Good song, but my fave is “Close to the Edge.”
In 70? 71? My band with John Tatum (the “Earwigs” which became Alice Cooper) on guitar went down to Tucson to see this combo:
Opener: “Yes”
Headliner: “Black Sabbath.”
We were mesmerized by Yes, left three songs into Black Sabbath.
Saw them in Denver in 1972/73 as I recall. The concert was opened by “The Eagles”, followed by “Edgar Winter”, then “Yes”. Fantastic night..
I throw CTTE on once in a while, and find myself quietly singing along, which is weird, because (as JA himself has said in interview) many Yes lyrics are mouth music and while they do work, they’re not necessarily, uh, linear. Probably the number of times I listened to in my early life have something to do with remembering them. :^)
Yes really nailed it with their first five albums and the first three-four minutes of Topographic, arriving at full strength with The Yes Album.