Yes - Going for the One (Picture Disc)
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Vocals – Chris Squire, Jon Anderson, Steve Howe (A1, A3, B1, B2)
Chorus – Richard Williams Singers (B2)
Acoustic Guitar – Steve Howe (A2, B2)
Electric Guitar – Steve Howe (A2-3, B1-B2)
Guitar [Vachalia] – Steve Howe (B1)
Bass Guitar – Chris Squire (A1)
Steel Guitar – Steve Howe (A1)
Drums – Alan White (A1, A3, B1, B2)
Harp – Jon Anderson (B2)
Organ [Church] – Rick Wakeman (A3, B2)
Pedal Steel Guitar – Steve Howe (B2)
Percussion – Alan White (A3, B1), Alan White (A2, B2)
Piano – Rick Wakeman (A1, A2)
Keyboards – Rick Wakeman (A1, A2, B2)
Synthesizer [Polymoog] – Rick Wakeman (B1)
Arranged by Yes
1LP, Transparent standard sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : unspecified
Record color : Picture
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Atlantic
Original label : Atlantic
Recorded on October 1976–April 1977 at Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland
Engineered by John Timperley
Executive Producer – Brian Lane
Produced by Yes
Originaly released in 1977
Reissued in 2017 (first time as a picture disc)
Tracks :
Side A :
- Going For The One
- Turn Of The Century
- Parallels
Side 2:
- Wonderous Stories
- Awaken
Reviews :
“Going for the One is perhaps the most overlooked item in the Yes catalog. It marked Rick Wakeman's return to the band after a three-year absence, and also a return to shorter song forms after the experimentalism of Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans, and Relayer. In many ways, this disc could be seen as the follow-up to Fragile. Its five tracks still retain mystical, abstract lyrical images, and the music is grand and melodic, the vocal harmonies perfectly balanced by the stinging guitar work of Steve Howe, Wakeman's keyboards, and the solid rhythms of Alan White and Chris Squire. The title track features Howe on steel guitar (he's the only prog rocker who bothers with the instrument). "Turn of the Century" and the album's single, "Wonderous Stories," are lovely ballads the way only Yes can do them. "Parallels" is the album's big, pompous song, so well done that in later years the band opened concerts with it. Wakeman's stately church organ, recorded at St. Martin's Church, Vevey, Switzerland, sets the tone for this "Roundabout"-ish track. The concluding "Awaken" is the album's nod to the extended suite. Again, the lyrics are spacy in the extreme, but Jon Anderson and Squire are dead-on vocally, and the addition of Anderson's harp and White's tuned percussion round out this evocative track.” AllMusic Review by Ross Boissoneau
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3 / 5 , Discogs : 4.03 / 5