I would say this album is key to yes career but i would warn about replay value.
Yes tales from topographic oceans 182 g vinyl.
Yes time and a word the yes album fragile.
High vibration is a 16 x hybrid sacd box set made for the japanese fans containing their first 13 albums on 15 discs plus a bonus disc of extra tracks.
2x vinyl lp album reissue stereo country.
Progressive rock symphonic prog.
Released 26 october 1973 on atlantic catalog no.
Jon anderson vocals timpani harp tambourine aka text lyrics role id 1175 aka text steve howe electric guitar acoustic guitar timpani backing vocals aka text lyrics role id 1175 aka text chris squire.
Tales from topographic oceans cuentos de oceanos topograficos.
Tales from topographic oceans an album by yes.
All remastered by isao kikuchi at 24 96 16 44 1 with a 220 page book in japanese.
Tales from topographic oceans is one of those niche albums like third and zeit that take a long time to grow on someone but once done it is a classic.
I think it s fair to say that you need to be a committed yes fan to fully appreciate it.
Tales from topographic oceans was released in december 1973 to pretty universal condemnation by the music press.
View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1981 vinyl release of tales from topographic oceans on discogs.
Tales from topographic oceans was released in december 1973 to pretty universal condemnation by the music press.
Too bad that this track remains the isolated high point on tales from topographic oceans.
Jon anderson gives his best vocal on his simple but powerful cut touching a bitingly personal chord reminiscent of yes finest introspective moments.
Yes tales from topographic oceans complete tour 73 74 1 firebird suite zurich 042174 2 siberian khatru zurich 042174 3 and you and i uniondale 021474 4 clo.
Atlantic atl 80 001 format.
Tales from topographic oceans is the sixth studio album by english progressive rock band yes released on 7 december 1973 by atlantic records yes frontman jon anderson devised the concept album during the band s 1973 japanese tour when he read a footnote in autobiography of a yogi by paramahansa yogananda that describes four bodies of hindu texts about a specific field of knowledge.
The 40 years since then have done nothing to soften those attitudes.
I think it s fair to say that you need to be a committed yes fan to fully appreciate it.
00 00 the revealing science of god dance of the dawn 22 22 the remembering high the memory 43 00 the ancient giants under the sun 1 01 36 ritua.
It s not the kind of album that feels comfortable playing as a whole twice in the week.
