Fragile is an album by British progressive rock band Yes. It is best known for the song Roundabout, which was released in an edited version as a single and became the band's best-known song.
The album was intended to showcase the band members' solo talents. Cans and Brahms is a piece by Johannes Brahms arranged by Rick Wakeman; We Have Heaven is a Jon Anderson solo in which he sings all the vocal parts (a technique he later used on his solo album Olias of Sunhillow ); while Five Per Cent For Nothing, The Fish and Mood For A Day are solo pieces by Bill Bruford, Chris Squire and Steve Howe, respectively. The rest of the songs are all group performances.
The cover design by Roger Dean depicts a tiny planet on the front. On the back, the planet has begun to break up and the population is escaping in a wooden space glider - a concept that was to inspire Anderson's Olias Of Sunhillow, as well as the film Floating Islands . The inside of the sleeve features two additional paintings and several photographs by Dean.
A DVD-Audio version of the album was released in 2002, featuring Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound mixes and other additional features.
Track listing
- Roundabout (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe) 8:29
- Cans And Brahms (Johannes Brahms arr Rick Wakeman) 1:35
- We Have Heaven (Jon Anderson) 1:30
- South Side Of The Sky (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire) 8:04
- Five Per Cent For Nothing (Bill Bruford) 0:35
- Long Distance Runaround (Jon Anderson) 3:33
- The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) (Chris Squire) 2:35
- Mood For A Day (Steve Howe) 3:57
- Heart Of The Sunrise (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Bill Bruford) 10:34