In the City of Angels

Studio album by Jon Anderson

Released

17 May 1988

Recorded

1988 at Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California

Genre

Pop rock

Length

47:02

Jon Anderson chronology

3 Ships
(1985)

In the City of Angels
(1988)

Deseo
(1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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.	Title	Writer(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.	Title	Writer(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

Jon Anderson - Vocals, Harp, Drums, Percussion
Steve Lukather - Guitar (Track 10)
Steve Porcaro - Keyboard programming (Track 10)
Jeff Porcaro - Drums (Track 2, 4 & 10)
Mike Porcaro - Bass (Tracks 2 & 4)
David Paich - Keyboards, Orchestration (Tracks 2, 4, 6 & 10)
Joseph Williams - Backing vocals (Track 10)
Larry Williams - Keyboards, Programming (Tracks 1, 3, 5 & 9)
John Robinson - Drums (Tracks 1, 3, 7-9)
Paul Jackson Jr. - Guitar (Tracks 1 & 5)
Jimmy Haslip - Bass (Track 1, 5, 7 & 8)
Lenny Castro - Percussion (Tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
Dann Huff - Guitar (Tracks 2, 4 & 8)
Michael Landau - Guitar (Tracks 2, 4, 7-9 & 11)
Marc Russo - Saxophone (Track 4)
Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (Tracks 4 & 8)
Gordon Peeke - Drum programming (Track 7)
Don Freeman - Keyboards (Tracks 7 & 8)
Jerry Hey - Trumpet (Track 7)
Gary Grant - Trumpet (Track 7)
Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Sax, Trombone (Tracks 7 & 9)
Kim Hutchcroft - Sax (Track 7)
Rhett Lawrence - Keyboards, Programming (Tracks 9 & 11)
The Cathedral Choir - Backing vocals (Track 11)

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1988	Dutch Albums Chart	33

References

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

Jon Anderson

Studio albums	Olias of Sunhillow (1976) Song of Seven (1980) Animation (1982) 3 Ships (1985) In the City of Angels (1988) Deseo (1994) Change We Must (1994) Angels Embrace (1995) Toltec (1996) Lost Tapes of Opio (1996) The Promise Ring (1997) Earth Mother Earth (1997) The More You Know (1998) Survival & Other Stories (2011)

EPs	Open (2011)

Live albums	Live from La La Land (2006/2007)

Jon & Vangelis	Short Stories (1980) The Friends of Mr Cairo (1981) Private Collection (1983) The Best of Jon and Vangelis (1984) Page of Life (1991) Chronicles (1994)

Anderson/Wakeman	The Living Tree (2010)

Anderson Ponty Band	Better Late Than Never (2015)

Related articles	Discography Yes Vangelis Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe An Evening of Yes Music Plus Deborah Anderson Jade Anderson Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman

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