Fragile (Yes album)

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Fragile
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Studio album by
Yes
Released12 November 1971 (1971-11-12) [1]
Recorded11 August–5 September 1971 [2]
Studio Advision, Fitzrovia, London
Genre Progressive rock [3] [4]
Length41:16
Label Atlantic
Producer
Yes chronology
The Yes Album
(1971)		Fragile
(1971)		 Close to the Edge
(1972)
Singles from Fragile
  1. "Roundabout"
    Released: 4 January 1972 (US) [5]
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Roundabout" Jon Anderson, Steve Howe 8:29
2."Cans and Brahms" (instrumental) Johannes Brahms, arranged by Rick Wakeman 1:34
3."We Have Heaven"Anderson1:38
4."South Side of the Sky"Anderson, Chris Squire 7:57
Total length:19:38
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Five per Cent for Nothing" (instrumental [nb 10] ) Bill Bruford 0:35
2."Long Distance Runaround"Anderson3:28
3."The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)"Squire2:36
4."Mood for a Day" (instrumental)Howe2:55
5."Heart of the Sunrise" (includes hidden track [nb 11] )Anderson, Squire, Bruford11:16
Total length:20:50
2003 CD additional tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."America" Paul Simon 10:33
11."Roundabout" (Early rough mix) 8:35
Total length:1:00:30 (60:30)

Personnel

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

Yes

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [71] Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [72] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [73] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Atlantic K 50009
  2. ↑ Atlantic SD 7211
  3. ↑ Atlantic SD 191322; 050 009
  4. ↑ Atlantic 826672; 826674
  5. ↑ Elektra 78249
  6. ↑ Elektra 8122737892
  7. ↑ MFSL UDCD 766
  8. ↑ Analogue Productions APP7211
  9. ↑ Warner WPCR 14167
  10. ↑ On the cassette release, this was the last track on side one [60]
  11. ↑ The hidden track, a reprise of "We Have Heaven", is not listed on the album's sleeve. Original pressings list the duration of "Heart of the Sunrise" as 10:34, thereby omitting the timing of the reprise.

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