Album
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Why this album mattered
Fragile (1972) is a Yes album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 9 tracks on this release. It reached #4 and charted for 46 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Roundabout".
The music
1 Roundabout
- 2
Cans and Brahms (Extracts From Brahms' 4th Symphony in E minor, Third Movement)
- 3
We Have Heaven
- 4
South Side of the Sky
- 5
Five Per Cent for Nothing
- 6
Long Distance Runaround
- 7
The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
- 8
Mood for a Day
- 9
Heart of the Sunrise
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
A chart re-entry — it fell off, then found its way back. Entered at #177, exploded upward for 6 weeks to reach #4, then spent 15 weeks inside the Top 10 and fell quickly across 44 weeks on the chart. Returned after 594 weeks off the chart at #191, reaching #188 over 2 more weeks. 46 total weeks on chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
