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Going for the One
Rock · 1977 · 2 tracks

Going for the One

Yes

A vibrant return to form featuring soaring church organs and crystalline production. Progressive rock at its most vertical, bright, and spiritually energized.

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It's the one where they went to Switzerland, got the church organ involved, and made prog sound like a summer day.

A triumphant and spiritually elevated journey that feels like sunlight breaking through mountain mist.

Going for the One · vs · Yes
Mountain+2.4σ

Mountain saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 2 Tracks
02
Turn of the Century
7:37
03
Parallels
6:12
Moments Worth Waiting For
The massive, reverberant entry of the St. Martin's church organ on Parallels.
The transition from delicate acoustic plucking to the soaring choral finale of Awaken.
Steve Howe's frantic, country-tinged slide guitar work on the title track.
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