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* ContemptibleCover: The Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} cover portrays a nude male looking towards the skyscrapers in front of him.
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''Going for the One'' is the eighth album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/{{Yes}}, released on 15 July 1977 through Creator/AtlanticRecords. After the tour in support of their last album ''Music/{{Relayer}}'', Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz left the group, and Music/RickWakeman returned to the group after having departed the group in the aftermath of ''Music/TalesFromTopographicOceans'' over creative differences. The album had been praised by contemporary critics for a return to more accessible music, and sales have reached gold status in both the UK and the US within a month. Even as PunkRock was starting to dominate the British music landscape around the time, ''Going for the One'' managed to reach #1 in the country's album charts.

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''Going for the One'' is the eighth album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/{{Yes}}, released on 15 July 1977 through Creator/AtlanticRecords. After the tour in support of their last album ''Music/{{Relayer}}'', Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz left the group, and Music/RickWakeman returned to the group after having departed the group in the aftermath of ''Music/TalesFromTopographicOceans'' over creative differences. The album had been praised by contemporary critics for a return to more accessible music, and sales Sales have reached gold status in both the UK and the US within a month. Even month, and even as PunkRock was starting to dominate the British music landscape around the time, ''Going for the One'' managed to reach #1 in the country's album charts.
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''Going for the One'' is the eighth album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/{{Yes}}, released on 15 July 1977 through Creator/AtlanticRecords. After the tour in support of their last album ''Relayer'', Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz left the group, and Music/RickWakeman returned to the group after having departed the group in the aftermath of ''Music/TalesFromTopographicOceans'' over creative differences. The album had been praised by contemporary critics for a return to more accessible music, and sales have reached gold status in both the UK and the US within a month. Even as PunkRock was starting to dominate the British music landscape around the time, ''Going for the One'' managed to reach #1 in the country's album charts.

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''Going for the One'' is the eighth album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/{{Yes}}, released on 15 July 1977 through Creator/AtlanticRecords. After the tour in support of their last album ''Relayer'', ''Music/{{Relayer}}'', Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz left the group, and Music/RickWakeman returned to the group after having departed the group in the aftermath of ''Music/TalesFromTopographicOceans'' over creative differences. The album had been praised by contemporary critics for a return to more accessible music, and sales have reached gold status in both the UK and the US within a month. Even as PunkRock was starting to dominate the British music landscape around the time, ''Going for the One'' managed to reach #1 in the country's album charts.
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''Going for the One'' is the eighth album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/{{Yes}}, released on 15 July 1977 through Creator/AtlanticRecords. After the tour in support of their last album ''Relayer'', Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz left the group, and Music/RickWakeman returned to the group after having departed the group in the aftermath of ''Music/TalesFromTopographicOceans'' over creative differences. The album had been praised by contemporary critics for a return to more accessible music, and sales have reached gold status in both the UK and the US within a month. Even as punk rock was starting to dominate the British music landscape around the time, ''Going for the One'' managed to reach #1 in the country's album charts.

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''Going for the One'' is the eighth album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/{{Yes}}, released on 15 July 1977 through Creator/AtlanticRecords. After the tour in support of their last album ''Relayer'', Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz left the group, and Music/RickWakeman returned to the group after having departed the group in the aftermath of ''Music/TalesFromTopographicOceans'' over creative differences. The album had been praised by contemporary critics for a return to more accessible music, and sales have reached gold status in both the UK and the US within a month. Even as punk rock PunkRock was starting to dominate the British music landscape around the time, ''Going for the One'' managed to reach #1 in the country's album charts.
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* ContemptibleCover: The front cover portrays a nude male looking towards the skyscrapers in front of him.
* EpicRocking: "Turn of the Century" came close to reaching eight minutes, while Awaken goes for fifteen and a half, with "Parallels" a few seconds away from reaching six minutes.

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* ContemptibleCover: The front Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} cover portrays a nude male looking towards the skyscrapers in front of him.
* EpicRocking: "Turn of the Century" came close to reaching eight minutes, while Awaken "Awaken" goes for fifteen and a half, with "Parallels" a few seconds away from reaching six minutes.



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[[caption-width-right:350:"''Taken in time, taken so high, to touch, to move, listen to life.''"]]

->"''Like leaves we touch, we see\\
We will know the story\\
As autumn calls we'll both remember\\
All those many years ago''"
-->--"Turn of the Century"

''Going for the One'' is the eighth album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/{{Yes}}, released on 15 July 1977 through Creator/AtlanticRecords. After the tour in support of their last album ''Relayer'', Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz left the group, and Music/RickWakeman returned to the group after having departed the group in the aftermath of ''Music/TalesFromTopographicOceans'' over creative differences. The album had been praised by contemporary critics for a return to more accessible music, and sales have reached gold status in both the UK and the US within a month. Even as punk rock was starting to dominate the British music landscape around the time, ''Going for the One'' managed to reach #1 in the country's album charts.

Supported by the singles "Wonderous Stories" and "Going for the One".

!!Tracklist
[[AC:Side one]]
#"Going for the One" (5:30)
#"Turn of the Century" (7:58)
#"Parallels" (5:52)

[[AC:Side two]]
#"Wonderous Stories" (3:45)
#"Awaken" (15:38)

!!Principal members:
* Jon Anderson: lead vocals, harp
* Steve Howe: guitars, backing vocals
* Chris Squire: bass, vocals
* Music/RickWakeman: piano, electric keyboard, church organ, Polymoog synthesizer, choral arrangement ("Awaken")
* Alan White: drums, percussion

!!I beg to leave, to hear your wonderous tropes:
* ContemptibleCover: The front cover portrays a nude male looking towards the skyscrapers in front of him.
* EpicRocking: "Turn of the Century" came close to reaching eight minutes, while Awaken goes for fifteen and a half, with "Parallels" a few seconds away from reaching six minutes.
* HolyPipeOrgan: "Parallels" and "Awaken" both prominently feature a church organ, recorded at a church in Vevey, Switzerland.
* LongestSongGoesLast: The album closes out with a fifteen-minute "Awaken".
* SelfDeprecation: In the final verse for "Going for the One" has this for Jon Anderson's tendency for WordSaladLyrics:
-->"''Now the verses I've sang don't add much weight\\
To the story in my head, so I'm thinking I should go and write a punchline\\
But they're so hard to find in my cosmic mind\\
So I think I'll take a look out of the window.''"
* TitleOnlyChorus: "Going for the One".

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