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Jon Anderson: Change We Must

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Label: EMI Records
Released: 1994.11.17
Time:
 55:08
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Jon Anderson, Tim Handley
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.jonanderson.com
Appears with: Yes, Jon & Vangelis, Rick Wakeman
Purchase date: 2014
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] State of Independence (J.Anderson/Vangelis) - 5:37
[2] Shaker Loops (J.Anderson/J.Adams)) - 5:31
[3] Hearts (Ch.Squire/J.Anderson/T.Rabin) - 5:03
[4] Alive & Well (D.Tolley/J.Anderson) - 4:43
[5] The Kiss (J.Anderson/Vangelis) - 3:51
[6] Chagall Duet (J.Anderson) - 3:31
[7] Run On, Jon (D.Tolley/J.Anderson) - 2:46
[8] Candle Song (J.Anderson/Vangelis) - 3:36
[9] A View from the Coppice (D.Tolley/J.Anderson) - 2:46
[10] Hurry Home (J.Anderson) - 6:52
[11] Under the Sun (J.Anderson) - 5:01
[12] Change We Must (J.Anderson/Vangelis) - 5:39

Track [1] original version on the Jon & Vangelis album The Friends of Mr Cairo (1981).
Track [3] original version on the Yes album 90125 (1983).
Track [10] and [11] original versions on In the City of Angels (1988), the latter as "It's on Fire".
Track [12] and [8] (as "Anyone Can Light a Candle") original version on the Jon & Vangelis album Page of Life (1991).


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Jon Anderson - Vocals, Orchestrations, Producer

Tim Handley - Orchestration on [7], Producer
Matt Clifford - Keyboards, Orchestration on [7,9]
Opio Singers Choir on [1-3,10,12]
Nick Ingram - Orchestration on [1,4,12]
Ian Thomas - Drums on [3]
Milton McDonald - Guitar on [3,12]
Steve Pearce - Bass on [3,11,12]
Toby Alington - Synths on [3], Engineer
Gwendolyn Mok - Paino on [4,7,9]
Geoffrey Alexander - Orchestration on [5,6,8,10,11]
Sandrine Piau - Vocals on [6]
Jade Anderson - Vocals on [8]
Rosemary Furness - String Quartet on [8]
Roger Chase - String Quartet on [8]
Steve Trees - String Quartet on [8]
Jonathan Williams - String Quartet on [8]
Skalia Kanga - Harp on [8]
Nadya - Sun Chant on [11]

The London Chamber Academy - Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green - Conductor


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1994 CD EMI CDC 5 55088 2
1994 CD EMI 7243 5 55088 2 9

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Watford Town Hall and Raezor Studios between December 1993 and February 1994.

Change We Must is the seventh solo album by Yes lead singer Jon Anderson, released in 1994. The album contains new material and orchestral arrangements of songs from Anderson's past.



Jon Anderson joins conductor Nigel Warren-Green and his London Chamber Academy for orchestral arrangements of new material and old favorites on Change We Must (and that sound you hear in the distance is the small army of Anderson's detractors crying "This time he's really gone too far"). But far from being the exercise in self-indulgence that some would charge, Change We Must proves to be a lovely setting for Anderson's compositions. Expertly produced by the vocalist and Tim Handley, the disc finds Anderson's voice in harmonic balance with a wonderful landscape of orchestral sounds. The combined effect is, in a word, lovely. Beginning with the Jon & Vangelis chestnut "State of Independence," the singer and orchestra achieve a natural beauty that the previous pairing aimed at but rarely captured. Likewise, "Hurry Home" and "Under the Sun" - both of which originally appeared on In the City of Angels (the latter as "It's on Fire") - are given a second life with Celtic and Third World arrangements, respectively. Some of the new material - such as the "Chagall Duet," with soprano Sandrine Piau, or "Candle Song," with daughter Jade - offer a double dose of sweetness, while other songs (notably John Adams' adaptation "Shaker Loops") are intentionally edgy. Anderson even steps out of the spotlight for a trio of piano-led instrumentals co-written with David Tolley and featuring pianist Gwendolyn Mok. These serve as a spirited interlude between songs and represent a unique departure from Anderson's often-elusive arrangements. For nostalgists, who might regard the lack of anything from Olias of Sunhillow as a missed opportunity, the Yes song "Hearts" is given a faithful but welcome reading. The title track serves as a fitting finale, with flawless production and otherwordly arrangements transporting the listener to Anderson's own plane of consciousness. Dedicated to spiritualist Nana Veary, Change We Must speaks in a multitude of musical tongues - classical, rock, Third World, choral - with beauty as its common thread.

Dave Connolly - All Music Guide



Auf Esoteric Recordings erscheint nun eine exklusive Wiederveröffentlichung von Yes-Frontmann Jon Anderson. Andersons siebtes Soloalbum "Change We Must" erschien ursprünglich 1994 und wird jetzt als Remastered-Expanded-Edition wiederveröffentlicht.  Die Tracklist beinhaltet sowohl neue orchestrale Versionen von Klassikern wie "Hearts" und "State Of Independence", als auch neu geschriebene Stücke wie "The Kiss" und "Candle Song". Plus zwei Bonus Tracks. Inklusive Booklet mit komplett überholtem Artwork und ausführlichen Liner Notes von Jon Anderson.

Amazon.de



"Im Orchesterkontext kam/kommt Andersons Stimme perfekt zur Geltung, vor allem bei den Balladen, zumal er nie in den Kitsch abrutschte. Er malte gefangennehmende Klanglandschaften, entfaltete geschickt dramaturgische Spannungsbögen."

Good Times, Februar/März 2014
 

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