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Track Listings
| 1. Ocean Song |
| 2. Meeting |
| 3. Sound Out The Galleon |
| 4. Dance Of Ranyart Olias |
| 5. Qoquaq En Transic |
| 6. Solid Space |
| 7. Moon Ra Chords Song Of Search |
| 8. To The Runner |
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JON ANDERSON Olias Of Sunhillow (1996 German reissue 8-track CD album originally released in 1976 and featuring all the lavish instrumentation [played by Anderson himself] and mystical musings that fans of his Yes work had come to expect)
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is full of haunting melodies surrounded by complex rythms and arrangements, sometimes coming to a spine tingling crescendo and at others floating through the air to soothe the mind. This album was written at a time when progressive music was at it's creative peak and because of this fact it doesn't dissapoint. It is a piece of work that was underrated at it's release but has stood the test of time. I would recommend this album strongly even if you are not a Yes fan.
41 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The odyssey of the doomed planet Sunhillow and how Olias, one of its leaders, creates a ship, "The Moorglade", that he uses to escape his world, accompanied by many tribespeople. Attacked by the enemy Moon Ra while in flight, Olias overcomes by sheer will and calm. Eventually finding a suitable planetary home (possibly the Earth?) they land. There are hints in the lyrics that they become the founding fathers of the Aryan race.
This story is the backdrop to a wonderfully inspired piece of musical creativity from Jon Anderson. Laden with atmosphere and incorporating harp, acoustic guitar and highly original sounds that fit the theme perfectly, this is a delightful and tuneful masterpiece.
The original cover was also a work of art, sadly lost in the CD version. I was also disappointed that only half the lyrics were reproduced here. This is one to buy and listen to for the rest of your life.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I nicked a music magazine (Vinyl Collector?) from a reception room somewhere because there was a section on prog music. In the margins they asserted albums to be avoided and Jon Anderson's Olias' was a prime suspect. I remembered the album being played by the 'upper 6th' at school, thinking then that it sounded like a movie and that the band defined 'organic'. Twenty or more?.. years later I discover that apart from some strings and engineering Olias of Sunhillow is written, performed and produced all by the man himself and the album sounds even more amazing than I remember.
Melody is king and there's reams of it here suffused with way ahead of it's time synth arrangements and knee wobble percussion all held together by Andersons unusual voice and singing.
I am hoping that Olias will give us an update sometime and that when we strangle the last breath out of mummy Earth, there will be room for a few no hopers wherever he and his people are.
Melody is king and there's reams of it here suffused with way ahead of it's time synth arrangements and knee wobble percussion all held together by Andersons unusual voice and singing.
I am hoping that Olias will give us an update sometime and that when we strangle the last breath out of mummy Earth, there will be room for a few no hopers wherever he and his people are.
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Shoddy rip off
I loved this album in the 70s and bought the CD on a whim. It's a great advert for illegal downloading!! Read more
Published on 12 April 2010 by JESB
Bringing back the memories!
I first had this as an LP back in the 70s but it got lost somewhere. Saw Jon recently in Liverpool and he played a song from it so I had to get the CD. Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2009 by David Metherell
Sunhillow
I am a YES fan of over 25 Years but have not heard all of the individual solo efforts of the Group members. Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2009 by Mr. M. Field
Magic! Mysterious!
This is all rather self-regarding and pompous, but Jon Anderson is a superb musician who knows how to write a tune and most of all understands the architecture of a pop song. Read more
Published on 6 July 2009 by n3_biker
Great stuff!
A little tinny in the production at times, but a great delve into the world of Jon Andersons dream-like music. Harps, church organs etc. You name it. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2009 by Brian Sheeran
Captain's Log...... Good going all the way
This has remained my favourite Jon Anderson creation. I was there at it's birth, my older brother bought it, when it came out. Read more
Published on 24 April 2007 by Mr. J. Hulme
Jon's Masterpiece.....
I remember the afternoon that I first heard this album, together with "Voyage Of The Acolyte" by Steve Hackett. Read more
Published on 16 April 2007 by DSR
Get over it, already
The name of this album might be enough to raise an eyebrow or two amongst non-progrock fans (yes, I know you're out there), let alone all the negative associations that (for... Read more
Published on 7 April 2007 by S. G. Gilman
And the word was Quaquoc, and behold, it was good...
In the middle of the 70's, when prog-rock superstars Yes took a break from the band and released solo albums, not many would think that Jon Anderson would come up with one of the... Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2007 by Tom Pitsis
The Solo Best
This is where you really discover how pretentious Jon Anderson can be, or perhaps he really has remained in the hippy timewarp. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2007 by K. C. Simm
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