In the City of Angels

In the City of Angels
Studio album by Jon Anderson
Released May 17, 1988
Recorded 1988 at Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California
Genre Pop rock
Length 47:02
Label Columbia
Producer Stewart Levine
Jon Anderson chronology
3 Ships
(1985)		 In the City of Angels
(1988)		 Deseo
(1994)
Professional ratings
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Allmusic[1]

In the City of Angels is the fifth solo album by Yes lead singer Jon Anderson, released in 1988.

Unlike most of Anderson's previous solo works, this album contains many additional songwriters. Consequently, this is the most straight-ahead commercial pop album in his oeuvre, and sounds closer to a Toto album than his own earlier work—in fact, that band performs on several songs. Jon reciprocated the favor by performing on their album The Seventh One (recorded about the same time as In the City of Angels).

Two songs from the album ("Hold on to Love" and "In a Lifetime") were co-written by Lamont Dozier, of Motown records.

A music video for "Hold on to Love" aired on TV. In the video, the album is titled In The City of Lost Angels. Chris Squire has a cameo appearance in the video.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Hold on to Love"  Jon Anderson, Lamont Dozier 4:46
2. "If It Wasn't for Love (Oneness Family)"  Anderson 4:25
3. "Sundancing (For the Hopi/Navajo Energy)"  Anderson 3:18
4. "Is It Me"  Anderson, Rhett Lawrence 4:25
5. "In a Lifetime"  Anderson, Dozier 4:14
6. "For You"  Anderson, David Paich 2:51
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
7. "New Civilization"  Anderson, Don Freeman, Gordon Peeke 4:31
8. "It's on Fire"  Anderson, Freeman 4:10
9. "Betcha"  Anderson, Lawrence 4:00
10. "Top of the World (The Glass Bead Game)"  Anderson, Paich 5:25
11. "Hurry Home (Song from The Pleiades)"  Anderson 4:58

Personnel

Charts

Year Chart Position
1988 Dutch Albums Chart 33

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William (2011). "In the City of Angels - Jon Anderson | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
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