Yes had fallen out of critical favor with Tales from Topographic Oceans, a two-record set of four songs that reviewers found indulgent.
But they had not fallen out of the Top Ten, and so they had little incentive to curb their musical ambitiousness.
Relayer, released 11 months after Tales, was a single-disc, three-song album, its music organized into suites that alternated abrasive, rhythmically dense instrumental sections featuring solos for the various instruments with delicate vocal and choral sections featuring poetic lyrics devoted to spiritual imagery.
Such compositions seemed intended to provide an interesting musical landscape over which the listener might travel, and enough Yes fans did that to make Relayer a Top Ten, gold-selling hit, though critics continued to complain about the lack of concise, coherent song structures.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sound ChaserYes | Yes | Play | 09:30 | 21 MB | 64 MB |
| 2 | To Be OverJon Anderson, Steve Howe, Patrick Moraz, Chris Squire, Alan White, Yes | Yes | Play | 09:03 | 20 MB | 59 MB |
| 3 | The Gates Of Delirium | Yes | Play | 21:54 | 50 MB | 147 MB |
| 40 mins | 92 MB | |||||
| 40 mins | 270 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Anderson | Composer, Vocals |
| 2 | Roger Dean | Cover Design, Design, Illustrations |
| 3 | Steve Howe | Composer, Guitar, Vocals |
| 4 | Patrick Moraz | Composer, Keyboards |
| 5 | Eddy Offord | Engineer, Producer |
| 6 | Jean Ristori | Photography |
| 7 | Chris Squire | Bass, Composer, Vocals |
| 8 | Alan White | Composer, Drums |
| 9 | Yes | Arranger, Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |