[1] Is It Me (J.Anderson/R.Lawrence) - 4:22
[2] Top of the World [The Glass Bead Game] (J.Anderson/D.Paich) - 5:26
[3] For You (J.Anderson/D.Paich) - 2:51
Jon Anderson - Percussion, Arranger, Drums, Harp, Vocals
Siedah Garrett - Vocals (Background)
Bill Reichenbach - Trombone, Saxophone
Bonnie Hayes - Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Haslip - Bass
Lenny Castro - Percussion
Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
Don Freeman - Keyboards
Tommy Funderburk - Vocals (Background)
Gary Grant - Trumpet
Jerry Hey - Trumpet, Arranger
Dann Huff - Guitar
Kim Hutchcroft - Saxophone
Paul Jackson, Jr. - Guitar
Michael Landau - Guitar
Rhett Lawrence - Synthesizer, Keyboards
Steve Lukather - Guitar
David Paich - Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Jeff Porcaro - Percussion, Drums
Gordon Peeke - Drums
Steve Porcaro - Keyboards
Mike Porcaro - Bass
John "J.R." Robinson - Drums
Marc Russo - Saxophone
Myrna Smith-Schilling - Vocals (Background)
Luther Waters - Vocals (Background)
Oren Waters - Vocals (Background)
Larry Williams - Keyboards
Maxine Waters - Vocals (Background)
Waters, Julia - Vocals (Background)
Jolie Jones Levine - Vocals (Background)
In
1988, Anderson quit Yes for the second time and released his first
regular solo album in six years, In The City Of Angels. Stewart Levine,
best known for his work with Culture Club, was brought in to produce;
Anderson worked with a team of L.A. session stars and wrote a couple of
songs with ex-Motown ace Lamont Dozier. All of this seemed to portend a
more commercial-sounding, straightahead pop effort from the usually
ethereal Anderson. The result is about half and half: when writing with
Dozier, Anderson expresses conventional romantic sentiments, for which
he doesn't really have a feel. His tenor is so chaste and angelic, it's
hard for him to be believable on earthly love songs. And soon enough,
especially on later tracks, Anderson is once again in spiritual outer
space, where he seems most comfortable. The compromise, however, did
not appeal to fans, who avoided this album.
Is it something
Is it something said
I know you're lost
Like someone who's lonely
And cannot see the way
I still love you
There's some things that bind
And so the tale is just a moral of love
It comes and it goes with time
Don't think about the worries
My love will change you
Someday you'll find room
In your heart for my love again
Is it me
Is it me that
Hurt you so badly
Are you ready
Are you changed for this
Because I know that it's not always going
The way you see
Things don't easily change
Those facts of life
That come with the moment
Just memories remain
Don't think about your worries
My love will change you
And open up this feeling of love
In your heart again
Was it me
Was it me that
Hurt you so badly
Are you ready
Are you changed for this
I couldn't stand another day without you
Is it love
Is it this live
Are you ready to be counting
I'm your lover
I'm your everything
And you won't always be telling me
It's all over
Was it me
It's another world
Was it me that
It's another time
Hurt you so badly
I can't believe in love without you
Are you ready
It's another day
Are you cahnged at all
It's another place
I couldn't stand another day without you
I can't believe in love without you
I'm in love
It's another world
I'm in this love
It's another time
It's not easy when I feel so strong about you
I can't believe in love without you
There's no other
It's another day
There's no one but you
It's another time
I couldn't stand another day without your love
I can't believe in love without you
Top Of The World (The Glass Bead Game)
Ah, see we both sing
Get along
Some of us set this treaty
Because I know
Set it to really purify
See the more the reasoning
As the sars they sit at night
We can never really guess
Unless we ask like a mission
And it touches you
Like a measure do
It's a real life
And it gets us by
Some Gemini dold us of a reason
We had something of a catapult force
I'm steering out another vision
Top, very top
Top, very top
Top of the world, we'll see what it's like
Clearer
Just around the corner we heard it
Just around the boat should be there
It came alive so by the fire
For the very first time so heavy
First energy, reach first vision
First energy, caught in the light
First energy, bringing the night
I'm a river, I love you
Night
I'm a river, I love you
Watching
LIke a tiger mystic
Like a unicorn
Water
See the great whale
Skyward
Are you listening
Do shine
It's a gift you're reaching
Day to day you touch me
LIke a vision, we fly to the sky
For the very first time
First energy, reach first vision
First energy, caught in the light
First energy, reach first vision
First energy, bringing the night
I'm a river, I love you
Night
I'm a river, I love you
Night
I'm a river, I love you
I'm a river, I love you
Some Gemini told us of a reason
We had something of a catapult force
I'm steering out another vision
Top, very top
Top, very top
Top of the world, we'll see what it's like
Clearer
I'm a rhythm, I love you
I'm a rhythm, I love you
I'm a river, I love you
I'm a river, I love you
I'm a river, I love you
For You
Tell me that I would sing
Soft as a song would bring
All of a union together in my life
Tell me I'm everyone
As where my heart is searching
Now is finally resting again
Oh, for the perfect sound
Jon, Jon, for my life
As it's something that I must
Explain this and all to you
Haven't you guessed it
Haven't you guessed it at all
This song is for you
This song is for you
Oh, for the perfect sound
Jah, Jah, for my life
As it's something that I must
Explain this and all to you
Haven't you guessed it
Haven't you guessed it at all
This song is for you
This song is for you