Animation (Jon Anderson album)


Animation is the third solo album by Jon Anderson, a founder-member and former lead singer of Yes. It was released in 1982.

Overview

Animation was recorded during a busy time for Anderson when he was collaborating with Vangelis and Mike Oldfield and exploring new age and electropop.
As with the previous album Song of Seven, several well-known musicians were involved in Animation, including Simon Phillips, David Sancious, Jack Bruce and Morris Pert.
The album was produced by producer Neil Kernon who had worked with acts such as Daryl Hall and John Oates and was released on vinyl but no CD version was published until 2006, when a limited edition CD re-release of the album with two bonus tracks was issued by Opio Media. Unfortunately the CD was not made from the original masters but from a worn copy of the vinyl, which led to complaints from purchasers. The song All God's Children was produced by producer Tony Visconti
"Surrender" and "All in a Matter of Time" were released as singles.
The album was promoted with a world tour on which Anderson performed songs from the album as well as several Yes classics, mostly in medley form.
A follow-up album entitled Chagall was recorded but not released.
One track on the album, "Boundaries", later appeared on other works by Anderson and Yes.
For this album, Anderson met an old friend from the past: Ian Wallace had been playing drums in his band The Warriors in the 1960s before Yes.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Olympia"
  2. "Animation"
  3. "Surrender"
  4. "All in a Matter of Time"

    Side Two

  5. "Unlearning "
  6. "Boundaries"
  7. "Pressure Point"
  8. "Much Better Reason"
  9. "All Gods Children"

    Bonus tracks

Additional musicians