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Relayer [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

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Far and away the longest lasting and the most successful of the '70s progressive rock groups, Yes proved to be one of the lingering success stories from that musical genre. The band, founded in 1968, overcame a generational shift in its audience and the departure of its most visible members at key points in its history to reach the end of the century as the definitive progressive rock band. Where… Read more in Amazon's Yes Store

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  • Audio CD (26 Sep 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Warner
  • ASIN: B000002J1B
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 27,474 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Possibly Yes's most musically adventurous album, 1974's Relayer is their only studio recording to feature avant-garde keyboardist Patrick Moraz (temporarily replacing Rick Wakeman, who was off making portentous solo albums at the time). Whereas Wakeman, for all his pyrotechnic wizardry, was a musical conservative, Moraz's modern jazz background adds a welcome dash of improvisational freedom to the band's tightly controlled sound. The guiding spirits of Joe Zawinul and Miles Davis surely hover in the background as Moraz and guitarist Steve Howe trade discords in "Sound Chaser," or when the 22-minute epic "The Gates of Delirium" apparently dissolves into instrumental chaos augmented by dissonant tape effects, or on the subsequent resolution ("Soon"), one of the band's finest moments. Following the bloated excess of Tales from Topographic Oceans from the year before, Relayer impresses with its condensed visceral intensity. A Yes album not to be overlooked. --Mark Walker

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Rhino Records remastered edition of their top 10 album first released in 1974, with 3 BONUS tracks

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
Still smarting from the mauling they got over 'Tales...' and the departure of Rick Wakeman, you would have thought Yes would tone things down a bit. Thankfully not !!

Where 'Tales...' was thoughtful and airy, 'Relayer' is brash, noisy and simply superb.

'The Gates Of Delirium' even though over 20 minutes long contains some of the most innovative music I think Yes have committed to vinyl (or CD for that matter). The addition of Pat Moraz on keyboards definitely alters the Yes sound to a more manic jazz fusion with speeding runs on bass, guitar and keyboards. I suppose 'Gates..' is the nearest Yes ever came to heavy metal !!

Moraz's keyboard flurry before and during the 'battle' sequence knocks my socks off still. It just bounds along with a force and energy that makes you want to put it all the way up to 11 !

The soothing coda of 'Soon' is the perfect ending to a masterpiece.

Then it's straight into the lunatic blast that's 'Sound Chaser'. Again, it's the jazz elements that predominate, adding a colour to Yes's sound that existed for this album alone.

Finishing off with 'To Be Over' which is more in line with the Yes of earlier albums. What a sweet piece of music. Steve's pedal steel guitar gives a slight country flavour to a soft and thoughtful lyric from Jon. This progresses to a widescreen finale with an almost indiscernible but still wonderful bass line from Chris.

In conclusion, this album has, I think, finally achieved the recognition it deserves among fans judging by the reception 'Gates..' received on the 2000 Masterworks tour.

What a simply great record.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Yes this is the best! 26 May 2003
Format:Audio CD
I have just acquired a cd copy of this album, and nearly 30 years on I continue to be astonished by the instrumental dexterity that this particular Yes line-up display.

This is essentially a Yes jazz-rock album and it works because of the influence of Patrick Moraz. If he had stayed with the band then we may have been privileged to more masterpieces like Relayer.

I recall the whole album being played before release on a London radio station and Rick Wakeman being particularly critical and saying that it was exactly why he left after "Topographic Oceans". "Topographic Oceans" it is not. Any other Yes album it is not. It is sheer instrumental brilliance.

Just listen to the synth / guitar interplay/battle between Moraz and Steve Howe on "Delerium" and "Sound Chaser". Unbelievable.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
i dont know how to review this album except to say that it transports u to a place of beauty and perfection that i havent heard elsewhere and don't expect anything will ever exceed this. i wasnt exposed to much prog rock music of this era, but i have heard enough, and this is something else. this has been my favorite album for 30 or more years and i don't think it can be surpassed. just my opinion. not really a typical Yes album. has to be heard to be beleived...then again..going for the one..is pretty good aswell!
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Sub-standard 'Yes' but still a decent album.
'Relayer' starts with 'The Gates of Delirium' which is 22 minutes long like the tracks on the (vastly superior) 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' but not as accessible. Read more
Published 21 months ago by MR K J DOWNING
Dont get carried away
When I initially wrote this review I had heard it about 3 times since buying it. Having heard it a lot more I have changed my opinion and think this is probably the last really... Read more
Published on 4 May 2008 by Peter Duff
a complicated relationship
This came out when I was about 12 or 13, and at a time when most of the non-pop music I got to hear belonged to the collections of the older siblings of my schoolfriends. Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2005
Magnificent!!!
This is a superb album and one which has stood the test of time. The first track, the epic "Gates of Delirium", is one of the best pieces of music ever produced by Yes. Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2004 by David Lusher
Experimental Prog-rock Masterpiece.
The cover artwork of Relayer is, i think, a very different Roger Dean album cover. It doesn't excactly flourish in big fantasy oases of green meadows, blue skies and dancing... Read more
Published on 18 July 2003 by Emma Gunnarsson
One of Yes' most experimental, jazzy albums!
The nineteen seventies, a decade of musical explosion and creativity (well, certainly in prog anyway) Yes had been going for a number of years when 'Relayer' was released. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2002 by "bolly_eggs"
Classic Yes, superb, memorable.
Having just read 'Close To the Edge' the Yes biography by Chris Welch it send me scurrying for all the 'old', and I use that word cautiously,Yes classics. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2001 by trevor_r_lee@yahoo.com
THERE IS LIFE AFTER TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS!
It's a great pity that Patrick Moraz only hung about for one album with Yes. It was Yes's loss and The Moody Blues' gain, I suppose, however at that particular time no one knew... Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2000 by Allan Wright
True Yes
»The Gates Of Delirium« (from which the beautiful single edit »Soon«, famous not only among Yes fans, was taken) is one of the greatest songs Yes has ever composed. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2000
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