Fish out of Water [Import]

Product Description
The Yes bassist/ vocalist's sole solo album. Originally released in 1975 on Atlantic, it contains five tracks, including 'Hold Out Your Hand' and 'You By My Side'.

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Fish out of Water [Import]

Average customer rating: The Fish

Fish out of Water Chris Squire Manufacturer: Castle Music UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Live at Montreux 2003 Fantasia - Live In Tokyo: 2007 (2CD) Memory Almost Full [Deluxe Limited Edition] Close to the Edge: Rock Milestones Snakes & Arrows ASIN: B000PKHC56 Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

1. Hold Out Your Hand
2. With You By My Side
3. Silently Falling
4. Lucky Seven
5. Safe (Canon Song)
6. Lucky Seven (Bonus Track)
7. Dvd - Hold Out Your Hand (Promotional Film)
8. Dvd - You By My Side (Promotional Film)
9. Dvd - Interview With Chris Squire
10. Dvd - Fish Out Of Water (Audio Commentary With Chris Squire)

Album Details

First Released in November 1975, "Fish Out of Water" is Chris Squire's First and Only Solo Venture Outside of the Sphere of Yes. Peaking at Number 25, the Album Spent Seven Weeks in the UK Album Charts and Reached Number 69 in the USA this Re-mastered Deluxe Expanded Edition Released in Conjunction with Stone Ghost, Chris Squire's Record Label, Adds an Additional Dvd Disc Containing Promo. Videos for the Tracks `hold Out Your Hand' and `you by My Side' featuring the London Symphony Orchestra. Also Added is an Interview with Chris Talking About the Album and a Track-by-track Synopsis. Finally, the Previously USA Only Version of `lucky Seven' (Edited by Tom Dowd) Has Been Added to the Audio Portion of the CD, Making the Release a Welcome Addition for Any Collector of the Yes Related Canon.

Customer Reviews:

The Fish.......2007-07-16

This is one great album and the best Solo album of any Yes member.
Great compositions and ofcourse the bass.

I'm really looking forward to the new remaster,though I hope they won't "upgrade" the sound too much.I will keep my older release regardless.It sounds great.

I gave 5 stars for the music.I trust the CD will sound alright too and the extras (and that's why people buy it,be honest) are much apreciated.
They have to become cheaper though.$30 is way too much.

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Fish Out of Water (W/Dvd) Chris Squire Manufacturer: Castle Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000SQKYT8 Release Date: 2007-08-14

Average customer rating: Is this the remastered edition? Way cool Sophisticated and intricate prog from Yes bassist Chris showed the band he ruled F.........ING GREAT Fish Out of Water, Squire Out of Yes

Fish out of Water Chris Squire Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Olias of Sunhillow Beginnings The Steve Howe Album Ramshackled Olias of Sunhillow ASIN: B000CSUMBW Release Date: 2006-02-28

Tracks:

1. Hold Out Your Hand
2. You By My Side
3. Silently Falling
4. Lucky Seven
5. Safe (Canon Song)

Album Description

Chris Squire is best known as the original bass player for Yes. His first solo album was "Fish Out Of Water". IT reached #69 on the Billboard charts in 1976. It features Bill Bruford & Patrick Moraz.

Album Description

Chris Squire is best known as the original bass player for Yes. His first solo album was Fish Out Of Water. It reached # 69 on the Billboard charts in 1976. It features Bill Bruford & Patrick Moraz. This album is making its U.S. CD debut. Wounded Bird. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Is this the remastered edition?.......2007-07-12

I have an import I bought in the early 80's and I wanted to know if this is a remastered edition. Can anybody tell me? I feel stupid. I just looked at one review and it is clearly stated that the album has been remastered!

Way cool.......2007-04-26

I am huge YES fan and Chris Squire is my favorite member. While others (Anderson, Wakeman, Howe) get more notice, I think Squire is the facilitator that makes it all work. This a great solo effort, showcasing Squire's vocals and musicianship. You also get some insight into how much Squire contributed to the YES creative process, and it's signature sound. There's no mistaking this music for anything put 70's prog, but it holds up incredibly well. If you're a Chris Squire fan, a YES fan, a bass fan, you won't be disappointed.

Sophisticated and intricate prog from Yes bassist.......2007-04-22

When I first purchased this 1975 album (on vinyl no less), my first impression of the record without even listening to it was that this was high quality stuff. From the outside artwork to the inner gatefold photo of Chris reflected in a car bumper, this was an impressive package (the CD is not disappointing in this respect). Of course, when I finally got to the incredible music, everything was made that much more "complete" and made me more fully aware of the significant contribution that Chris made to the overall Yes sound. Clearly, this guy was not only a phenomenal and groundbreaking bassist, but he was a top notch composer too. Of course as a huge Yes fan, I am hopelessly biased towards the "Squire can do no wrong" end of the spectrum. Undeniably though, this is a remarkable album by an equally remarkable musician and has brought me many years of enjoyment. Musically, this album is one of the strongest of the Yes solo works, although I feel that The Six Wives of King Henry VIII (Rick Wakeman, 1973); The Story of I (Patrick Moraz, 1976); and Olias of Sunhillow (Jon Anderson, 1976) are on equal footing.

On this, his debut solo album, Chris sings and plays a Rickenbacker bass and 12-string guitar. Joining Chris are former Yes keyboardist Patrick Moraz (organ and bass synthesizer); former Yes and King Crimson drummer extraordinaire Bill Bruford (drum kit and percussion); ex King Crimson member Mel Collins (saxophones); Caravan alumnus Jimmy Hastings (flute); and Barry Rose (pipe organ). This last fellow is very interesting: according to the liner notes, he was the sub-organist of St. Pauls Cathedral in London and based upon what I have read, also instructed a very young Chris Squire while a member of the church choir (see Bill Martin, Music of Yes: Structure and Vision in Progressive Rock, 1996). Andrew Pryce Jackman played acoustic and electric pianos and conducted the orchestra (the orchestral parts are excellent and add a lot to the pieces).

I have to confess that as a huge Yes fan and a bassist, this album is a dream come true. Chris' trademark trebly Rickenbacker sound is all over the place and his playing is simply jaw dropping - he really pulls out all of the stops and demonstrates throughout why he is considered one of the finest bass players of his generation. But there is much, much more - he can compose lengthy, sophisticated, and proggy compositions with the best of them. It is important to note that this album is not simply Squire jamming over a drum part - the pieces are all well thought out, feature excellent melodies, harmonies, intricate ensemble work, and are well arranged. To make it all better, Squire writes great lyrics and can sing very well too. After listening to a piece like Lucky Seven, it becomes clear what he brought to Yes - a full, "big" sound that conjures up huge, Roger Dean-esque landscapes. The other players are excellent as well. Bill Bruford and Squire re-unite and the chemistry between them and the energy levels of their performances are reminiscent of definitive Yes albums like Fragile (1972) and Close to the Edge (1972). Although I love this album to death, I have to admit that the last piece just drags on for a tiny bit too long - this really is an inconsequential point though, given the general excellence of the album.

Well I have rambled on for long enough. This is an exceptional album by a musician of stunning technical ability who is capable of composing intricate and complex musical pieces. Very highly recommended to Yes fans and anybody interested in English progressive rock along with The Six Wives of King Henry VIII.

Chris showed the band he ruled F.........ING GREAT.......2007-04-11

Chris showed them band he ruled
Jon , rick and the others had to kneel, be humbler, and salute this master musician¡

fantastic piece of music. His musicians for this trip - bruford. moraz, mell collins and a small orchestra. F...........ING wild crew,
I bought the japanese cd for 25 bucks 20 years ago and it sounds incredibly well transfered to cd. Japanese did somehow put their hands into the transfer and did it well.
I have never got tired of this monumental prog,

Anderson composed Olias and it is also a fukn great record but not as as original as Fish out

Maybe wakeman in that year put out some of his older great records, but Fish out of water is special, unique, and for me the best of the solos.
and what about chris bass lines¿ they are merciless, perfect for the part, contrapuntualy brutal and melodic. His voice is, i agree, better than Anderson.

He admired the who`s John Entwistle, as said by chris himself, buying a rickenbacker after Entwistle's own and then rare bass.
For me, Squire is even better than John, a deeper bass artist. Just listen to this album ... or any of Yes stuff.
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Check out some tracks on squire's Conspiracy. Never like before, but has great bass lines on this prog-pop band.

Fish Out of Water, Squire Out of Yes.......2007-01-09

In 1975, Yes agreed that each of its members would put out a solo album. And, although Chris Squire is without Yes on his solo effort, he was not wihtout his own contributions to Yes. "Fish Out of Water" contained the creativity and innovative forces that Squire also added to many Yes albums. Chris Squire said in 1977, "Through making solo records we'd all learned a lot and had much more to bring bach and feed to each other. It also made us all appreciate that it was probably more enjoyable playing together than doing a solo thing, which is definitely much harder work because you're in charge of it all and there isn't anyone to share it with. Going through those vibes brings you back together and gives you a sense of release -relief as well- and also a lot of knowedge has been gained." Squire exemplified his efforts and created a wonderful album.
The first two songs, "Hold Out Your Hand" and "You By My Side" were more pop-oriented, although there are definitely concepts of progressive rock in each. They also mirror each other, like each of the songs on the album do. They blend into one another and are a very easy listen.
"Silently Falling" is an interesting song. Squire chose to integrate Jimmy Hastings' soothing flute and Patrick Moraz' (also a member of Yes) equally peaceful piano. The song is very calm until Chris' repeating bassline begins to drive more and more power through it. Eventually, the sound envelopes you. Very nicely written.
"Lucky Seven" features Bill Bruford on drums. He had only left Yes a couple years before this, and shows why he is still one of the greatest drummers of all time, especially while playing in 7/8 time. He performs on the whole album and makes it one of the best albums showcasing this great rhythm section. Awakening.
"Safe (Canon Song)" is probably the best song on the album. It allows us to hear how well Chris Squire could arrange a band along with an orchestra. At the beginning, quiet verses flow until Chris sings "you'll be safe with me..." His bass slowly builds up to a deliberately powerful symphony, concluding his album on a high note.
Chris Squire is easily one of the top five bass players of all time. And, this album showcases every bit of his talent of playing, writing, and arranging. He is the greatest! Also, his voice has been overlooked several times. Although he rarely sang lead vocals for Yes, he backed Jon Anderson up with great skill and exemplified the blended voice. Even while singing solo, his voice is just as high as Jon's and has more power and depth. His arrangements on this album created a nice place for his vocals. And, although his lyrics may not have been as deep as Jon's, they are still good.
Overall, "Fish Out of Water" is a tremendously rich and deep album. Anyone who likes Yes, the bass, and good music, should listen to it all the way through at least once. However, if you do listen to it once, you may not be able to stop:) So, thank you Chris Squire for using your talents to give your fans a taste of what you have added to Yes: your entire soul.

Average customer rating: This is perfect The best of the "solos" "Fish Out Of Water" Who says that Chris Squire can't sing? This album puts that notion to rest! What a catch! Great record. Great CD. Squire/Bruford, the rhythmic engine of the golden age of progressive

Fish out of Water Chris Squire Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Olias of Sunhillow Beginnings The Steve Howe Album Story of I Tales from Topographic Oceans ASIN: B000005S6Z Release Date: 1998-09-22

Tracks:

1. Hold Out Your Hand
2. You By My Side
3. Silently Falling
4. Lucky Seven
5. Safe (Canon Song)

Album Description

The Yes bassist/ vocalist's sole solo album. Originally released in 1975 on Atlantic, it contains five tracks, including 'Hold Out Your Hand' and 'You By My Side'.

Album Details

British prog-rock group Yes' founder & bassist Chris Squire's lone solo effort. 'Fish Out of Water', released in 1975, features fellow Yes-man Bill Bruford on drums & percussion. This recording effectively demonstrates just how much Squire contributes to Yes' signature sound. 'Fish...' found a big audience on American FM radio and was a college favorite with tunes like 'Hold Out Your Hand', 'You By My Side' & three more.

Customer Reviews:

This is perfect.......2007-04-07

Just buy the damn thing. Even non Yes people like it, though they would never hear about it directly.

Yes it's bombastic bass lines, and yes there is pipe organ, but it is perfect. There is huge pop sensibility some great lyrics and if Bill Bruford has ever been better I haven't heard it. The orchestrations are fabulous.

Trust me, just buy it.

The best of the "solos".......2006-05-04

When YES members decided to each go do a solo album in 1975, some great albums came out of that. Chris Squire's "Fish Out Of Water", though, is the best in my opinion followed closely by Jon Anderson's "Olias of Sunhillow". The other 3 were Steve Howe's "Beginnings", Patrick Moraz's "Story of i", and Alan White's "Ramshackled".
"Fish Out Of Water" has some of Chris's best all time songwriting. All songs are superbly written and arranged. The orchestral contributions are outstanding. Chris's singing voice is also so powerful. I've always loved it in YES.
This is a beautiful album. The best of the "solos" from YES members at the time and could very well be the best ever YES member solo album.

"Fish Out Of Water" Who says that Chris Squire can't sing? This album puts that notion to rest! What a catch!.......2006-02-16

In July 2005, I was in a store called "Melodies & Memories," a musical store that sells new & used CD, Records, & Tapes on Gratiot Avenue (second most famous highway in the world, first is the Sunset Strip in California) in Eastpointe, Michigan. I had my two used CD I was going to purchase (which I forget what they were) & I was ready to purchace a used copy of the CD 'Presto' by Rush when I decided to take one last look in the 'S' section of the used CDs. Suddenly, I stumbled upon Chris Squire's "Fish Out Of Water" CD by accident. It never sold in the import section & ended up in the used section of the store. I said to myself, "This is interesting, what the hell, I'll buy it. I'll take a chance." I put back "Presto" in the racks, paid for my three CDs & off I went.

Once in my truck, I quickly put on "Fish Out Of Water" & and when I heard 'Hold Out Your Hand' (I love the synthesizer solo in that song!) that was it! I ended up not taking that CD out of my player for a month straight! I played this CD to one of my buddies who's heavily into Yes & his jaw ended up hitting the floor. It was known that Chris Squire was a excellent bass player & yes he was a monster with his 1965 Rickenbacker Bass through the Marshalls at his arsenal. His voice, to me, sounds like Jon Anderson of Yes with a blend of Richard Wright's voice from the Pink Floyd. This is an album which all the songs follow in sequence. This album is fantastic, from the surreal pipe organ intro of 'Hold Out Your Hand' to the final sustaining string echos of his Rickenbacker in 'Safe.' A great album just over 42 minutes, but well worth it!

Great record. Great CD........2005-12-26

The sound quality here is impressive--deep, rich and textured. I highly recommend it as a worthy replacement of your cherished vinyl.

I've been rediscovering my old prog rock records--and this album has become an unexpected favorite. It's nice to finally hear it without all those crackles and pops...

Squire/Bruford, the rhythmic engine of the golden age of progressive.......2005-12-03

Chris Squire's album 'Fish Out Of Water' was recordered at Virginia Water, Surrey, and London Morgan Studios during the spring and summer 1975.The work, to be sure, would not deserve a top rating for two good reasons:the solo voice of the famous English bass guitarist, not at its best, and the quality itself of the recording, still not remastered in the CD version.
Squire's only work as a soloist, anyway, is absolutely remarkable for the original melodic inspiration, for the impressive, wide and complex composition (in full 'sympho-prog-rock style')and for the exquisite arrangements with the excellent contribution of Bill Bruford's drums, Andrew Pryce-Jackman, Patrick Moraz and Barry Rose's keyboards, Mel Collins and Jimmy Hastings'winds.
There's reason to regret that Squire did not insist in searching for further and clearer personal achievements as he had done in this 1975 experience.
In 'Fish Out Of Water' Squire enjoys again, after three years, the contribution of Bruford's drums: together they had been the protagonists of the years 1969 to 1972, one of the best periods of a 36 year old artistic and musical career for the 'Yes'. Their bass guitar and drums, together again after the peaks they had reached in 'The Yes Album', 'Fragile', 'Close To The Edge' and 'Yessongs'(Perpetual Change, Long Distance Runaround, The Fish), are absolutely brilliant in all the compositions in the album, but notably in 'Hold Out Your Hand', 'Silently Falling', 'Lucky Seven' and 'Safe/Canon Song'.
We must not forget that, in the light of long and rewarding careers studded with hits and approvals, Squire and Bruford represent two milestones in the bass guitar and drums history of the latest four decades. Their valuable and substantial contributions are beyond all comparison even in the world of 'prog-fusion' and 'acoustic jazz', that Bruford had frequented, but not Squire.
Wonderful and incomparable, the monumental sound of Squire's Rickenbecker 4001, wildly or softly quilted by the plectrum, is always full of numberless effects and limitless expressions; and a legend likewise is Bruford's drumming, with the unmistakable sound of the rollers, open and full of harmonics: the English drummer faces, develops and resolves the most difficult beats, the odd and syncopated ones, with the same elegance and fluency as ever.
If you listen to 'Fish Out Of Water' today, nearly thirty years from its first pubblication, if you listen with a special care to the above mentioned tracks, without missing a single tune, you will see how their qualities are all amazingly there: the obvious question is, which levels would the two musicians be able to reach nowadays if once again they joined in order to conceive and carry out a piece of work of their own, centred on the investigation of the technical, expressive and dynamic possibilities of their instruments, beyond the difference in their musical genres, beyond the 'Yes'(Squire)and the 'Earthworks'(Bruford)themselves ?

Average customer rating: fish out of water

Fish Out of Water Wayne Toups & Zydecajun Manufacturer: Island / Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Cajun & Zydeco | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Cajun & Zydeco | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 International | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Blast from the Bayou The Best Of Wayne Toups Zydecajun Little Wooden Box Back to the Bayou ASIN: B000001FZY Release Date: 1991-02-19

Tracks:

1. Fish Out Of Water
2. Please Explain
3. Chisel Without The Stone
4. Rockin' Flames
5. Late In Life
6. Sweet Stoup Shuffle
7. One Heart Beating
8. Ooh La La
9. Night At The Wheel
10. True Love (Don't Leave Me Blue)
11. Lovin' When They Can
12. Waiting For You

Customer Reviews:

fish out of water.......2001-05-02

This is a great cd for all good times. It helps you forget all your worries and just let go!

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Fish Out Of Water Chris Cauley Manufacturer: Red Drum Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0007OPIUQ Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

1. Lay It Down
2. Picture Perfect
3. Giving Up On Me
4. Stone Statue Face
5. Fish Out Of Water
6. Nowhere Street
7. All Said And Done
8. 15 Minutes
9. Figure It Out
10. Take A Breath

Product Description

This album is a unique blend of rock and R & B. A musical treasure trove full of songs about love and life. Chris melodies are complimented with a voice flavored with soul and passion and songs born of pain that come from being brokenhearted and misunderstood.

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Fish Out of Water Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DEOML Release Date: 2002-08-30

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Fish Out of Water Pt.1 One Minute Silence Manufacturer: V2 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004WWMZ Release Date: 2001-01-08

Tracks:

1. Fish Out Of Water
2. 1845
3. 210 Dog Years

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Fish out of Water Denny Bixby Manufacturer: Brookside Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAJU04 Release Date: 2003-09-30

Tracks:

1. Yogini Samba
2. Owen Baby
3. L.B.J.
4. For Emily
5. Mr. Oily
6. Calling All Cars
7. Liquid
8. Annie's Dance
9. Hooked on Phonk
10. Saturday

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Fish Out Of Water Rev. Rocky Zharp ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000OT9BWU

Product Description

1 Show Me 2 The Pledge 3 My Lord 4 He's Got the Whole World in His Hands 5 Fish Out of Water 6 Jesus Don't Care 7 Are You a Christain? 8 Gospel Junky 9 Jesus Is Coming 10 Do You Believe in Jesus? 11 They Know Not 12 Praying Wont Do No Harm 13 Denominational Blues 14 Just to Get Here 15 Last Night 16 This Train 17 That's All

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