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Jon Anderson discography

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The discography of English-born singer-songwriter and musician Jon Anderson. Since 2009, Anderson has been an American citizen after 25 years living in the country.

Contents

Studio albums

  • Olias of Sunhillow (1976)
  • Song of Seven (1980)
  • Animation (1982) (re-released on CD in 2006 with additional bonus tracks)
  • 3 Ships (1985) (re-released on CD in 2007 with additional bonus tracks)
  • In the City of Angels (1988)
  • Deseo (1994)
  • Change We Must (1994)
  • Angels Embrace (1995)
  • Toltec (1996)
  • Lost Tapes of Opio (1996) (album recorded in 1989/90, first issued in 1996 through Jon Anderson's Opio Foundation and re-released on CD in 2007 as part of The Lost Tapes 20 CD Box-Set)
  • The Promise Ring (1997)
  • Earth Mother Earth (1997)
  • The More You Know (1998)
  • Survival & Other Stories (2011)
  • Live albums

  • Live from La La Land (2007)
  • Collection

  • The Lost Tapes (2006–2008) (live performances, unreleased demo albums, etc.) (planned as a 20-CD boxset but only 7 CDs have been released as yet)
  • Interview (2006) (JAVPBX01CD)
  • The Mother's Day Concert (2006) (demos) (JAVPBX02CD)
  • Searching For The Songs (2006) (demos) (JAVPBX03CD)
  • Live in Sheffield 1980 (2006) (JAVPBX04CD)
  • Watching The Flags That Fly (2006) (JAVPBX05CD) (Jon Anderson's personal demos, worked on in the south of France in 1990, for the never-officially released second ABWH studio album whose working title was Dialogue)
  • The Lost Tapes of Opio (2007) (JAVPBX06CD)
  • From Me To You (2008) (JAVPBX07CD)
  • Videos

  • Tour of the Universe (2005) (live DVD)
  • Singles and EPs

  • Flight of the Moorglade / To the Runner (1976)
  • Some Are Born / Days (1980)
  • Take Your Time / Heart of the Matter (1980)
  • Surrender / Spider (1982)
  • All in a Matter of Time / Spider (1982)
  • Cage of Freedom (1984)
  • Easier Said Than Done / Save All Your Love (Reprise) (1985)
  • Easier Said Than Done / Day of Days (1985)
  • Easier Said Than Done / Three Ships (1985)
  • Easier Said Than Done / Three Ships / Oh Holy Night (1985)
  • How it Hits You / Day of Days (1985)
  • Hold on To Love / Sundancing (1988)
  • Hold on To Love / In a Lifetime / Sundancing (1988)
  • Is it Me / Top of the World / For You (1988)
  • Island of Life / Lady of Dreams (1992)
  • Change We Must / State of Independence (1994)
  • State of Independence (CD-Single) (2007)
  • Unbroken Spirit (Digital Single) (2010)
  • Give Hope (Original Digital Single) (2011)
  • Brazilian Music Sound (Original Digital Single) (2012)
  • Open (Original Digital EP) (2011)
  • Yes

  • Yes (1969)
  • Time and a Word (1970)
  • The Yes Album (1971)
  • Fragile (1971)
  • Close to the Edge (1972)
  • Yessongs (1973) (triple live album)
  • Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973) (double studio album)
  • Relayer (1974)
  • Yesterdays (1975) (studio compilation including rare cuts)
  • Going for the One (1977)
  • Tormato (1978)
  • Yesshows (1980) (double live album, originally intended as triple)
  • Classic Yes (1980) (studio compilation with two bonus unreleased live cuts)
  • 90125 (1983)
  • 9012Live: The Solos (1985) (live)
  • Big Generator (1987)
  • Union (1991)
  • Yesyears (1991) (quadruple CD compilation box set including rare and unreleased tracks)
  • Talk (1994)
  • Keys to Ascension (1996) (studio & live double CD album)
  • Keys to Ascension 2 (1997) (studio & live double CD album)
  • Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969–1970 (1997; a.k.a. Astral Traveller)
  • Open Your Eyes (1997)
  • Yes, Friends and Relatives (1998) (double CD album compilation including remake of Owner of a Lonely Heart)
  • The Ladder (1999)
  • House of Yes: Live from House of Blues (2000) (double CD live album)
  • Magnification (2001)
  • In a Word: Yes (1969–) (2002) (quintuple CD compilation box set including rare and unreleased tracks)
  • The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection (2004) (U.S. triple CD album edition including unreleased acoustic versions)
  • The Word Is Live (2005) (triple CD live album)
  • Live at Montreux 2003 (2007) (double CD live album)
  • Union Live (2011) (double CD live album)
  • Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two (2015) (14-CD live box set)
  • Jon and Vangelis

  • Short Stories (1980)
  • The Friends of Mr Cairo (1981)
  • Private Collection (1983)
  • The Best of Jon and Vangelis (1984)
  • Page of Life (1991)
  • Chronicles (1994)
  • Page of Life (1998) (alternate version not approved by Vangelis)
  • Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

  • Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
  • An Evening of Yes Music Plus (1993) (double live album, recorded in 1989)
  • Live at the NEC (2012) (2CD + 1DVD live album, recorded in 1989)
  • Anderson/Wakeman

  • The Living Tree (2010)
  • The Living Tree in Concert Part One (2011) (CD live album)
  • AndersonPonty Band

  • Better Late Than Never (2015) (CD/DVD live album)
  • Jon Anderson & Roine Stolt

  • Invention of Knowledge (June 2016)
  • Guest appearances

    With Johnny Harris:

  • "All To Bring You Morning" (1969; 1973 + Howe et White)
  • With King Crimson:

  • Lizard (1970)
  • With Colin Scot:

  • Colin Scot (1971; credited as "John Anderson (Dr Yes)", next to Rick "Broken Toes" Wakeman)
  • With Iron Butterfly:

  • Scorching Beauty (1974) on track: "Pearly Gates"
  • With Vangelis:

  • Heaven and Hell (1975) – Vangelis album with Anderson vocals on "So Long Ago, So Clear"
  • Opéra Sauvage (1979) – Vangelis album with Anderson playing harp on "Flamants Roses"
  • See You Later (1980) - on "Suffocation" and "See You Later"
  • With Alan White:

  • on the Album "Ramshackled" (1976) on track: "Spring Song of Innocence"
  • With Mike Oldfield:

  • "In High Places" on the album Crises (1983)
  • "Shine" (1986), as well as different and extended Remix of "Shine"
  • With Rick Wakeman Album "1984" (released 1981):

  • on track "The Hymn"
  • On Movies:

  • Soundtrack – Metropolis (1984 – with Giorgio Moroder):
  • "Cage of Freedom"
  • Soundtrack – Scream For Help (1985 – with John Paul Jones):
  • "Silver Train"
  • "Christie"
  • Soundtrack – St. Elmo's Fire (1985):
  • "This Time It Was Really Right"
  • Soundtrack – Biggles (1986):
  • "Do You Want To Be A Hero"
  • "Chocks Away"
  • With Tangerine Dream:

  • Loved by the Sun Legend soundtrack (1985)
  • With Lawrence Gowan:

  • Moonlight Desires (1987)
  • With Toto:

  • Backing vocals on the single version of Stop Loving You (1988) – This was the same year Toto members contributed to Anderson's City of Angels.
  • With Anderson, Harley & Batt:

  • Whatever You Believe (1988)
  • With Jonathan Elias:

  • Requiem for the Americas: Songs from the Lost World (1990) (first song Within The Lost World (lead vocals), and Far Far Cry (10th and 12th (single) songs)
  • With Kitaro:

  • on the album: "Dreams" on the tracks: "Lady of Dreams", "Agreement", "Dream of Chant", "Island of Life" (1992)
  • With London Philharmonic Orchestra:

  • Symphonic Music of Yes (1993)
  • With Charlie Bisharat:

  • Along the Amazon (1993)
  • With Steve Bailey:

  • Evolution (1993)
  • With Ayman:

  • Dancing with My Soul (1994)
  • With Milton Nascimento:

  • Angelus (1994)
  • With Tadamitsu Saito:

  • It's About Time (1995) - from Tadamitsu Saito's "It's About Time" Album
  • With Cielo y Tierra:

  • Heaven And Earth (1996)
  • With Steve Howe:

  • Album: "Portraits of Bob Dylan", on the track "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" (1999)
  • With Béla Fleck and the Flecktones:

  • "A Moment So Close" and "Aimun", on Outbound (2000)
  • With 4 Him:

  • sing the chorus of the song "The Only Thing I Need", on the "Streams" various artists album first released on Word Records "Dove Awards Album" (2002)
  • With The Fellowship:

  • In Elven Lands (2006)
  • With Dream Theater:

  • one of the spoken word guests along with many other rock musicians in a section of the song Repentance from Dream Theater's album Systematic Chaos (2007).
  • With Glass Hammer:

  • Culture of Ascent (2007)
  • With Peter Machajdík:

  • Namah (2008)
  • On Movies:

  • Soundtrack – The Highest Pass (2011 – with Michael Mollura):
  • "The Highest Pass Title Song'"
  • "Waking Up'"
  • With Marco Sabiu:

  • Audio Ergo Sum (2012)
  • With Dennis Haklar:

  • Lizard's Tale (2012)
  • With Jean Philippe Rykiel:

  • Inner Spaces (2012)
  • With Jeff Pevar:

  • River of Dreams (2012) from Jeff Pevar's debut solo album From the Core
  • With Everyday Animals:

  • False Awakening (2013) from Everyday Animals' album Under the Tyranny of Good Weather
  • References

    Jon Anderson discography Wikipedia