Jon Anderson discography
The discography of British born singer-songwriter and musician Jon Anderson.
Solo works
Studio albums
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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AUS [1] | US [2] | UK [3] | NLD [4] | ||||||||||
Olias of Sunhillow |
| 68 | 47 | 8 | — | ||||||||
Song of Seven |
| — | 143 | 38 | — | ||||||||
Animation |
| 97 | 176 | 43 | 3 | ||||||||
3 Ships |
| — | 166 | — | 66 | ||||||||
In the City of Angels |
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Deseo |
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Change We Must |
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Angels Embrace |
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Toltec |
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Lost Tapes of Opio |
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||
The Promise Ring |
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Earth Mother Earth |
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||
The More You Know |
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Survival & Other Stories |
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||
1000 Hands: Chapter One |
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||
True |
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Production music
- Sunlight (2021)
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
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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UK [5] | NLD [6] | US [7] | |||||||||||
"Never My Love" | 1968 | — | — | — | Non-album singles[A] | ||||||||
"Mississippi Hobo" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Flight of the Moorglade" | 1976 | — | — | — | Olias of Sunhillow | ||||||||
"Some Are Born" | 1980 | — | — | 109 | Song of Seven | ||||||||
"Take Your Time" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Heart of the Matter" | 1981 | — | — | — | |||||||||
"Everybody Loves You" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Surrender" | 1982 | — | 7 | — | Animation | ||||||||
"All in a Matter of Time" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Boundaries" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Cage of Freedom" | 1984 | — | — | —[B] | Metropolis Soundtrack | ||||||||
"Easier Said Than Done" | 1985 | 88 | 48 | —[C] | 3 Ships | ||||||||
"How It Hits You"[D] | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Hold On to Love" | 1988 | 81 | 28 | — | In the City of Angels | ||||||||
"Is It Me" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Reach Out" | 1989 | — | — | — | Charity Single: BBC Children in Need | ||||||||
"Far Far Cry" | 1990 | — | — | — | Jonathan Elias' Requiem for the Americas: Songs from the Lost World | ||||||||
"Change We Must" | 1994 | 81 | — | — | Change We Must | ||||||||
"Candle Song" | 182 | — | — | ||||||||||
"Maybe" | 1998 | — | — | — | The More You Know | ||||||||
"State of Independence" | 2005 | — | — | — | Tour of the Universe | ||||||||
"Open" | 2011 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||
"Brasilian Music Sound" | 2012 | — | — | — | |||||||||
"Race to the End" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Go Screw Yourself" | 2020 | — | — | — | |||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Collaborations
Pre-Yes
The Warriors
- Singles :
- 1964 : "You Came Along" / "Don't Make Me Blue" (7", Single)
- Album :
- 2003 : Bolton Club 65 - Recorded live in 1965 and published on CD in 2003 on Voiceprint Label.
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
Studio albums
- Short Stories (1980)
- The Friends of Mr Cairo (1981)
- Private Collection (1983)
- Page of Life (1991)
- Page of Life (1998) (Alternate version not approved by Vangelis)
Compilations
- The Best of Jon and Vangelis (1984)
- Chronicles (1994)
- Whatever You Believe (1988) (charity single)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
- Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
- In the Big Dream - A Video Compilation (1989) (video)
- An Evening of Yes Music Plus (1993) (double live album, recorded in 1989)
- An Evening of Yes Music Plus (1993) (video)
- 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)
Jon Anderson & Matt Malley
- Family Circle (2014) (download only charity single)
Anderson-Ponty Band
- Better Late Than Never (2015) (CD/DVD live album)
Jon Anderson & Roine Stolt
- Invention of Knowledge (June 2016)[8][9]
- Live at the Apollo (2018) (2CD live album)
Guest appearances
With Johnny Harris:
- All to Bring You Morning (1969; 1973), on the track "All to Bring You Morning" (also featuring Steve Howe & Alan White)
With King Crimson:
- Lizard (1970), on the track "Prince Rupert Awakes"
With Colin Scot:
- Colin Scot (1971) Credited as "John Anderson (Dr Yes)" next to Rick "Broken Toes" Wakeman.[10]
With Iron Butterfly:
- Scorching Beauty (1974) co-writer on the track "Pearly Gates"
With Vangelis:
- Heaven and Hell (1975), on the track "So Long Ago, So Clear"
- Opéra Sauvage (1979), plays harp on the track "Flamants Roses"
- See You Later (1980), on the tracks "Suffocation" and "See You Later"
With Alan White:
- Ramshackled (1976), on the track "Spring - Song Of Innocence" (also featuring Steve Howe)
With Rick Wakeman:
- 1984 (1981), on the track "The Hymn"
With Mike Oldfield:
- Crises (1983), on the track "In High Places"
- "Shine (Extended Version)" Single (1986). Included on "The Platinum Collection" (2006)
Soundtracks:
- Metropolis (1984), on the track "Cage of Freedom"
- St. Elmo's Fire (1985), on the track "This Time It Was Really Right"
- Biggles (1986), on the tracks "Do You Want to Be a Hero" and "Chocks Away"
With Tangerine Dream:
- Legend Soundtrack (1985), on the track "Loved by the Sun"
With John Paul Jones:
- Music from the Film "Scream for Help" (1985), on the tracks "Silver Train" and "Christie"
With Lawrence Gowan:
- Great Dirty World (1987), on the track "Moonlight Desires"
With Hiroshima:
- Go (1987), on the track "Go"
With Toto:
- The Seventh One (1988), on the track "Stop Loving You"
With Jonathan Elias:
- Requiem for the Americas: Songs from the Lost World (1990), on the tracks "Within the Lost World" and "Far Far Cry"
- Prayer Cycle: Path To Zero (2011), on the track "Devotion"
With Kitaro:
- Dream (1992), on the tracks "Lady of Dreams", "Agreement", "Dream of Chant" and "Island of Life"
With London Philharmonic Orchestra:
- Symphonic Music of Yes (1993), on the tracks "Roundabout" and "I've Seen All Good People"
With Charlie Bisharat:
- Along the Amazon (1993), on the track "Along the Amazon"
With Steve Bailey:
- Evolution (1993), on the track "Evolution"
With Ayman:
- Dancing with My Soul (1994), on the track "Opionium"
With Milton Nascimento:
- Angelus (1994), on the track "Estrelada"
With Tadamitsu Saito:
- It's About Time (1995), on the tracks "Doshyamo", "Cascadia", and "It's About Time"
With Cielo Y Tierra:
- Heaven and Earth (1996), on the tracks "El Dia" and "La Segunda Oracion" - Mexican CD edition is self-titled and includes "La Segunda Oracion (Mountain High Remix)" as a bonus track.
With Sir John Betjeman & Mike Read:
- Words/Music (1998), on the track "Youth and Age" - Album re-released several times under different titles, including Centenary (2006) and "Sound of Poetry" (2008).
With 4 Him:
- Streams - Various Artists (1999), on the track: "The Only Thing I Need". Also on "The Best of the 2000 Dove Awards" (2000)
With Steve Howe:
- Portraits of Bob Dylan (1999), on the track "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands"
With Béla Fleck and the Flecktones:
- Outbound (2000), on the tracks "A Moment So Close" and "Aimun"
With Eduardo Del Signore:
- Captivated (2001), keys on the tracks "Cocos Azules", "Captivated" & "Sight". wind controller on "Boabdil" and vocals on "Hope"
With Robert Downey, Jr.
- The Futurist (2004), on the track "Your Move"
With Paul Green School Of Rock Music:
- Rock School Soundtrack (2005), on the track "Heart of the Sunrise"
With The Fellowship:
- In Elven Lands (2006), on the tracks "Dan Barliman's Jig", "Eléchoi", "The Sacred Stones" and "Verses to Elbereth Gilthoniel"
With Dream Theater:
- Systematic Chaos (2007), spoken word guest on a section of the track "Repentance"
With Glass Hammer:
- Culture of Ascent (2007), on the tracks "South Side Of The Sky" and "Life by Light"
With Alan Simon:
- Excalibur II: L'Anneau des Celtes (The Celtic Ring) (2007), on the track "Circle of Life"
With Fritz Heede:
- Ritual Path (2007), on the track "Come By"
With Tommy Zvoncheck:
- ZKG (2008), on the track "The Rain in Florida"
With Peter Machajdík:
- Namah (2008), on the track "Sadness of Flowing"
- The Lynx Liaison (Návrat Rysov) (Soundtrack) (2010), on the track "Cats Alive"
With Michael Mollura:
- The Highest Pass Soundtrack (2011), on the tracks "The Highest Pass Title Song'" and "Waking Up"
With Marco Sabiu:
- Audio Ergo Sum (2012), on the track "Limitless Lives"
With Dennis Haklar:
- Lizard's Tale (2012), on the tracks "Leap of Faith", "Prelude to Dawn", "Dawn of an Era" and "Crossing Over"
With Jean Philippe Rykiel:
- Inner Spaces (2012), on the track "Close to You"
With Jeff Pevar:
- From the Core (2012), on the track "River of Dreams"
With Wave Mechanics Union:
- Further to Fly (2012), on the tracks "It Will Be a Good Day (The River)" and "Wonderous Stories"
With Everyday Animals:
- Under the Tyranny of Good Weather (2013), on the track "False Awakening"
With Todmobile:
- Úlfur (2014), on the track "Wings Of Heaven" - Also includes a DVD of a live concert performing several Yes songs.[11]
With The Spaces Between:
- Let's Leave It at This for Now... (2014), on the track "Orchasm"
With Wanabi Farmeur:
- Wanabi Farmeur (2014), on the track "Floating Stick"
With HuDost & Steve Kilbey:
- The Word Is... (2015), on the track "OMEGA"
With Andrew Rubin:
- Guitar Concerto (2016), co-writer, does not perform.
With Oakes & Smith:
- Between The Earth and the Sky (2016), on the track "Closer to Home"
With Battles:
- Juice B Crypts (2019), on the track "Sugar Foot" (also featuring Prairie WWWW)
With Trip the Witch:
- Trip the Witch (2021), on the track "Saturn We Miss You"
Notes
References
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 17. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Jon Anderson". Billboard. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "JOE HENDERSON | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Jon Anderson - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "UK charts".
- ^ "Dutch charts".
- ^ "US charts".
- ^ "Video message from Jon Anderson - he's just finished a new album with Rione Stolt & friends called "Invention of Knowledge" and is about to tour Anderson Ponty Band with Jean-Luc Ponty". Facebook. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "Jon Anderson and Roine Stolt". progressiveears.org. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ Colin Scot - Colin Scot at Discogs
- ^ Todmobile - Úlfur at Discogs
External links
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- Olias of Sunhillow (1976)
- Song of Seven (1980)
- Animation (1982)
- 3 Ships (1985)
- In the City of Angels (1988)
- Deseo (1994)
- Change We Must (1994)
- Angels Embrace (1995)
- Toltec (1996)
- Lost Tapes of Opio (1996)
- The Promise Ring (1997)
- Survival & Other Stories (2011)
- 1000 Hands: Chapter One (2019)
- Open (2011)
- The Living Tree (2010)
- Better Late Than Never (2015)
- Invention of Knowledge (2016)
- Discography
- Yes
- Jon & Vangelis
- Vangelis
- Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (album)
- An Evening of Yes Music Plus
- Deborah Anderson
- Jade Anderson
- The Songs of Zamran: Son of Olias
- Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman