Jon Anderson discography
The discography of English-born singer-songwriter and musician Jon Anderson.
Solo works
Studio albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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1976 | Olias of Sunhillow
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47 | 8 | - | |||||||
1980 | Song of Seven
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143 | 38 | - | |||||||
1982 | Animation | 176 | 43 | 3 | |||||||
1985 | 3 Ships | 166 | - | 66 | |||||||
1988 | In the City of Angels
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1994 | Deseo
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Change We Must | - | - | - | ||||||||
1995 | Angels Embrace
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1996 | Toltec
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Lost Tapes of Opio
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1997 | The Promise Ring
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Earth Mother Earth
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1998 | The More You Know
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2011 | Survival & Other Stories
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2019 | 1000 Hands: Chapter One
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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 (1976)
- Some Are Born (US, 1980) - [US # 109]
- Take Your Time (UK, 1980)
- Heart of the matter (US, 1980)
- Everybody Loves You (NL, 1980)
- Surrender (UK/Europe, 1982) - [NL # 7]
- All in a Matter of Time (1982)
- Boundaries (NL, 1982)
- Cage of Freedom (1984)
- Easier Said Than Done (1985) - [UK # 88]
- How it Hits You (France, 1985)
- Hold on to Love (1988) - [UK # 81] / [NL # 22] / [ITA # 38] / [South Africa # 30]
- Is it Me (UK, 1988)
- Far Far Cry (1990)
- Island of Life (Japan, 1992)
- Change We Must (UK, 1994) - [UK # 81]
- Candle song (UK, 1994) - [UK # 182]
- Maybe (Europe, 1998)
- State of Independence (Europe, 2005)
- Open (EP) (2011)
- Race to the end (2012)
Collaborations
Pre Yes
The Warriors
- Singles :
- 1964 : "You Came Along" / "Don't Make Me Blue" (7", Single)
- 1964 : "You Came Along" / "Don't Make Me Blue" (7", Single, Promo)
- Album :
- 2003 : Bolton Club 65 - Recorded live in 1965 and published on CD in 2003 on Voiceprint Label.
Hans Christian Anderson
- Singles :
- 1968 : "Never My Love" / "All of the Time"
- 1968 : "(The Autobiography Of) Mississippi Hobo" / "Sonata of Love"
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)
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)
- Videos :
- 1989 : In The Big Dream - A Video Compilation
- 1993 : An Evening Of Yes Music Plus
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)[4][5]
Guest appearances
With Johnny Harris:
- "All To Bring You Morning" (1969; 1973 + Steve Howe & Alan White)
With King Crimson:
- Lizard (1970) on Prince Rupert Awakes
With Colin Scot:
- Colin Scot (1971; credited as "John Anderson (Dr Yes)", next to Rick "Broken Toes" Wakeman)[6]
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) - vocals 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 the 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) on tracks: "Within The Lost World" and "Far Far Cry"
With Kitaro:
Dreams (1992) on the tracks: "Lady of Dreams", "Agreement", "Dream of Chant", "Island of Life"
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) on track "Opionium"
With Milton Nascimento:
- Angelus (1994) on track "Estrelada"
With Tadamitsu Saito:
- It's About Time (1995) - on tracks: "Doshyamo", "Cascadia", and "It's About Time"
With Cielo y Tierra:
- Heaven And Earth (1996) on tracks: "El Dia" and "La Segunda Oracion"
With Steve Howe:
- Portraits of Bob Dylan (1999), on the track "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands"
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) on tracks: "South Side of the Sky" and "Life by Light"
With Peter Machajdík:
- Namah (2008) on track: "Sadness of Flowing"
On Movies:
- Soundtrack – The Highest Pass (2011 – with Michael Mollura):
- "The Highest Pass Title Song'"
- "Waking Up'"
With Marco Sabiu:
- Audio Ergo Sum (2012) on track "Limitless Lives"
With Dennis Haklar:
- Lizard's Tale (2012)
With Jean Philippe Rykiel:
- Inner Spaces (2012) on track "Close To You"
With Jeff Pevar:
- From the Core (2012) on track "River of Dreams"
With Everyday Animals:
- Under the Tyranny of Good Weather (2013) on track "False Awakening"
With Todmobile:
- Jon Anderson with Todmobile in Iceland in Iceland 2013
References
- "Jon Anderson". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- "JOE HENDERSON | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Jon Anderson - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- "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
- Jon Anderson Pre-Yes discography :
- The Warriors discography : https://www.discogs.com/artist/411488-The-Warriors-3
- Hans Christian Andersen Discography : https://www.discogs.com/artist/2029305-Hans-Christian-2