Rock Band Yes Charts A ‘New' Album As Fans Return To A Classic
Yes has been together since 1968, on and off. The group has taken a handful of hiatuses, and the lineup has changed quite a bit since the beginning, with well over a dozen musicians spending time as members and then departing.
Despite all the shake-ups and the many years that have passed since Yes began releasing music, the group is still popular in the United Kingdom. The English progressive rockers score another hit album in that country this week, not with a brand new production, but with a decades-old set that has become a bestseller once more – and in spectacular fashion.
Close to the Edge reaches five U.K. charts for the first time this week. It opens inside the top 40 on all but one of them and even cracks the top 10 on one, showing that even after so much time, Yes still lays claim to a fanbase that will support anything the musicians release — even if some of the music featured on the successful project has already been available for a long, long time.
Yes's Close to the Edge kicks off its time on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart at No. 8. This is a particularly busy frame on the ranking of the bestselling projects that can be classified as rock, hard rock, or metal, as No. 8 only gives Yes the sixth-highest ranking debut. The pioneering outfit comes in behind new releases by Jethro Tull, The Wildhearts, Spiritbox, Bob Mould, and Whitechapel.
Throughout the decades, Yes has collected a lucky 13 top 10s on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. That is slightly more than half of the 24 titles that the group has pushed to the genre-specific roster, which did not exist when the band's first albums were released.
Close to the Edge also enters the top 40 on the Official Vinyl Albums (No. 18), the Official Physical Albums (No. 38), and the Official Albums Sales charts (No. 39). The project only fails to become a top 40 win on the Official Album Downloads ranking, where it starts its run at No. 49.
Released in the fall of 1972, Close to the Edge went on to become both a critical and commercial smash and helped take the group to a new level of fame. A super deluxe edition was recently released, which comes with five discs. The first is the original album, which has been remastered. The second is filled with remixes and instrumentals helmed by Steven Wilson, and the third CD is packed with rarities. Discs four and five contain recordings from a concert at the Rainbow in London that was taped in December 1972.
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