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'''"Fly from Here"''' is a set of songs by [[progressive rock]] band [[Yes (band)|Yes]] from their 2011 album ''[[Fly from Here]]''. With a complete length of 23 minutes and 49 seconds, it is the longest studio recording ever released by Yes. |
'''"Fly from Here"''' is a set of songs by [[progressive rock]] band [[Yes (band)|Yes]] from their 2011 album ''[[Fly from Here]]''. With a complete length of 23 minutes and 49 seconds, it is the longest unbroken studio recording ever released by Yes (''[[Tales from Topographic Oceans]]'' is longer (81 minutes) but broken into four movements). |
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"Fly From Here" is split into six parts, consisting of the first tracks of the album: '''"Overture"''', '''"We Can Fly"''', '''"Sad Night at the Airfield"''', '''"Madman at the Screens"''', '''"Bumpy Ride"''' and '''"We Can Fly (Reprise)"'''. Being the first composition of the album, it is the first Yes work to feature singer [[Benoît David]]. |
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The basis of the [[hexalogy]] was a demo originally recorded by [[Geoff Downes]] and [[Trevor Horn]] of [[The Buggles]] before they joined Yes in 1980. After Yes disbanded in 1981, Horn and Downes recorded a second demo, and both recordings became the foundation of the tracks "We Can Fly" and "Sad Night at the Airfield". [[Chris Squire]] called it "the band's 11th epic-length piece, the first in 15 years".<ref name=weekender>{{cite web|url=http://www.theweekender.com/music/Affirmative_action_03-22-2011.html|title=Affirmative Action|first=Nikki M.|last=Miscali|work=The Weekender|date=2011-03-22|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721143943/http://www.theweekender.com/music/Affirmative_action_03-22-2011.html|archivedate=2011-07-21|df=}}</ref> |
The basis of the [[hexalogy]] was a demo originally recorded by [[Geoff Downes]] and [[Trevor Horn]] of [[The Buggles]] before they joined Yes in 1980. After Yes disbanded in 1981, Horn and Downes recorded a second demo, and both recordings became the foundation of the tracks "We Can Fly" and "Sad Night at the Airfield". [[Chris Squire]] called it "the band's 11th epic-length piece, the first in 15 years".<ref name=weekender>{{cite web|url=http://www.theweekender.com/music/Affirmative_action_03-22-2011.html|title=Affirmative Action|first=Nikki M.|last=Miscali|work=The Weekender|date=2011-03-22|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721143943/http://www.theweekender.com/music/Affirmative_action_03-22-2011.html|archivedate=2011-07-21|df=}}</ref> |
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"Fly from Here" is a set of songs by progressive rock band Yes from their 2011 album Fly from Here. With a complete length of 23 minutes and 49 seconds, it is the longest unbroken studio recording ever released by Yes (Tales from Topographic Oceans is longer (81 minutes) but broken into four movements).
"Fly From Here" is split into six parts, consisting of the first tracks of the album: "Overture", "We Can Fly", "Sad Night at the Airfield", "Madman at the Screens", "Bumpy Ride" and "We Can Fly (Reprise)". Being the first composition of the album, it is the first Yes work to feature singer Benoît David.
The basis of the hexalogy was a demo originally recorded by Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn of The Buggles before they joined Yes in 1980. After Yes disbanded in 1981, Horn and Downes recorded a second demo, and both recordings became the foundation of the tracks "We Can Fly" and "Sad Night at the Airfield". Chris Squire called it "the band's 11th epic-length piece, the first in 15 years".[4]
A single uniting "We Can Fly" and "We Can Fly (Reprise)" was released under the name "We Can Fly".
Personnel
- Yes
- Benoît David – lead vocals
- Chris Squire – bass, backing vocals
- Steve Howe – guitars, backing vocals
- Geoff Downes – keyboards
- Alan White – drums
- Additional musicians
- Oliver Wakeman – additional keyboards on "We Can Fly" and "We Can Fly (Reprise)"[1]
Notes and references
- ^ a b "Where are they now? - Yes". Bondegezou.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ^ "Frontiers Records: Fly from Here". Frontiers Records. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ Tatangelo, Wade (10 March 2011). "Yes' Squire on band's first album in a decade". Bradenton Herald. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Miscali, Nikki M. (22 March 2011). "Affirmative Action". The Weekender. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.
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