🎧 YES, "Relayer". Is it their most confounding record? Probably. Does it showcase everything that punk hated about prog? Check. It seems so directionless at times, yet it is their most challenging record. Patrick Moraz' only album with the band puts their jazz-rock chops to the test. It's delicate and violent all at once. By the time you suss out one meter, another one takes its place. "The pen won't stay the demon's wings".
@MPCavalier I really love this album. Rounds out my favorite four...The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, Tales of Topographic Oceans and Relayer.
@John_Ripley
For me, it lives in that secondary space. TYA, Fragile, CTTE, and Going For The One are my "big four". Relayer and TFTO, while further defining prog and it's possibilities, are just slightly inferior, emphasis on the slightly.