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APRIL 2004
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Source: Mojo Music Magazine

100 Greatest Epic Tracks Ever (Excerpts)

The rules for inclusion: one entry per band and the notion that the track in question exemplifies musical adventuring at its boldest and, in some cases, most foolish.

#28 Gates of Delirium -- Before reining themselves in by the late '70s, YES enjoyed one last prog rock hurrah with this vinyl sidelong composition. Twenty-odd minutes of Tolkeinesque clashing titans in a mythical world -- complete with synth and guitar battles and final peaceful coda -- it cries out for a three part Hollywood film treatment. Then again....


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