Label: Warner-Pioneer Corporation (Japan), 18P2-2887
Style: Symphonic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 40:30
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 280 Mb
Charts: CAN #22, US #5, JPN #37, AUS #15, FRA #9, GER #27, ITA #17, NLD #10, NOR #18, UK #4. FRA & US: Gold.
After
keyboardist Rick Wakeman left the group in May 1974 over disagreements
with the band's direction following their double concept album Tales
from Topographic Oceans (1973), Yes entered rehearsals as a four-piece
in Buckinghamshire. They auditioned several musicians, including Greek
keyboardist and composer Vangelis, before settling with Swiss musician
Patrick Moraz of Refugee who incorporated elements of funk and jazz
fusion to the album. Relayer is formed of three tracks, with "The Gates
of Delirium" on side one and "Sound Chaser" and "To Be Over" on side
two.
The album's sleeve was designed and illustrated by English
artist Roger Dean, who had designed artwork for the band since 1971,
including their logo. In his 1975 book Views, Dean picked the cover as
his favourite for Yes, and the recording he enjoyed the most. He
revealed his intention of depicting "a giant 'gothic' cave" for the
sleeve, "a sort of fortified city for military monks". The painting
originated from a watercolour sketch Dean had done while studying in
college. Speaking about the cover in 2004, he said: "I was playing with
the ideas of the ultimate castle, the ultimate wall of a fortified city.
That was more of a fantastical idea. I was looking for the kinds of
things like the Knights Templar would have made or what you'd see in the
current movie Lord of the Rings. The curving, swirling cantilevers
right into space." The images depicted in many of Dean's album covers
set an otherworldly tone and are an identifiable part of the band's
visual style. For Relayer, the warriors on horseback reflect the lyrical
themes of war present in "The Gates of Delirium". The sleeve includes
an untitled four-stanza poem by writer Donald Lehmkuhl dated October
1974, and features a band photograph taken by Moraz's former Mainhorse
bandmate, Jean Ristori.[nb 1] The album's CD reissue features two
additional paintings, and further unused designs are included in Dean's
2008 book Dragon's Dream. At the 1975 edition of the NME Awards, the
album won Best Dressed LP.
Dean has said that "The Gates of Delirium"
may be his favourite Yes track and that he felt the album should have
been named after it. By 2020, the painting had been on sale for $6
million.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relayer)
Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
A=Analog.
D=digital. The first letter stands for how the music was recorded. The
second letter for how it was mixed. The third letter stands for the
format (all CD's will have D as the last letter).
01. The Gates Of Delirium (21:54)
02. Sound Chaser (09:30)
03. To Be Over (09:05)
Don't ever forget the money
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