# Jon Anderson discography

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

## Solo works
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | AUS | US | UK | NLD |
| Olias of Sunhillow | Released: 9 July 1976 Label: Atlantic | 68 | 47 | 8 | — |
| Song of Seven | Released: 7 November 1980 Label: Atlantic | — | 143 | 38 | — |
| Animation | Released: May 1982 Labels: Atlantic, Polydor | 97 | 176 | 43 | 3 |
| 3 Ships | Released: 18 November 1985 Labels: Elektra, Opio | — | 166 | — | 66 |
| In the City of Angels | Released: 17 May 1988 Label: Columbia | — | — | — | — |
| Deseo | Released: 19 July 1994 Label: Windham Hill | — | — | — | — |
| Change We Must | Released: 17 October 1994 Labels: EMI, Angel | — | — | — | — |
| Angels Embrace | Released: 27 September 1995 Label: Higher Octave | — | — | — | — |
| Toltec | Released: 30 January 1996 Labels: High Street, Windham Hill | — | — | — | — |
| Lost Tapes of Opio | Released: 1996 Label: Opio Foundation | — | — | — | — |
| The Promise Ring | Released: 17 June 1997 Labels: OM Town, Higher Octave | — | — | — | — |
| Earth Mother Earth | Released: 9 September 1997 Label: Ellipsis Arts | — | — | — | — |
| The More You Know | Released: 14 April 1998 Labels: Purple Pyramid, Eagle | — | — | — | — |
| Survival & Other Stories | Released: 6 June 2011 Labels: Gonzo, Voiceprint | — | — | — | — |
| 1000 Hands: Chapter One | Released: 31 March 2019 Labels: | — | — | — | — |
| True | Released: 23 August 2024 Labels: Frontiers Records S.R.L. | — | — | — | — |
| "—" 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)

### 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

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | NLD | US | Album |
| "Never My Love" | 1968 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Mississippi Hobo" | 1968 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Flight of the Moorglade" | 1976 | — | — | — | Olias of Sunhillow |
| "Some Are Born" | 1980 | — | — | 109 | Song of Seven |
| "Take Your Time" | 1980 | — | — | — | Song of Seven |
| "Heart of the Matter" | 1981 | — | — | — | Song of Seven |
| "Everybody Loves You" | 1981 | — | — | — | Song of Seven |
| "Surrender" | 1982 | — | 7 | — | Animation |
| "All in a Matter of Time" | 1982 | — | — | — | Animation |
| "Boundaries" | 1982 | — | — | — | Animation |
| "Cage of Freedom" | 1984 | — | — | — | Metropolis Soundtrack |
| "Easier Said Than Done" | 1985 | 88 | 48 | — | 3 Ships |
| "How It Hits You" | 1985 | — | — | — | 3 Ships |
| "Hold On to Love" | 1988 | 81 | 28 | — | In the City of Angels |
| "Is It Me" | 1988 | — | — | — | In the City of Angels |
| "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" | 1994 | 182 | — | — | Change We Must |
| "Maybe" | 1998 | — | — | — | The More You Know |
| "State of Independence" | 2005 | — | — | — | Tour of the Universe |
| "Open" | 2011 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Brasilian Music Sound" | 2012 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Race to the End" | 2012 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Go Screw Yourself" | 2020 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" 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)

### 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"