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Close to the Edge

fifth studio album from the English progressive rock band Yes
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Close to the Edge

Summary

Close to the Edge is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,446 views/month, #423 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Close to the Edge's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Close to the Edge's genre is symphonic rock[4].
  • Close to the Edge's genre is progressive rock[5].
  • Close to the Edge was produced by Yes[6].
  • Close to the Edge was performed by Yes[7].
  • Close to the Edge's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[8].
  • Close to the Edge is part of Yes' albums in chronological order[9].
  • Close to the Edge's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Close to the Edge's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Advision Studios[11].
  • Close to the Edge was published on September 13, 1972[12].
  • Close to the Edge's tracklist is recorded as Close to the Edge[13].
  • Close to the Edge's tracklist is recorded as And You and I[14].
  • Close to the Edge's tracklist is recorded as Siberian Khatru[15].
  • Close to the Edge's cover art by is recorded as Roger Dean[16].
  • Close to the Edge's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Close to the Edge'}[17].
  • Close to the Edge's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2271'}[18].
  • Close to the Edge's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[19].
  • Close to the Edge's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[21]

  • First release date: 1972-09-13[22]

  • Genre(s): art rock, classic rock, progressive, progressive rock, rock, symphonic rock[23]

  • Community tags: art rock, classic rock, prog-rock, progressive, progressive rock, rock, rock/pop, symphonic rock[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5a59b948-1961-32ff-80d9-e970c7d4ebe9[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Close to the Edge was performed by Yes[7]. It was produced by Yes[6].

Publication

Close to the Edge was released on September 13, 1972[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include symphonic rock[4] and progressive rock[5]. It is part of Yes' albums in chronological order[9].

Why It Matters

Close to the Edge ranks in the top 0.7% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,446 views/month, #423 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Yes

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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