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-->''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure ←To Be Continued— - -]]''

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* LampshadeHanging: "Heart of the Sunrise" references Jon Anderson's penchant for WordSaladLyrics:
-->''Straight light searching all the meanings of the song\\
Long last treatment of the telling that relates to all the words sung\\
Dreamer easy in the chair that really fits you''
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* CoverVersion: "Cans and Brahms" is Wakeman's interpretation of the third movement of Creator/JohannesBrahms' Symphony No. 4 in E minor.

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* CoverVersion: "Cans and Brahms" is Wakeman's interpretation of the third movement of Creator/JohannesBrahms' Music/JohannesBrahms' Symphony No. 4 in E minor.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Were we ever colder on that day, a million miles away. It seemed from all of eternity..."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Were we ever colder on that day, a million miles away. It seemed from all [[caption-width-right:350:''"In and around the lake, mountains come out of eternity...the sky, and they stand there."'']]



!!In and around the lake, tropes come out of the sky, and they stand there:

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!!In and around the lake, tropes come out of the sky, and they stand there:!!Did we really trope to one hundred:
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The track "Roundabout" was released as a single on 4 January 1972 in the United States, where it reached #14 in the Billboard Hot 100, and has since been one of the band's most iconic songs.

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The track "Roundabout" was released as a single on 4 January 1972 in the United States, where it reached #14 #13 in the Billboard Hot 100, and has since been one of the band's most iconic songs.
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* CoverVersion: "Cans and Brahms" is Wakeman's interpretation of the third movement of Creator/JohannesBrahms' ''Symphony No. 4 in E minor''.

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* CoverVersion: "Cans and Brahms" is Wakeman's interpretation of the third movement of Creator/JohannesBrahms' ''Symphony Symphony No. 4 in E minor''.minor.
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''Fragile'' is the fourth studio album by Music/{{Yes}}, released on 26 November 1971. It was the first album in which Music/RickWakeman contributed to the keyboards after replacing Tony Kaye, and also the first with the album cover art by illustrator Creator/RogerDean. It was a critical and commercial success, having been certified double platinum by the RIAA.

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''Fragile'' is the fourth studio album by Music/{{Yes}}, released on 26 November 1971. It was the first album in which former Music/DavidBowie collaborator Music/RickWakeman contributed to the keyboards after replacing Tony Kaye, Kaye (who would in turn become a live player for Bowie), and also the first with the album cover art by illustrator Creator/RogerDean. It was a critical and commercial success, having been certified double platinum by the RIAA.



* DesignStudentsOrgasm: This is the first Yes album to have artwork by Roger Dean.

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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: This is the first Yes album to have artwork by Roger Dean.Dean, whose lushly-detailed paintings would become a staple of the band's image.



* RealSongThemeTune: "Roundabout" was used as the ending credits theme to the first two parts of the anime adaptation of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.[[invoked]]

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* RealSongThemeTune: "Roundabout" was used as the ending credits theme to the first two parts season of the anime adaptation of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (which covers ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'' and ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'').[[invoked]]




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* DramaticWind: The beginning of "South Side of the Sky" uses this.
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* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "Heart of the Sunrise" has roughly three and a hal minutes of buildup before the first verse.

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* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "Heart of the Sunrise" has roughly three and a hal half minutes of buildup before the first verse.
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* SelfBackingVocalist: Jon Anderson overdubbed all of the vocal parts on "We Have Heaven".
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# "Heart of the Sunrise" (10:34)[[labelnote:*]]11:24 if the reprise of "We Have Heaven" is included, which starts around 10:38.[[/note]]

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# "Heart of the Sunrise" (10:34)[[labelnote:*]]11:24 if the reprise of "We Have Heaven" is included, which starts around 10:38.[[/note]]
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# "Heart of the Sunrise" (10:34)

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# "Heart of the Sunrise" (10:34)
(10:34)[[labelnote:*]]11:24 if the reprise of "We Have Heaven" is included, which starts around 10:38.[[/note]]
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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: This is the first Yes album to have artwork by Roger Dean.

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* CoverSong: "Cans and Brahms" is Wakeman's interpretation of the third movement of Creator/JohannesBrahms' ''Symphony No. 4 in E minor''.

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* CoverSong: CoverVersion: "Cans and Brahms" is Wakeman's interpretation of the third movement of Creator/JohannesBrahms' ''Symphony No. 4 in E minor''.


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* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "Heart of the Sunrise" has roughly three and a hal minutes of buildup before the first verse.


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* {{Instrumentals}}: "Cans and Brahms", "Five Per Cent for Nothing" and "Mood for a Day".
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Not to be mistaken for Music/NineInchNails album ''Music/{{The Fragile|1999}}''
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* CoverSong: "Cans and Brahms" is Wakeman's interpretation of the third movement of Music/JohannesBrahms' ''Symphony No. 4 in E minor''.

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* CoverSong: "Cans and Brahms" is Wakeman's interpretation of the third movement of Music/JohannesBrahms' Creator/JohannesBrahms' ''Symphony No. 4 in E minor''.
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* GratuituousLatin: ''Schindleria praematurus'' on "The Fish". It's a slightly altered rendition of the scientific name of Schindler's fish (Schindleria praematura).

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* GratuituousLatin: GratuitousLatin: ''Schindleria praematurus'' on "The Fish". It's a slightly altered rendition of the scientific name of Schindler's fish (Schindleria praematura).

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* CoverSong: "Cans and Brahms" is Wakeman's interpretation of the third movement of Music/JohannesBrahms' ''Symphony No. 4 in E minor''.



* GratuituousLatin: ''Schindleria praematurus'' on "The Fish". It's a slightly altered rendition of the scientific name of Schindler's fish (Schindleria praematura).



* MinisculeRocking: "Cans and Brahms", "We Have Heaven", and especially "Five Per Cent for Nothing".



* SiameseTwinSongs: "Long Distance Runaround" and "The Fish" from Fragile. So much they are never played without each other in concert.

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* SiameseTwinSongs: "Long Distance Runaround" and "The Fish" from Fragile.Fish". So much they are never played without each other in concert.
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* AlbumFiller: [[AllThereInTheManual As explained in the manual]], the "solo" pieces were recorded to get the album out the door quickly to pay the bank loan on Rick Wakeman's instruments. Their "filler" is still [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools pretty good]], with Steve Howe's acoustic piece "Mood for a Day" considered one of his best. That's how awesome they are.

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* AlbumFiller: [[AllThereInTheManual As explained in the manual]], liner notes]], the "solo" pieces were recorded to get the album out the door quickly to pay the bank loan on Rick Wakeman's instruments. Their "filler" is still [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools pretty good]], with Steve Howe's acoustic piece "Mood for a Day" considered one of his best. That's how awesome they are.
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* LyricalDissonance: "South Side of the Sky", a relatively hard rock song about a group of explorers freezing to death. Also "The Gates of Delirium", whose first section features excited, even triumphant music alongside lyrics about preparing for a battle, with such unnerving lines as "Kill them/Give them as they give us/Slay them/Burn their children's laughter/''On to hell''".

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* LyricalDissonance: "South Side of the Sky", a relatively hard rock song about a group of explorers freezing to death. Also "The Gates of Delirium", whose first section features excited, even triumphant music alongside lyrics about preparing for a battle, with such unnerving lines as "Kill them/Give them as they give us/Slay them/Burn their children's laughter/''On to hell''".
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The track "Roundabout" was released as a single on 4 January in the United States, where it reached #14 in the Billboard Hot 100, and has since been one of the band's most iconic songs.

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The track "Roundabout" was released as a single on 4 January 1972 in the United States, where it reached #14 in the Billboard Hot 100, and has since been one of the band's most iconic songs.
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->''"I'll be the roundabout\\
The words will make you out-and-out\\
I spend the day your way\\
Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley."''
-->--"Roundabout"

''Fragile'' is the fourth studio album by Music/{{Yes}}, released on 26 November 1971. It was the first album in which Music/RickWakeman contributed to the keyboards after replacing Tony Kaye, and also the first with the album cover art by illustrator Creator/RogerDean. It was a critical and commercial success, having been certified double platinum by the RIAA.

The track "Roundabout" was released as a single on 4 January in the United States, where it reached #14 in the Billboard Hot 100, and has since been one of the band's most iconic songs.

!! Tracklist:

[[AC:Side One]]

# "Roundabout" (8:29)
# "Cans and Brahms" (1:35)
# "We Have Heaven" (1:30)
# "South Side of the Sky" (8:04)

[[AC:Side Two]]

# "Five Per Cent for Nothing" (0:35)
# "Long Distance Runaround" (3:33)
# "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" (2:35)
# "Mood for a Day" (2:57)
# "Heart of the Sunrise" (10:34)

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!!Principal Members:

* Jon Anderson – vocals
* Music/BillBruford – drums, percussion
* Steve Howe – guitars, backing vocals
* Chris Squire – bass, guitars, backing vocals
* Music/RickWakeman – keyboards
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!!In and around the lake, tropes come out of the sky, and they stand there:
* AlbumFiller: [[AllThereInTheManual As explained in the manual]], the "solo" pieces were recorded to get the album out the door quickly to pay the bank loan on Rick Wakeman's instruments. Their "filler" is still [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools pretty good]], with Steve Howe's acoustic piece "Mood for a Day" considered one of his best. That's how awesome they are.
* BrickJoke: "We Have Heaven" abruptly ends with the sound of a door closing. At the end of the album, a HiddenTrack has the sound of a door opening and (part of) "We Have Heaven" heard again.
* DoorClosesEnding: When Jon Anderson's solo piece "We Have Heaven" ended with the sound of footsteps walking away and then a door slamming. (A hidden track after the last song on the album has the door reopening onto a reprise of "We Have Heaven".)
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Depicted on the back cover.
* EpicRocking: Three of the four non-solo songs clock in above eight minutes, with "Heart of the Sunrise" taking up the final ten minutes.
* HiddenTrack: The reprise to "We Have Heaven", after "Heart of the Sunrise"
* LongestSongGoesLast: "Heart of the Sunrise"
* LyricalDissonance: "South Side of the Sky", a relatively hard rock song about a group of explorers freezing to death. Also "The Gates of Delirium", whose first section features excited, even triumphant music alongside lyrics about preparing for a battle, with such unnerving lines as "Kill them/Give them as they give us/Slay them/Burn their children's laughter/''On to hell''".
* RealSongThemeTune: "Roundabout" was used as the ending credits theme to the first two parts of the anime adaptation of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.[[invoked]]
* SiameseTwinSongs: "Long Distance Runaround" and "The Fish" from Fragile. So much they are never played without each other in concert.

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