Jon Anderson discography
The discography of British born singer-songwriter and musician Jon Anderson.
Solo works
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1]  | 
US [2]  | 
UK [3]  | 
NLD [4]  | ||||||||||
| Olias of Sunhillow | 
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68 | 47 | 8 | — | ||||||||
| Song of Seven | 
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— | 143 | 38 | — | ||||||||
| Animation | 97 | 176 | 43 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 Ships | — | 166 | — | 66 | |||||||||
| In the City of Angels | 
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Deseo | 
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Change We Must | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Angels Embrace | 
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Toltec | 
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Lost Tapes of Opio | 
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||
| The Promise Ring | 
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Earth Mother Earth | 
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||
| The More You Know | 
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Survival & Other Stories | 
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1000 Hands: Chapter One | 
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||
| True | 
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" 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)
 - Live - Perpetual Change (14 March 2025) (with The Band Geeks)[6]
 
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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [7]  | 
NLD [8]  | 
US [9]  | |||||||||||
| "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)
 
Jon Anderson & Michael Byrne
- Visions (2025, digital only)[10]
 
Anderson-Ponty Band
- Better Late Than Never (2015) (CD/DVD live album)
 
Jon Anderson & Roine Stolt
- Invention of Knowledge (June 2016)[11][12]
 
- 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.[13]
 
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.[14]
 
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
- ^ As 'Hans Christian'.
 - ^ #16 on the Mainstream Rock chart.
 - ^ #38 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
 - ^ Released in France only.
 
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.
 - ^ "New Releases: Albums". Music Week. 29 June 1996. p. 46.
 - ^ Dave Watkinson's Facebook page > post "Jon Anderson on a USA tour again 2025..." (on 8 January 2025)
 - ^ "UK charts".
 - ^ "Dutch charts".
 - ^ "US charts".
 - ^ https://www.patreon.com/MichaelByrne/shop/visions-jon-anderson-michael-byrne-1533708
 - ^ "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
- The Warriors discography at Discogs
 - Hans Christian discography at Discogs