Fly from Here (song series)
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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 composition ever released by Yes.[a]
"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 recording 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]
Other releases
A single uniting "We Can Fly" and "We Can Fly (Reprise)" was released under the name "We Can Fly".
In 2016, new vocals for "Fly From Here" were recorded by Trevor Horn. A new mix of the piece, using Horn's vocals instead of David's, was released on Fly from Here – Return Trip in 2018.
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
- ^ The liner notes for Tales from Topographic Oceans, written by Jon Anderson, state that Tales is "a large-scale composition" divided into four movements. If Anderson's view is accepted, then Tales is an 81-minute composition, making it Yes' longest.
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.
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