Absolutely outstanding is the only way to describe just how well this not only channels the spirit of classic Yes, but also gives it a new coat of paint and fits a turbo to the engine... Added to that, is what must surely be directed to the Pope for consideration as 'The Miracle Of Jon..
Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks – True (Frontiers Music)
While Jon Anderson will always be remembered as the singer of Yes, the band he helped found and yo-yoed in and out of for many years, he has also had a very fertile career away from the mothership. For fans of Yes and progressive music in general, that solo career might be a disappointment in..
JON ANDERSON – In The City Of Angels Reissue (Floating World)
The closing Hurry Home (Song From The Pleiades) ...is a bizarrely anthemic, Celtic-influenced arena lighter-waver, with a genuinely uplifting chorus. It's sort of like Big Country crossed with a whale-song recording, but somehow it works quite brilliantly. Don't ask how, just enjoy it. The year is 1988. Jon Anderson has just left Yes following the..
Jon Anderson – Animation – Expanded & Remastered (Esoteric)
Here endeth the decades-long wait for a decent CD version of Animation... Artists often find themselves at a crossroads by their third release (there's even an unofficial syndrome named for that very quandary), and when change is afoot, the fan base can quickly become disenchanted. But Jon Anderson was on a creative ascent at the..
Jon Anderson – Olias Of Sunhillow: Remastered & Expanded Edition (Esoteric)
'Olias for me was like going to music school for three months solid without breathing.' Of the solo debuts released in fairly quick succession by Yes members following their Relayer era, it's long been Jon Anderson's otherworldly concept album Olias Of Sunhillow that gets mentioned at the top of the heap more often than not...
JON ANDERSON – Song Of Seven (reissue) (Esoteric)
(The title track) remains the finest composition Anderson has recorded as a solo artist It's probably fair to say that Jon Anderson's solo work outside of Yes, like his collaborations with Vangelis, has generally been best described as the figurative 'Curate's Egg' - good in parts. Following his first solo release, 1976's Olias Of Sunhillow,..