Bruford
Bruford at the Moers Festival in Germany, 2004