Animation with Jon Anderson

May be Jon's most digital record ever? Anyhow he handles the synthetic landscape with warm curiousity, not with some too cool coldness. In same piece post punk can be intertwined with samba. Even humour seems to spin around the over-technifying tendencies he saw in 1983.

To be able to make a masterpiece of still quite progressive music with that early 80's equipment, is amazing in itself. Jon's joy and wonder of life remains the serious essence, ultimately focused in the long title track Animation about a child (his own?) taking her first breaths in this world.




including Spider and Spell as bonus tracks

my Summer Album 13 : 21


most Mysterious song: THE SPELL

most Smart song: UNLEARNING (THE DIVIDING LINE)

most Growing Strong song: ANIMATION (I could see it was her first day)

most Loving song: SURRENDER

most Sexy song: MUCH BETTER REASON

most Beautiful song: BOUNDARIES (O'er the mountains)

most Amusing song: OLYMPIA

Computer Casio Overdrive







Overall Album

7 sound

4 melodies

5 accompaniment

6 rythms

7 singin' feeling

6 playin' dynamics

5 concept

7 variation

6 lyrics

4 titles

3 order of tracks

1 cover picture

6 historical importance

= 67


I now give 1 to 7 in thirteen cathegories
where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 13 = 91 never exist(?)





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