Label: PolyGram Records (Germany), 800 027-2
Style: Electronic, Art Rock
Country: Greece / United Kingdom
Time: 45:14
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 211 Mb
Charts: UK #4, AUS #65, AUT #18, GER #30, NL #1, US #125, FRA #13, NOR #31. Netherlands: Gold, United Kingdom: Gold.
Review Summary: This is a very beautiful and magical album that came just in the right time. It shows the musical world of both musicians almost in a perfect way.
Jon & Vangelis was a musical project formed by the lead singer of Yes Jon Anderson and the famous Greek electronic pioneer musician Vangelis, in the 80’s. This wasn’t the first time the two had worked together. The first meeting between them took place in London, in the 70’s. Vangelis was to be the natural replacement for Rick Wakeman on the keyboards, in Yes, when he left the band after the release of their sixth studio album “Tales From Topographic Oceans”. It would never happen especially due to personal reasons of Vangelis. Meanwhile, the role went to the second choice, the Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz. Still, Jon Anderson has participated already, in the role of vocalist, on albums of Vangelis like “Heaven And Hell”, “See You Latter”, and played harp on the album “Opera Sauvage”, too.
So, “Short Stories” is the debut studio album of Jon Anderson and Vangelis Papathanassiou and was released in 1980. Jon Anderson was the author of the lyrics and performed all the vocals and the music was all composed by Vangelis Papathanassiou which also performed all the instruments, keyboards, synthesizers, piano and electronics. Beyond them, the album had also the participation of Raphael Preston on acoustic guitars, with some small contributions.
(Full version: sputnikmusic.com/review/78687/Jon-and-Vangelis-Short-Stories/)
01. Curious Electric (06:42)
02. Each And Everyday + Bird Son (05:08)
03. I Hear You Now (05:13)
04. The Road (04:31)
05. Far Away In Baagad (08:03)
06. Love Is + One More Time (06:18)
07. Thunder (02:14)
08. A Play Within A Play (07:02)
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