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The discography of British born singer-songwriter and musician Jon Anderson.

Solo works

Studio albums

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

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)

Anderson, Harley & Batt

• 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)

Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman

• 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.

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.

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

1. As 'Hans Christian'.
2. #16 on the Mainstream Rock chart.
3. #38 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
4. Released in France only.

References

1. 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.
2. "Jon Anderson". Billboard. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
3. "JOE HENDERSON | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
4. Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Jon Anderson - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
5. "UK charts".
6. "Dutch charts".
7. "US charts".
8. "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.
9. "Jon Anderson and Roine Stolt". progressiveears.org. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
10. Colin Scot - Colin Scot at Discogs
11. Todmobile - Úlfur at Discogs

External links

• The Warriors discography at Discogs
• Hans Christian discography at Discogs

• Discographies of British artists
• Discographies of American artists