Diving Into the Topographic Oceans

An excessive super deluxe edition gives Yes fans all the excess and more.

Ask five Yes fans what they think of 1973’s Tales from Topographic Oceans, and you’ll get twelve answers — depending on when you ask. The first time I heard it, I was deep in my prog fanboy phase. The album was only about five years old, and I thought it was the most monumental musical statement ever made. Four 20-minute songs over two records — catnip …