Relayer

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Relayer
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Studio album by
Yes
Released29 November 1974
Recorded1974
StudioNew Pipers, Virginia Water, Surrey
Genre
Length40:31
Label Atlantic
Producer
Yes chronology
Tales from Topographic Oceans
(1973)		Relayer
(1974)		 Yesterdays
(1975)
Singles from Relayer
  1. "Soon"/"Sound Chaser"
    Released: 8 January 1975 (US)

Relayer is the seventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in November 1974 by Atlantic Records. After keyboardist Rick Wakeman left the group in May 1974 over disagreements with the band's direction following their double concept album Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973), Yes entered rehearsals as a four-piece in Buckinghamshire. They auditioned several musicians, including Greek keyboardist and composer Vangelis, before settling with Swiss musician Patrick Moraz of Refugee who incorporated elements of funk and jazz fusion to the album. Relayer is formed of three tracks, with "The Gates of Delirium" on side one and "Sound Chaser" and "To Be Over" on side two.

Contents

Relayer received a mixed to positive reception from contemporary and retrospective critics. It reached No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 5 on the US Billboard 200. A single of the closing section of "The Gates of Delirium", titled "Soon", was released in January 1975. After touring in support of the album between November 1974 and July 1975, Yes went on a year-long hiatus. Relayer continued to sell, and is certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over 500,000 copies in the US. It was remastered in 2003 and in 2014, both with previously unreleased tracks; the latter includes new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes and additional tracks.

Background

In April 1974, the Yes line-up of singer Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, keyboardist Rick Wakeman, and drummer Alan White wrapped their 1973–1974 tour in support of their previous album, Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973). [2] The album had been a success for the band, reaching number one in the UK for two weeks, and became the first to be certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry based solely on pre-orders. Despite the success, Wakeman informed the band of his decision to leave midway into the tour, following his disagreements and frustration with the direction the band had taken with the album. His exit was made public on 8 June, and he resumed his already successful solo career. [3]

Reduced to a four-piece, Yes retreated to Farmyard Studios, a rehearsal and recording facility owned by drummer Trevor Morais in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, and worked on new songs. [4] After some material had been arranged, auditions for a new keyboardist began and around eight players were invited, including Jean Roussel, Eddie Jobson, [5] Nick Glennie-Smith, and Greek musician and composer Vangelis. [6] [7] Others were flown in from the US and Germany. [4] Anderson was a fan of Vangelis and visited his Paris flat several months earlier when Yes were in town performing Tales from Topographic Oceans. Vangelis agreed to an audition and shipped his keyboards to the rehearsal studio, but the group discovered he was non-committal about the role and too strong a personality for a group. [8] Atlantic Records vice president Phil Carson added that his fear of flying caused further complications, and a subsequent rejection from the Musicians Union ended the possibility of Vangelis joining the band. [9] Melody Maker reporter Chris Welch suggested that the band try Patrick Moraz, a Swiss musician and film composer with a background in jazz and classical music, and a member of the progressive and jazz fusion trio Refugee. [10] [11] Within a week Moraz accepted an invitation from Brian Lane, the band's manager, to an audition. [12] Moraz was a fan of the band and had met the original line-up in Switzerland in 1969. [10] [13]

Moraz arrived at Farmyard Studios in the first week of August 1974, and saw each band member arrive in his own expensive car. He said: "Coming from Refugee, where we had been walking three miles to and from our rehearsal place ... it was quite a contrast!" [7] Vangelis's keyboards were still situated in the studio, and Moraz used them for his audition. [14] After tuning up he played some parts to display his ability, including a short section of "And You and I" from Close to the Edge (1972), causing the band to stop talking and gather around him. [7] Moraz's first task was to devise a section to complement what they had written for the middle section of "Sound Chaser". The band liked what he played, and on the following day, Lane informed Moraz that his audition was a success. [15] [16] [11] Moraz accepted the offer, but felt some pressure to deliver, and drove from his flat in Earl's Court near central London to the studio each day to record and learn the band's repertoire. [13]

Writing and recording

Having made the 80-minute Tales from Topographic Oceans with such a "tight" musical structure, Anderson wanted to explore music that was "so outrageously different" on Relayer. [17] He was particularly influenced by electronic music compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen and Wings of the Delirious Demon (1972) by Turkish-American musician İlhan Mimaroğlu. [17] Anderson recalled that he and Moraz shared an interest to make something "very modern" at the time, and went as far to suggest the band make "free form music without thought, which everybody thought I was going a little too far". [17] Relayer takes the same form as Close to the Edge (1972), which features one track occupying side one and two songs on side two. The band wrote two additional tracks during rehearsals but did not have enough time to record them in the studio; Anderson described one as "absolutely crazy and intricate". [18] For the majority of his keyboard parts, Moraz did not write the music on paper and instead relied on his memory except for some particularly precise sections. [13] Howe's main guitar on the album is a 1955 Fender Telecaster, marking a stylistic departure from his usual Gibson and Les Paul models that he had used on earlier albums. [19] He also uses a pedal steel and electric sitar. [20] Squire uses a Fender Jazz Bass on "To Be Over", a departure from his usual Rickenbacker 4001.

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Relayer was recorded at New Pipers in Virginia Water

Following rehearsals at Farmyard Studios, the band decided to record Relayer at Squire's home at New Pipers in Virginia Water, Surrey, which he had purchased in Christmas 1972. [21] This marked the first time Yes had made an album outside of London, and the location served as a cost-cutting measure by eliminating the need to pay for time in a professional studio, thus giving the band more time to work on the music. [22] They were joined by Eddy Offord, who had worked with the band since 1970 as their engineer and later co-producer and live sound mixer. Offord installed a mobile 24-track recording machine and mixing desk in Squire's basement, and enlisted Genaro Rippo as tape operator. [23] [22] [13] [24] Relayer was the final Yes album with Offord before he left in 1975 to work with other groups. He later stated that his time with the band had become "a bit stale", but made brief returns during the recording of Drama (1980) and Union (1991). Recording sessions typically lasted for eight or nine hours. [25] Moraz wished Offord was "a little less stoned" during recording as it affected the album's production quality, ranking it inferior to Offord's work on Fragile (1971) and albums with Emerson Lake & Palmer. [26] Mixing was completed at Advision Studios in London. [nb 1]

Songs

Side one

"The Gates of Delirium" is a 21-minute track that Anderson described as "a war song, a battle scene, but it's not to explain war or denounce it ... There's a prelude, a charge, a victory tune, and peace at the end, with hope for the future." [18] He originally planned to base the entire album on the literary work War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, but instead opted for a side-long track inspired by its themes. [27] Moraz recalled a discussion about the story with Anderson as they had both read it, after which Moraz presented him with a copy of Délirius, a French science fiction graphic novel by Philippe Druillet. Moraz said: "He related to it immediately so I think that perhaps as a title 'The Gates of Delirium' came from that". [28] [29]

The song originated from several short themes that Anderson had amassed in his head and played them to the group on a piano "very badly"; he was relieved when his bandmates understood what he was trying to do. [17] [30] Anderson and Howe kept track of its structure by recording sections of it on cassette tapes, leaving Anderson to figure out the next part as the group would develop what was put down prior. [30] The song was recorded in sections at a time, though the group was familiar with the entire piece beforehand and spent several weeks recording takes of each section and selecting the ones the members felt were the strongest. Once picked, the sections were edited together and overdubs were then recorded. [13] The battle section includes crashing sound effects that were created by White pushing over a tower of used car parts that he and Anderson had collected from a scrap yard. [31] Howe remembered Anderson becoming too excited in what he envisaged the battle to be, leading the group to produce one mix that was "too far gone" and another "too safe". [32] Following the battle, the track concludes with a gentle song that later became known as "Soon". [30] Anderson later thought that "The Gates of Delirium" did not come across effectively on record, but fared better in concert. [26]

Side two

"Sound Chaser" contains elements of jazz fusion and funk arrangements. Moraz was asked to devise an introduction to the song during his audition with the band; his contribution was finalised after "one or two takes" and used on the final version. [13] [33] He considered his Moog synthesizer solo at the end a highlight moment in his performance on the album, but felt that the keyboards overall were buried in the final mix. [34] Howe thought the track was "an indescribable mixture of Patrick's jazzy keyboards and my weird sort of flamenco electric [guitar]", yet he disliked Moraz's initial choice of chords he played during his guitar solo, causing Moraz to play it differently, which he disagreed with. [15] Yes biographer Dan Hedges compared the track to the style of fusion group Return to Forever. [27]

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The Serpentine, Hyde Park

"To Be Over" originated when Anderson spent an afternoon at Howe's house in London. As the two discussed what music to prepare for the album, Anderson told Howe of his fondness for a melody Howe had written and had sung to Anderson before. Anderson also had the initial lyric: "We'll go sailing down the stream tomorrow, floating down the universal stream, to be over". Howe gained inspiration for the track from a boat ride on The Serpentine lake in Hyde Park in London. From the beginning, he thought the song was "really special" and Anderson agreed to develop it further. [35] Howe had come up with the music for this particular section in the late 1960s and took a riff from a track by his earlier group, Tomorrow. [36] Anderson described "To Be Over" as "Strong in content, but mellow in overall attitude ... It's about how you should look after yourself when things go wrong." [18] When the song's lyric was being finalised, Howe suggested having the line "She won't know what it means to me" follow "We go sailing down the calming streams", but Anderson changed it to "To be over, we will see", a change that Howe thought was "creatively disguised" to make a broader lyrical statement. [37] Moraz felt constricted to perform an improvised keyboard solo for the song, so he wrote down a counterpoint solo "exactly like a classical fugue" to blend his keyboards with the guitar and bass. [37] He had written an initial version on paper in an evening, yet the band expressed their wish to change the key of the song for the section, causing Moraz to spend several hours rewriting it overnight. [38] [30]

Artwork

The album's sleeve was designed and illustrated by English artist Roger Dean, who had designed artwork for the band since 1971, including their logo. In his 1975 book Views, Dean picked the cover as his favourite for Yes, and the recording he enjoyed the most. He revealed his intention of depicting "a giant 'gothic' cave" for the sleeve, "a sort of fortified city for military monks". [39] The painting originated from a watercolour sketch Dean had done while studying in college. [40] Speaking about the cover in 2004, he said: "I was playing with the ideas of the ultimate castle, the ultimate wall of a fortified city. That was more of a fantastical idea. I was looking for the kinds of things like the Knights Templar would have made or what you'd see in the current movie Lord of the Rings . The curving, swirling cantilevers right into space." [41] The images depicted in many of Dean's album covers set an otherworldly tone and are an identifiable part of the band's visual style. For Relayer, the warriors on horseback reflect the lyrical themes of war present in "The Gates of Delirium". [42] The sleeve includes an untitled four-stanza poem by writer Donald Lehmkuhl dated October 1974, and features a band photograph taken by Moraz's former Mainhorse bandmate, Jean Ristori. [nb 1] The album's CD reissue features two additional paintings, and further unused designs are included in Dean's 2008 book Dragon's Dream. [43] At the 1975 edition of the NME Awards, the album won Best Dressed LP.

Dean has said that "The Gates of Delirium" may be his favourite Yes track and that he felt the album should have been named after it. [44] By 2020, the painting had been on sale for $6 million. [40]

Release

Relayer was released in the UK in November 1974 on LP, audio cassette, and 8-track tape, followed by its release in the US on 5 December 1974. [nb 2] It continued the band's commercial success during the 1970s, reaching number 4 on the UK Albums Chart [45] and number 5 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart. [46] Less than two weeks after its release in the US, the album reached gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America on 18 December 1974 for over 500,000 copies sold. [47] A single of the closing section of "The Gates of Delirium", titled "Soon" (From "The Gates of Delirium"), was released as a single on 8 January 1975, with an edited version of "Sound Chaser" on its B-side. [nb 3]

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [48]
Pitchfork 5.3/10 [49]
The Daily VaultB+ [50]
Sea of TranquilityStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [51]
Rolling Stone (unfavourable) [52]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [53]

Relayer received a mostly positive reaction from music critics. Music journalist and author Chris Welch gave a positive review for Melody Maker , praising the album as "one of the most successful and satisfying Yes albums". He described "The Gates of Delirium" as a "powerful piece ... and benefits by the time structures imposed by this single album." Welch continued to note the band "at their best, creating tension and release with consummate ease, and preparing the way for Jon's crystalline vocals" at the end of the battle section which segues into "Soon". [54] In its December 1974 review, Billboard magazine called Relayer "another nearly flawless effort" by Yes and noted Moraz "fits in perfectly". It concluded with "one of the simpler, yet at the same time, one of the most workable sets the band has come up with." [55] Those who gave the album a negative review thought it was the follow-up to Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973), an album they felt was pretentious and overblown. [56]

In a retrospective review, AllMusic rated the album three stars out of five, stating Yes had "little incentive to curb their musical ambitiousness" at the time, the album "alternated abrasive, rhythmically dense instrumental sections featuring solos for the various instruments with delicate vocal and choral sections featuring poetic lyrics devoted to spiritual imagery." [48]

The band

Howe described the music on Relayer as "very modern, European style of music, and Patrick brought in a South American flavour as well. It was a very international record". [22] Squire thought some of the interaction between his bass and White's drums was better than anything heard on previous Yes albums at that point. [26] Moraz summarised the album's recording as "pretty loose, but the energy is there". [26] Upon its release, Wakeman was asked to review it for the BBC and felt pleased that the band had made it as it was "far too jazzy and freeform, which I didn't like". Had the group recorded music more melodic and thematic, he would have felt angry as it would have been the direction that he thought Yes should have adopted. "I'm pleased I made the right decision to leave the band when I did". [57]

Reissues

Relayer was first reissued on CD in 1988 on the Atlantic in Europe [nb 4] and the US [nb 5] . The CD mastering has been attributed to Zal Schreiber, one of Atlantic's in-house CD mastering engineers at the time. [58] In 1998, a mini-sleeve HDCD version mastered by Isao Kikuchi was released in Japan [nb 6] . In 2003, the album was digitally remastered on Rhino and Elektra Records by George Marino at Sterling Sound. This version included single edits of "Soon" and "Sound Chaser" and a studio run-through of "The Gates of Delirium" [nb 2] with less keyboards and alternate song structures in parts but an identical "battle" section as heard in the final version. 2009 saw the album remastered by Isao Kikuchi for the Japanese market. [nb 7] The 2003 remastered edition was included in the band's The Studio Albums 1969–1987 box set, released in 2013.

In November 2014, Relayer was reissued as CD/DVD-Audio and CD/Blu-ray disc packs on the Panegyric label with new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes by Steven Wilson. The packs feature bonus tracks including an original master transfer and studio run-through versions of each track. The Blu-ray pack includes an instrumental mix of the album. This remaster does not include the sound effects heard in the middle section of "The Gates of Delirium" as they were not part of the original multi-track masters. Wilson hypothesised that they were added during the final mixdown of the album from a separate tape source. [59]

Tour

Yes supported Relayer with their 1974–1975 tour of North America and the UK that lasted from 8 November 1974 to 23 August 1975, with the album played in its entirety. [57] [2] The tour culminated with a headline spot at the 1975 Reading Festival. [60] Most dates featured the English band Gryphon as the opening act. [2] Rehearsals lasted for several weeks at Shepperton Studios, Surrey with Offord on sound, stage lighting by their longtime associate Michael Tait, and the set designed by Roger Dean and his brother Martyn. [61] [62]

The tour opened with a 31-date leg of the US, for which Moraz had about six weeks to familiarise himself with the setlist and made use of his 90-minute drive from his London flat to Squire's home to learn it. Ristori assisted by transcribing Yes songs onto paper, forming what Moraz described as "memory sheets", because of the amount and the complexity of some of his parts. [62] He relied on the sheets for the first few shows on the tour, yet by the time the tour reached Madison Square Garden in New York City less than two weeks later, Moraz realised he had learned the set and stopped using them. [62] [2] The show was a highlight for him: "We had a standing ovation for several minutes. The noise was absolutely unbelievable." [62] His rig included 14 keyboards on stage, double the number he had previously worked with. [62] Future Yes singer and producer Trevor Horn, a fan of the band, attended their show on the UK leg and recalled the performance of "The Gates of Delirium": "It got to the end and Jon sang 'Soon' ... I felt like crying. It got me so much. I loved that song so much". [15]

Yes originally planned to conduct a European tour in 2020 that continued their Album Series Tour and featured Relayer performed in its entirety, but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [63] [64] [65] The tour was rescheduled for 2022, [66] but the band announced that they would instead dedicate the tour to the fiftieth anniversary of Close to the Edge. [67] The Relayer tour was subsequently rescheduled a third time for 2023, but was once again postponed due to problems with insurance. [68]

Track listing

All tracks written by Yes. [69]

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Gates of Delirium"21:55
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Sound Chaser"9:28
2."To Be Over"9:08
Total length:40:31
Bonus tracks (2003 remaster)
No.TitleLength
4."Soon" (single edit)4:18
5."Sound Chaser" (single edit)3:13
6."The Gates of Delirium" (studio run-through)21:16
Total length:69:15

Notes:

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the 1974 album liner notes. [nb 1]

Yes

Production

Charts

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [71] 15
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [72] 22
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [73] 10
French Albums (SNEP) [74] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [75] 27
Italian Albums ( Musica e Dischi ) [76] 17
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [77] 37
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [78] 18
UK Albums (OCC) [79] 4
US Billboard 200 [80] 5
Chart (2014)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [81] 19
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [82] 11

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [83] Gold100,000*
United States (RIAA) [84] Gold500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  2. 1 2 Rhino R2-73792
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  4. ↑ Atlantic 250 096
  5. ↑ Atlantic 82664
  6. ↑ Atlantic AMCY-2738
  7. ↑ Rhino WPCR-75500

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