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Yes "Fragile" How great of an album is it?

In my opinion it is one of the great all time rock albums and in the same class as DSOTM and Sargent Pepper's. It is as about as perfect of a collective composition as an album can come. It cut new ground in sound and was a high water mark for the band. And, now that the new analog transfer to vinyl is out, one heck of a great sounding album.

What's your opinion. Should it be in the top 10 rock albums of all time?
raymonda
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mapman
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I've picked up and enjoyed a couple Spock's Beard CDs.  I think some of those are a natural fit for a Yes fan to try.
czarivey
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Yes best album is Union. Better than Relayer
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oblgny
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To get back on subject...
 
Definitely in the top rock albums of all time, indeedily. No question about it. 

10 is too limiting.  If I had only 10 albums on the proverbial desert island scenario it wouldn't make the cut. 100 on the island, yes. Just not in my top 10.  
stevecham
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For me, Fragile sits in the context of The Yes Album, Close To The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans and Relayer.  Without those adjacent works by the ever evolving band of Anderson and Squire, it has no coordinates as to where it lies in the Rock canon. It also needs to be evaluated in close alliance with contemporary albums like Master Of Reality, Aqualung, L.A Woman, Imagine, Sticky Fingers, Who's Next, Zep IV, Surf's Up, Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys, Killer...I could go on.
don_c55
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Owned a few Yes albums - "Fragile", "Yes Songs", "Close to the Edge"

Played them a few times, and never got into them.

Purged them from my collection.
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